http://anglican1000.org/ en DanielA@Anglican1000.org Copyright 2012 2012-01-27T16:48:19+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/save_the_date_for_summit_2012/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/save_the_date_for_summit_2012/#When:06:30:10Z The 2012 Anglican 1000 Church Planting Summit will be held March 6-8, 2012 in Plano, TX. Featured speakers include Mike Breen, Robert Duncan, Scot McKnight, David Roseberry, and David Taylor. Anglican church planters and leaders from across North America will be making presentations, field reports, and hosting workshops. This is our third annual conference, which is an opportunity for everyone who is part of this exciting movement to gather for equipping, worship, encouragement, networking, prayer, and reports from the mission field. Register today for $250. Remember, we are also offering discounts to seminarians and active church planters. To qualify for the discount, seminarians should be actively enrolled in an accredited program. Active church planters should have planted since 2009 or be planning to start in 2012. We are also pleased to announce that active church planters will be able to register their spouse free of charge! This means that a church planter can attend Summit 2012 with their spouse for $125. Contact to get more information about these discounts! Register Now!online event registrationby Regonline Schedule:* Tuesday March 6, 2012 10:00-Noon   Registration 1:00 p.m.      Plenary #1/Field Reports 4:15 p.m.      Workshops #1 5:30 p.m.      Evening Prayer 6:30 p.m.      Reception Wednesday, March 7, 2012 8:00 a.m.      Morning Prayer 8:30 a.m.      Bible Study 9:30 a.m.      Plenary #2/Field Reports 11:30 a.m.    Noonday Prayer Noon           Lunch 1:30 p.m.      Plenary #3 2:45 p.m.      Workshops #2 4:15 p.m.      Workshops #3 5:30 p.m.      Dinner on your own 7:00 p.m.      Festival Eucharist Thursday, March 8, 2012 8:00 a.m.      Morning Prayer 8:30 a.m.      Bible Study 9:30 a.m.      Plenary #4/Field Reports/Wrap Up Noon           Dismissal with lunch *Schedule is subject to change. Accommodations: A list of hotels will be sent to you once you complete registration. Transportation: Shuttle discount information is provided in your registration confirmation. If you are traveling as part of a group, a rented car may be cheaper. Mike Breen: Mike and Sally Breen have been innovators in leading missional churches throughout Europe and the United States for more than 25 years. In their time at St Thomas Sheffield in the UK, they were one of the original pioneers of Missional Communities, mid-sized groups of 20-50 people on mission together. The result, less than 6 years later, was the largest church in England, and ultimately, one of the largest and now fastest growing churches in the whole of Europe. In 2006 Mike and Sally were approached by Leadership Network to lead an initiative into church planting. Through this partnership, more than 750 churches were planted in Europe in just three years. Today, Mike and Sally live in South Carolina, leading 3DM, a movement/organization that is helping hundreds ofestablished churches and church planters move into this discipling and missional way of being the church.  Mike is the Senior Guardian of The Order of Mission (TOM) -a global covenant community of networked missional leaders. He has authored numerous books, selling more than 150,000 copies, including Launching Missional Communities, Building a Discipling Culture and Covenant and Kingdom. He blogs here. Robert Duncan: Archbishop Duncan was ordained a deacon in 1972 and a priest later that same year. In 1995, he was elected bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and continues to serve Pittsburgh as their Bishop. He became known outside of Pittsburgh for his role in mission and for his efforts to draw together the Anglican Church in North America. An extraordinary leader at a critical moment in church history, he was elected to the office of Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America in June 2009 where he called to plant 1000 Anglican churches in North America. Archbishop Duncan and his wife, Nara, have one daughter and two grandchildren. Scot McKnight: Scot McKnight is a recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. He is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University (Chicago, Illinois).  Dr. McKnight has given interviews on radios across the nation, has appeared on television, and is regularly speaks at local churches, conferences, colleges, and seminaries in the USA and abroad. Scot McKnight is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Society for New Testament Studies. He is the author of more than thirty books, including the award-winning The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others (Paraclete, 2004), which won the Christianity Today book of the year for Christian Living. You can follow his prolific Jesus Creed blog here. David Roseberry: The Rev. Canon David Roseberry is the founding rector and senior pastor of Christ Church in Plano, Texas. Currently, David serves as chairman of the Anglican 1000 movement and serves on the Archbishop’s cabinet. