Articles for tag: Acts 2 Network

January 27, 2014

Christian Standard

A Conversation with Jim Tune

By Jennifer Johnson Meet Our Contributing Editors: This month we talk with Jim Tune, senior minister with Churchill Meadows Christian Church in Toronto, Canada, and director of Impact Canada about why he still believes in the Restoration Movement and thinks you should, too. You”ve developed this reputation as “the Restoration Movement guy.” And I”ve always appreciated your balanced perspective on it; on the one hand, you live in a post-Christian country and you”re more interested in telling people about Jesus than engaging in doctrinal battles. At the same time, you have a high value for the movement. What”s the story

October 12, 2008

Christian Standard

The National New Church Conference”s “˜Exponential” Development

By Jennifer Taylor From multisite campuses to nationwide networks, interest in church planting is at a new high. Restoration Movement leaders have been planting churches and sharing their experiences for decades, but this renewed focus on reproducing churches””plus a commitment to cross-denominational collaboration””has made the National New Church Conference the premier church planting event in the country.   Historical The National New Church Conference (NNCC) first met in 1969 as the “First National Colloquy on New Church Evangelism.” According to John Wasem”s August 2006 article in Christian Standard, 38 people attended this first event held at Great Lakes Bible College

August 6, 2006

Christian Standard

NNCC: What a Ride!

By Rob Kastens “Risk the Ride” was the theme for this year”s National New Church Conference””April 25-27, Orlando, Florida””and what a ride it turned out to be! I have attended three of the last four conferences, and this year”s event was a tremendous leap forward in many ways. It was probably the largest and most comprehensive gathering of church planting leaders in the world. Passion for Planting The conference program was excellent. Main session speakers were a “who”s who” of church-planting writers, scholars, and practitioners: Gene Appel, Ed Stetzer, Dave Ferguson, Mark Driscoll, Bob Roberts Jr., Ron Sylvia, John Burke,

August 6, 2006

Christian Standard

NNCC: The Great American Church-Planting Conference

By Dave Smith When I was a kid, my family went to Six Flags Over Georgia. This was bd: Before Disney World. For a kid growing up in the South, it didn”t get any better than Six Flags. We had been before, but this year was different. Six Flags was unveiling a new roller coaster, the Great American Scream Machine. It was a classic wooden roller coaster. It disdained loops and fancy frills. Proudly, starkly, it stood against the sky with simplicity: steep climbs, stomach-churning drops, and a death-defying (for 1971) 75 mph. All five of us decided to go

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