Schedule For Innovation 3

Updated 01/14/09

Schedule for Innovation3 Tuesday (January 27, 2009) 11:00 am – Conference Bookstore Opens 1:00 – 2:45 pm -- Main Session #1: Risk & Failure Session Emcee: Pete Briscoe (Bent Tree Bible Fellowship) Winston Churchill once said, “Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.” As church leaders, how do we fail gracefully? And how do risk and failure actually move us closer to what God is calling us to do? You’ll hear from leaders who have risked, failed, and lived to tell it. We’ll hear from Tim Keller, Stacy Spencer, and Mark Driscoll on how they handle risk and how they view failure as a part of their ministry during our opening session. Failure in Ministry: Turning Your Biggest Idol into Your Biggest Benefit Tim Keller (Redeemer Presbyterian Church) Jacob could not become the true Israel until he limped. Paul says that God's power is made perfect in weakness. We in ministry know how to preach on this to people who are going through troubles, but we don't know how important it is to face and grow through failure in our own work. In this we reflect our culture. At a recent Harvard commencement, J. K. Rowling extolled the 'Fringe Benefits of Failure,' while the listening graduates sneered at the idea. Ministry in western culture has never been more risky or difficult. Many younger leaders show themselves to be extremely risk averse and thin skinned. Older writers, from John Newton to Jonathan Edwards, knew that one of the greatest dangers in ministry is mistaking spiritual gifts and ability for spiritual fruit and character. Virtually always, we make an idol of our ministry, looking to it for our justification and identity. Until failure comes, we are blind to what we are doing. Thus, the benefits of failure in ministry. How to Zig When Others Zag Stacy Spencer (New Direction Christian Church) Stacy Spencer writes: Memphis, TN has over 2,000 churches. We have more churches than we do liquor stores and gas stations put together. When we started this church we knew that God didn’t need another church. He wanted something radically different than Memphis was use to. In his book Zag, Mary Neumeier talks about how secular companies drowned in market place clutter, in order to stand out that need “Radical Differentiation.” The new rule is: when everybody zigs, zag. Radical differentiation is about finding a whole new market space you can own and defend. Your ministry brand is not who you say you it’s who they say you are. When Jesus asked his disciples who he was he started with who the people said he was then he asked the disciples who they thought he was. Who do people say you are? Are you zagging in your community? Standing out from all of the traditional attempts to run people away from God. Or are you zigging doing what everybody else is doing and complaining about that you are getting

the same results? In this session I want to share with you how your church can zag with a radical departure from what everybody else is doing and reach those that haven’t been reach. Our mission at New Direction Christian Church to reach the unreached and empower them to know God through life changing experiences from the inside out.

Righteousness, Risk and Repentance Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church) If we do not understand the gospel of Jesus Christ, we cannot lead the church of Jesus Christ. Without a proper understanding of Jesus work, which is the source of our righteousness, Christian leaders are prone to pursue their own righteousness through success, achievement, and accolades. Failure causes despair. And, success causes pride, which is simply another kind of failure. The result is that many Christian leaders feel unholy and unhappy whether they succeed or fail. In this session we will examine how the gospel provides our righteousness and liberates us to risk, and also repent when we fail. My hope is that as leaders we can learn to lead out of the gospel in such a way that gives both God glory and us joy. 3:00 – 4:30 pm -- Leadership Community Innovation Briefings You’ll be able to choose from 13 Breakout Sessions during this timeslot. Senior pastors and leaders from churches actively engaged in leading edge ministry innovation areas share what’s working well today. Choose from: —EXTERNALLY FOCUSED MINISTRIES A Collaborative Model with Non-Christians to Reach the City Ian Vickers – (Christ Community Church) Christ Community Church employs a dual approach to their externally focused ministries: A local focus that embraces teachers (through collaboration with public schools and churches, we can create a new model for how Church and State can function) and an international focus working with both local and International Government officials (we can work together to achieve positive impact) Locally, Christ Community has seen growth in the participation of churches that want to reach out to the city. They have also seen an increase of high capacity leaders involved in local efforts. Ian will share stories of the public schools that are now collaborating with efforts in local and global contexts. Churches Partnering Together for Kingdom Impact in Atlanta Chip Sweney, (Perimeter Church) Perimeter Church is mobilizing its people for word and deed holistic ministry with those in need in the community. The vision for PerimeterChurch since it started over 30 years ago has been for community transformation. We have learned that if we want to see this vision accomplished in Atlanta then we must work together with other churches. Unite! is a movement of over 100 churches that are partnering together in the Areas of Justice, Poverty, Education, and Family to see Atlanta changed for the kingdom. Chip will share stories of how this practically is happening, such as churches working together to battle child sex slavery and exploitation in Atlanta. The DNA of a Church in Service Laurie Beshore, (Mariners Church) How can an outreach ministry make a significant impact in the inner-city in light of the vast socio-economic and cultural concerns plaguing these communities? A church is most effective in helping the poor when its people have a vested interest and relationship with those they are helping. Mariners Church's Lead Pastor of Outreach, Laurie Beshore explains the internal make-up of a church in service and how to build a culture of caring.