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona, and received his Master of Divinity degree from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1982. David and his wife, Fran, have four grown children and five grandchildren. He is active on Twitter and blogs here. David Taylor: David Taylor was a pastor at Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas, where, over the course of twelve years, he oversaw the arts ministry and the adult education program. Born and raised in Guatemala City, he studied at the University of Texas, Georgetown University, the University of Würzburg and Regent College in Canada, where he received degrees in theology (MCS) and biblical studies (ThM). He edited the book For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts (Baker Books, 2010). He has written for Books & Culture, CIVA Seen, Christianity Today, Q, The Living Church and The Christian Vision Project. His artistic interests include playwriting, modern dance and film. He and his wife Phaedra currently live in North Carolina, where he is pursuing doctoral studies at Duke University. David blogs regularly at Diary of an Arts Pastor. Pre-Conference Events: The Young Anglicans Project is hosting a conference on Youth Ministry in Church Plants and Small Churches on March 5 and 6, 2012 at Christ Church in Plano immediately prior to the Anglican 1000 Summit. The conference will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 5 and conclude at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 6. To register go here. Questions can be directed to . CANA Council will hold a variety of meetings and events prior to and after the Summit at Christ Church. This is open to anyone in CANA. For more information, please see the event website. Articles, Feature, On the Move 2011-06-02T06:30:10+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/silver_bullets_and_celebrity_pastors_why_im_excited_about_mike_breen_s/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/silver_bullets_and_celebrity_pastors_why_im_excited_about_mike_breen_s/#When:16:48:19Z By: Daniel Adkinson Mike Breen of 3dm is one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Anglican 1000 Church Planting Summit.  Many are familiar with Mike’s work at St. Thomas’ Church Crookes in Sheffield, his LifeShapes curriculum, or his leadership of the European Church Planting Network. Mike brings a wealth of church planting experience to the 2012 Summit. However, beyond that Mike is doing some of the best thinking today on movements, discipleship, and sustainability - particularly in an increasingly post-Christian culture. As the director of Anglican 1000, I see it as essential that we grapple with the questions Mike is asking in order to press into becoming a movement, rather than simply a denominational program. If we hope to follow our Anglican forebear and hero Roland Allen in seeing the spontaneous expansion of the church here in North America, then we must continue aiming at truly becoming a movement. As a sort of appetizer for the Summit, here are two great pieces from this past week by Mike and one of his colleagues at 3dm: 1) Churches Looking for a Silver Bullet in a Microwave Culture by Mike Breen - this is a short post by Mike about the level of desperation seen in most senior pastors today. They hope to find the silver bullet of church growth and implement it in a matter of weeks or days. With the current popularity of missional communities, some are turning to them as the silver bullet and are becoming frustrated that they are not quick fixes. 2) How Rob Bell and Mark Driscoll are the Same - this short post is from Doug Paul who heads up content for 3dm. The gold comes from one of Doug’s questions and a reminder from George Whitfield and John Wesley. Here is his question: So here’s my question: Does anyone really believe that a revitalized church of the future will emerge in an increasingly post-Christian 21st Century Western culture is going to be built on a strictly teaching-based, Sunday-centric, attractional, “come and see” approach? Next, he summarizes a conversation between Whitfield (the great preacher) and Wesley (leader of a movement) where Whitfield basically says: “In 100 years, next to no one will remember me, the man who gathered thousands. They will remember John Wesley because he produced a model of reproduction and multiplication of discipleship and mission that will far outlast me.” I would encourage you to read the full posts and continue to follow the conversation and questions coming from Mike and 3dm. They are incredibly important questions - especially for us as we raise up Anglican congregations and