Ed Stetzer, the President of Lifeway Research and Lifeway's Missiologist in Residence, will spend a half day with church and ministry leaders discussing, "Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and Churches that Reach Them", Thursday, March 5th, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Brainerd Baptist Church, BX building, The Crossing. The cost is $15 per person or $50 per church (up to 4 people).
He will discuss how to reach out to and disciple young adults. He will talk about "What They Believe" and four values that mark this generation: "Community", "Content and Depth", "Social Responsibility", and "Cross-Generational Connnection". He will cover such questions as how Young Adults experience worship, how churches are connecting through technology, how service fits into their world-view, and the role of leadership in your church or ministry.
Ed has planted churches in New York, Pennsylvania and Georgia and transitioned declining churches in Indiana and Georgia. He has trained pastors on five continents, holds two masters degrees and two doctorates. Ed is on the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
To find out more, see www.edstetzer.com. Other books by Ed Stetzer include: Lost and Found, Compelled by Love, Comeback Churches, Breaking the Missional Code and Planting Missional Churches.
Register in advance by calling Steffanie Green at 423 755-1860. Lunch will be served.