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2008 Church Planting Conference

April 24, 2008, 2:00pm - 9:00pm

Following the 2008 National New Church Conference

National New Church Conference
Exponential 2008: The DNA of Reproducing Churches
Orlando, Florida, USA – April 21 – 24, 2008

The National New Church Conference for 2008 is called Exponential 2008: The DNA of Reproducing Churches.

The theme for the conference is focused on reproducing healthy churches through accessing the best practices and resources related to church planting.  The main conference has seven plenary sessions with world renowned guest speakers, such as Andy Stanley, founding pastor North Point Church and Alan Hirsh, author of The Forgotten Ways:  Reactivating the Missional Church.

There are over fifty speakers for the fourteen pre-conference institutes, main conference plenary, and seven specialized conference tracks.  There are over fifty vendors providing top-quality resources, programs, and services for new church start-ups and sponsoring congregations.

This church planting conference is the largest in the world providing training and resources for church planters/church planting teams and sponsoring congregations on all the different models and methodologies related to contemporary church planting movements, such as purpose driven church planting, multi-cultural church planting, and multi-site church planting

If you are or are thinking about becoming a church planter, sponsoring church, or multi-site church, you will not want to miss either the National New Church Conference or the MCC one-day post-conference institute. Register today and join Rev. Elder Arlene Ackerman and MCC's Church Planting Program Consultant, Rev. Karla Fleshman for this special event.

LOCATION

The conference will take place at the First Baptist Church Orlando. Visit their website at www.fbcorlando.org. They are located at:
   
    First Baptist Church Orlando
    3000 S. John Young Parkway
    Orlando, FL 32805
   

REGISTRATION

Please note, the Exponential Conference and the MCC Post Conference focus group require separate registration.

   National New Church conference:

The cost for the National New Church Conference for 2008 is $129 by February 15th and $149 after February 15th and $49 for students. 

CLICK HERE to register or go to www.exponentialconference.org for more information

   MCC Post Conference Focus Group:

The cost for the MCC sponsored one-day post-conference is $25 by March 21st and $50 after March 21st.

You can register online by Clicking Here

ACCOMODATIONS

You may choose from a number of different hotels in the conference area that will be providing lodging for this event. Click Here to download a PDF document with the list of all the hotels that are participating.

SCHEDULE

  PRE-CONFERENCE INTENSIVES
   Monday April 21st, 2008
      11:00am - 01:00pm: Registration (no lunch available on-site)
      01:00pm - 05:00pm: Pre-Conference Intensives

   Tuesday April 22nd, 2008
      09:00am - 11:00am: Pre-Conference Intensives

  MAIN CONFERENCE
   Tuesday April 22nd, 2008
      11:00am - 01:00pm: Registration (no lunch available on-site)
      01:00pm - 02:15pm: Opening Session (Session 1) with Lead Pastors
                                     of Reproducing Churches and Ed Stetzer
      02:30pm - 03:40pm: Plenary Session 2 with Andy Stanley
      03:40pm - 04:00pm: Break
      04:00pm - 05:00pm: Main Track Session 1

    Wednesday April 23rd, 2008
      08:00am - 09:00am: Main Track Session 2  
      09:15am - 10:30am: Plenary Session 3
                                     with Steve Andrews and Dave Ferguson
      10:30am - 11:00am: Networking Break 
      11:00am - 12:00pm: Main Track Session 3
      12:00pm - 01:00pm: Lunch / Networking
      01:00pm - 02:00pm: Main Track Session 4
      02:15pm - 03:15pm: Main Track Session 5 
      03:15pm - 03:45pm: Break
      03:45pm - 05:00pm: Plenary Session 4 - with Alan Hirsch

    Thursday April 24th, 2008
      08:45am - 09:45am: Main Track Session 6
      10:00am - 11:00am: Main Track Session 7
      11:00am - 11:30am: Break
      11:30am - 12:30pm: Closing Plenary Session
                                   (Plenary Session 5) - with Tim Keller

MCC CHURCH PLANTING FOCUS POST-CONFERENCE

    Thursday April 24th, 2008
      02:00pm – 03:00pm: Debriefing Exponential 2008
      03:00pm – 03:15pm: Break
      03:15pm – 05:00pm: Lessons Learned on
                                    Best Practices for Church Planting
      05:00pm – 06:45pm: Break
      07:00pm – 09:00pm: Lessons Learned from the Field – the MCC Context

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