communities of faith throughout North America. Also, of course, if this whets your appetite, then make plans to join us at the 2012 Anglican 1000 Church Planting Summit where Mike is one of our keynote speakers. More information about the event can be found here. Register now before the rates go up on February 1st. Articles, On the Move 2012-01-27T16:48:19+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/anglican_1000_chairmans_letter_-_the_challenge_of_the_day_for_our_angl/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/anglican_1000_chairmans_letter_-_the_challenge_of_the_day_for_our_angl/#When:15:08:47Z By: The Rev. Canon David Roseberry Over the last few months, we have seen tragic division within the Anglican Mission in the Americas – one of the strongest Anglican church planting engines on the ground right now. My biggest concern has not been the alignment issues, the bishops’ resignations, or the flurry of communication back and forth between Rwanda and the United States.  My biggest concern is that the dramatic events of the last few months in the Anglican realignment would take our focus off the mission before us in this Anglican moment. I’ll state the obvious, but it needs to be said:  The goal and purpose of Anglican Christians in North American is to reach the people of North America.  TheAM has always expressed their call this way:  Our goal (is to reach) the 130 million un-churched in the U.S. and some 20 million in Canada with the transforming reality of Jesus Christ.  The ACNA has framed it this way: Reaching North America with the transforming love of Jesus Christ. Those are the same mission!  Clearly, each of these organizations and whatever affiliates and jurisdictions they represent are committed to planting churches.  We know that.  Our commitment hasn’t changed, but our focus has been affected.  Cyber-space has been buzzing with the news and updates about the drama.  But remember, we have the same mission: to reach people. I am very aware that there are significant hurts and misunderstandings; there is a lot of relationship work that needs to get done.  But let’s not ignore our call; we have our mission.  Let’s get back to it.  Just this week, we added the 200th new start to our church plant locator!  That is a cause for celebration.  Let the blogosphere erupt with that news.  Please! We have seen remarkable progress and success in planting churches. Anglican1000 has been our common effort, across jurisdictions, ministry partners, and friends.  Let’s get back to it. Here are three ways I think we can reconnect with the mission. 1) Pray for the lost.  One of the most scandalous things I have ever heard is that the 1979 BCP never prays for the lost except on Good Friday.  When I heard that, I vowed to always pray for the un-churched, the lost, the de-churched, every time we gather on for public worship.  This is God’s heart!  We know that from Luke 15.  And we also know that our Anglican heritage and customs, however they are locally adapted, can reach many people who are looking for a faith that is anchored in a large fellowship of believers. 2) Attend the Anglican1000 Summit.  This gathering (March 6,7,8) is the most common ground for all of our troops on the ground.  Christ Church, the host of the A1K event, is eager to welcome all Anglicans leaders and workers, planters and priests. We have a facility that will accommodate several hundred leaders.  Furthermore, our congregation has a heart to help all church planters find the support, education, inspiration, and encouragement they need. You know the line-up, but you may not know that we are intentionally making time for worship, networking, leadership equipping, and skill building throughout the conference. For more information about the Summit, check here. As you know, Anglican1000 is a ministry of the ACNA and is dedicated to serving the church planter and the church planting movement within Anglicanism.  We have cut the price of the conference in half for the planter; the spouse of the planter is free!  Is there a better deal out there? It’s also half off for seminarians. Simply contact our director, for information about these discounts. Remember, rates go up on February 1st. So, register today! 3) Make some room for patience.  The leaders of the North American Anglican Movement have a heart for mission.  I know them all very well.  Their desire is to see that people come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. We don’t know how long it will take to sort out the jurisdictional and structural questions.  Let’s be patient.  Let’s give our leaders the time and room they need to prayerfully discern the next steps.  But let’s get back on mission. Let’s celebrate the 200 new works that we have seen started in the next few years! Let’s seize the opportunity before us to continue laying the foundation of Biblical, united, missionary Anglicanism here in North America. We were doing it…let’s keep on doing it together.  