—MULTI-SITE CHURCHES (2 sessions offered) Foundations of the Multi-Site Church Revolution Larry Osborne (Northcoast Church), Dave Ferguson (Community Christian Church), Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church) A dozen years ago, few knew what a multi-site church was. Today, it’s an integral part of the conversation about what it means to be the church in our world. Learn the foundations of being a multi-site church through the stories of these multi-site pioneers who are helping to define a new way of extending the influence and impact of their growing ministries through the addition of on-site venues and off-site campuses. Larry Osborne will focus on video and venues; Dave Ferguson will focus on leader and artist development; and Mark Driscoll will focus on 'understanding the why'. Multi-site Quantum Leaps Dave Browning (Christ the King Community Church), Troy Gramling (Flamingo Road Church), Greg Surratt (Seacoast Church) As is the case with any true innovation, the ideas and practices continue to evolve and improve and extend. The same is true with the multi-site movement. Explore the present future with these pioneers who are creating new multi-site conversations about international applications, internet campuses and online leadership development. Dave Browning will focus on international multi-site campuses; Troy Gramling will focus on internet campuses; and Greg Surratt will focus on online leadership development.

—ENCORE GENERATION MINISTRIES Better Together- Breaking the Age Barriers Bambi Encarnacion (First Evangelical Free Church Fullerton, California) Churches in North America represent the only places where people of every generation congregate as often as once a week in the same place. Sadly though, many of them divide their people into their own age cohorts so that people connect only with those of similar age. The Encore Ministry at First Evangelical Free Church in Fullerton, California has found multiple ways to connect people of all ages in the church socially through large events, and to do ministry together both inside the church and in their surrounding community. And you know what? People of all ages love to do it, and they all believe that they do it all better together than they do it in just their own age groupings. Creating Multiple Opportunities for Boomers and Builders to Lead and Serve Dave McClamma (First Baptist Church at the Mall) The age wave that is breaking over the shores of our culture needs to get the attention of the church. The “new old” represented by the 78 million baby boomers are saying to the church, “Use me or lose me!” At the same time, those in the builder generation, or what Tom Brokaw refers to as the Greatest Generation, need to know that they were made to matter to God, and that they have a legacy to live and leave to those who follow after them. At First Baptist Church at the Mall we are finding new and innovative ways to engage all of our Encore Generation people to finish well by serving in the church, reaching out to the lost, the unwanted, and the unchurched, ministering to the less fortunate in Central Florida, and mobilizing them to spread the message of the gospel to the whole world. As our older adults identify the needs in our church and in our community, we challenge them to be the ones who lead out and do something about it. We have launched multiple ministries over the past several years that are led by teams of Encore people.

Increasing Your Reach through Community Partnerships Dave McElheran (Cedar Mill Bible Church) The Encore Community at Cedar Mill Bible Church (Beaverton, Oregon) is playing a significant role in forming partnerships with schools and community organizations in our city. We have created a mentoring program in partnership with Beaverton High School that has not only transformed the lives of single parent students, but built healthy bridges between our church and our community. We have also developed a new strategy that we call “The Dream Team” which we initially employed to launch a new ministry targeted specifically to the baby boomers in our church. It is based on the principle of finding key people in the church (innovators) and meeting with them on a short-term basis to tackle big needs and launch new strategies. Through the use of simple technology like a digital camera, and a digital camcorder we created multiple ways to recognize and appreciate our people, capture individual life stories, and highlight ordinary heroes in our congregation.

—WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP Extraordinary Women in Leadership Our all-woman panel will be moderated by Sherry Surratt, Director of Women’s Initiatives at Leadership Network and will include: Missy Hannon from Living Hope in Seattle, Washington as she shares how her pastoral path began as a volunteer making phone calls and expanded to leading the marketing, communication and production areas for their many multisites. She'll share her passion for mentoring other leaders and how overcoming her leadership challenges led her to where she is now. Jennifer Lefforge from Irving Bible Church, Irving, TX, as she describes her role as Experience Architect and how she ensures the experience of each person that walks in, whether first time attender or member. She'll share how she builds an environment where relationships and spiritual growth can be cultivated and how she works through an amazing team of volunteers to accomplish this. Linda Slaton, Fellowship Bible Church, Little Rock, Arkansas as she paints a picture of what she describes as her ‘dream job’ of coming alongside women as they discover their voice and calling. Linda will share the process she’s developed that moves women from discovery and passion to finding their unique niche to impact others.

—RECOVERY MINISTRIES Taking God's Message of Hope to the Streets Teresa McBean (NorthStar Community Church) NorthStar is a "chaortic" ministry model (to borrow a phrase from Leonard Sweet) launched by a large, stable, traditional baptist church but planted in a local elementary school. This ministry is financially self-sustaining and appeals to the "unchurched" or "church wounded". NSC now includes a non-profit organization that primarily serves the community through television programming, an educational website, an active prison ministry and production of curriculum that supports other organizations interested in using the Christ-centered 12 steps to aid in discipleship and support recovery ministries. NSC provides a niche environment for those interested in pursuing their recovery and their faith simultaneously - because both recovery principles and spirituality are embraced. Almost at the ten year mark, NSC has expanded from one to four celebration

