UNDERGROUND. URBAN. ALTERNATIVE. Punks, homeless youth, artists, travelers, ravers, rainbows, goths, the
music scene - the scenes that really birthed post-modernism through their
anti-modern, anti-corporate, and anti-Christian affinities. Over 100 years
of sub-culture experience are represented in the five main speakers/host
(part of the Underground Railroad) senior brain trust). Along with a heart
to give away experience, insights, and tears, this tent, located in
cstoneXchange, will excel in skin art, facial hair, and dreads. MICRO-MISSIONAL COMMUNITIES / INVITATION TO A REVOLUTION (Thu-Sat 10 am Brad Culver) Examine principles that facilitate the evelopment, nurturing and maintaining of vibrant, holistic, caring, intimate, outwardly focused, intergenerational "colonies of heaven on earth", where loving GOd and neighbor are the primary mandate. culfre68@yahoo.ca 24/7 BOILERROOMS / WHOLE-ISTIC MISSIONAL COMMUNITIES (Thu-Sat 11 am Peter Wohler: Source BR, Mpls) It takes a WHOLE village to create belonging for the marginalized, skeptical, and a post-post-modern culture. A wholistic missionology that values justice/mercy, community, relationships and being relevant to culture without abandoning evangelism, or the disciplines of prayer and discipleship. sourcemn.org SHAPING OF THINGS TO COME: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION (Thu-Sat. 12 pm Brad Culver / Peter Wohler: Source BR, Mpls) The title is inspired by the book written by M. Frost and A. Hirsch. Bring your lunch and join us in exploring what is and will be happening. Open discussion of the first two seminar topics (above) including creating belonging, missional micro-communities, and simple church. sourcemn.org JESUS VILLAGE (Thu.-Sat., 1 pm Glen Clark) The Jesus Village is a gathering of frontline ministries around the US whose purpose is to show how to do outreach to several gropus of seemingly unreachables, from bikers to witches, Native Americans to rainbows. jesusvillage.net THE REFUGE CHRONICLES: TALES FROM THE UNDERSIDE (Thu-Sat, 2 pm, Bruce Wright: Refuge, FL) How a movement of the poor, the disenfranchised, the counter culture, can lead us into living and being the Kingdom of God in a postmodern world. Includes narratives from the street and from the perspective of the oppressed. The long and varied history of the Refuged. BACK TO THE CROSS (Thu-Sat, 3 pm, Cleetus Adrian: Nation of the Underground Ministries, TX) Coming back to the one great essential of the Christian faith -- Jesus. What does the Bible really say about Him? His death and resurrection? And the great graavity that this should bear upon those of us who profess to know him? SPIRITUAL PARENTING (Thu-Sat, 4 pm, Dan & Linda Olson) Spirtual Parenting is the new movement of mentoring and discipling to see a generation go deeper in their faith and bcome more involved in family life. HOW CORRUPTION KILLED THE CHURCH (Fri, 4 pm, Joshua Stump: Anchor Fellowship) Discovering the spirit of Laodicea in all of us and persuing a new hope for the church. thecanchorfellowship@comcast.net LIFE AS MINISTRY - DYING TO SELF IN A SELF-CENTERED WORLD (Sat, 4 pm, Daniele Clark) Learn what it's like to grow up in ministry, then choose to continually put aside personal goals and ambitions to pour life into broken lives on the frontlines CELTIC CROSSROADS & THIN PLACES (Thu, 5 pm, Chad Mager) The crossroads were more than a host of traditional Celtic dances, they were also a place where Celtic Christians would share the gospel with travelers. The crossroads also speak of "thin places" where the physical and the spiritual seem closer than normal. STICK-TO-ITNESS (Fri, 5 pm, Mary Culver) How often have you felt like giving up, particularly in postmodern ministry where results seem few and far between? With humor, captivating stories, and insight gleaned from life experience, Mary encourages us not to throw in the towel, but keep looking to Jesus. SACRED ANARCHY: THE IMAGE OF GOD AND POLITICAL (DIS)ORDER (Sat, 5 pm, Jason Barr) Common misconceptions of "anarchy" are images of chaos, violence, and destruction vs. looking to anarchism as a critique of the relationship between the church and political power. seminars by tent: x1 | x2 | x3 | x4 | x5 | x6 | seminar index
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