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Former NPC Speaker Hosts Teleseminar!

Join authors Eric Michael Bryant and Dan Kimball for a live teleseminar on Evangelism and Innovation December 1, 1:00 p.m. Pacific time.

Eric Michael Bryant, the author of Peppermint-Filled Piñatas, oversees the leadership team at Mosaic in Los Angeles, a church known for its diversity and creativity. In addition, he teaches at the Southern California campus of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and is working on his doctorate of ministry at Bethel Seminary.

Dan Kimball is the founding pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, CA and has authored several books including They Like Jesus But Not The Church, The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations and Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations. Dan has also been a speaker at the National Pastor's Convention in previous years.

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Join authors Eric Michael Bryant and Dan Kimball for a live teleseminar on Evangelism and Innovation December 1, 1:00 p.m. Pacific time.

Eric Michael Bryant, the author of Peppermint-Filled Piñatas, oversees the leadership team at Mosaic in Los Angeles, a church known for its diversity and creativity. In addition, he teaches at the Southern California campus of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary and is working on his doctorate of ministry at Bethel Seminary.

Dan Kimball is the founding pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, CA and has authored several books including They Like Jesus But Not The Church, The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations and Emerging Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations. Dan has also been a speaker at the National Pastor's Convention in previous years.

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Former NPC Speaker Speaks About Leadership

Dave Gibbons is the founding pastor of NewSong Church, a multi-generational, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-continental, multi-site church in inner-city Los Angeles, North Orange County, Irvine, and Bangkok. Future NewSong sites include Mexico City, London, New York City, and Seoul. An in-demand speaker and strategic consultant around the world, Dave is founder and CEO of Xealot, a nonprofit venture focused on transforming marginalized communities globally through strategic leadership development and special projects.

Dave was a former speaker at the National Pastor's Convention. View his interview with Leadership Journal by clicking HERE. And read his blog for the Out of Ur blog for Christianity Today by clicking HERE.

Don't miss out on his new book coming in February 2009, The Monkey and the Fish.

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The Monkey and the Fish decodes profound shifts and events taking place in the world today due to globalism, multiculturalism and technology, and introduces an original approach to ministry, church, and leadership known as The Third Culture. The book title refers to an Eastern parable that will challenge you to reexamine fundamental assumptions of the evangelical movement, including erroneous interpretations that have made the church increasingly irrelevant in North America and the global village.

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Burning Bush Gone Bad

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Documentary Screening at NPC!

Don't miss out on your chance to view the screening of the documentary, "As We Forgive," at the National Pastor's Convention on Wednesday, February 11, 2009.

A Laura Waters Hinton film narrated by Mia Farrow, featuring the music of Emmy award-winning composers Lenny Williams and Chris Biondo. Gold Winner at the Student Academy Awards 2008 for Best Documentary and Official Selection at National Geographic All Roads Film Festival.

Could you forgive a person who murdered your family?  This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantale- two Rwandan women coming face-to-face with the men who slaughtered their families during the 1994 genocide.  Struggling to live again as neighbors, these survivors and killers discover the power and the pain of radical reconciliation.

But can survivors truly forgive the killers of their families?  And can the church, which failed at moral leadership during the genocide, fit into the process of reconciliation today? In As We Forgive, director Laura Waters Hinson and narrator Mia Farrow explore these topics through the lives of four neighbors once caught in opposite tides of a genocidal bloodbath, and their extraordinary journey from death to live through forgiveness.

Announcing Craig Groeschel's Blog Tour

Craig Groeschel, author of IT, is going on a book blog tour this September! The blog tour features 10 blogs over two weeks.

Blog tour schedule:
September 15 – Swerve (Craig Groeschel & Bobby Gruenewald)
September 16 – Scott Hodge
September 17 – Catalyst blog and On the Journey (Brad Lomenick)
September 18 – Velocity (Dave Ferguson)
September 19 –Zondervan blog
September 22 – Monday Morning Insight (Todd Rhoades)
September 23 – Innovative Ministry Leader (Sean Lewis)
September 24 – Tony Morgan Live
September 25 – Leading Smart (Tim Stevens)
September 26 – FlowerDust (Anne Jackson)

While the tour kicks off next week on the Swerve blog, you do not have to wait to find out more information about IT, interact with IT, and have a chance to win IT.

