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Meet Kevin Harney!

Kevin G. Harney is the teaching pastor and evangelism champion at Faith Church in Dyer, IN and Central Wesleyan Church in MI. He is the author of Leadership from the Inside Out and Seismic Shifts: The Little Changes That Make a BIG Difference in Your Life. He and his wife Sherry have written or cowritten more than 30 small group study guides (most in partnership with Bill Hybels and John Ortberg). He and Sherry have also written Finding a Church You Can Love and Loving the Church You’ve Found.

Don't miss your chance to hear Kevin speak at the National Pastor's Convention in February! Choose from his seminars:

Leadership from the Inside Out: How a Leader Guards and Grows Their Soul
Ministry can be hazardous to your health.  But, it does not have to be.  In this seminar we will examine how a leader can have an expanding heart, a joyful disposition, and energy to serve the church, world, their family, and even some spare time for personal refreshment.  Sound too good to be true?  Join us and discover how you can lead for a lifetime and love it.

Organic Outreach for Ordinary Churches: Growing an Evangelistic Vision that is Natural, Contagious, and Compelling
God has a vision.  He wants to see local congregations engage their community and change the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.  In this seminar we will look at simple concepts that are having a revolutionary impact on churches and their communities.  Outreach should not be a church department, a committee, or a yearly weekend emphasis.  It should be an organic part of all the church does.  Join us and learn how you can help your church begin a new season of evangelistic passion, fruitfulness, and growth.

Making Marriage and Ministry Compliment and Not Compete: Practical Ideas for Balancing Real Life Challenges We All Face Seminar (with Sherry Harney), Tuesday, February 10, 3:30pm-5:00pm 

Leading for Life Transformation Seminar, Friday, February 13, 8:30am-10:00am

Does Evangelism Have a Future in a Postmodern World? Panel Discussion, Thursday, February 12, 2:30pm-4:00pm  Including James Choung, Andy Crouch, and Leighton Ford

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Meet Mark Riddle!

Mark Riddle is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, pastor and writer. He serves as the lead pastor of Eikon, a church committed to living out the dreams of God in the world, and he also leads the Riddle Group, a coaching and consulting firm committed to collaborating with local church leaders to promote and develop sustainable ministries. Mark is the author of Inside the Mind of Youth Pastors: A Church Leaders Guide to Staffing and Leading Youth Pastors.

Don't miss your chance to hear him speak at the National Pastor's Convention in February! Choose from his two seminars:

What Every Youth Pastor Wishes Their Pastor Knew
If you’ve ever wondered what makes your youth pastor tick? If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Is it normal for my youth pastor to….” This seminar will help you get inside the mind of your youth pastor so that you can more effectively lead, guide, and pastor them. It will help you understand their motivations, and their heart for ministry in new ways.

Stopping the Revolving Door
Each time a youth pastor leaves, it costs you. In the average youth ministry, youth pastor turnover not only costs you and others in your church time, money and heartache, but your church pays a costly price with your kids and their families. This seminar dives into the common reasons for staff turn over in youth ministry and gives direction toward having a more sustainable youth ministry. The solutions are not what you think.

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Meet Elaine Hamilton!

 Elaine Hamilton (MA, Bethel Seminary) is a licensed marriage and family therapist at Family Consultation Service in San Diego, California. She is a speaker at a number of women’s and marriage retreats and has previously worked in youth ministry. She is the author of Come With Me: An invitation to Break Down the Wall between You and God (coauthored with Kathy Escobar) and Leave the Mud and Learn to Soar: A Workbook for Women Who Want to Get Unstuck in Their Relationship with God and Others.

Don't miss your chance to hear her speak at the National Pastor's Convention in February!

Church on the Couch:  Does the Church Need Therapy?
Why are so many in our communities struggling with troubled marriages, with addictions, depression, anxiety and disconnected from each other?  Our lack of emotional health and our tendancy to fake it at church sabotages our ability to grow spiritually as a Body.  This seminar will encourage and equip leaders in creating a culture of authenticity, where truth is valued above appearances and theological concepts are practiced in real life rather the simply understood intellectually.        

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Meet JP Moreland!

J. P. Moreland is one of the leading evangelical thinkers of our day. He is distinguished professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and director of Eidos Christian Center. With degrees in philosophy, theology, and chemistry, Dr. Moreland has taught theology and philosophy at several schools throughout the U.S. Dr. Moreland served with Campus Crusade for ten years, planted two Campus Crusade works, planted two churches, and has spoken on over 200 college campuses and in hundreds of churches.

Don't miss your chance to hear him at the National Pastor's Convention in February! Choose from his two seminars:

Signs, Wonders and the Kingdom Triangle
We will clarify the relationship between a proper expectation of the miraculous, the current nature of the Kingdom, and the debate about so-called miraculous gifts. We will also explore practical steps towards seeking God for more of His Spirit's miraculous presence.

