The DNA of Gospel Movements

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Welcome to Verge 2010! We are so excited to be able to serve you over the next few days. We hope that this event is a pivotal time for you, the leadership that God has entrusted to you, and the communities you work in and love. It is such an exciting time to be involved in the mission of God, and we hope that this Conference inspires, encourages and resources you to continue pursuing God’s mission in community. The focus and theme of this first conference takes its inspiration from the gospel movements that were seen in not only the 1st Century, but also modern-day China, India and other places in the world today, where thousands of churches are being planted daily, and millions being transformed by the gospel in sometimes less than a decade. With Christianity in decline in the West (including the U.S.), it is time that we begin recovering some of the DNA of these movements, and applying them within our own lives and communities. So the theme of Verge 2010 is The DNA of Gospel Movements, and each Main Session focuses on one particular element, or ingredient, of a movement of the gospel. Leading thinkers and practitioners will be your guide as we begin to uncover the ways in which we can personally, locally and globally engage and re-engage in the mission of God. With almost 40 workshops to choose from, we hope that there will be plenty of opportunities to be renewed in your community’s journey to see the spark of the gospel transform, renew, and multiply. And in all of this we pray that Jesus would be our goal, our hope, our strength, our model, our value, our significance, our worth and our passion. With you for the gospel,

Michael ‘Stew’ Stewart Verge Conference Founder & Director

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We are glad to be able to host the first annual Verge Conference, and we’re glad you’re here this week! We are excited that you are joining us in this adventure, and look forward to the next few days that we will spend being challenged, encouraged, inspired and equipped together. We really believe that this conversation about missional communities is the future of the church. And it is our heart to raise up missional communities that will engage and minister to the city around them.

We have asked some amazing speakers and trainers to come to Austin and share with all of us their insight and wisdom. Our hope is that you would leave the conference with a heart to begin spreading the gospel through missional community wherever the Lord has called you. We are thankful that you are here, and appreciative that this conference is a priority for you and your development.

For His Glory,

Matt CarterLead Pastor, Austin Stone Community Church

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Visit the Verge Resource area for books from our presenters and select titles from CMA Resources and Crossway Publishing, as well as the conference t-shirt and other items.

The Resource area is open each day starting when registration opens and will be closed only during the main sessions. It will remain open until at least 30 minutes after the final session ends each evening.

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Art & Skill of Collaboration & NetworkingCharles LeeRoom: 4.110 Capacity: 120

Collaboration is something that most seek, but only a few actualize well. Networking is definitely both an art-form and a skill-set. Join us for a conversation about some of the best practices from individuals, organizations, and businesses that work well together for the greater good. Topics may include contextualization, benefactions, organic and systemic infrastructure, and development of its virtue.

Breaking the Discipleship CodeDavid Putman & Shawn LovejoyRoom: 4.114 Capacity: 120

This session will teach you what it means to personally be a missional follower of Jesus in relation to every aspect of your changing world. It invites ordinary believers to begin having an extraordinary spiritual impact in their unique context by equipping them for their most important task: making disciples.

For the Nations: Theology, Principles & PracticesJoey Shaw & Ryan KingRoom: 4.122 Capacity: 50

Joey Shaw will be walking through God’s heart for the nations. This session will help you understand the theology, the principles of ministry and the practices of reaching every unreached and unengaged people group.

Gospel Movements IntroDavid GarrisonRoom: 4.120 Capacity: 75

Dave Garrison is recognized around the world as a pioneer in the understanding of gospel movements. Find out how God is redeeming a lost world through these movements. We will be taking a look at movements of the Gospel in India, China, the Muslim world and Latin America. Garrison will also be walking through the lessons learned in each of these gospel movements as well as giving practical next steps for starting movements in your context.

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Church 3.0Neil ColeRoom: Worship Center

In this breakout, Neil will share an insider’s perspective of a movement and you will hear some of the significant lessons learned about shifts churches must make in order to release multiplication movements. We will examine a variety of models of organic churches from very centralized to decentralized and also see how one sized-group never fits all needs for the church but how we need to have a variety of sizes for different ministry purposes. Neil will also address questions such as how do we keep heresy out of the movement? How do we care for kids? What about finances in organic churches?

Developing Leaders & PioneersJon FergusonRoom: 4.124 Capacity: 60

What kind of practices, systems, habits and values do you need in order to create an environment where leaders are made and reproduced and where pioneers are made, reproduced and unleashed? Jon plays a lead role in identifying and developing leaders, coaches and staff at Community Christian Church, a multi site church of over 5000 people in 9 locations across Chicagoland.

