Glenn Barth welcomed the participants to the conference and introduced the special out of town guests for the conference - Jim Tomberlin, Senior Advisor, Catalyst of Lake County, Chicago; Gary Kinnaman, Pastor at Large, City of Grace Church, Phoenix and author of Leaders that Last; and Steve Capper, Executive Director for Mission Houston. It is a privilege to have these leaders with us to share their stories and for them to observe.
We will be focusing on a couple of things during our time here. We will discover how to work together to "increase the water level of the kingdom of heaven so that God's grace will flow through all the churches in the community together." Also what is going to take us from status quo to see a break through of work in the community? In this we need to ask the question of what do we need to know to effectively do ministry. Additionally, we need to develop an understanding of how to put the facts in our context. Then, the conference participants will move into the action of application of what we have learned.
Glenn Barth was pleased to reintroduce Antoine Scruggs with Promiseland Church who is hosting this conference. Antoine talked about the Dream Center which is where the conference is being held. It started seven years ago with a vision of community development in the area. The ministry now includes workshops, a computer lab in which GED and work training is done, partnership work, portable housing, and other ministries.
We will be focusing on a couple of things during our time here. We will discover how to work together to "increase the water level of the kingdom of heaven so that God's grace will flow through all the churches in the community together." Also what is going to take us from status quo to see a break through of work in the community? In this we need to ask the question of what do we need to know to effectively do ministry. Additionally, we need to develop an understanding of how to put the facts in our context. Then, the conference participants will move into the action of application of what we have learned.
Glenn Barth was pleased to reintroduce Antoine Scruggs with Promiseland Church who is hosting this conference. Antoine talked about the Dream Center which is where the conference is being held. It started seven years ago with a vision of community development in the area. The ministry now includes workshops, a computer lab in which GED and work training is done, partnership work, portable housing, and other ministries.
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