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Dear Church Leader,Welcome to the 2016 A2 Conference!
We have been preparing and anticipating your arrival and are full of expectation for an incredible A2 Conference! It has to be said that one of the greatest aspects of this conference are the pastors and leaders who are in attendance, and yes that means YOU! We appreciate every sacrifice and effort you have made to be here. Many of you have traveled hundreds, even thousands of miles to join us. We would love to acknowledge your commitment to see God move through our MFI community and for yourself to be refreshed and inspired to continue the great work the Lord has commissioned you to do in your congregations and city. As we are stepping into this next season, we will not be satisfied to live in the past or staying where we have been, but rather desire to move into the future with great faith. After much discussion with the Apostolic Team we felt the resounding sound of “NEXT” in our hearts. It’s our heart that every leader would go to the NEXT level. We believe your church has a NEXT level. Your people have a NEXT, and our movement has a NEXT.
In order to move into the NEXT, we must first let go and exit the old and step into this pivotal moment in history. As leaders we are at the threshold of entry into the future God has designed especially for us. The Holy Spirit has gone before us and will take us where He is going.
What is your NEXT? What will it take to get there? Who will go with you? The NEXT great leaders are in the making and I believe you can be one of them! So join us as we all move on to the NEXT.
Philippians 3:13-14 (ESV) | Jeremiah 29:7 | Ps. 32:8
Let us step out of the ordinary to the extraordinary, let us go to the NEXT…
Frank DamazioChairman, Ministers Fellowship International
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WEST COAST Conference ScheduleMonday October 3, 20165:00 pm Registration
7:00 pm General Session 1 Frank Damazio | pg 18
9:00 pm Refreshments and Fellowship
Tuesday October 4, 20169:00 am Lead Pastors’ Session Micahn Carter | Pg 35 Network Group Meetings | pg 36
10:00 am Break with Refreshments
10:30 am General Session 2 Mike Servello | pg 19
11:30 am Break
11:45 am General Session 3 Micahn Carter | pg 20
1:00 pm Network optional sessions
Free Afternoon: Hang out w/ friends new & old
7:00 pm General Session 4 Micahn Carter | pg 20
9:00 pm Refreshments and Fellowship
Wednesday October 5, 2016
9:00 am Bonus Workshops: Logos Bible Software | pg 48 Custom Church Apps | pg 49
10:00 am Break with Refreshments
10:30 am General Session 5 Jonathan Wilkins | pg 22
11:30 am Break
Thursday October 6, 2016 9:00 am Breakouts: Bob Grimm, Bob Johnson, Jonathan Owens, Raydeane Owens, CT Wells | pg 42
10:00 am Break with Refreshments
10:30 am General Session 8: A2 Talks w/ Rich Irwin III, Michael Hurley, Cara Grimm | Pg 27
11:30 am Break
11:45 am General Session 9 David Cannistraci | Pg 30
12:45 pm Conference ends
Use #A2NEXT to share you conference photos & highlights!
11:45 am General Session 6 Sharon Damazio & Joseph Infranco | pg 23
12:45 pm Regional Breakout Lunch (hosted)
2:00 pm Special Session Joseph Infranco | pg 25
3:15 pm Prophetic Ministry
Free Afternoon: Spend time with others while you shop, relax or eat.
7:00 pm General Session 7 Bob MacGregor | pg 26
9:00 pm Refreshments and Fellowship International Leaders Reception
Prophetic Ministry Schedules are available at the Information Table in the lobby.