Each day this week the Zonderban blog will be posting something about IT — videos about IT, messages about IT, ways to win IT, and ways to interact with others about IT. Today, try to solve the puzzle below and post your time in the comments section (NOTE: If you played this game back in April, try to beat your time from then. Check other times by looking at this post: http://zondervan.typepad.com/zondervan/2008/04/ecpa-game-moe-1.html).

Visit www.zondervan.com/it for more information.

NOTE: You may have to sit through a 10-second ad before playing the game, below.  Don't click on the ad.  Wait for the ad to run until you see the headline "Discover the picture!" Then click Play.  Instructions on playing the game: Click on a block to move it.  Line up the blocks in the number order you'll see in the lower right-hand corner.

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A Message to Pastors from Chuck Colson

Chuck Colson shares how pastors can help their church members grasp the foundational teachings of Christianity, know why they believe these teachings, and understand why it matters to them, their families, and their neighbors.

"Every pastor should read The Faith and every pastore should preach through this book with their congregation- it's that good." -Bill Hybels.

To learn more about The Faith church campaigns, download FREE resources, get significant quantity discounts, and register for your church’s campaign, CLICK HERE.

A NEW and IMPROVED NPC Web site is coming!

I kept hearing this same comment at NPC this past year:

"Your website is really confusing!"

And when multiple people tell you this and even people that know NPC can't find the right info, you know it is time for a change. I am excited to announce that a new and very much improved NPC site is being worked on now! It is set to launch in July, so keep checking back for updates. We've simplified the navigation and added some cool new features. As always, if you need help or have questions about NPC, please email us at npcinfo@zondervan.com or call us at 866-429-0828.

Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd, and Shane Claiborne | Three Degrees of Separation | Speaking of Faith

Three Degrees of Separation from Speaking of Faith on Vimeo.

Khakis, blue jeans, and dungarees graced the stage at this public event in San Diego. The generational differences between these three Evangelical leaders seemed obvious. But this lively conversation revealed a shared theology that guides these three men — Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd, and Shane Claiborne — as they interpret and live out their values in varying ways.

Here, as part of a Speaking of Faith production, Krista Tippett moderates this panel seminar at the 2008 National Pastors Convention.

Produced and edited by Trent Gilliss, Mitch Hanley, and Colleen Scheck.

What is your reaction to the discussion Chuck Colson, Greg Boyd, and Shane Claiborne have in this video?  Please post up in the "Comments" section below.

Interview on "The Relationship Between Politics and Christianity" to be aired on NPR

The NPC panel discussion, "The Relationship between Politics and Christianity," featuring Charles Colson, Greg Boyd, Shane Claiborne, and Krista Tippett is going to be aired nationwide on public radio stations via the Speaking of Faith program. 

"Evangelical Politics: Three Generations" will air on public radio stations nationwide from Thursday, April 17 - Wednesday, April 23.  It will also be featured online at speakingoffaith.org where you can download and podcast the program. The web site also will offer high-definition video of the complete interview, including an audience question and answer session, as filmed at the 2008 National Pastors Convention. Find broadcast locations and times, other Speaking of Faith programs, and much more at speakingoffaith.org.

Speaking of Faith explores the passionate dialogue that is unfolding among Evangelical leaders and communities on the place of religion in politics and public life. In a packed conference room at the 2008 National Pastors Convention, Krista Tippett conducted a live conversation with three generations of formative Evangelicals, including former advisor to President Nixon and Prison Fellowship founder Chuck Colson, megachurch pastor Greg Boyd, and social activist and new monastic Shane Claiborne. Hear their lively discussion about the role of Christians in politics and the struggle to balance Evangelical values with modern social realities.