Missional Ministry Presentations from Presbytery of the Mid-Atlantic

Several times each year pastors and elders and interested parties from EPC church in North and South Carolina as well as West Virginia and Virginia gather to meet.  It’s a great time of fellowship, business, worship, planning, prayer and training.  I have always looked forward to this get-together, even when it means travel and expense.

At our September meeting at Trinity EPC in Florence, SC we had a particularly outstanding training time.  Not one, but TWO outstanding presentations that gave me so much inspiration, instruction and good things to ponder, that I want to make them available through my blog to all comers.  Here they are:

Deep Church

Dr. Jim Belcher planted a PCA church in Southern California before his present position as professor at John Knox Seminary in Florida.  He has written Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional, and now In Search of Deep Faith.  His presentation focused on his experience and passion as for a living faith that connects the Gospel to the world around us in a manner that is compelling and attractive while being rooted in the stream of faith has moved across centuries.  He illustrates with stories from his church experience in California and his family’s current church in Ft. Lauderdale - City Church.  Give this a download or listen, and you may find yourself purchasing Deep Church just like I did.
 
Click Here to listen to the Audio.  On most computers, you can right-click the link and download the entire MP3 to your computer.

Redemptive Environments

Nicole Unice is on the staff of Hope EPC in Richmond, VA.  Her presentation helped me to look at our ministry through the eyes and ears of people on the outside.  Environment matters.  Does it say, “We’ve been looking forward to you coming?” or “Who are you and why are you interrupting me and my friends?”  I’m anxious to find a time for Nicole to join us in Fredericksburg soon.

Click Here to listen to the Audio.  On most computers, you can right-click the link and download the entire MP3 to your computer.