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MFI Conference App
Local Restaurant Guide
Chaney & Associates
Logos Bible Software
Custom Church Apps Company
PBC Member Benefits
FrankDamazio.com
MFI Member App
2017 A2 Conference
2016 A2 Conversations
General Sessions
MFI Vision Fund
Lead Pastor Session
Network Group Meetings
Breakouts
Bonus Workshops
About MFI
Membership Benefits
Church Leader Membership
MFI Around the World
Personal Notes
Sponsors
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Local Restaurants GuideCascade Station 4 miles from CBC
IHOP 9840 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.282.4467Buffalo Wild Wings 9810 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.281.0351Chipotle 9687 NE Cascades Pkwy | 503.287.3117Red Robin 10005 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.287.4699YoCream Frozen Yogurt 10209 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.288.6300Famous Dave’s 9911 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.493.9000Jamba Juice 10131 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.287.3523Panda Express 10213 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.281.0169Parkstone 9921 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.719.4449Starbucks 10119 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.281.4946Taco Del Mar 10215 NE Cascades Pkwy. | 503.288.8795Wendy’s 9695 NE Cascades Pkwy | 503.284.4459
Mall 205 3.5 miles from CBC
McMenamins 9710 SE Washington St. | 503.254.5411Portland Seafood Company 9722 SE Washington St. | 503.255.2722Olive Garden 9830 SE Washington St. | 503.258.0763Red Robin 9880 SE Washington St. | 503.257.2900Baja Fresh 10090 SE Washington St. | 503.595.0550Panda Express 10090 SE Washington St. | 503.257.3171Old Chicago 10300 SE Washington St. | 971.998.0058
Alberta St.5 miles from CBC
Helser’s on Alberta 1538 NE Alberta St | 503.281.1477Cha’Ba Thai 3024 NE Alberta St | 503.719.6918Waffle Window 2624 NE Alberta St | 503.265.8031Barista 1725 NE Alberta St | 503.208.2568Extracto Coffeehouse 2921 Ne Killingsworth St. | 503.281.1764Tin Shed Garden Café 1438 NE Alberta St | 503.288.6966Petite Provence 1824 NE Alberta St |503.284.6564Podnah’s Pit BBQ 1625 NE Killingsworth St | 503.281.3700Salt & Straw 2035 NE Alberta St | 503.208.3867Pine State Biscuits 2204 NE Alberta St | 503.477.6605
NE Fremont St.2 miles from CBC
Fire on the Mountain 3443 NE 57th Ave. | 503.894.8973Jim & Patty’s Coffee 4951 NE Fremont St. | 503.284.2121Starbucks 4637 NE Fremont St. | 503.282.0147Amalfi’s Italian 4703 NE Fremont St. | 503.284.6747Alameda Brewhouse 4765 NE Fremont St. | 503.460.9025Thrive Sauce & Bowls 4641 NE Fremont St. | 503.288.8365Cha Cha Cha 4727 NE Fremont St. | 503.595.9131Pizzicato 4217 NE Fremont St. | 503.493.2808Grand Central Bakery 4440 NE Fremont St. | 503.808.9877Pips 4759 NE Fremont St. | 503.206.8692
Gateway Center1.5 miles from CBC
Applebee’s 10004 NE Halsey St. | 503.408.8088Starbucks 10112 NE Halsey St. | 503.251.2164Subway 10355 NE Halsey St. | 503.254.4476Jamba Juice 1307 NE 102nd Ave | 503.252.3233
NE 82nd Ave1 mile from CBC
The Original Taco House 3255 NE 82nd Drive Ave. | 503.255.8226Mc Donald’s 3330 NE 82nd Ave. | 503.254.5349
We’d love to hear from you!Please send any suggestions or feedback regarding this conference via Twitter, Facebook or email us at [email protected]
Thank you for your input!
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Download theMFI MEMBER APPavailable for download in the App Store!As an existing member of Ministers Fellowship International you can use this application to read news updates, search the member directory, view other community members’ profiles, connect with and message other members, view photo galleries, read and write to your connections’ walls and stay better connected with pastors and leaders around the world.
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WEST COASTOctober 2-5
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Online Registration is Open NOWvisit mfileader.org/A2Conversations2017
A2 Conversations are local gatherings of church leaders to equip, connect and exchange lessons and experiences. Our goal is to help each other build stronger local churches that reflect God’s plan as
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Jan 20Waikiki, HI
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Feb. 27-28Vancouver, WA
City Harvest Church
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Session 1 Frank Damazio
Frank Damazio has been in ministry for over forty years as a college professor, church planter,
lead pastor of a large multisite church, Bible college president and chairman of a fellowship of churches. Frank is a graduate of Portland Bible College, has a Masters of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry from Oral Roberts University, and has authored over 30 books. He is presently devoting his life full time to Ministers Fellowship International and Frank
Damazio Ministries, creating web resources, providing leadership coaching, presenting
leadership intensives, writing new books and speaking nationally and internationally.