services per week, increased their support group and bible study group presence, have garnered the trust of local schools, courts, treatment facilities and prisons - enabling them to reach out within their community and provide a presence in each of these venues that supports Christ-centered recovery. “Lord, Send us the People Nobody Else Wants or Sees!” Jorge Acevedo (Grace United Methodist Church) Join Jorge Acevedo as he tells how recovery ministry reaches over 700 people each week at Grace: Recovery and healing is a part of the total DNA of Grace Church. This minimizes (sadly does not eliminate) the “us” and “them” that many recovery ministries suffer under. Six nights a week, Grace has some form of recovery. Friday night, Celebrate Recovery averages 475 adults, youth and children. God's relentless pursuit: stories from a street called Mercy Matthew Russell (Mercy Street) At the end of the 20th century famed social ecologist, Peter Drucker, said that people would be looking towards two institutions in the 21st century to both make meaning out of their lives and to help them sustain change. Those institutions? The Church and Alcoholics Anonymous. One of the innovated movements within the Kingdom within the last decade has been the return of many recovering addicts to the church. But recovering addicts bring with them an intensity, curiosity, authenticity and messiness that many times pushes back against the culture of American Christianity. How does a church reach out to this population, share within their struggles and be open to change? This session will explore one churches story as a model for both the emerging church and emerging theology. —MISSIONAL RENAISSANCE MINISTRIES The Shark! Gary Gaddini (Peninsula Covenant Church) The guts and the glory of turning a 57 year old "attractional model" church towards missional engagement. Is missional ministry just for start up churches or can God turn the hearts of an established "program driven" church to engage missionally. Experience the honest story, the struggles and God engaging process of Peninsula Covenant Church in Redwood City, Ca. The seminar will focus on the strategy deployed, the roadblocks faced, the unexpected surprises along the way and the new realities experienced on this journey towards missional engagement. My Big Redneck Church Bryan Mills (Meadow Heights Church) What does it look like for a church in small-town USA to be an unstoppable force of God’s love that changes the world? How do you get people to move beyond the walls of a building to become a blessing to their community? Is it possible for the church to network community leaders from various domains of society and compel them to cooperate for the common good? This session will feature the story of a multi-site church of more than 800 weekly attenders, meeting in seven worship gatherings on two campuses, each located in towns of fewer than 4,000 in population. Led by a home-grown staff, Meadow Heights is committed to impacting small towns in a big way. Join Lead Pastor Bryan Mills as he explores both the possibilities and the problems that come with redefining the role of the church in the community. From Weekend to Worldview Brian Tome (Crossroads Church) It is not uncommon for growing churches to clarify the primacy of their activities by saying, “it’s the weekend, stupid.” The weekend can’t be undervalued. However, it isn’t the end point. It is the beginning point. The weekend gathering isn’t the field of play but

rather a locker room. Every team has to gather in a locker room to clarify their purpose, to equip their team mates and to inspire them to sweat and bleed in order to win. The point is the field of play not the locker room. The point is the world not the weekend service. 1,000 people to South Africa in 18 months, Hundreds more to New Orleans and Mumbai India to rebuild the city and fight sex slavery, respectively. As our people see the world they step up in their local cities. Paul addressed his letters, “to the church in Rome” or, “the church in Corinth.” God needs to address “the church in Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Dallas and Albuquerque.” We need to get on the same team with our brothers in sisters who are in different cities. In Cincinnati the church as represented by 45 churches does the exact same series with intermixed small groups once a year; tutors hundreds of at risk kids in the public school system; deploys thousands of people in joint work projects and other things which other unbelievers in the City are noticing. They are seeing that God’s people are good and most important seeing that He is good. In our time we’ll learn how church leaders should to do few things very well; establish partnership where prayer, relationships and money go; do ministry through an army of volunteers.

—GENEROUS CHURCHES Defining a Culture of Generosity Scott Ridout (Sun Valley Community Church) Every church has a unique culture. Culture is the defining set of attitudes, values, beliefs and behaviors of any group of people. If you are like most leaders, there are parts of the culture of your church that would like to enhance and maximize, while other parts that you would like to minimize or eliminate. Yet here’s what we know - the key to culture is leadership. Leaders create cultures. If we are honest, we know that whether by intention, mistake or default, our leadership has created the culture of our churches. In this session you will learn some principles, practices and plans to intentionally create a culture of generosity in your church. What They Don’t Teach in Seminary About Raising Money Ron Jones (Immanuel Bible Church) Less than 5 percent of seminaries offer any teaching on biblical stewardship, personal finance or church funding. Fewer than 15 percent of pastors feel equipped to understand, practice or teach biblical stewardship principles. No wonder most church leaders struggle to cultivate generosity in their churches. Ron Jones will discuss specific strategies for cultivating generous followers of Jesus Christ, how to connect with major donors, and the role of the senior pastor as the CGO, chief generosity officer, of the church. The Three Big Questions that Every Church Has to Answer About Stewardship Gunnar Johnson (Gateway Church) There has never been a better time in history for the church to rise up and take up its position of leadership in the area of financial teaching. The Bible alone has 2350 verses on money and possessions. According to the Word of God, He owns everything and that includes the American economy, government, stock market and even your 401k/403b! As we serve the God who created everything and owns everything and will be back soon to account for everything, shouldn’t we teach our churches what He is expecting of our management? Come hear one of the country’s most generous churches Executive