And let’s do so with humility and grace in obedience to the Lord Jesus and in response to the call of our Archbishop Robert Duncan. In Christ, David+ The Rev. Canon David Roseberry Articles, On the Move 2012-01-26T15:08:47+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/david_taylor_invites_you_to_the_summit/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/david_taylor_invites_you_to_the_summit/#When:20:31:25Z David Taylor will be at the Summit March 6-8 where he will be speaking about the role of art in corporate worship. David Taylor: David Taylor was a pastor at Hope Chapel in Austin, Texas, where, over the course of twelve years, he oversaw the arts ministry and the adult education program. Born and raised in Guatemala City, he studied at the University of Texas, Georgetown University, the University of Würzburg and Regent College in Canada, where he received degrees in theology (MCS) and biblical studies (ThM). He edited the book For the Beauty of the Church: Casting a Vision for the Arts (Baker Books, 2010). He has written for Books & Culture, CIVA Seen, Christianity Today, Q, The Living Church and The Christian Vision Project. His artistic interests include playwriting, modern dance and film. He and his wife Phaedra currently live in North Carolina, where he is pursuing doctoral studies at Duke University. David blogs regularly at Diary of an Arts Pastor. Articles, On the Move 2012-01-24T20:31:25+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/summit_2012_shout_out/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/summit_2012_shout_out/#When:19:37:28Z ACNA recently highlighted the Summit on their website where our Executive Direction, the Rev. Daniel Adkinson answered some commonly asked questions, including: *What is the theme and focus of this year’s Anglican 1000 Church Planting Summit? *Is the event purely for church planters who are pastors or would lay people benefit as well? *How is the Lord working through Anglican 1000 and how can the Anglican Church in North America continue to pray for the movement? Check out Daniel’s answers here. And don’t forget to register today! Rates will increase Feb. 1st and if you register by Jan 31 you will receive a free copy of Scot McKnight’s King Jesus Gospel. ACNA also highlighted the Young Anglicans Project conference which will be taking place just prior to the Summit at Christ Church! Articles, On the Move 2012-01-23T19:37:28+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/register_for_summit_receive_free_copy_of_the_king_jesus_gospel/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/register_for_summit_receive_free_copy_of_the_king_jesus_gospel/#When:16:00:57Z We are excited to announce that anyone who registers for the Summit from January 7-31 will receive a free copy of Scot McKnight’s The King Jesus Gospel! Noted New Testament scholar and author Scot McKnight will be the primary Bible teacher and preacher at the 2012 Anglican 1000 Church Planting Summit, to be held March 6-8, 2012 at Christ Church Plano in Plano, TX. This is third annual conference will also include speakers Mike Breen, Robert Duncan, David Roseberry, and David Taylor. It will be an opportunity for everyone who is part of this exciting movement to gather for equipping, worship, encouragement, networking, prayer, and reports from the mission field. Go here for more information about the event. Register from January 7-31 to receive your free Kindle e-book copy of The King Jesus Gospel. Register for $200. Discounts are available to seminarians and active church planters - go here for more information. Rates will go up February 1. Contemporary evangelicals have built a ‘salvation culture’ but not a ‘gospel culture.’ Evangelicals have reduced the gospel to the message of personal salvation. The King Jesus Gospel makes a plea for us to recover the old gospel as that which is still new and still fresh. More Information For information on how to use Kindle on an iPad go here.   Articles, On the Move 2012-01-07T16:00:57+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/epiphany_winner/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/epiphany_winner/#When:19:00:58Z This Christmas season Anglican 1000 wanted to celebrate our church planters! We were given 12 books on church planting through our participation in the Church Planting Leadership Fellowship. And over the 12 days of Christmas we announced the books and winners. We recommend these books to anyone interested in church planting – especially more organic or incarnational models of planting. To see the books and winners go here. And to culminate the season we decided to give away a FREE registration to the Summit to one of our church planters listed in our plant locator! This week we randomly drew a name and the winner is: Imago Dei Anglican Church in Old Town, ME. Imago Dei Anglican Church