I am inviting you to the Seattle Boot Camp in Seattle March 9-10!

By Pastor Mark Driscoll

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The Boot Camp speakers will concentrate on the call to ministry and the call to proclaim the gospel to all nations in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Featured speakers are myself and Matt Chandler, along with South African PJ Smyth, Acts 29 planter Dave Bruskas and Acts 29 director Scott Thomas.

1.    Mark Driscoll – The Calling of the Planter
I will kick off the boot camp with a discussion surrounding the calling of a man into ministry. What does a calling entail? How does a man know he is called to plant a church? What are the special characteristics of that man called to plant? What are some examples of a called man in Scripture? What are some contemporary examples of a called planter? In what other ways is a man called into ministry aside from the vocational aspect?

2.    Scott Thomas – Great Commission Call to Plant Churches
Scott will set the overview for the remainder of the messages by examining the five biblical references to the Great Commission. The summation is that we are mandated to proclaim the gospel to all nations in the power of the Holy Spirit. This will give an overview of the boot camp as well as call men to plant churches as an expression of the Great Commission.

3.    Matt Chandler – the Call to Preach
Matt will focus on the proclamation by the church planter. Why is it important to be a preacher in the context of a church plant?  What are the characteristics of good preaching that transforms lives? Is preaching a method that is no longer effective? How can a non-vocational believer proclaim the Good News?

4.    PJ Smyth – The Call to Proclaim the Gospel
PJ will focus on the gospel message. What is the gospel? What are the enemies of the gospel in the context of a church? How has Christendom rejected the gospel? How can a church planter defend the gospel?

5.    Dave Bruskas - The Call to the Nations/City
Dave will address the call to proclaim the gospel to all nations. Our call is not just to plant a single church, but rather to plant the gospel in our cities, our regions and our world.  He will explore the recipients of the gospel and how we are shortsighted to limit the mission of God to a single congregational model.  Where are the “nations” in the cities in which we live? How can we expand the gospel to the nations?

6.    Mark Driscoll – The Call to Endure
I will address the calling of a man that is necessary to endure the hardships of planting a church in the midst of a generation of idolaters. How can the planter endure in light of the gospel?  How does he endure the calling of other Christians to move away from the mission? How does the Holy Spirit help us to endure?

Free Bonus Sessions:

1.    Missional Worship: Sunday afternoon, March 8 from 1:30 to 4:00 pm.

My friend, Pastor Tim Smith, Lead Worship Pastor at Mars Hill Church, will lead a session on Missional worship. When Tim Smith came to Mars Hill church we were a 2-year-old church plant with about 200 people in a rented space meeting on Sunday nights.  Now, by the grace of God, it is a church of roughly 8,000 people with 7 campuses, 20 services a Sunday and 20 unique bands leading the church in song.  As Tim has led the corporate worship of Mars Hill through these years he has a deep conviction that it is much more about Jesus and standing in awe of his glory than any particular method, service order or music style.  Join Pastor Tim Sunday afternoon as he digs into questions like what is worship, what role should the world of cultures play in forming our corporate worship and how does all of that result in building leaders and bands.  The afternoon will be divided up into multiple parts with extended Q&A following each section.  Hope to see you there.

2.    Total Church Overview by Steve Timmis Monday night, March 9 from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm,

Steve Timmis is the co-author of Total Church (Tim Chester) and Steve will give an overview of the concepts paying particular attention to the formation and mission of Gospel Communities.

Six Great Workshops are available:

Monday and Tuesday 1:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Two-day tracks – total of 3.5 hours (1:45 on Monday and Tuesday each)

The following tracks will present part one on Monday and part two on Wednesday.

1.    Redemption Groups (Mike Wilkerson; James Noriega)
Mars Hill Church pastors have developed an biblical approach to dealing with addictions and past trauma. Redemption groups are based in the concept of God redeeming broken people back to His image through community-based learning environments. Mike and James are killing it with this new way to shepherd and care for God's people.

2.    Missional Community Groups (Caesar Kalinowski)
A missional community is a committed core of believers who live out the mission together in a specific area or to a particular people group by demonstrating the gospel in tangible forms and declaring the gospel to others—both those who believe it and those who are being exposed to it. This community is led by a team to shepherd, equip and organize a community on mission. This group is the church throughout the week. They identify, equip and send out new men to lead missional communities. Missional Communities operate unlike a Bible study and more like a family, a missionary team, a band of servants and eager learners.

3.    Pitfalls of Church Planting (Shaun Garman & Jeremy Erb)
Two Acts 29 planters and friends from the Portland region describe the pitfalls experienced in church planting and the ways they applied the gospel to bring glory to God. Too many church planters launch a new work naively without counting the cost (Luke 14:28).

4.    Seven Seasons of a Church Planter (Russ McKendry & Hunter Beaumont)
Global Church Advancement (GCA) has developed the Seven Seasons of a Church Planter. Two of our experienced planters present an overview of the GCA seasons and apply real-life examples of how they applied to their church plants. Russ and Hunter are spooky smart.

5.    Q&A Panel – host Chris Swan
Nine Seattle-based Acts 29 planters will answer questions about church planting, pastoring, family life, finances, benefits of planting a church and more.
Monday: Brent Rood, Sam Ford, Scott Golike, Chris Mayfield
Tuesday: John Needham, Pete Williamson, Rob Berreth, Paul Dean

6.    Wives’ Track (Grace Driscoll, Christy Rood, Susan Swan and Toni Spry, author of Fulfilled Woman)

International Flavor

Over 30 church planters are attending the Boot Camp to participate in a World Church Planter’s Summit (by invitation only). These catalytic movement leaders are from South Africa, Australia, England, Thailand, India, Uganda, Albania, Brazil and Quebec.

We will have these men to share small bites of their church planting in the world at each of the sessions.

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