Gospel Centered Missional Community: 1 of 2Jeff V. and Caesar K.Room: 4.110 Capacity: 120

What is the message and the motivation behind creating, developing and reproducing gospel centered missional communities? Jeff and Caesar, pastors of Soma, will be walking us through the answers to this question. Soma is a network of missional communities in Tacoma Washington with 8 congregations. This is a 2 part series. We encourage you to attend both labs.

Kingdom and ConversionHugh HalterRoom: 3.310/3.312/3.314 Capacity:100

In all the discussion about kingdom and missional, we hear a lot about serving, social justice, blessing, benevolence, etc. But where is the question, concept, and concern for the conversion of someone’s heart to Jesus. The kingdom is all these things and more but one thing is central to the missional search and that is the literal spiritual conversion of someone’s heart. In this discussion, Hugh, who has spent most of his life with non-believers will help us find the secrets of kingdom conversion, evangelism in this new world, and your friends in particular.

The Monkey & the FishDave GibbonsRoom: 3.308 Capacity: 60

NOW! The Global Shifts that Changed everything We Do. The World has changed in every domain: Media, The economy, the political systems, education, health and the church. How do you navigate the seas of societal chaos and turbulence and make a difference with less financial resources? Do our western models still work? What does it mean if the next five years continue to be financially turbulent? Is your model still going to work? Dave presents a compelling discussion on navigating this new world with potency and practical wisdom that can change the way you do church in the 21st century.

Movement Practicals (CPM Training): 1 of 3David WatsonRoom: 4.120 Capacity: 75

In this break out you will learn practical steps to starting and sustaining a gospel movement in your context. This is a 3 part series. We encourage you to attend all three labs.

Organic SystemsAlan HirschRoom: 4.114 Capacity: 120

Did you have questions from what was addressed in the Main Session: Organic Systems? Alan Hirsch will be going deeper into Organic Systems, explaining and walking through the topic with more detail.

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The Rabbit and the elephant – Understanding House Church Basics: 1 of 2Tony & Felicity DaleRoom: 3.306 Capacity: 60

Tony and Felicity Dale, authors of The Rabbit and The elephant, along with George Barna, will be describing what is happening through house church movements around the world that are currently proving so transformational to both world missions and traditional church life. As a part of this exploration of house church movements, the workshops will include both practical experience of the key elements of house church life (unfortunately missing out on the food, which we all know is one of the keys!) along with plenty of time for Q & A. This is a 2 part series. We encourage you to attend both labs.

Training for Trainers: 1 of 2David GarrisonRoom: 4.122 Capacity: 50

T4T or Training for Trainers is the name given to the pattern of growth found in the most explosive Church Planting Movement today. We will examine the movement that has produced more than 1 million baptism and 88,000 churches in the past seven years, as well as the transferable patterns that make it some productive. This is a 2 part series. We encourage you to attend both labs.

Viral Missional Communitiesed StetzerRoom: 2.120 Capacity: 70

This workshop will show leaders how to plant missional communities that create a multiplication movement and offer inspiration for them to do so. The workshop will address questions about what leaders need to do next in their gospel-planting strategies, in light of research on what’s actually working best.

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Apostolic environments:Alan HirschRoom: 4.114 Capacity: 120

Were there things from the Main Session: Apostolic environments that got you thinking? Are there questions you have regarding the ideas expressed? Alan Hirsch will spend the time going deeper into the topic of Apostolic environments and addressing your questions.

Creating Networks that Develop entrepreneursKevin PeckRoom: 3.306 Capacity: 60

As the world continues to change, the need for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship has never been greater in the Kingdom. Our leadership and our leadership structures have the capacity to energize or stifle this creative activity. Building networks that foster entrepreneurship stay consistent with vision, and build synergy, all without taxing leaders, is a critical tool to unlocking the potential of God’s innovative leaders. What if networks could be built that capitalize on new information, new leadership, new technology and new visions while not tying up critical resources? The Austin Stone hasn’t cornered the market on this, but we are excited about sharing the story (and our notes)!

Gospel Centered Missional Community: 2 of 2Jeff V. & Caesar K.Room 4.110 Capacity: 120

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Guide to MultiplicationGeorge PattersonRoom: 4.124 Capacity: 60

Do you want to learn how to effectively multiply at every level? This break out will provide an effective framework for making and multiplying disciples, leaders, missional communities and churches. It will focus on biblical principles that give the patterns and practices that lead to multiplication and reproduction.

