Kairos is continually providing resources from workshops around the country.
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The California and Southwest Summit was June 2-3, 2008, hosted at the Hilltop Community Church of Christ. Seventy church leaders from twenty-five churches used those two days to explore a new future for the Churches of Christ in their areas. The following materials summarize the discussions and presentations of the Summit. Please feel free to download and use these files and give appropriate recognition to Kairos for providing them.
These resources were used at the first annual MidSouth Church Planting Workshop in November 2005 at White Station Church of Christ, Memphis, Tennessee. All materials are copyrighted by their creators and have been used here by permission.
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Brochure/Schedule (Acrobat)
Dr. Evertt W. Huffard - Harding University Graduate School of Religion
Dr. Stanley Granberg - Kairos: Church Planting Support
Dr. Jimmy Adcox - Southwest Church of Christ - Jonesboro, Arkansas
Dr. Larry Deal - Southwest Church of Christ - Jonesboro, Arkansas
These resources were originally provided with the resource CD given out at the first Northwest Church Planting Workshop in Feb. 2003 at Cascade College. To open an Adobe PDF, you'll need the Acrobat Reader. To open the PowerPoint shows, you'll need PowerPoint Viewer. When opening these files you may be asked if you want to open or save the file, to which you can answer "open." All materials are copyrighted by their creators and have been used here by permission.
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Marcus Bigelow
Dr. Stanley Granberg
Other Resources
These resources were used at the second annual Northwest Church Planting Workshop in March 2004 at Cascade College. All materials are copyrighted by their creators and have been used here by permission.
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Phil Claycomb - Stadia
Dr. Stanley Granberg
Kevin Woods
Other Resources
These presenters were at the third annual Northwest Church Planting Workshop in March 2005 at Cascade College.
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Sonny Guild - Abilene Christian University
Jim Penhollow - East 91st Street Christian Church
Dr. Stanley Granberg - Kairos: Church Planting Support
These resources were used at the fourth annual Northwest Church Planting Workshop in March 2006 at Cascade College. All materials are copyrighted by their creators and have been used here by permission.
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Dr. Leonard Allen - ACU Press / Leafwood Publishers
Dr. Holly Allen - John Brown University
Dr. Stan Granberg - Kairos: Church Planting Support
Dr. Larry Deal - Kairos: Church Planting Support
Purpose
The Northwest Church Planting Workshop brings presenters who are engaged in church planting ministries to provide practical training in church planting. The workshop is also a time for networking among church planters and church planting supporters from the Northwest and beyond. The workshop is hosted on the campus of Cascade College in beautiful Portland, Oregon, sponsored by Kairos: Church Planting Support.
This Year's Program
The Restoration Movement has a strong and vital heritage. Our heritage proved resilient and enduring through the 20th century. The 21st century now brings us new challenges and a shift in culture more far reaching than anything the west has experienced for 500 years. Is our fellowship capable of coping with these changes and learning how to thrive in this new century? We believe it is. Leonard Allen will help us review our history and the theological blessings and barriers of our heritage as we consider how to be God's light in this new century.
As we plant new churches for 21st century people who are just beginning their journey of faith we need to become adept at helping them mature their faith and develop a strong, Christian lifestyle. Holly Allen brings expertise in faith development for new Christians and for children, particularly in small group settings. If your church is doing small groups Holly will give you many insights on how to energize those small groups into centers of faith development.
Schedule
Friday 3:00 Registration 3:30 Welcome: Stan Granberg 4:00 Session #1-How the Trinity Grounds God's Mission Presenter: Leonard Allen 5:00 Session #2-5 Great Ways to Nurture Children's Spiritual Development Presenter: Holly Allen 6:00 Banquet on campus 7:00 Approaches to Church Planting Presenter: Larry Deal 8:00 Worship and prayer 8:45 Close Saturday 8:15 Continental Breakfast on campus 9:00 Thoughts from God 9:30 Session #3-How the Spirit Empowers God's Mission Presenter: Leonard Allen 11:00 Workout Session #1 1- Theology and Practices of Churches of Christ Leonard Allen, S100 2-Planning for Faith Development Holly Allen, S206 3-Preparing Your Church to Plant Stan Granberg, Larry Deal, S202 12:30 Lunch off campus 2:00 Session #4-Adults and Children: Best Practices for Small Groups Presenter: Holly Allen 3:30 Workout Session #2 (same topics) 4:30 Kairos: Church Planting Support Presenter: Stan Granberg 5:00 Close
Kairos is committed to helping regional initiatives to form to plant new churches in those regions of the country. On April 9-1, 2007 thirty ministers from North Carolina up to Rhode Island met at the Manhattan Church of Christ in New York city to strategize about how we can work together to create a growing church multiplication movement in what could be several regions along the upper east coast.
Summary: The purpose of the summit was to gather together ministers who have a passion and commitment to extending the kingdom borders in the Northeast United States. The summit was a series of conversations based around 4 overarching questions (provided below). There are multiple models of churches active among churches of Christ in the NE: traditional congregational, relational congregational, organic, and networks of organic churches. The conversations demonstrated a strong awareness of the cultural shifts and religious foundations of the NE, a sense of exploration and willingness to adapt to the myriad changes and cultural enclaves and an interest to take definite steps in the future to strategically engage in church planting.
Question 1 What is happening in the NE?
Question 2 What are the challenges of the NE?
Question 3 Where do you feel our heritage gains and loses traction in the context NE?
Question 4 Where do we go from here?
A summary of these discussions is available under Northeast /Summit Notes. PowerPoint presentations are also available below.
Renewal is the follow-up event to GNEW (Great Northwest Evangelism Workshop)in the Pacific Northwest.
Renewal is organized by a committee of ministers in Churches of Christ in the Northwest. It is held each year from July 4-7. In 2007 Renewal was hosted at the Southwest Church of Christ in Tigard, Oregon.