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No Blow-Hards in the Windy City

Dec 9, 2007 Authored by Scott Thomas | Category: Church Planting

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Speaking at the boot camp in Chicago is Mark Driscoll, Ed Stetzer, Mark Dever and Darrin Patrick. Dr D.A. Carson has also been invited but is not yet confirmed. We are blessed to have the caliber of men to lead and train this conference. The boot camp is a theological compass to guide the church planter. It is not a “how-to” for church planting. Participants will hear about contextualized preaching, gospel-centered theology, how a missional church is a biblical church, leading the mission of Jesus, the characteristics of a missional church planter and marks of a healthy church plant.

Mark Driscoll is the founding pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle that is pushing 7,000 in attendance. He is the co-founder and President of Acts 29 Network and author of multiple books. Dr. Ed Stetzer holds two doctorates and is Director of LifeWay Research and Missiologist in Residence in addition to his insightful books on church planting. He is considered to be the premier missiologist for church planting. Dr. Mark Dever holds a PhD from Cambridge and is the pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C. He founded 9Marks Ministries and is the author of several books on church health. Darrin Patrick founded The Journey 5 years ago and is running 2,000 in attendance. He is pursuing his D.Min at Covenant Seminary and is Vice President of Acts 29 Network. D. A. Carson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author or coauthor of over 45 books, including the Gold Medallion Award-winning book The Gagging of God, and An Introduction to the New Testament.

During the conference, Dr. Bob Logan, founder of CoachNet and I will also be training church planting coaches for the Acts 29 Network. Bob Logan has written some of the most useful books on church planting, including The Church Planter’s Toolkit and he provides training, coaching and consulting to over 40 denominations.

The Church Planter’s Boot camp is open to all participants and is useful for all pastors. Please go to the Acts 29 site for more information. Register today online.