Finished day 1 of the Acts 29 boot camp in Chicago. Great stuff from Darrin Patrick, Mark Driscoll, and Ed Stetzer. I particularly liked Driscoll's message on preaching. Much of it wasn't new to me as someone who has preached nearly every week for 4 years, but a few of the things he said were really helpful. If the audio gets released I will try to link it.
I noticed that Alex Chediak is now blogging the Global Church Advancement conference. You can keep up at AlexChediak.com or the new GCA blog. Of interest to me are Alex's notes on Daniel Montgomery's "Theology-Driven Churches" workshop and Tom Nebel's talk on "Evangelism Entropy." There are several other GCA posts from Alex you should check out.
iMonk was on Steve Brown Etc. I haven't heard it, but I will. Two guys I always enjoy listening to.
Hmm, you're in Chicago huh, I'm always up for going out with you and Mrs. McCoy!! haha. Just wanted to say hey, and that I love McKnight's class. He wanted to know what you told me about him! He's really great. Well, enjoy your time in the city!
Posted by: Janelle | 01/30/2008 at 12:21 PM
I had the opportunity to hear Mark Driscoll at TEDS for the Acts 29 church planting conference. No doubt he has some necessary comments to get us thinking and talking. I found him refreshing in some respect after years in the evangelical church. But as a female M.Div student who came to learn about church planting, it seemed he was only talking to the men in the audience. Being an unapologetic complementarian is a reasonable stand and I'm glad to hear good orthodox Christian teaching, but I fear there was a certain arrogance to address only the men and paint the gender issue with such a broad brush. Although "women in ministry" is a divisive issue in most circles, neither do we need to be effectively made invisible. Thank God he uses us in spite of our gaffes and ourselves.
Posted by: Marie Butson | 01/31/2008 at 06:20 PM