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PurposeThe MLC exist to help establish an environment and network for church planters and missional thinkers to interact and learn from one another in order to invest into the lives of people for God’s Kingdom. There are 3 main objectives:
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About the PresentersKelly Williams, Founding Pastor Kelly and his wife Tosha graduated from Liberty University in 1993 and from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1996. After completing their studies, they came to Colorado Springs to start Vanguard Church with the Southern Baptist Convention. In March of 1997, they launched their first service with just a handful of people, including two lesbians, a stargazer, an agnostic and one Christian who worked at Focus on the Family. Very quickly, the Williams had to learn a new evangelistic strategy, one that was relational and REAL rather than religious. Kelly calls this strategy “POINT Evangelism,” and he will share about it at this conference. This fall, Kelly and Tosha’s first book entitled REAL Marriage: Where Fantasy Meets Reality will be released. The Williams are also completing a second book entitled Raw to REAL, to continue defining what it means to live REAL. It is the Williams’ passion to help church planters, pastors and Christians in general learn how to better love people into a REAL relationship with Jesus Christ and others. The Williams have five children and live on a small farm in Colorado Springs. Rick Clapp, Executive Pastor Rick and his wife Laura have served for eight years developing the staff and leaders of Vanguard through Leadership U and building the ministries of the church. Vanguard’s mission is to plant or help plant 5,000 churches, and Rick oversees all of Vanguard’s church planting initiatives. Every month, Rick meets with Vanguard’s church planters either by phone or in person (currently eight). In addition, Rick and Laura are the founders of Beyond Survival, a ministry started three years ago to invest into the lives of orphans and vulnerable children in Swaziland, Africa. Beyond Survival helps mobilize people devastated by HIV/AIDS by partnering to plant churches (three currently) and creating sustainability projects such as the Rose Geranium Farm in Africa. The Clapps have four children and live in Colorado Springs. Dr. Eric Swanson, Leadership Community Director of Externally Focused Churches Eric Swanson works with Leadership Network as Leadership Community Director for Externally Focused Churches working with dozens of externally focused churches around North America. He is also co-founder of GoodCities, a global movement focused on kingdom transformation. Eric served with Campus Crusade for Christ for twenty-five years before joining the staff of Leadership Network. He has a passion for engaging churches worldwide in the needs and dreams of their communities toward the end of spiritual and societal transformation. He holds D.Min. degree in Transformational Leadership in the Global City from Bakke Graduate University and is co-author of The Externally Focused Church, Living a Life on Loan, and numerous articles on churches that are transforming their communities. Eric has been married to Liz for over 30 years, have three children, two grandchildren and reside outside of Boulder Colorado. Ron Sylvia, Founder and Lead Pastor The church started in an office building 13 years ago with only 21 people and now averages nearly 3,000 in weekly attendance. While leading a fast growing church, Ron learned the value of mentoring and coaching. As a result, he has personally coached hundreds of church planters and pastors and has recently authored his story and methods in the book, Starting New Churches on Purpose. Ron is one of only a few certified in the Tom Paterson Strategic Planning Process, and he has a passion to help pastors think and act strategically in the local church. As Director of NEXT Churches, Ron & the NEXT team provide regional training conferences & coaching networks to help pastors start, lead & reproduce healthy churches. Bobby Vaughn, Church Planting Director Bobby came to NorthWood after moving to Texas from Colorado to go to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in December, 2005. Initially, he was a Church Planting intern at NorthWood with plans of finishing school and returning to Colorado to plant a church. But Bob Roberts has a way of redirecting the course of peoples' lives. Bobby has been married to Rennee for 11 years and they have 4 daughters, Bryce (9), Kyla (6), and Anna & Emma (2). Glenn Steers, President & Founder Glenn started building websites in 1997 (when the Internet was a baby) and launched ChurchWebsites the following year. Glenn is a certified Adobe® website developer, a certified ColdFusion® programmer and the former owner of a Washington, DC marketing firm. Glenn’s unique blend of website deployment, marketing experience, and love of God gives him a special skill set to help pastors leverage today’s prevailing Internet technologies to advance the Kingdom. Glenn lives in Raleigh, NC with his wife, Karen, and their 5 children. Todd McMichen, CEO The Developing Churches Network is 3 years old and is a network of Churches and business leaders. It's goal has been to resource church plants with conferences, round tables, coaching sessions, and resources. Becky Badry, Team Leader Becky Badry is Team Leader of Women's Missions & Ministries for the Colorado Baptist Convention. She is a nationally recognized leader in Women's Ministries, doing seminars and conferences throughout Colorado and other parts of the United States. She is the wife of a minister and the mother of two sons. Steve Caton, Team Leader Steve Caton has an extensive background in technology and ministry. He served in key leadership roles with OnlineGiving.com and Christianity.com, which launched a networked content management system for the church and nonprofit community. He then led the institutional client development efforts for CapTrust Asset Management, which focused investment/planned giving solutions for Christian organizations and philanthropists. As the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CCB, Steve leverages this unique experience to help local churches strengthen community, empower connectedness and improve communication. |
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