Stewardship Pastor as he explores the 3 big questions every church has to answer as they build an effective comprehensive stewardship ministry. —CHURCH PLANTING MINISTRIES Starting Churches That Transform Their World Rickie Bradshaw (Street Talk) If your church was to cease to exist, would your community ever notice or would they not even notice that your church was missing in action? Would they want to know what happened to that church which reduced crime in the community, mentored their children at the alternative learning center for delinquent students, provided free medical missions, conducted free sports league for children and youth, or use their facility to host community events. A church that does such things in at-risk communities is called a community transformation church. One of the characteristics of a community transformation church is that they make disciples into agents of transformation. Church planting leaders of a community transformation movement practice transformational leadership rather than transactional leadership. These church plants raise up missionaries to the city verses church members for the ministry. We’ll explore how and why this works in our community. Strategically Targeting an Unchurched Community Through Church Planting and Community Partnerships Brian Bloye (Westridge Church) When you start a church in Northwest Atlanta and your community is 93% unchurched, and yet has more existing church buildings then almost any community in your state, you have to be strategic about reaching that community with the Gospel. In this session, we will look at how to lead your church to be Kingdom minded about reaching your own community through church planting. We look at how West Ridge Church went from being a church that simply gave money to church planting to being a church that engaged in church planting. We will also talk about how to effectively bring church plants, existing churches, and other community organizations to come together to share a common goal of reaching a community for Jesus Christ. Beyond Church Planting Tim Hawks (Hill Country Bible Church) Thirteen years ago, Hill Country Bible Church set about the task of planting 10 churches in 20 years in Greater Austin. Today a drastic shift is occurring. In the next 5 years, we are attempting to plant 25 churches directly and plant another 75 in partnership with other churches. This seminar will explore some of the changes in vision, faith, resources, training, and partnerships that brought about this shift in the speed and number of churches planted. The dream of affecting the lostness of our city has become the focus of our vision. God is moving us in partnership with other leaders to give every man, woman, and child in our city repeated opportunities to both see and hear the gospel in a way that they can respond.

—SUCCESS TO SIGNIFICANCE MINISTRIES Wayne Smith, Leadership Network Mark Bankord/Gordy Smith, Heartland Community Church Russell Rainey, Fellowship Bible Church Linda Slaton, Fellowship Bible Church “Unleashing and Releasing the Latent Talent in our Congregations” This seminar will explore the unique phenomenon of a generation ready to make an impact for the Kingdom and two unique models of how this generation is being unleashed in Rockford, IL at Heartland Community Church and released in Little Rock,

AR at Fellowship Bible Church. Leadership models and new ministry models will be discussed by Mark Bankord, Gordy Smith, Russell Rainey, Linda Slaton and Wayne Smith.

—BRANDING YOUR CHURCH Developing Brand Authenticity :: Survival Training for Mavericks in Ministry Dawn Nicole Baldwin (Aspire One) You’re a visionary. Entrepreneurism courses through your veins. “Innovation” is your middle name. But perhaps a few questions have been gnawing at you… “Are we really who we say we are? If so, how do we live that out consistently?” In this fast paced, interactive session we’ll roll up our sleeves and take a field guide approach to discussing the core concepts of: Knowing who you are [and more importantly, who you’re not]; The keys to aligning your church with your mission, both internally & externally; Why it’s important to choose new initiatives wisely; Symptoms of identity distress; First Aid & emergency procedures. Come prepared to be stretched, inspired and equipped to take action. --How Vision Creates a Culture of Risk Normalizing Absurdity Will Mancini (Auxano) Einstein said, "if at first the idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it." Leaders often settle for small dreams and "all-too-possible" thinking. Consequently, churches today are filled with the expected- nothing radical, nothing extravagant, nothing God-sized. Join Will Mancini, author of Church Unique and Building Leaders, as he explores how leaders can "normalize absurdity" by cultivating a risk-worthy vision and creating risk-taking followers. Has not God promised that he will do far beyond what we can ask or think? --Mad Church Disease Anne Jackson (MadChurchDisease.com) Join Anne Jackson for a lively, informative, and potentially life-saving discussion for anyone in ministry—vocational or volunteer—who would like to understand, prevent, or treat the epidemic of burnout in our churches. Ann will provide research and insight she has learned from leaders from across the United States, providing statistics, stories, and hope for healing. --Unconventional Innovation Greg Atkinson (Bent Tree Bible Fellowship) Innovation is the act of introducing something new. Since we serve a Living God, all we have to do is look and listen and we can join Him in what He's doing around us and around the world. In this session, Greg Atkinson will share thoughts, ideas, insights, stories and Biblical examples of innovation in an effort to stretch, challenge and even shape your view of innovation. Greg has been traveling the country meeting with Church leaders and gathering stories of missional living. Come ready to hear stories of unconventional innovation and participate by sharing what God is doing in your part of the country. 3:00 – 4:30 “Author Side Conversation” – The Leader’s Journey Join Mike Bonem, author of Leading from the Second Chair and Jim Herrington Trish Taylor, Robert Creech, authors of The Leader's Journey: Answering the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation in a conversation about the transformational challenges associated with leading in today’s church and culture.

