:: AIP#66 - Fall Training #4: Northwood Turbo, 2 ::

Northwood Church recently hosted a couple dozen church planters from across the nation for a training called "Turbo." Yesterday I posted a recap of the morning, and here's part 2, the afternoon sessions! As you read the thoughts and insights, which ones stand out to you? Thoughts?


Highlights & quotes from session four: Bob Roberts

• You're not just starting a church for Fort Worth; you're starting a church for the world, based in Fort Worth.
• We need to look to the west and the south to learn church planting, because that's the new world center of Christianity. But we're too individualistic and self-important to admit it.
• As you go to domains, pay attention to the "gatekeepers": who has the ear of the leaders?
• What's the church of the future look like? 1) reconciliation of all things; 2) collaboration of all churches; 3) convergence of all domains; 4) sending of the whole church; 5) following Jesus wherever he needs us to go.
• Knock on front-doors first: find the highest-ranking people in whatever domain you're in, tell them you want to serve them, and learn to respect each others' beliefs and religions.
• We need to move from "interfaith" dialog to "multifaith": interfaith minimizes differences; we need to acknowledge them and respect/love each other anyway.
• We need to be able to critique our own faith, and to explain it so the world understands it.
• We need to integrate our faith into our world: "live with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other."
• Value every follower, of every religion: remember, God loves and created them, and his common grace provides a model for us to follow too.

Highlights and quotes from session five: Brian Hook

• The past/old framework: Gospel = salvation; Society = no concern; Discipleship = member; Church = building
• The missional framework: Gospel = social; Society = secular spaces; Discipleship = live among; Church = exit the building
• The kingdom framework: Gospel = kingdom; Society = domains; Discipleship = Obedient subjects of the King; Church = "Ecclesia"/ambassadors of the King
• Discipleship starts in the harvest: "the best core group you could ever have is a group you led to Christ"
• The "UP-IN-OUT" model works on every level: individuals/disciples, teams/groups, and corporate church
  
• What domains exist in Fort Worth? How can we best engage those?

Highlights & quotes from session six: Omar Reyes

Four closing church planting principles:

• God always works through his revelation
• Revelation always defines relationships
• Relationships lead to collaboration
• Only then does an organization come into play