Preaching 2.0
Preachers across the country confess that while they have only worked harder to deliver messages that are faith and relevant, they are unsure of the impact of their preaching. Building on our plenary discussion of cultural change, in this session we’ll explore the need for preachers to tend both gospel proclamation and faith formation. We’ll also consider a variety of ways by which to cultivate greater biblical imagination through more participatory forms of preaching.
Why Don’t My Children and Grandchildren Go to Church (And What Can I Do About It?)
It’s a common refrain: my kids/grandkids don’t go to church? But unless we understand why – and especially what’s different about the world our kids and grandkids are growing up in than the world in which we grew up – it’s hard to do anything about it. In this workshop, we’ll take our conversation about cultural change a step further and investigate the powerful and varied cultural stories our children are listening to and how we might invite them into a dynamic experience of the Christian story.
Cultivating Vibrant Congregations
What makes dynamic congregations tick? Is there a secret to moving to greater congregational vibrancy? What are the best practices of engaged and engaging congregations? For five years I led a study of 36 congregations of different Christian traditions across the U.S. and Canada that attempted to answer these questions by discovering some of the keys to cultivating more vibrant, healthy congregations. In this workshop I’ll give participants a taste of the process we used and share the key insights we learned.
Registration coming soon.
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