Turning Consumer Christians into MissionariesHugh HalterRoom: Worship Center

In this practical session, you’ll walk through the process author and trainer Hugh Halter has used in churches throughout the world to turn consumers into missionaries and cognitive disciples into apprentices of Jesus. Learn about processes that finally combine deep spiritual formation with incarnational practices. This is where the change in your life & church begins.

Missional Communities & Compassionate JusticeCharles LeeRoom: 3.310/3.312/3.314 Capacity: 100

This workshop will facilitate a conversation about pragmatic ideas that allow missional communities to embody God’s love for the city. In addition, it will explore the role of missional communities in the areas of compassion and justice. Topics may include justice and the Gospel, developing compassionate ethos for a faith community, the art and skill of listening to the city, networking, and developing scalable and sustainable projects.

Movement Practicals (CPM Training): 2 of 3David WatsonRoom: 4.120 Capacity: 75

In this break out you will learn practical steps to starting and sustaining a gospel movement in your context. This is a 3 part series. We encourage you to attend all three labs.

Multi-ethnic Missional Communities: 7 PrinciplesMark DeymazRoom: 3.308 Capacity: 60

Multi-ethnic missional community is biblical and critical to the advance of the gospel in the 21st century. Find out the 7 core principles for developing multi-ethnic community?

Training for Trainers: 2 of 2Dave GarrisonRoom: 4.122 Capacity: 50

We will continue our examination of T4T or Training for Trainers and the hidden dynamics that have resulted in more than 1 million baptism and 88,000 churches in the past seven years. We will give particular attention to what it would take to see such a phenomenon in America. This is a 2 part series. We encourage you to attend both labs.

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Caregiver Kit WorkshopWorldvisionRoom: 2.308 Capacity: 70

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ASCC Missional Community Leaders:Todd engstrom & Jeff V.Room: 4.110 Capacity: 120

In this session, we will be exploring the concepts from the Verge conference and applying them into our immediate contexts of The Austin Stone’s missional communities in the city of Austin. We will take some time to process together and plan for the months ahead, as well as to intentionally connect leaders in similar areas and leaders with similar mission to one another.

Creating Social entrepreneurs:Kern WhiteRoom: 4.122 Capacity: 50

In this breakout session, we will dive into what it means to be an integrated, congruent Jesus follower in the marketplace of life where there no separation between the secular and the sacred. We are compelled to look at the social environments around us and ask “how can I be salt and light here?” When we apply creative, sustainable business models with a kingdom mind set, we see a new paradigm emerge that will lead the way forward in the days to come.

Q&A: The DNA of Gospel MovementsAlan HirschRoom: Gym

Was there something in the main session that struck you that you would like to learn more about? This will focus on the questions you may have about the DNA of gospel movements.

For the City: Theology, Principles & Practices of Mercy MinistriesKevin Peck & Justin LopezRoom: 3.310 Capacity: 30

In order to reach and meet the needs of the city it is vital that we, as the Church, collaborate with the community and other organizations. The Church should take on the critical role of being the centerpiece of such collaboration. This session will address what this looks like and how to make it a reality in your church and community.

How to do Mission in the BurbsHugh HalterRoom: Worship Center

When you hear the word “kingdom” everyone jumps to social action, holistic gospel, or benevolent works. Whereas all these are critical, The Kingdom is also about transformation, new life, and conversion. In this session Hugh will address the big question, “How do people come to Christ” in the new missional church.

How someone like you can start a movementGeorge PattersonRoom: 2.120 Capacity: 70

In this workshop you will discover and practice the simple steps to starting a movement of missional communities. This is for any person who has a desire to make and multiply disciples that reproduce.

How the story of God shapes gospel-centered missional communitiesCaesar KalinowskiRoom: 4.114 Capacity: 120

Is the Church speaking the language of the culture we find ourselves in? God’s story, and his interaction with man, was originally given as an oral document – a story. God has given us a way, for all generations, to communicate his great gospel – through story. In this breakout we will look at the missional imperative of speaking the language of the culture and how this is being done through the use of biblical narrative to create, encourage and equip gospel communities on mission.

Movement Practicals (CPM Training): 3 of 3David WatsonRoom: 4.120 Capacity: 75

In this break out you will learn practical steps to starting and sustaining a gospel movement in your context. This is a 3 part series. We encourage you to attend all three labs.

