Next week in Kansas City (Leawood, to be exact) is the National Worship Leader Conference, where 1000s of worship leaders will be coming in from almost every state in the US of A and probably a dozen countries or more around the [ . . . ]
Social Media Church launched
I stayed up late and launched a new podcast http://socialmediachurch.net/ for conversations with church leaders about social media! Click over and give it a listen and add a comment
30 emerging leaders listed in Outreach Magazine
This article “New Voices, New Directions” (by Tim Willard and Lindy Lowry @LindyLowry) in the Sept/Oct 2011 issue of Outreach Magazine opens with: “From pastors to social justice advocates to musicians and artists, the evangelical landscape brims with young leaders striving not [ . . . ]
women Asian American Christian ministry leaders
Finding voices and faces that can better connect and/or represent both genders in actual diversity of the Christian church can seem elusive, especially in a financially-driven world. One of the currently under-represented grouping is Asian American women who are Christian ministry leaders, [ . . . ]
Asian American ministry gathering on 9/21
This week I received this email from Tom Steers about an event for Southern California ministry leaders (and those that’d travel in for it). The AALC mentioned in email below refers to an “Asian American Leadership Conference.” You don’t have to be [ . . . ]
If gathering the elites are exclusive
There’s a place for events being exclusive and invite-only. There’s a place to celebrate excellence. Yet when done in the public eye like a conference that’s priced beyond the pay grade of normal people, what kind of an impact does that have, [ . . . ]
Lausanne Conversation Gatherings on issues facing the global church
The Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization is taking place in South Africa this October. While most of us won’t be able to travel to Cape Town, South Africa, to attend this Congress (which seems to be a much weightier word than [ . . . ]
Get real-time access to coaches and leaders
As we enter conference season, live off-line in-person gatherings are still very valuable, not as much for the content, and more so for the connections, conversations, and coaching. 2 conferences in particular are making room for more conversations between presenters and attendees. [ . . . ]
churches closing and pastors leaving
Question >> “do u know a place to get stats on how many churches close a day, month, year etc and the same on pastors and leaders leaving ministry?” djchuang >> Good question. (And, in case you can’t tell, this question came [ . . . ]

