Darrin Patrick is Vice President of the Acts 29 Network. His book, Church Planter, is available for pre-order now, and is the basis for our National Boot Camp in Seattle next month.
Boot Camps are a time and place to not only get solid teaching, but to really connect with like-minded people. Here Darrin recounts his first steps into the Network and his own Acts 29 Boot Camp experience nearly ten years ago:
In 2001, I heard about this crazy new network that was helping urban church planters.
I had recently parachuted into St. Louis with Amie and our baby to plant The Journey Church. While I’d raised all the financial support we needed, we lacked any relational support from our denomination. We were new, had no friends, and had no like-minded ...
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Tags: seattle, boot camp, acts 29 network, september, darrin patrick, church planter, book, release, launch, the man, the message, the mission
We got some time with a few of the worship pastors from Acts 29 churches today - they are having a worship pastor's workshop track during the afternoons at Ambition. What should a church planter look for when he's looking to hire a worship pastor? We're so glad you asked...
Mike Cosper: Sojourn Community Church, Louisville KY
[Sojourn Church's website & Sojourn Music website]
Tim Smith: Mars Hill Church, Seattle WA
[Mars Hill Church's website & Re:Sound website]
Josh Dix: The Journey Church, St. Louis
[The Journey Church's website]
That's it for tonight; see you tomorrow for Day 2 Live ...
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Tags: worship pastor, church planting, who to hire, acts 29, sojourn community church, louisville, boot camp, mars hill church, tim smith, josh dix, the journey church, st. louis, mike cosper, seattle
On September 13th, Andrew and Tanya Pack launched Anchor Church in Seattle - with a goal to take Jesus' good news to their fellow Seattleites, and to love their city well. A former member and staff person of Mars Hill Church, Andrew spent the last few years as a Mars Hill campus administrator, finishing a degree, finding a wife, starting a family, and fulfilling the requirements of an elder at Mars Hill. This summer, he was sent out as a pastor to plant a new work in Seattle.
He stopped by the Acts 29 offices last week, excited and overflowing with stories of God's grace to their church already.
"A few weeks ago a woman who was spending time with our Gospel Community became a Christian," he told us. "One of our core members had thousands of dollars worth of ...
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The Calling of the Planter: Video
Mark Driscoll
The opening session of the 2009 Acts 29 Boot Camp held in Seattle on March 9-10, 2009.
13 Questions to Determine God's Call of a Church Planter
The first one is mandatory. One other is needed as well (not every one).
1. Have I responded to the gospel call & received the Spirit? 2. Is the Holy Spirit out ahead of me planting the church?
3. Is my church planting call obvious to other godly leaders? (Acts 2:14) 4. Has God confirmed my church plant by showing up in miraculous power? (Acts 3 & 4)5. Am I reaching lost people to start my plant? (Acts 8:5-9, 12) 6. Has Jesus showed up & told me to plant? (Acts 9:15-16) 7. Has God called me to plant through a vision? ...
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Seattle Church Planting Boot Camp – March 9-10, 2009
Main Session Teaching Overview
Theme: The Call
Are you registered for the Seattle Boot Camp March 9-10?
The Seattle Boot Camp teaching is all new materials and is based on the thesis based on the thesis of the Great Commission: "We are called as a community of believers to proclaim the gospel to all nations in the power of the Holy Spirit." We will look at the person that is called to a gospel-centered church, what he is called to and how that calling is incarnated through the local church.
Monday, March 9:
1. Mark Driscoll – The Calling of the PlanterMark will kick off the boot camp with a discussion surrounding the calling of a man into church planting. What does a calling ...
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