National Church Planting Conference
Posted on Friday, June 16, 2006 at 8:44 AM by Paul Kovach
This past week, we had the privilege of attending the first annual National Church Planting Conference in Mentor, OH. It was hosted and sponsored by Grace Church of Mentor, OH; pastored by Tim Potter. Guest Speakers included; Dr. Matt Olsen, Dr. Bruce McAllister, Dr. David Doran, Pastor Ralph Colas, and Dr. Ed Nelson. It was an extremely encouraging conference and was refreshing to my soul to see such a large effort to "re-seed" America, as Dr. Mc Allister phrased it. I recall, while at the IFBF conference, Dr. Dafoe had mentioned that one of the largest hindrances to missions is the decline of churches being started in America. This is a fact which I have noticed for some time now and was excited to here it being articulated at such a conference. Thus this conference was especially meaningful to me as a missionary to see a visible front to the groundswell I have been sensing over church planting for some time now. I am very excited to see how God works through this conference. If you did not have the opportunity to attend, mark your calendars for next year. It will be the same week next year. See you there, unless the Lord allows us to be back in Brazil by that time! Below you will find a link to the seminar audios. I believe they will give a good sense of the heart of the conference.
http://www.gracechurchmentor.org/2006_conf.php
Edited on: Monday, August 28, 2006 12:55 PM