General Sessions
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Session 2 Mike Servello
Mike Servello is the founding pastor of Redeemer Church, a large and growing church with four campuses in New York. Mike and his wife Barbara have pastored since the early 80’s, taking a small church and developing it into a region reaching church. Mike is also the President of Compassion Coalition, a ministry that provides over 4.5 million pounds of food and products to people in need throughout upstate New York and around the world. Mike serves as a Vice-Chairman of Ministers Fellowship International.
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Session 3 & 4 Micahn Carter
Micahn Carter is most known for his passion to reach the Just1More. He is all about the search and
rescue mission, and refuses to let it become a yacht club. He believes we should always put more effort into reaching the lost than keeping the found. Micahn has been pastoring Together Church with his wife April for 10 years. They believe in taking risks on risky people because they know the risk Jesus took on them.
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Session 5 Jonathan Wilkins
Pastor Jonathan, known affectionately by many as “Jon Jon,” was born and raised as a missionary
kid in Brazil. At an early age he felt the call of God to pastoring, and in 1996, received his Bachelor’s degree in Theology from Portland Bible College. It was there that he met the love of his life, Elana, and that same year married and moved to Concord, California. Together, they served for 16+ years as Youth Pastors at Harvest Church.
In 2012, Pastors Jonathan and Elana were sent to plant City Life Church in San Francisco,
California. City Life is a multi-site, multi-cultural church reaching many people in San Francisco
and greater Bay Area.
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Session 6 Sharon Damazio and her husband Frank have served as Pastors for the last 40 years. She came from Melbourne, Australia to the USA with her parents at the age of 19. Sharon and Frank recently celebrated 40 years of marriage, and during that time Sharon has served in both pastoral leadership and worship ministry. She is deeply passionate about building and serving in the local church, and caring for her family and home. With simplicity and honesty, Sharon will encourage, inspire and challenge you, not only from her own life experiences but also from a grounded Biblical foundation.
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Session 6Joseph Infranco, Esq., serves as senior counsel
and vice president of the Alliance Coordination Team with Alliance Defending Freedom. Since joining ADF in 2003, Infranco has worked with hundreds of allies and allied organizations across the nation, including attorneys trained throughout the ADF Legal Academy. He also oversees the development of strategic projects.An AV Preeminent attorney, Infranco fought
to preserve the equal access freedoms of churches in prominent cases like Bronx
Household of Faith v. Board of Education of the City of New York. He also participated as counsel
on many important First Amendment cases such as Lambs Chapel v. Center Moriches School District, in
which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that churches have the right to rent public schools for events.
While in private practice, Infranco represented hundreds of churches and ministries on a wide variety of issues. He is a sought-after lecturer and debater, frequently presenting at Bar Association functions. He has testified on religious freedom issues before Congress, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and numerous state and local legislative bodies.
Infranco earned his J.D. in 1977 from the University of New Hampshire Law School. He is admitted to the bars of the U.S. Supreme Court, New York State, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd and 9th Circuits, the U.S. Tax Court, and the Federal District Court for the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York.
For additional resources from Alliance Defending Freedom, check out: adflegal.org/issues/religious-freedom/church
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Session 7Bob MacGregor is the Lead Pastor of City Harvest
Church in Vancouver, Washington. City Harvest Church is known for its commitment to the needy and to missions, supporting mission activity in several nations around the world and serving and supporting hundreds of families in the Vancouver area. Bob is a Vice-Chairman and The International Director of Ministers Fellowship International.
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Session 8 Rich Irwin III
Finding the Courage for your “Next.”Summary: Moving into our next season requires God given courage, this is the story of how God changed me when I met my son.
Bio: Rich Irwin has been on staff at Anchorage City Church in Anchorage, Alaska since 2005, where he has served as Lead Pastor since 2013. Rich has a unique and creative gifting which inspires others to grow and follow Christ. He has a passion to see disciples made and churches planted. Rich serves as the MFI Regional Director for the State of Alaska.
