POSTMODERN OUTREACH
How to better reach the postmodern generation and identify the trends and issues that impact your current ministry.
Christianity and the Popular Culture
We live
in a media saturated culture where we are surrounded by divine messages
hidden in the most unlikely places. Emerging cultures see the world
through the lenses of art, film, and music. Condemning culture and
attempting to segregate from culture will not work. How can we speak
a language that builds bridges and stimulates an investigation of
faith.
FRIDAY 4PM
Five Essential Ingredients of Postmodern Evangelism
Pastor of Spiritual Formation/Outreach
Mountain Valley Church
Scottsdale, AZ
&
Pastor, Flood the Desert (New emergent church plant of MVC)
Scottsdale, AZ
Although there are number of excellent books on postmodernism, you've probably discovered that the vast majority of personal evangelism resources are not geared with the postmodern in mind. All Outreach leaders know that we should share the Gospel; the question is how exactly do we train our congregations to do this with the postmodern in mind? Learn how to train your congregation to effectively reach and connect with the emerging culture.
You will learn:
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The Postmoderns' worldview
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The dilemmas of personal evangelism curricula
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The 5 necessary ingredients for relevant personal evangelism training
FRIDAY 8AM
The Alpha Course: A Tool for Reaching a Postmodern Society
National Director
Alpha USA
For pastors to effectively demonstrate the relevance of faith in secular America, they must understand the significant shift that has occurred in the cultural views of religion and spirituality in today's society and how to speak to these new views. This workshop will discuss these issues and how Alpha effectively and uniquely addresses them.
You will learn:
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How postmoderns think and evaluate truth in today's society and what their needs are.
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How the church needs to respond to this new generation with this new way of thinking.
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How Alpha uniquely and effectively reaches this part of society.
SATURDAY 8:30 AM
They Like Jesus, Not the Church
Pastor
Vintage Faith Church
Emerging generations are fast disappearing from our churches and we will look at some reasons why this is happening. Evangelistic methods that have been historically effective with Baby Boomers are not as effective with the emerging post-Christian generations, who are very open spiritually but have strong preconceived notions about the church and Christians. However, there is great hope as we rethink evangelism. We will look at what churches across America are doing for effective evangelism to these emerging generations.
You will learn:
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Some of the key issues happening in our culture today and how they impact evangelism.
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How evangelism for previous generations is changing for those growing up in a post-Christian culture.
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Which churches are successful in their evangelistic efforts to emerging generations.
THURSDAY 8AM
The Big "MO": Creating Momentum in the Postmodern Church
Senior Pastor
Bay Area Fellowship
Postmodern churches around the country want to reach out to the unchurched in their area, but simply don't know how to target and attract them. Find out why so many postmodern churches miss the mark when it comes to reaching the next generation and what to do about it.
You will learn:
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A structure for growth.
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A balance between the theoretical and the real.
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What to do when postmodern ideas and church growth conflict.
THURSDAY 4PM
