Free "Loving Relationships" Webinar
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM (CT)
How to build a system that improves the quality of relationship in your church
In this 60 minute webinar, where you don't have to travel or spend any money, Gary Rohrmayer will be joined by Jonathan Reitz of CoachNet and you will:
- Discover the biblical patterns and principles for healthy relationships
- Learn 10 expectations for appropriate behavior in a local church
- Gain a better understanding of the importance of trust in a local church
You can expect to learn:
- How to respond to a crisis appropriately
- How to prepare you leaders for a crisis
- How to be prepared for a crisis as a leader
Sign Up Here"Inspiring Worship" Workshops May 16 - Meadows Family Fellowship, Rolling Meadows, IL May 23 - Grand Ledge Baptist Church, Grand Ledge, MI 10-2pm (lunch is provided) How to Improve Your Worship Services The goal of this workshop is to bring some theological and practical clarity to insuring that your worship services are God centered, inspirational and missional. Creating a culture of worship that moves through and beyond your gatherings is critical for healthy churches. Worship is more than style. It is beyond traditional or contemporary! Come bring your worship leader and learn from pastors who are growing both old and new churches. Hear how each develops a unique planning process that insures their worship services are inspiring. Here are some take aways: - Discover the four practices of a worship lifestyle
- Learn the eight elements of a worship gathering
- Gain a better understanding of your own liturgy
- Receive practical ideas for improving your worship gatherings
- Glean insights from veteran pastors and cutting edge church planters
You can expect to learn: - How to create a culture of worship throughout the church
- How to practice "selah' moments in your gatherings
- How to get a better response in your worship services
- How to create a good first impression
- How to end your worship gathering well
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May is Church Health Month!
One question I hear a lot from pastors and church planters is, "How can we get our church growing again?" And yet, theologically, this is not the right question, because Jesus said, "I will build my church." (Matthew 16: 18) Jesus says that he has come to seek and to save the lost. He says the Father is drawing people to himself. (John 6:44) He says the Holy Spirit is convicting mankind. (John 16: 8-11) God is at work all around us and because of this the best question to be asking is, "How are we hindering God's redemptive power throughout our church?" or "How do we get into the flow of God's redemptive work?" or "Why would God trust our church with 500 new converts?"
I believe that taking a closer look at your church's health and growth systems is key for it to be missionally engaged in God's redemptive work in the world. I am convinced that if every church, big or small, would once a year take a survey of the 30 key players and influencers it would help them make the necessary adjustments, tweeks and changes to be missionally engaged.
In light of this conviction we have dedicated May as Church Health Month
as well as offering the Natural Church Development Survey at cost starting May 1st until May 31st.
Starter Package
Advanced Package
More Church Health Resources
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FirstSteps Experience
Launching
May 18-21 - Chicago, IL
Are you considering planting a new church?
In some cases mistakes made in the first six months of a church plant can take up to six years to fix. The FirstSteps Experience is designed to help church planters and coaches minimize those mistakes and reach their full missional potential.
Based on Gary Rohrmayer's book, FirstSteps for Planting a Missional Church, the FirstSteps Experience is a unique opportunity for those looking at planting a church. It is a 4 day experience filled with interactive training and real life experience that help you enter the real world of church planting.
Each day will be filled with interactive training to help you understand a multitude of issues involved in planting a missional church. You will receive the practical nuts and bolts of church planting in an interactive and inspiring atmosphere.
This is for YOU, if you are serious about planting a gospel centered and missionally driven church.
Our trainers for this 4 day experience will be Gary Rohrmayer and Mark Albrecht.
Sponsored by Converge Worldwide & Converge MidAmerica
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Launching New Website & Video
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Visit Our New Website
After a year of development we are proud to launch the new Converge MidAmerica website! Thanks to the tireless hard work of Katie Nelson who drove the project, Nate Baggett who provided editing assistance and Aaron Van Ruler of Converge Worldwide for all his technical genius. We have a site that casts vision, provides direction and is loaded with helpful resources for all of our churches both old and new.
New Who is Converge? Video
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View or download our new 3 minute video introducing you and your congregation to Converge MidAmerica.
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Pray for the Ten Couples Attending the upcoming Church Planting Assessment Center - April 30 to May 3rd
Pray for New Church Planters Raising Support
Todd & Yolanda Bush, Hendersonville, TN
Pray for New Pastors
Jim and Stephani Peterson
Cornerstone Baptist Church
Ludington, MI
Pray for Churches in Transition
Grace Missionary Baptist Church, Markham, IL
Covenant Baptist Church, Marengo, IL
West Hills Community Church Westmont, IL
To Join the Converge MidAmerica Intercession Team
Contact: Nate Baggett @ nate@convergemidamerica.org
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