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Michael Hurley
What’s Next?Summary: Your next breakthrough is only a few feet away.
Bio: Pastor Michael Hurley was born and raised on Orcas Island in Washington State. His wife, Reshaun Hilberg Hurley, and he have three children: Isaiah, Hannah, and Bella. Michael graduated from Hope International
University in 2005 with his B.S. in Christian Ministry. Michael and Reshaun began their
ministry as pastors in 1999 and in 2010 became the lead pastors at what is now Life Church. Life
Church has a love for reaching the lost and has seen tremendous growth as one church in two locations,
on Orcas and Whidbey Islands. Michael and Reshaun are excited to see what is next in the future.
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Cara Grimm
Who’s Next?Summary: Let’s prepare for a healthy and thriving tomorrow by raising a vibrant and alive generation that is pursuing the purpose of God.
Bio: Cara was born and raised in the Walla Walla Valley in Washington State. As a passionate lover of Jesus, she carries a deep love for the people of God, the local church and her city. Her ministry is marked with a passion for people and great love for the next generation. Raising up leaders who display the character of Christ is a driving purpose for her. She loves to laugh and adds an element of fun to all areas of life. Her life is marked with infectious joy.Since 2000, Cara and Bob Grimm have been Lead Pastors of Life Church in Walla Walla, Washington. They lead a thriving, growing church noted for loving people. Cara and Bob have been married 22 years and have three amazing teenage children Thad, Moriah and Landon.
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Session 9 Dr. David Cannistraci is the Lead Pastor of
GateWay City Church in San Jose, CA where he has taken part in the oversight of the growing congregation and its family of churches and ministries since 1979. He travels extensively as a conference speaker, prophetic minister, and voice to the body of Christ. His passion is to pastor, prepare and plant harvesters around the globe. He is the president of Impact! School of Ministry as well as a
Regional Director for Ministers Fellowship International.
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MFI Vision FundPlanting Churches
& Reaching NationsAround the World
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My Pledge/Gift for THE MFI VISION FUND 2017
I am making a: One Time Gift of: _______________ o I am enclosing my gift today o I plan to give later
Monthly Pledge (for a total of 12 months) of: ___________ o I am enclosing my first month’s gift today o I will begin giving in _____________, ________ (month) (year) Other ________________
Direct my gift to:
North America Church Planting Uganda Haiti Zimbabwe Bolivia Peru West Indies (Trinidad/ Tobago) India Nigeria Mexico Guatemala Expansion Where Needed Most
If you would like to make a donation at any time, go to www.mfileader.org/donations/
*If more is received than needed for one of these areas, MFI will reallocate the additional funds to the areas of greatest need.
On behalf of MFI churches and leaders around the world, THANK YOU!
*Please insert into envelope and turn in during the Vision Offer-ing or at the Registration/ Information table in the lobby at any time during the conference.
My Pledge/Gift for THE MFI VISION FUND 2017
I am making a: One Time Gift of: _______________ o I am enclosing my gift today o I plan to give later
Monthly Pledge (for a total of 12 months) of: _____________ o I am enclosing my first month’s gift today o I will begin giving in _____________, ________ (month) (year)
Other ________________
Direct my gift to:
North America Church Planting Uganda Haiti Zimbabwe Bolivia Peru West Indies (Trinidad/ Tobago) India Nigeria Mexico Guatemala Expansion Where Needed Most
If you would like to make a donation at any time, go to www.mfileader.org/donations/
*If more is received than needed for one of these areas, MFI will reallocate the additional funds to the areas of greatest need.
On behalf of MFI churches and leaders around the world, THANK YOU!
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Micahn Carter is most known for his passion to reach the Just1More. He is all about the search and rescue mission, and refuses to let it become a yacht club. He believes we should always put more effort into reaching the lost than keeping the found. Micahn has been pastoring Together Church with his wife April for 10 years. They believe in taking risks on risky people because they know the risk Jesus took on them.