is a church plant located near the University of Maine. In an age of deep spiritual longing, aloneness, and aimlessness, their mission is to help thousands of Orono residents, U Maine students, faculty and staff find authentic life, community and wholeness in joyful communion with God, who will then give back in ministry to the world. Their work includes the Anglican Ministry House, an intentional community for young adults, both women and men, that gives them a year or more of spiritual formation and the advancement of the gospel by living in an intentional community of prayer, discipleship, and mission. Imago Dei Anglican Church gathers for daily prayer, weekly worship, and life groups. Read more about their work and ministry here. Rev. Justin Howard Justin and his wife Amy have four amazingly wild boys: Josiah, Simeon, Judah, and Elijah who fill their lives with wild joy.  He was born in New York City and raised in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York.  Having earned his BA in Religion and Philosophy at Houghton College, Justin went on to study at Asbury and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminaries.  Longing for a place where the Scriptural, Sacramental, and Spirit-filled facets of his faith experience could converge and find full expression, Justin found his home in the Anglican way as an ordained Priest.  Justin enjoys chasing his boys, sitting in front of his wood-stove, reading and sipping tea with his wife, having a real good conversation, and watching the Holy Spirit transform lives. If you weren’t the winner - don’t forget that we are also offering discounts to seminarians and active church planters! And this year active church planters will be able to register their spouse free of charge! For more information, go here. Articles, On the Move 2012-01-06T19:00:58+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/12_days_of_christmas_giveaway_wrap_up/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/12_days_of_christmas_giveaway_wrap_up/#When:17:00:47Z This Christmas season Anglican 1000 wanted to celebrate our church planters! We were given 12 books on church planting through our participation in the Church Planting Leadership Fellowship. We recommend these books to anyone interested in church planting – especially more organic or incarnational models of planting. Futhermore, we we want to put them in the hands of some of our church planters. So over the 12 days of Christmas we randomly drew the names of our church planters from our Church Plant Locator Map each day and sent them one of the books. Check out this round up to learn more about the books and our winners: Day 1 - The Missional Church in Perspective Day 2 - Organic Leadership Day 3 - On the Verge Day 4 - The Forgotten Ways Day 5 - The Faith of Leap Day 6 - Tangible Kingdom Primer Day 7 - Church 3.0 Day 8 - Sacrilege Day 9 - Untamed Day 10 - Theology and Practice of Mission Day 11 - New Global Mission Day 12 - AND   Finally, we will be giving away a free registration to the 2012 Anglican 1000 Church Planting Summit – a $175 value – to one of our church planters on today (Epiphany) at 1:00 pm (CST)! Will you be the winner? Articles, On the Move 2012-01-06T17:00:47+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/10_ways_not_to_plant_a_church_part_4/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/10_ways_not_to_plant_a_church_part_4/#When:16:00:51Z By: The Rev. Aaron Burt So far we’ve covered seven common misconceptions (here, here, and here) about how to plant a church. Currently, our list of ways NOT to plant a church looks like this: 10. Believe in yourself! You can do it! 9. Plant a small group. 8. Make the COOLEST. ADS. EVER. 7. Don’t worry about your personality; it’s not about you. 6. Launch large. 5. Start off by establishing finances and structure. 4. Invite EVERYONE to your first meeting. 3. Go all in. 2. How you worship is more important than where you do it. So what do I think is the number one misconception that sets us up for NOT planting a church? 1. If you want to plant a church, God surely wants to too. Dear brothers and sisters, you may have a heart of gold, an inspiring vision for a new parish, and all the right intentions. But don’t mistake that for a confirmation that God is using you to plant a church. Maybe he is—or will. But maybe it’s not here, now, with these people. I would suggest to you that the step we most commonly skip is the first one: Asking whether or not God is planting a church in the midst of our goings-on. Once you have a core team or a handful of interested folks, I recommend that you spend your first couple months just asking the question, “Is God planting a church in the midst of us?” Give him the space to say no. And give yourselves the opportunity to hear him say yes. Don’t skip this step; it may very well become an ebenezer moment for you to look back on when things get tough down the road. If