Missional Church Planting Track


You desire to lead a church that is faithful to the values of being a blessing to its community and culture. You desire to produce disciple-making disciples and plant churches that result in redemptive movements that witness to the loving kindness of Jesus Christ.

This track will focus on developing leadership for churches that seek to plant missional churches that are movements more than single entities. It will present a challenge as well as encouragement and practical examples that will give you the understanding and confidence you need as you undertake the task of leading in a missional church.

Session Speakers:
• Neil Cole
• Alan Hirsch
• Tri Robinson
• Ed Stetzer

Session Descriptions:

Session 1 - The Essence of A Missional Church (Alan Hirsch)
The Missional conversation has spread to the point where the term can become somewhat muted or washed out. Though Missional is not centric to a particular model of church, what principles or core essentials lie at the heart of a fully missional church? This session goes beyond missional awareness to full bore missional faithfulness.

Session 2 - Missional DNA (Tri Robinson)
Re-engineering DNA is a tall, if not impossible, order. Church planters that embed missional practice from the beginning have the rare opportunity to lead churches that are not bastions for religious consumers but are true gifts to their communities and beyond. In this session you will witness the ongoing story and practices of a mega church that is missional through and through.

Session 3 - Raising Missional Disciples (Tri Robinson)
Perhaps the greatest lack in our churches is the failure to cultivate genuine disciples. This session focuses on the commission and skill of training, leading, and releasing the people of God to be the blessing to the world that they were intended to be. Developing Missional disciples does not happen in a vacuum, but by well-planned processes that flow from a relational ethos mixed with intentional effort.

Session 4 - Current Missional Trends (Ed Stetzer)
Missional churches are being planted and engineered in a multiplicity of contexts, styles, and models. Ed will share his latest observations and research across the board. From mega-missional to micro-missional, the key is not about the style, size, or form of the container, it is about getting God's people un-contained

Session 5 - Planting With a Movement Ethos (Neil Cole)
Why plant a tree when you can plant an orchard? Church-planting churches are a product of disciple-making disciples. Church planting movements have organic elements that are simple at the core and intentional in purpose. This session covers significant elements of movement thinking that is behind the leadership direction and development of such churches.