SCHEDULE
(subject to change)

Tuesday, November 10th
8:00am Registration
9:00am Welcome: Scott Thomas
9:10am Worship
9:30am Session #1: “The Gospel & Ambition” – Dave Harvey
10:30am Session #2: “Church Planting & Ambition” – Ed Stetzer, Testimony: Kevin Jamison
11:30am Lunch (provided)
12:30pm Workshops: (descriptions of workshops at bottom of page)**
2:30pm Session #3: “The Church & Ambition” – Steve Timmis,  Testimony: Matt Adair
3:30pm GCM Presentation, Logos Presentation
4:00pm Break
4:15pm Session #4:  “Leadership & Ambition” – Darrin Patrick, Testimony: Nick Nye
5:15pm End of day 1

Wednesday, November 11th
10:00am Welcome: Scott Thomas
10:10am Worship
10:30am Session #5: ”Decoding your City & Ambition” – Kevin Cawley, Testimony: Keith Watson
11:30am Session #6: “Discipleship & Ambition” – Bob Thune, Testimony: Rick Long
12:30pm Lunch (provided) – Q&A with Scott Thomas about A29
1:30pm Workshops: (descriptions of workshops at bottom of page)**
3:30pm Session #7: Preaching & Ambition. “Speaking Past Demons: Christian Preaching as Expository Exorcism”– Russell Moore, Testimony: Dustin Neeley
4:30pm Break
5:00pm Session #8: “Ministry for the Long Haul & Ambition” – Matt Chandler
6:00 pm End of day 2

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Workshops:

Tuesday:

12:30-1:20
- Church Planting from the Ground Up track: Kevin Jamison (Core Development)
- Total Church track: Steve Timmis (Total Church)
- Wives track: Jani Ortlund
- Worship track: Tim Smith (Worship that is Missional, Contextual, and Gospel-Centered)
- Executive Pastor track: Jamie Munson (Mars Hill Church) , Phil Taylor (Terra Nova Church), Bryce Butler (Sojourn Community Church), and Nate Williams (Vintage21)
- Pastor as Resident Theologian track: Ray Ortlund (Revival-When God comes to Church)

1:30-2:20
- Church Planting from the Ground Up track: Keith Watson (Vision & Values: Great Church or Great City?)
- Total Church track: Steve Timmis (Total Church)
- Wives track: Mandy Montgomery
- Worship track: Panel Discussion on Worship Ministry featuring Tim Smith, Kevin Twit, Marc Heinrich, Mike Cosper, and Chip Stam.
- Executive Pastor track: Jamie Munson (Mars Hill Church) , Phil Taylor (Terra Nova Church), Bryce Butler (Sojourn Community Church), and Nate Williams (Vintage21)
- Pastor as Resident Theologian track: Joe Thorn (How Theology Can Kill Your Church)

Wednesday:

1:30pm-2:20pm
- Church Planting from the Ground Up track: Rick Long (Calling to Commitment: establishing elders, deacons, and members)
- Total Church track: Steve Timmis (Total Church)
- Wives track: CP wives panel discussion
- Worship track: Kevin Twit (Singing Theology)
- Executive Pastor track: Jamie Munson (Mars Hill Church) , Phil Taylor (Terra Nova Church), Bryce Butler (Sojourn Community Church), and Nate Williams (Vintage21)
- Pastor as Resident Theologian track: Gregg Allison and Reid Monaghan (Church History)

2:30pm-3:20pm
- Church Planting from the Ground Up track: Matt Adair (Forming strategic partnerships)
- Total Church track: Steve Timmis (Total Church)
- Wives track: Jani Ortlund
- Worship track: Panel Discussion on Songs and Songwriting featuring Sandra McCracken, Kevin Twit, Neil Robins, and Tim Smith
- Executive Pastor track: Jamie Munson (Mars Hill Church) , Phil Taylor (Terra Nova Church), Bryce Butler (Sojourn Community Church), and Nate Williams (Vintage21)
- Pastor as Resident Theologian track: Daniel Montgomery

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Workshop descriptions:

Total Church:
You’ve all read the book (and if you haven’t, you should) – in this track Steve Timmis will delve into the gospel-centered community on mission. Like the book, this track will drive toward healthy practice, driven by healthy reflection, for planting churches that are strong with both fists: community and truth.

Worship Track:
Led by some of the best practitioners in the field, this track will cover everything from theologically rich songwriting and liturgy to a bird’s-eye-view of planning your worship calendar and building a worship team from the ground up. This track is for worship leaders and pastors alike as they seek to equip the Body to worship God with their whole lives, both through Sunday gatherings and day to day teaching and modeling.

CP From the Ground Up:
From the trenches for the trenches. This track gathers Church Planters from around the country who are in the thick of establishing a thriving plant.  They will offer reflections on what has worked, what hasn’t and what God has done to sustain them through the difficult journey so far.  This track will cover everything from gathering your core to establishing vision and values in your people. The track is ideally suited for planters in years 0 to 3.

Wives track:
This track will feature Jani Ortlund, author and wife of Acts 29 pastor Ray Ortlund. Planting a church is a high and difficult calling for a man, and also a high and difficult calling for his wife. Aside from Christ, no one will have as much impact on a pastor’s heart for mission as his wife. Jani Ortlund and Mandy Montgomery will offer their insights on being a wife on mission with her husband.  In addition, the track will include a panel and Q&A session with wives of church planters in various stages of church planting.

Pastor as Resident Theologian:
Theology and Mission are inextricably bound for it is mission – the day to day mess of relationships and engagement – that drives us to theology. The local church pastor must be a practitioner of sound doctrine while engaged in the work of daily mission and cannot rely on theology produced solely in academe. This track will examine the interaction between deep reflection and radical action from various angles including church history and church planting.

Executive Pastor Track:
This track brings together some of the premier executive leaders from growing churches across the country. How do you lead and structure churches in order to bring the whole gospel to the whole world? From strategic planning and communication (internal and external) to missional systems and structures, this is the track for those kingly men who want to keep the mission organized and focused (and even funded).

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