we want to be able to rejoice, “Thus far has the Lord been our guide,” we must first cry, “Unless the Lord builds the house, the workers labor in vain.” When I opened this series, I referenced Jesus’ statement, “I will build my church.” Author and church planter John Myer echoes that but adds, “…but he didn’t say anything about yours.” Too true. I’ve laid out these ten common misconceptions in the hopes that you’ll avoid the mistakes so many of us have made. But even when we follow the rules, so to speak, there’s no guarantee that our efforts will result in a spectacular church plant. Notwithstanding, the Church advances. And personally, that’s enough for me. I’ll do what I can to plant and grow parishes—avoiding these ten pitfalls—but at then end of the day I rest in the knowledge that Jesus is the Planter of the Church. And he’ll get the results he wants. To all of you fellow planters, I send you Christ’s blessings and my warmest wishes. May he bless your endeavors for the sake of his. PS: Have a personal story of planting gone wrong? Anything you would add to my list? Post it in the comments below for the benefit of us all! Aaron lives in Seattle where he runs the nonprofit Northwest Anglican, a 501(c)(3) devoted to furthering Anglicanism, regardless of affiliation, in the Seattle-to-Portland area. He rectors an Anglican church plant in Bellevue and has learned as much about how to fail at church planting as he has about how to succeed. He, his wife, and three boys enjoy time spent with people and good books, and Aaron derives great joy and peace from the knowledge that building the Church is ultimately Jesus’ prerogative, not his.   Articles, On the Move 2012-01-06T16:00:51+00:00 http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/12_days_of_christmas_giveaway_and/ http://anglican1000.org/index.php/site/12_days_of_christmas_giveaway_and/#When:19:00:53Z This Christmas season Anglican 1000 wants to celebrate our church planters! Recently, we were given 12 books on church planting through our participation in the Church Planting Leadership Fellowship. We recommend these books to anyone interested in church planting – especially more organic or incarnational models of planting. Futhermore, we we want to put them in the hands of some of our church planters. So over the 12 days of Christmas we will randomly draw the name of one of our church planters from our Church Plant Locator Map and send them one of the books. Each day we will highlight the resource being given away and the church plant on the website. Today’s book is AND by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay. It asks and provides an answer for one of the most important questions for church leaders today: What is happening to the church in America? By all appearances, it looks like we are ‘doing’ church better than we ever have. In the past thirty years the number of mega-churches has increased from under 100 to over 7,500. In the past ten years the number of multi-site churches has increased from under 100 to over 2,000. By the numbers, these church movements enjoy the national platform, the national voice, and the resources to profoundly impact the Kingdom. In spite of the rapid growth of these prevailing church movements, why is the Western church still in massive decline? Numerous books have been written documenting the flight of members from the institutional church. This is not another book about how to do church better or how to just get people back into the pews. AND helps you—-whether you are a mega-church, traditional, contemporary, or organic church leader—-focus on the vast majority of unchurched Christians and non-believers who are not moving toward any form of church. You will learn how to value existing church forms—-attracting people to a physical church and releasing people into hands-on ministry ... bringing together the very best of the attractional and missional models for church ministry. AND will equip you and all church leaders to value existing church forms while catalyzing a missional movement of incarnational people into the world for Jesus Christ. AND is the second book in the Exponential Series—-a partnership between Exponential Network, Leadership Network, and Zondervan featuring several signature books each year to tell the reproducing church story, celebrate the diversity of models and approaches God is using to reproduce healthy congregations, and highlight the innovative practices of healthy reproducing churches. (Here) Today’s winner is Holy Redeemer in Logan, IA. Holy Redeemer Church is a new mission in Logan, Iowa led by the Rev. K. Schlote. As an outreach of CANA and the ACNA, Holy Redeemer is a bible believing community, holding fast to the canon of Holy Scripture, the divinity of our savior Jesus, and the administration of the Holy Sacraments in keeping with church teaching, and tradition.Read More On the Move 2012-01-05T19:00:53+00:00