Now What? Taking Ideas to ImplementationCharles LeeRoom: 3.308 Capacity: 60

Ideas are a dime a dozen. The real worth, life, and impact of an idea is found in its implementation. This workshop will facilitate a conversation about ideation including insights into healthy postures, proven principles, and best practices.

Orphan CareJason KovacsRoom: 2.308 Capacity: 70

Gospel movements are about the heart of God to see His name made famous, which includes care for the alien, orphan and widow. In this session, Jason Kovacs, director of ministry development for ABBA Fund, will explore more deeply how you can engage the global orphan care crisis, and how movements of the gospel are essential to justice for the orphan.

The Rabbit and the elephant – Understanding House Church Basics: 2 of 2Tony & Felicity DaleRoom: 2.302 Capacity: 40

This is a 2 part series. We encourage you to attend both labs.

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Taste of GreenhouseNeil ColeRoom: 4.124 Capacity: 60

The Greenhouse is a relational context for leaders from a city or region to gather together in a supportive environment and learn more about Organic church and Organic church planting from one another and the Scriptures. This will be an introduction to the Greenhouse Intensive on organic church planting.

Transformational Development: Walking & Working with the PoorMichael PucciRoom: 3.306 Capacity: 60

We will learn the principles and practices of transformational development with a focus on the relationships and stories that are particularly helpful in developing a holistic view of ministry among the poor and oppressed.

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JOHN BURKeJohn Burke serves as lead pastor at Gateway Community Church in Austin, Texas, a congregation dedicated to helping unchurched people become a unified community of growing Christ-followers, no matter what their background or past. He is also the president of emerging Leadership Initiative (eLI), a non-profit organization founded to help establish a multiplying network of missional churches that envision, equip, and empower young emerging leaders to plant innovative churches.

MATT CARTeRMatt serves as lead pastor at The Austin Stone Community Church, which he planted in 2002. The first meeting of 30 people now encompasses 5000 worshippers on Sundays, making The Austin Stone one of the 100 fastest growing churches in America. Matt’s vision is to foster the church’s passion for Christ, love for each other, and outreach to their communities. In addition to pastoring at The Austin Stone, Matt is a cancer survivor, author and speaker for camps and conferences nationwide.

FRANCIS CHANFrancis is the pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, where he has been serving for the past 15 years. He is also the Founder of eternity Bible College and serves on the board of directors for Children’s Hunger Fund and World Impact. Francis spends much of his time speaking to high school and college students and is the author of “Crazy Love” and “Forgotten God.” It is his passion to see the next generation of American Christians display a much deeper love for Jesus and their neighbors.

NeIL COLeNeil Cole is the founder and executive director of Church Multiplication Associates, which has helped start hundreds of churches in thirty-five states and thirty nations. He is seen by many to be one of the key founders of what is known as the organic- or simple-church movement. Neil is the author of multiple books including and Organic Church, the Shaping of Things to Come, and Church 3.0.

DAVID GARRISONFor 25 years Dr. David Garrison has served as a missionary pioneer and leader through the International Mission Board. Prior to that, Garrison directed the work of the IMB’s innovative Cooperative Services International program which opened new work in 40 previously closed countries. Garrison’s quest to understand and join God’s global mission has led him to study a dozen languages and visit more than 80 countries, serving as a missionary in Hong Kong, Germany, France, england, egypt, Tunisia, and India. Dr. Garrison currently serves as the IMG’s Global Strategist for evangelical Advance.

DAVe GIBBONSDave is an executive coach, consultant, and expert on culture, strategy, and social movements. He is the CVO and founder of yangDang.com, a new cause driven, east/west social tool to enable people to radically make a difference. Other organizations he leads or is involved wit include the NeWSONG Global Alliance, World Vision US, Xealot, and The Awaken Group. He is the author of a recent book called “The Monkey and the Fish: Liquid Leadership for Third Culture Leaders”.

HUGH HALTeRNational Director of Missio, a ministry team committed to training, developing, and apprenticing Incarnational leaders for the church. Hugh is also lead architect of Adullum, a local movement of missional communities in Denver, CO. As co-author or The Tangible Kingdom and the accompanying Tangible Kingdom Primer, Hugh is an advocate for disoriented God seekers and loves to inspire and re-orient leaders.

DAVe FeRGUSONDave Ferguson is a founding pastor of Community Christian Church and the visionary and Movement Leader for the NewThing Network. Dave is also an adjunct professor at Wheaton College Graduate School where he teaches a course on “Planting and Growing Reproducing Churches”. He also serves as the President of the exponential Conference. Dave is one of the founders and board members for the Institute for Community and co-authored The BIG IDeA – Focus the Message, Maximize the Impact.