4:30 – 6:00 pm -- Meet & Greet Learn and connect with senior pastors and ministry leaders in each of the Innovation Briefing ministry areas. Speakers from the Innovation Briefing sessions, Leadership Network Leadership Community group directors, and current and past Leadership Community group participants will be available to connect with in smaller gatherings. You’ll be able to meet and network with ministry leaders engaged in the ministry innovations that you are most interested in. 4:30 – 6:00 pm -- Author Book Signings Join our authors under “the door” in The Crossing for a chance to ask your questions and get your book signed. (Books available for purchase at the conference bookstore) Participating authors: • Warren Bird • Mike Bonem • Eric Bramlett • Sam Chand • Neil Cole • Robert Creech • Mark DeYmaz • Jon Ferguson • Dave Gibbons • Hugh Halter • Jim Herrington • Anne Jackson • Robert Lewis • Will Mancini • Reggie McNeal • Rex Miller • Nancy Ortberg • Bob Roberts • Matt Smay • Geoff Surratt • Trisha Taylor • Scott Thumma • Brian Tome 6:00 – 7:30 pm -- Dinner On-Site You’ll enjoy a great meal on-site. While you’re eating, you’ll be able to connect with speakers, leaders, authors and presenters at strategically placed table discussions. You’ll learn, connect, and share… even while you eat! Author Hosted Meals Choose from one of eight author hosted meals where you will have the chance to interact with an author and receive a complimentary copy of their book. • Dave Ferguson, Jon Ferguson, Eric Bramlett: The Big Idea

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Dave Browning: Deliberate Simplicity Neil Cole: Organic Church Mark DeYmaz: Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church Will Mancini: Church Unique Reggie McNeal: Missional Renaissance

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Dave Gibbons: The Monkey & The Fish

Larry Osborne: Sticky Church Seating is limited -- first come, first served. 7:30 – 9:00 pm -- Main Session #2: Shaping the Culture Session Emcee: Chris Seay (Ecclesia) In order for the church of the future to be effective, it must engage and help shape the culture in ways we haven’t even thought of yet. How are churches currently shaping the culture of their communities? Find out what is working, and how you can engage the culture in which you live. We’ll hear from some top innovative leaders that are each experiencing culture change in their own local ministries. You’ll learn and enjoy talks from Matt Chandler, Dave Gibbons, and John Jenkins. Monkey and the Fish: An Alternative and Contrarian Way Dave Gibbons (Newsong Church) 9/11 changed everything. It was a metaphorical harbinger of what was to come: Chaos and Disruptions. Market meltdowns, climate change, layoffs, decentralization, global power shifts and uprisings have impacted our world. What’s whispered in China is now heard in the bedrooms of our land. With chaotic change comes new visions. What emerges from destruction can actually be beautiful. To get there it takes an alternative mindset and will. . . called “ 3CULTURE.” Courage to Change John Jenkins (First Baptist Church of Glenarden) In order to influence and change a culture and a community, it will require new ideas, new concepts, new processes and new techniques. The techniques of the past will not reach this hip-hop listening, MTV watching, cell phone and texting messaging, Myspace and Facebook blogging culture. We must be willing to offer the community fresh ideas and fresh ways. This requires courage to change and confront those who say “we have never done it that way before.” This message will give ideas that will impact your community as well as challenge leaders to develop the courage necessary to ignite change. Matt Chandler (The Village Church)

9:30 pm – Conference Bookstore Closes 9:00 – 10:30 pm -- Late Nite Off-Sites We’ll continue to level the playing field… allowing you to connect and interact with all of our speakers, authors, and attendees. After the conference on Tuesday, enjoy some informal dialog with speakers and book authors at nearby restaurants. Speakers and locations will be announced onsite.

Wednesday (1/28) 8:00 am – Conference Bookstore Opens 8:30 – 10:00 am -- Main Session #3: The Dangerous Church in 2020 Session Emcee – Ed Stetzer (Lifeway Research) What will the church look like in 2020? Will we be successful as church leaders in seeing a dynamic, culture-shifting work of God? What are the things that top leaders see now that they are starting to do that has the potential to change the way we all do ministry? Now for a look at the

church of the future. Where is the church going? Will it be effective? We’ll hear from Bob Roberts, Nancy Ortberg, and John Bishop for a session you’ll not want to miss! Provocative Leaders for a Dangerous Church Nancy Ortberg (TeamWorx2) Churches were never called to be a soft, benign presence in the community, but rather an unstoppable force in the world. The Dangerous Church has leaders who are able to move past problem-solving to tension management. They live in between infrastructure and innovation, between passion and humility, the past and the future...refusing to make a choice, but standing in the pull of those forces. Dangerous Churches have leaders who see the gospel as a provocative, comforting, transformational and bedrock message that becomes an epicenter for kingdom impact. These churches capture people's attention, meet needs, align around giftedness, create momentum and a culture of innovation, risk and change. Dangerous Leaders come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, ages and color...be one. 20/20 Vision John Bishop (Living Hope Church) Seeing really is believing. I believe churches are good at doing church for people who do church. Bottom line to the church in America is simply we are good at doing church for "us." 20/20 VISION is seeing ONLY GOD and returning to what matters to the heart of God. The thread in the Bible is a God who is passionately in love with the people He created. The American church is in a crisis. 87% of churches in America are plateaued or declining in attendance. OF the 13 percent of churches growing, only 2% are growing by conversion. The church of the future has to begin to think differently NOW. We have to be better at doing church for PEOPLE WHO DON'T DO CHURCH. If we don't change TODAY there may not be a church in 2020 to talk about. The Church On the Other Side: What Does the Dangerous Church Look Like in 2010? Ed Stetzer (Lifeway Research) Ed Stetzer will look to the future of the church by unpacking current research and trends. Hype aside, the church will not die in this "last Christian generation," it will not be all caught up in a great emergence, all of its children will not drop out after High School graduation, and 50% of the churches won't close their doors. However, it will be methodologically different, much more ethnically diverse, and struggling with engaging its culture. In this session, we will look at what research from today tells us about the church of the future. Catching Up With the Rest of the World Bob Roberts, (Northwood Church) There two core fundamental ways in which movement and transformation take place in the context of society through the lowest common denominator of the disciple. The Western forms of ministry focus on more of a Greek model of discipleship with purely pragmatic metrics. After 50 years of intensely pragmatic efforts, though we have churches that are growing numerically, the reality is that we have fewer people in church and the church is having less impact on society than ever before. It is time to return to the Acts model of engagement.

