Exponential Conference Day 1

Today started at 4:30 AM when my alarm went off. I am not a morning person so I am surprised how well I got up and off to Harrisburg for my 6:30 flight. The flights went well and I got to Orlando at around 11:30.

I met my ride and we were off to the Church that is hosting the conference. The campus was huge as was the buildings. When I got there I went straight to my "Missional Practices" Pre-Conference with Hugh Halter and Matt Smay. I was given the Tangible Kingdom Primer...which I can see using in the months and years to come to help people understand what Veritas is about.

Here are some things that stood out from the Pre-Conference so far:

Think like a missionary.

Three steps of a missionary flow:

1. Engage Culture
2. Form community
3. Structure congregation.

All too often the church has it backwards and starts with structuring congregation.

Anywhere God's people live out missional/incarnational life a church should form.

Your witness is your community (reminds me of the quote from Leslie Newbigin about the great hermeneutic for the gospel is a community that believes it)

Followers pick their leaders. Leadership is influence.

Church happens as we are on mission together.

They also showed us a Apprenticeship Process they use at Aduallam which I believe might come in handy for us as we plant Veritas in September. Excited about day two and what God will do in me, and what he will being doing through me.