This conference is strong! One thing that strikes me about Rick Warren is his commitment to the basics of local church development and particularly, his passion for training other pastors like me. In many ways, it's not rocket science; yet, in a day and age when far too many pastors have an over-inflated sense of ego - and these more often than not speak without real knowledge or proven experience concerning what the church is and should be - this man (with an indisputable annointing and mantle) is committed to Biblical, relevant evangelism, discipleship, fellowship, lay-leadership development and worship. I am learning much and being refreshed; the timing for Mosaic could not be better.
For after spending five years pursuing the theology and commitments of multi-ethnicity and with such DNA set, we are now pursuing (with passion) a more healthy church from top to bottom so that we can reach even more people for Christ! Again this conference is providing the encouragement, motivation and practical help to save us time and energy in the process.
For more specific conference info, my good friend DJ Chuang is blogging, etc., live from Saddleback; check out DJ's live links to the conference.
Hi Pastor Mark, thank you for responding to my email. I finished the book this morning and will try to leave a comment soon. I was able to see Pastor Rick's 1st session from yesterday, and so wish my husband could have heard it. I think its info every pastor, minister, leader should hear. I love that he has a heart for Pastors and I agree that it would be nice if more were that way.
Posted by: DisneyCyndi | May 21, 2008 at 10:00 PM