Continuing the Work of the Think Tank

A conversation about Harvey Kwiyani’s study of 3 American congregations and the effect their immigrant brothers and sisters have upon them.

Lois Malcolm’s presentation: Missional Church Practices and the doctrine of the Holy Spirit: Hope, the Cross, and the Holy Spirit in times of conflct and anxiety

What are we hearing?

What are we thinking about this?

Welcome back to the Missional Think Tank blog.
Last night at Spirit in the Desert we launched the 2012 Missional Think Tank with Dwelling in the Word (Luke 10) and a focusing presentation and conversation about the role of a holding tank in the Missional Church movevment, as well as a presentation on what Church Innovations is learning from its longitudinal study with congregations who have made three-year journeys seeking God’s missional vocation for their churches.

Attending are missional pastors, scholarly leaders, and church system executives. Our convening question: What are the practices of listening, reflecting, and consciously living in the life of the Triune God by the power of the Holy Spirit?

Conversation coming out of Dwelling in the Word and from Allen Hilton’s presentation on the shared work of Jesus and the Holy Spirit in Acts is rich and real. We look forward to much more!

Three spiritual leaders told stories of their congregations on Sunday night:

Ike, Ben, and Doug, flanked by Stephen and Mark

3 Partnership for Missional Church Spiritual Leaders told stories last night

On Sunday afternoon we will launch our 2011 Missional Church Think Tank, an event for invited guests only, who come from various social locations in the church specifically to think with one another about what it means to be missional church, gathered and sent. This is the 4th year we’ve held a Think Tank rather than a conference, and we are very excited about the guests who’ve been able to accept our invitation.  I look forward to seeing many old friends and meeting many new ones as we prepare to spend 48 hours together, Sunday supper through Tuesday afternoon, listening to one another and listening for God in our conversations.  Watch this blogspot for posts throughout the event!  Peace to your house.
Pat Ellison