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JeFF VANDeRSTeLTJeff is a church planter and an equipper of church planters and leaders. He served the Church in youth Ministry for 14 years and in Church Planting for almost 7 years. Presently, he is one of the pastors of Soma Communities, a multi-expression church planting church and Vice President of Acts 29 Western USA.

DAVID WATSONVice President of Global Church Planting with CityTeam Ministries. David has also catalyzed of over 80,000 churches through Church Planting Movements in difficult to reach cities and countries around the world, trainer of leaders in more than 120 countries around the world. God has used the leaders David trained to start over 40,000 churches in the past 15 years, and more than 2 million people have been baptized as a result of God’s moving in the areas where trained local workers have devoted themselves to God’s work.

AARON IVey – WORSHIP LeADeRAaron Ivey believes that all worship is a response to a creative and compelling God. Serving as one of the worship pastors at The Austin Stone, Aaron now views touring ministry as an extension of what goes on within a vibrant, healthy local church. With a passion for living out God’s word, compassion for God’s children, and a deep, abiding love of God, Aaron and his bandmates are challenging a generation of believers to take their experiences in corporate worship out into the world.

ALAN HIRSCHAlan is the founding Director of Forge Mission Training Network. He is the co‐founder of ShapeVine.com and a part of the leadership team of Christian Associates, a missional church‐planting agency with focus on Western europe. Known for his innovative approach to mission, Alan is a teacher and key mission strategist for churches across the western world. His popular book The Shaping of Things to Come is widely considered to be a seminal text on mission. Alan’s recent book The Forgotten Ways, has quickly become a key reference for missional thinking, particularly as it relates to movements. Alan is an adjunct professor at Fuller Seminary and lectures frequently throughout Australia, europe, and the U.S.

GeORGe PATTeRSONGeorge Patterson spent 21 years in Central America training pastors in a way that multiplies churches. George’s strategies and materials for church multiplication have became known and used worldwide. He mentors workers who seriously want to follow New Testament guidelines to sustain church planting movements, many of whom have made significant breakthroughs. He teaches at Western Seminary and has authored several books. See some of his work on www.MentorAndMultiply.com.

eD STeTzeRed Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches. ed is a contributing editor for Christianity Today, a columnist for Outreach Magazine and Catalyst Monthly, serves on the advisory council of Sermon Central and Christianity Today’s Building Church Leaders, and is frequently cited or interviewed in news outlets such as USAToday and CNN. ed’s primary role is President of LifeWay Research and LifeWay’s Missiologist in

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TONy & FeLICITy DALe

Tony and Felicity Dale lead House 2 House.

MARK DeyMAz

Founding pastor and directional leader of the Mosaic Church of Central Arkansas and author of Building a Healthy Multi-ethnic Church (Jossey-Bass/Leadership Network, 2007).

TODD eNGSTROM

Todd is a Pastor of Missional Community at The Austin Stone Community Church.

JON FeRGUSON

Co-founder of Community Christian Church and director of NewThing Network.

CAeSAR KALINOWSKI

elder in Soma Communities.

RyAN KING

Ryan is a Minister of International Mission at The Austin Stone Community Church.

JASON KOVACS

Pastor of Caring and Counseling at The Austin Stone Community Church and the Director of Ministry Development for ABBA Fund.

CHARLeS Lee

Founder of Ideation, JustOne, New Hope, and the Idea Camp.

JUSTIN LOPez

Justin is the Director of The For The City Network.

SHAUN LOVeJOy

Pastor of Mountain Lake Church and the co-founder of churchplanters.com.

KeVIN PeCK

Kevin is the executive Pastor at The Austin Stone Community Church.

MICHAeL PUCCI

International Director of Academic Initiatives for Food for the Hungry.

DAVID PUTNAM

Pastor at Mountain Lake Church (MLC) and author of Breaking the Discipleship Code and co-author of Breaking the Missional Code.

JOey SHAW

Joey is a Minister of International Mission at The Austin Stone Community Church.

DAVID WATSON

Vice President of Global Church Planting with CityTeam Ministries and has catalyzed a Church Planting Movements of over 80,000 churches.

KeRN WHITe

Founder and President of Grounds4Good Coffee.

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VeRGe IN 2011

We are excited to partner with the exponential Conference, the largest church planting conference in North America, in 2011. We are working closely to launch the Verge Missional Community Network at next year’s exponential in April. Check verge2010.org in a few months for more information!

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