As soon as I finish preaching tomorrow AM, I’ll be jumping in a car and heading to the airport to fly to Orlando, FL.  This week is the National New Church Conference.  Christie and I first attended this conference in 1995 and as we headed for home from being around this amazing church planting group we felt strongly led by God to take a leap of faith and follow others into the crazy world of church planting.  Without a doubt… we are so blessed that we did.  The last 12-13 years have been years of faith, fear and great fun.  The friendships that I have forged through my involvement in church planting have been so rich and blessed.

In 2002 I was asked to be the President of the NNCC.  The conference was held in Indianapolis, IN and my theme was all about Diversity in Church Planting.  My passion for Multi-Ethnic ministry has not waned. There were about 240 people who attended the conference.   Over the last several years however, the conference has taken an amazing slide upwards to where it is now labeled the largest church planting gathering in North America.  To date registrations are topping 2,500.  What a super thing!  My connection with the conference is still very strong and this year I was asked to direct the Multi-Ethnic church planting track.  We’ve got a great slate put together, and I am pumped.

To top it off a bunch of the Westbrook staff guys are going to be joining me this year.  They all fly down Monday afternoon.  Pray for us all.  I think it’s going to be a great week.  If you’d like to read about the Exponential (National New Church Conference) visit www.exponentialconference.org.  I plan to blog a time or two while in Orlando as well.  Please check out what God is up to through this great conference!