10:00 – 11:30 am -- Breakouts / Labs Choose from 14 Break out sessions with 40+ speakers. Check back for speaker updates as we continue developing break out sessions.

---Global Ministry Initiatives Bob Roberts (Northwood Church), Dave Gibbons (New Song Church,) Brian Bloye (Westridge Church) Glocal Engagement Bob Roberts, (Northwood Church) The two key foundational entities to see the world transformed are the disciple, which is the lowest common denominator, and the society which is the grid for engagement. Instead of a religious approach by religious people, the present future is a domain (societal) approach by every believer. Living out faith in the context of the Kingdom of God, not just the kingdom of salvation and church growth, leads us to engage where we work, have passion, connections and skills. It's long term, viral, organic, personal, and relational, not project or finance driven or even church planting, for that matter. We have unintentionally slowed the spread of the Kingdom of God by focusing primarily on religious responses to the world. In the past our response has been: Gospel > Preacher > Church > Disciple > Society > Institutions --------the early church and the present future is: Gospel > Disciple > Society > Church > Leaders. What does this look like? Practical examples of how it is working. --Church Multiplication (2 sessions offered) Church Planting and Multi Site Why Most Churches are Ineffective Billy Hornsby (Association of Related Churches) For years the established denominational and even most independent churches have been on the decline. As I investigated the reasons for the failure or ineffectiveness of local churches I discovered many issues that contributed to the decline. Many churches were not willing or able to transition to an effective model because of transition or inability of the leadership. As a result ARC was launched to plant lifegiving churches that address the need for relevant missional minded ministries that could reach the un-churched in our country. We found some answers that translate into powerful local expressions of Jesus Christ and His church.

Church Plant or Multi-Site? Matt Hannan & Bill Heck (Northwest Church Planting Center) Those committed to Kingdom expansion are faced with a wonderful choice… Should we plant or Should we multi-site? Each approach is proven. Each is profitable. But each requires distinct skill sets. Each provides its own set of challenges. Bill Heck and Matt Hannan have served as directors of Northwest Church Planting for many years. They have evolved a plan for identifying, training, coaching and deploying church planters. The success rate for these plants has been extremely high. Additionally, they are personally involved in multi-site church with eleven services on four locations over two days. They are continually learning the challenges of establishing effective multisite ministries.

This session will be a brief comparison of the two approaches with ample time for questions and answers.

Church Planting Vineyard Style Steve Robbins (Vineyard Leadership Institute) In the Vineyard, we have a seven-step process for church planting--starting with recruiting and recognizing potential church planters, giving them an eight hour assssment covering twelve critical areas for church planters, addressing what the assessment shows is lacking, and formally releasing them to launch from their sending church and to be welcomed warmly by their target area. Quite often, the Vineyard Leadership Institute (VLI), a two year local church-based school, remediates what is lacking in the candidates. VLI trains emerging leaders (Vineyard and non-Vineyard) to become effective leaders of Christian ministries. One-fourth of all Vineyard USA church plants, as well as a number of planters from other church movements, come from VLI graduates.

Multi-plantation Dave Ferguson (Community Christian Church), Mark Driscoll (Mars Hill Church), Greg Surratt (Seacoast Church) Join these three innovators as they share how their vision for reaching the lost finds its expression through both planting churches and launching multi-site campuses. Through their churches and their affiliated networks (New Thing Network, Acts 29 and the ARC), these three senior leaders have been involved in planting 233 churches and launching 29 campuses. You will learn "the why" and "the how" associated with this integrated church reproduction model.

--Multi-ethnic, Multi-cultural Church The Coming Integration of the Local Church Mark DeYmaz, Doug Murrell, Art Lucero For more than fifty years, the homogeneous unit principle has governed church planting and development throughout the world. Yet in an increasingly diverse and cynical society, people are longer finding credible the message of God's love for all people as preached from segregated pulpits and pews. In addition, changing demographics within the United States are bringing increased pressure to bear on local church leadership who will have to accommodate people of diverse cultures in order to build healthy churches in the 21st century. Indeed, David T. Olson, citing groundbreaking research based on a national database of more than 200,000 churches and writing in his book, The American Church in Crisis, states, "The multi-ethnic church is becoming the normal and natural picture of the new face of Christianity." As a church and as a leader, are you ready? With these things in mind, this workshop will present the coming integration of the local church from both a biblical and practical perspective. You'll move from the why, through the what and to the how of building healthy multi-ethnic churches, and gain sound practical principles to help you understand and embrace the journey. Indeed, it's not at all about racial reconciliation: rather, it's