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Network GroupMeetings
Over the last 28 years MFI has
worked hard to successfully serve
Lead Pastors everywhere. Over the
course of those years it became
more and more evident that one
of the best ways to do this was
by equipping and connecting key
leaders in every local church- not
just Lead Pastors. To meet this need,
MFI created networks of ministry
leaders serving in key areas of the
local church. These networks exist
to facilitate communication and
relationships as well as the sharing
of resources, ideas, structures and
strategies being used by different
leaders in the same areas of ministry.
Members can join network groups through the MFI website and immediately connect to other members in their group.
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Children’s Leadership Network
Children’s ministry is an effective key to facilitating church growth. The Children’s Leadership Network is a team of children’s pastors and leaders, led by a children’s pastor, intended to facilitate communication, connect resources, and share ideas that build dynamic children’s ministries. Having great leaders in this area of ministry produces outstanding results not only for the church, but also for the leader, who benefits from encouragement received from like-minded leaders.
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Church Administration Network
The Church Administration Network is a vital resource for those leading churches of any size with lay administration or a staff leader. The pastor doesn’t always have the time or resource to equip this person and develop him or her to serve the church with excellent budgeting, health care, technology, and implementing systems that maximize the church’s effectiveness. This group helps the administrator develop strategies, systems, policies and more to effectively handle the administration of the local church.
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Worship Leadership Network
This network, led by worship pastors, will connect and strategize on how to strengthen every aspect of praise and worship in the local church, including how to find and train musicians, worship leaders, song writers, and special creative arts people. Using the network’s MFI web page, participants can easily communicate with and help each other.
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Youth Leadership Network
Facilitated by a youth pastor team leader, this network strategizes on how MFI can interact with all youth pastors and leaders through proven styles of communication. This is a place for resources, ideas, suggestions for camp and youth conference speakers, curriculum, and structure ideas to be shared. The team will build relationships and help build youth ministries in every local church.
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Pastoral Leadership Network
This network is for all who are in a local church leadership team, serving in the pastoral ministry. Executive pastors, associate pastors, elders, and all pastors who are not Lead Pastors or part of another network are included in this group. The goal of this network group is to bring pastoral ministry leaders together for equipping and to help each other by sharing resources, strategies and encouragement.
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Generation to GenerationSummary: God has put grace in all generations and we are called to serve and receive from each other. God doesn’t replace one generation with the next but rather uses the unique strengths of each to extend His
kingdom that His next may be fulfilled. How can we labor alongside each other generation
to generation?
Bio: Bob Johnson has been the Senior Pastor of New City since its planting (as Great Falls Christian Center)
in 1981. Ever since, he and his wife Cindy have shown their dedication to planting and strengthening churches, equipping leaders
and loving the body of Christ. Bob’s grace as a builder, strength as a leader, and his tenacity for relationship have resulted in healthy churches and missionary works that continue to thrive today. Bob and Cindy have four wonderful children; Amy, Abigail, Rachel and Ryan. They have also welcomed several grandchildren into their growing family that they enjoy very much. In addition to his leadership role at New City, Bob serves as chairman for the Advance Church Network and serves churches throughout the Northwest area as the Intermountain North Regional Director for Ministers Fellowship International.
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EnduranceSummary: Jesus said in Matthew 16:18, “And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” God is building one thing on Earth, the church! This breakout will discuss the 12 musts of church planting.
Bio: Jonathan Owens (J.O.) and his wife, Raydeane, are the lead pastors of Heart of the City Church in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. Along with a team of 12 people, they church planted in 2006, and today, Heart of the City is a thriving body of believers. Before their time as lead pastors, J.O. and Raydeane were youth pastors in Northern California and Southern Idaho for nearly a decade, as well as associate pastors at City Harvest Church in Vancouver, Washington for 7 years. They have two adult children, Seth and Jaymee, who are married and currently serve with their spouses at Heart of the City Church. J.O. is passionate about seeing people come to know Christ in a deep and personal way. His message is derived from encounters with a very living and active God, and his hope is that the leaders of this generation will receive an impartation of faith and boldness to wreck their cities for Jesus.
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What’s Next is the New - and it’s Inside of You!
Summary: As a leader: people don’t need you to start a revival, they need you to BE a
revival.
