Dan Kimball
I spent several hours this morning with Dan Kimball and his hair. I like Dan. He has a great heart for those far from Christ.
We talked theology, missiology, and the future of the emerging church. (Dan wrote the first major book on the subject, called, not suprisingly, The Emerging Church.)
His new book is called, They Like Jesus, but Not the Church. He shared some video interviews from the unchurched that I thought were powerful and telling-- how the church is alienating a generation that desperately needs Christ.
Ronnie Floyd
A few weeks ago I participated in a "Night of Worship" at First Baptist of Springdale Arkansas. The pastor there is Ronnie Floyd. I had never had a chance to spend some time with Ronnie so I was glad to catch some time at a local Mexican restaurant and learn more about him, his vision, and his church.
Ronnie has a heart for global mission engagement and he asked me to come and share in this live-to-tape production that will air multiple times on cable. It was really just a two hour church service with some preaching and interviews.
We heard from Don Soderquist, former C.O.O. of Wal-Mart, Jena (Ronnie's wife) who talked about her battle with breast cancer and her new book AnUninvited Guest, me, and Ronnie.
Ronnie's written a fair share of books. He has a great book on fasting.
Ronnie also asked me to endorse his most recent book for young pastors (Ten Things a Minister Needs to Know) and I was glad to do so.
I also was thrilled to spend the next day leading a discussion with the church staff.
Adam Walker
While I was at Catalyst, Adam Walker and I visited about ministry and church planting in urban areas. He is starting a church in Decatur, Georgia, which you can read about here. Adam also has a blog here with a great post about "10 ways to avoid building community in the church."
Reid Monaghan
This past week, I had lunch with Reid and other staff members from Fellowship Bible Church in Nashville. This church is working on a church planting internship, similar to the Fellowship Associates program at their parent church in Little Rock.
Fellowship Associates is the church's organization that focuses entirely on church planting. They were asking me for some counsel on how to start their program-- and I shared with some some of the data I recently shared here.
Reid is going to be planting a new church. He recently wrote some thoughts on the emerging church you can find here. His church planting plans are here.
Rob Wilton
I had a fun meeting with Rob Wilton while speaking in New Orleans.
Rob has a fascinating opportunity to plant a church inside a facility. You really have to read his blog about the pink walls.
Go Rob.
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