These three-hour sessions are designed to allow attendees to dig deeper into conference topics and connect on a more personal level with presenters and with those who share a common passion for specific ministries. Each session will be limited to 50 attendees. It is recommended that you attend the corresponding COMPASS and TOOL Sessions before attending an EXCHANGE on your selected topic.
The Missional Church with Leonard Sweet
Currently the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew University, Madison, NJ and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at George Fox University, Portland, OR, Leonard has been Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Theological School at Drew University for five years. Previous to Drew University, he served for eleven years as President and Professor of Church History at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH. Prior to 1985, Sweet was Provost of Colgate Rochester, Bexley Hall, Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, NY. Involved in leadership positions in the United Methodist Church, he has been chosen to speak at various Jurisdictional and General Conferences as well as the 1996 World Methodist Congress in Rio de Janeiro. He also serves as a consultant to many of America's denominational leaders and agencies. He is a member of the West Virginia Annual Conference.
Author of more than one hundred articles, over six hundred published sermons, and dozens of books, Leonard Sweet is the primary contributor (along with his wife Karen Elizabeth Rennie) to the Web-based preaching resource, www.preachingplus.com. For nine years he and his wife wrote Homiletics, which became under their watch the premier preaching resource in North America. His best-selling book FaithQuakes (1994), selected as one of the "10 best religion books" and "10 must-read books" of 1994 has been succeeded by a new best-seller SoulTsunami (1999). His most current book is The Gospel According to Starbucks (2007).
Sweet's Web-based preaching resource is the first open-source preaching resource on the Web. Founder and President of SpiritVenture Ministries, Sweet is a frequent speaker and conversation partner at conferences both in the US and around the globe. In both 2006 and 2007 he was voted "One of the 50 Most Influential Christians in America". His current projects include a preaching text entitled Giving Blood, The Leadership Myth (with Joe Myers), Pay Attention: Every Bush is Burning, and later in 2007, Outstorming The Perfect Storm. His weekly free podcast is called "Napkin Scribbles," and a longer subscription-based weekly podcast is available from WiredParish.com.
www.leonardsweet.com
The Missional Church with Leonard Sweet
Currently the E. Stanley Jones Professor of Evangelism at Drew University, Madison, NJ and a Visiting Distinguished Professor at George Fox University, Portland, OR, Leonard has been Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Theological School at Drew University for five years. Previous to Drew University, he served for eleven years as President and Professor of Church History at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, OH. Prior to 1985, Sweet was Provost of Colgate Rochester, Bexley Hall, Crozer Divinity School in Rochester, NY. Involved in leadership positions in the United Methodist Church, he has been chosen to speak at various Jurisdictional and General Conferences as well as the 1996 World Methodist Congress in Rio de Janeiro. He also serves as a consultant to many of America's denominational leaders and agencies. He is a member of the West Virginia Annual Conference.
Author of more than one hundred articles, over six hundred published sermons, and dozens of books, Leonard Sweet is the primary contributor (along with his wife Karen Elizabeth Rennie) to the Web-based preaching resource, www.preachingplus.com. For nine years he and his wife wrote Homiletics, which became under their watch the premier preaching resource in North America. His best-selling book FaithQuakes (1994), selected as one of the "10 best religion books" and "10 must-read books" of 1994 has been succeeded by a new best-seller SoulTsunami (1999). His most current book is The Gospel According to Starbucks (2007).
Sweet's Web-based preaching resource is the first open-source preaching resource on the Web. Founder and President of SpiritVenture Ministries, Sweet is a frequent speaker and conversation partner at conferences both in the US and around the globe. In both 2006 and 2007 he was voted "One of the 50 Most Influential Christians in America". His current projects include a preaching text entitled Giving Blood, The Leadership Myth (with Joe Myers), Pay Attention: Every Bush is Burning, and later in 2007, Outstorming The Perfect Storm. His weekly free podcast is called "Napkin Scribbles," and a longer subscription-based weekly podcast is available from WiredParish.com.
www.leonardsweet.com