about reconciling men and women to God through faith in Jesus Christ and reconciling local congregations to the principles and practices of the New Testament Church, through which men and women of diverse background walked, worked and worshipped God together as one on earth as it is in heaven. If you desire to bring your church into the future, this one's for you! --Beyond Typical: Creating an Externally Focused Women’s Ministry Wendy Ferrin (Salem Alliance Church, Salem, OR) shares her model of team leadership that engages the inside energy and talent of Salem Alliance women, and focuses it outward to the hurting needs of women in their community. Wendy will give a firsthand look at Salem Alliance’s strategy and focus on the ‘neighborhoods and nations’. You'll be inspired! Claudia McGuire (Chase Oaks Church, Plano, TX) shares the transformation from a women’s ministry comprised of bible studies to a focus on community impact and evangelism. She’ll take you on the journey of whole church transformation and how this filtered down to impact the women’s ministry vision and mission. Sibyl Towner, (Willow Creek, Chicago, IL) Spiritual Formation Director, shares a unique tool that encourages women to dive into their personal story to discover all that God designed them to be. Find out how the process of life story telling can transform your women’s ministry. --Success to Significance Ministries "Unleashing and Releasing the Latent Talent in our Congregations" Wayne Smith, Leadership Network Russell Rainey, Fellowship Bible Church Gordy Smith, Heartland Community Church Mark Bankord, Heartland Community Church This seminar will explore the unique phenomenon of a generation ready to make an impact for the Kingdom and two unique models of how this generation is being unleashed in Rockford, IL at Heartland Community Church and released in Little Rock, AR at Fellowship Bible Church. Leadership models and new ministry models will be discussed by Mark Bankord, Gordy Smith, Russell Rainey, Linda Slaton and Wayne Smith. --Megachurch Attenders: Why They Come and Why Some Stay Warren Bird (Leadership Network), Scott Thumma (Hartford Institute for Religion Research) Some people at your church sit and watch as spectators, while others get involved and grow. We'll suggest how to move your spectators into meaningful involvement. Almost 25,000 people from 12 diverse megachurches around the country told us their views in a detailed survey. They answered many questions that have never been asked of megachurch participants revealing: what kind of person goes to a to a large church; what drew them there initially; what keeps them there; how they got involved; how they grow spiritually; and how satisfied they are with their own spiritual growth. In this workshop you will learn the answers to these questions and more. This is the first public release of this valuable information! --The Church in the City, For the City Leveling the Ground with Your Mission Field: The Danger and the Remedy for Self-Righteousness

Darrin Patrick (The Journey) As leaders, we must deal with our own sin, specifically our self-righteousness, if we have any hope of reaching liberal, secular people. What is the meaning of righteousness and self-righteousness? What does it look like to be a person who repents deeply? We’ll look at how humble confidence is the key to leadership in the city. Erich Veith, one of our city's most famous atheists and I have become friends. We have appeared together on the front page of our Sunday paper and he is now blogging about our church on his web-site. I’ll relate the story of how this friendship developed and what it means for both of us as we live on different sides of the faith issue. Matt Chandler (The Village Church) The Church in the City, For the City Matt Carter (Austin Stone Community Church) I once read an article that discussed the truth that after Jacob wrestled with God…He never walked the same again. Jacob’s limp, was his constant reminder of God’s sanctifying work in his life. In this session we are going to discuss my limp. How God, through my personal battle with cancer has brought about in me deep sanctification, and given me a constant reminder to live my life with a holy urgency.

--Worship & Arts Chris Seay & team lead participants in an interactive experience. Music and visual arts focus. --Technology, Blogging, Social Networks Church 2.0?: Reflections on Doing Religion Online Dr. Heidi Campbell This session will explore the question of doing church online, or “What does religious community online have to teach offline church”? Insights will be shared from a five year research project (Exploring Religious Community Online, Peter Lang, 2005) studying why people are drawn to involvement in online Christian communities and how these experiences can influence their conception of and participation in offline Church. Concerns and question concerns about the potential impact of online community on the Church and society at large will also be addressed. Tony Morgan Tony will be bringing his years of experience in blogging and social networks to Innovation3 with a discussion and Q&A time. Tony currently serves on the NewSpring Church staff. Before that, he was on staff at Granger Community Church Bobby Gruenewald What’s new in the area of technology, and where is the church headed? Bobby Gruenewald, the Pastor of Innovation at LifeChurch.tv will share, along with Tony and Dr. Campbell in this session! --European Church Planting How European Church Planting Networks are Changing Europe

Ed Stetzer Church planting has grown in prominence in the United States. Books, conferences, and training event abound teaching you to plant churches, often in "postmodern" culture. But, what about planting in a post-postmodern and definitely post-Christian setting? Meet church planting in Europe. Ed Stetzer will discuss church planting in a place where the gospel once flourished but today is considered quaint and unappealing. Yeast in the Euro-Dough? Transforming Church-Forsaken Communities Matt Wilson Manchester is the UK’s second city with a diverse urban population that represents the best and worst of European culture at the start of the 21st century. Twenty years ago church attendance in the city was at its lowest ebb and yet now it is known as one of the few European cities in which the church is actually growing and from which exciting new missional models are emerging. Matt will bring a first hand perspective on the keys that have brought about this remarkable change in the spiritual landscape of the city. A special focus will be given to the story of the new momentum created when leaders in the city began to deliberately turn their attention from building comfortable churches in the suburbs to start establishing missional communities in the most challenging inner city neighborhoods.