Spiritual Formation and the Kingdom Triangle.
We will clarify the nature of general revelation, especially natural moral law, explain its relationship to spiritual formation and the Kingdom of God, and provide practical suggestions for practicing certain spiritual, discipleship exercises.

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Meet Robert Gelinas!

Robert Gelinas holds a BA in biblical studies from Colorado Christian University and an MA in world Christianity from Denver Seminary. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Denver with their six children. www.jazztheologian.typepad.com
Finding the Groove:  Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith
You don't have to be a musician to experience the renaissance of a jazz-shaped faith.  Jazz is more than music and it's the more that we can creatively apply to prayer, scripture and church life.  The concepts of call & response, syncopation and improvisation allow us to experience ensemble community-life in concert with and for each other and God.

Leading a Marginal Church: How to Spend Ourselves on Behalf of the Poor
Jesus said that his gospel was good news to marginalized and the miserable the poor and the poor in spirit.  This session will focus on the values, convictions, habits and practices of leaders who hear the cry of the vulnerable and call their congregations to spend themselves on behalf of the poor.

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Meet Alex McManus!

Alex McManus is the founder of the International Mentoring Network and the creator of Voxtropolis, a grassroots movement of music, art, film, and conversation, with expressions in California, Florida, and the UK as well as a mirror expression in the cybersphere at Voxtropolis.com. Alex served on the Leadership team of MOSAIC Los Angeles from 1998 through 2004. He was a key leader behind ORIGINS, the Mosaic Leadership Experience, and helped grow the conference from a small pilot event to an experience of international reknown and status. During this same time, Alex helped envision the Mosaic Alliance and served as the Global Liason until 2006.

Culture Pubs™: How to start in, with and for the world
When seeking to reach the world with Christ, how far is too far? When do we know if we've crossed the line? This session will work through questions of apostolic mission through the "out of the box," field-oriented experiences of the Voxtropolis® Culture Pub™.

Acts of Translation: Making the World Human Again
How can we best translate the core message of God's activity in the world to non-believers?
First we need to understand the core message ourselves. Jesus did not come to teach Christianity. He came to make the world human again. Making the World Human Again explores the relationship of the Christ following faith to both the world and the Christian religion.

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Meet Rozanne Frazee!

Rozanne Frazee married her high school sweetheart and together they have been in ministry for 20 years. She served as the senior pastor’s wife at Pantego Bible Church, Fort Worth, Texas, for 16 years and is presently serving with her husband at Willow Creek Community Church. Rozanne is an editor, speaker, writer, and interpreter for the deaf. Her ministry passion is to help people rediscover the importance of neighborhood and the dinner table as the catalysts to help us slow down the pace of life, build lasting intergenerational relationships, and help us grow spiritually.

Raising Pastors’ Kids Who Don’t Hate the Church
Why do some pastor’s children grow up to embrace their faith and others seem to walk away or even run from it?  Could there be a way to insure our kids will not turn their backs on the church; the very thing we give our lives to build?  Rozanne Frazee will open this discussion and then lead a panel of pastors’ wives/kids in answering your questions, sharing ideas and offering suggestions on what has worked for them and what hasn’t in raising kids in a pastors’ family who will carry on the legacy of a strong faith.

Don't miss your chance to hear her speak at the National Pastor's Convention 2009!

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Meet Michael Jr.!

Michael Jr. is a versatile performer whose clean material can easily translate from churches to clubs. He has been featured on: “The Tonight Show,” Comedy Central, TV One, “The Late, Late Show,” BET, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” SiTV, “The Byron Allen Show,” and most recently hosting Superstation WGN’s nationally broadcast Christmas special “Santa Salutes the Stars”. You’ll also find him at the most prestigious comedy clubs across the nation. On the home front, Michael is happily married. He and his wife are the proud parents of four beautiful children.

Don't miss your chance to hear Micheal Jr. at the National Pastor's Convention! Register today and get $50 in FREE food! All you have to do is use Source Code 790827 when you register! Only for the first 100 registrants, so don't miss out!

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Meet Randy Frazee!

Randy Frazee is pastor at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio and was teaching pastor at Willow Creek Church and senior pastor at Pantego Bible Church. He is the author of The Connecting Church, Making Room for Life, The Christian Life Profile Assessment Tool, and Renovation of the Heart Student Edition. Randy will be at the National Pastor's Convention in Feburary. Don't miss your chance to hear him speak!

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Meet Nazareth

Yes, Nazareth is his real name -- was born the youngest of three brothers in Jesus' hometown. Narzareth's Comedy Crusade has reached millions on television broadcasts as varied as Comedy Central, The 700 Club, and the NBC Nightly News. Beyond the stage, Nazareth and his wife, Maha, and their two young children live in Southern California. Nazareth promotes the evangelical charity Christian Mission to Gaza, which provides food, medicine, and other relief for poor Gazans.

Nazareth will be at the National Pastor's Convention in February. Don't miss your chance to hear him!

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