--Why Being Missional Matters Greg Holder (Windsor Crossing Church), Daniel Montgomery (Sojourn Church) We’ve all heard the word and have our own ideas about it. For some, it defines them. For others, it’s an intriguing, confusing, or even divisive concept. But what does it really mean? If we reduce it to nothing more than the next buzz word, the next “new strategy,” the next flavor-of-the-month, or even the next thing to argue about, then we are missing out on what it means to be “missional.” We can and should talk about WHY we are sent into this world and WHAT we are to be doing as we are sent, but let’s also talk about HOW we go into this world and HOW we live with each other. Perhaps one of the discussions that needs to be taking place is how we love others in our communities, how we love others within our own church, and how we love other churches in the same kingdom story. This breakout will give you a few handles on these concepts and start a conversation that needs to continue after the conference is over.

--Missional Community Transformation The Little Ministry That Could: Building Something From (Almost) Nothing Laurie Beshore (Mariners Church) With 250 members and a crimson colored bottom line, Mariners Church was nearing the end of its rope. When one year they found themselves with a few thousand dollars in surplus cash, they did a crazy thing: they gave the money away. Today, with 6500 volunteers annually, Mariners Church Outreach Ministries has transformed lives, neighborhoods and whole communities across the world, bringing tangible assistance, hope for the future, and the message of Jesus to so many. How did a church, in the heart of the affluence and materialism of Orange County, California, create a sustained culture of compassion and service to those in need? Lead Pastor of Outreach Laurie Beshore walks through the journey and process of building a growing ministry that cares for the forgotten.

Transforming the Hood for Good Stacy Spencer (New Directions) Nehemiah went out at night to survey his old neighborhood. He had heard that it was in bad shape but nothing prepared him for the devastation that he saw when he went out at night. When was the last time you went out in your neighborhood at night. Have you heard the gunfire? What about the women selling their bodies on the corner? How’s the crime rate in your hood? New Direction Christian church decided that it wanted to transform it’s hood for good and we hit the streets to do it. Come find out how an Suburban church deals with urban issues as it tries to re-build a sustainable urban community --The Emerging Missional Church Neil Cole (Church Multiplication Associates), Reggie McNeal (Leadership Network)

---I3 INNOVATION LAB Implementing What You’ve Learned in Your Own Ministry Setting Richard Petty (Lead Facilitator and the Leadership Network Facilitation Team) Richard will lead your church team to the Lab to process what you’ve heard and experienced during Innovation3. Develop a ministry innovation action plan. Leave energized and ready to take your ministry to the next level. 10:00 – 11:30 am “Author Side Conversation” – Kingdom Impact: Church, Culture and Community Join Mel Lawrenz, author Whole Church, Rex Miller, author of Millennium Matrix and Hugh Halter and Matt Smay, authors of The Tangible Kingdom in a conversation about the kingdom impact of Church, culture and community. 11:30 – 1:00 pm -- Lunch Choose a table discussion group – Leadership Community Group Alumni, book authors, ministry innovation topics and more. 1:00 – 1:30 pm -- Rapid Fire Session We pose a provocative question to 10 speakers with 3 minutes to respond. Session Emcee: Nancy Ortberg Mark DeYmaz, Larry Osborne, Matt Chandler, John Bishop, Greg Surratt, Brian Bloye, Greg Holder, Sam Chand, Laurie Beshore, Troy Gramling 1:30 – 3:00 pm -- Main Session #4: Missional Community Dino Rizzo (Healing Place Church), Neil Cole (Church Multiplication Associates), Matt Carter (The Austin Stone Community Church) Session Emcee – Reggie McNeal (Leadership Network) How do we engage our churches with each other and the world? And how do we create missional community that encourages spiritual growth, spreads our message, and ultimately expands the Kingdom? We’ll learn from three leaders that are attempting (and having great results) doing just that! Hear from Dino Rizzo, Neil Cole, and Matt Carter on what it takes to engage our people for the Kingdom! The Foundations of Missional Community Reggie McNeal, Leadership Network The central and most promising innovation in the church is the rise of missional community. This development is not being pulled off my innovative churches; it is being

orchestrated by the Spirit of God. While it involves the church, it extends beyond the church into a cross-cultural-domains missional renaissance. God seems to be having a different conversation with the church about the church and its mission in the world. Lovin’ Every Minute of It Dino Rizzo (Healing Place Church) How to create a culture at your church that engages, loves and cares for people who are different than you are – and enjoy every minute of it! Challenging People to a Missional Lifestyle Matt Carter (Austin Stone Community Church) In this session we will be looking at two things. First, we will discuss the philosophy behind missional community at The Austin Stone Community Church and how our leadership is constantly calling our people to live in light of the limited time we have to make our mark on church history. Second, I will discuss some practical ways in which our church has provided for people to live out a missional life-style.

2:00 pm – Conference Bookstore Closes 3:00 – 3:15pm --Closing and Prayer – Worship Center And there’s more! —Innovation3 Bookstore Browse the on-site bookstore. We’ll have books available for purchase from Leadership Network imprint authors and others. Bookstore Hours: Tuesday 11:00 am – 9:30 pm Wednesday 8:00 am – 2:00 pm —Bent Tree Church Coffee Bar Get your caffeine jolt on-site with our host’s great coffee bar and snack area.