Bio: Raydeane Owens is co-lead pastor of Heart of the City Church in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, with her
husband Jonathan. Their adult children, Seth and Jaymee are both married and serve in ministry with them. Raydeane writes
for Live Well magazine and records one minute devotionals for a local radio station. She speaks at various city and church events as well as conferences. She also has recently taken part in the first TED Talks held in Coeur d’ Alene.
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Next: in Connecting to CultureSummary: There are currently many racial tensions and divides in our nation. To meet those cultural challenges, as leaders, we must lead supernaturally. The Spirit provides what is needed to meet the demands of our time. We will discover how to tap into our spiritual resources and thereby increase our impact to culture and effectiveness in enlarging the kingdom.
Bio: CT Wells is the Lead Pastor of Emmanuel Church, a thriving ministry with two locations in the inner city and the outer south east areas of Portland, Oregon. Together with his wife DeAngeloa Wells they have served as lead pastors for 15 years.
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Summary: In order to experience the NEXT level, we as leaders need to increase our
leadership capacity. As good stewards of the gifts God has given us, we have the ability to
increase in whatever area of ministry we are called. Applying these principles will help you become more
fruitful and effective!
Bio: Bob & Cara Grimm are lead pastors of Life Church in Walla Walla, Washington. Bob and his wife Cara were a part of the church planting team as associate pastors when it all began in 1997. They are the proud parents of 2 boys and one beautiful daughter. Bob has a passion to see people far from Jesus find Him, see the church be the dominant influence in the city and get a big bull elk every September with his bow!
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Next: Increasing Your Leadership Capacity
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Logos Bible Software Workshop
Communication that produces change happens when we apply the truth of God’s word to people’s lives. Today in ministry, we must be prepared to share the truth of Scripture to a culture that has gone digital. This interactive workshop will demonstrate the use of Logos Bible Software for effective preaching, writing research, and personal Bible study. What normally takes five to ten hours of flipping through paper books can be done in seconds - and the depth of study is unparalleled!
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Build Your Custom Church App!
In this unique workshop, you will build your own custom church app. That’s right, our friend’s at Custom Church Apps, who also created our MFI app, will work alongside workshop attendees to help each attendee leave the workshop with a custom church app for your church or ministry right there, in the palm of their hand.
Is your church a part of the digital revolution? Custom Church Apps will help take you there with their easy to use console, over 40 Bible translations in app, and much much more.
***This workshop will help you design your initial custom church app which you will have access to use, review, and make edits for free for 30 days, thanks to MFI!
WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS:• Sign up for FREE app trial: bit.ly/ccamfi • Bring laptop• Extra credit: - know your website URL - know your social media links
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About MFI
10 VALUES MEMBERS RECEIVE FROM MFI
MISSION
1. Relationship ConnectionThe A2 Conference, A2 Conversations, regional and international leadership and the MFI database provide incredible opportunities for members to connect with other like-minded leaders and network with local church leaders.
2. Apostolic LeadershipThe MFI Leadership Team brings experience and wisdom through a mature leadership thinking process on matters of theology, ecclesiology and more. In MFI you will find a healthy, balanced and proven perspective on church life and the church world.
3. A2 ConferenceThe A2 Conference furnishes a celebration atmosphere, reunion of relationships worldwide, five-fold ministry input, prophetic presence and impartation, and specialized workshops.
MFI exists to facilitate and nurture meaningful relationships among
member ministers, equipping and enabling them to be more effective
in their callings, for the purpose of building and multiplying strong local
churches around the world.
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4. Regional Gatherings & Regional LeadershipMFI membership provides a geographical context around which local church team leaders, MFI members, and new pastors can gather. It is a place for equipping, imparting, relating, and strategizing vision for growth.
5. ConsultingThe MFI Leadership Team equips members through hands-on consultation relevant to various pastor and church needs, including church transition and/or crisis situations.
6. World ConnectionThrough belonging to MFI, you will be connected to over forty nations worldwide that relate to MFI, its affiliates and networks.
7. WebsiteThe MFI website offers immediate communication between members and networks of team ministry as well as materials, constitution models, resources, and more.
8. LongevityMFI brings many generations of church leaders together. You will find grandfathers, fathers, sons and daughters working side-by-side to build the local church around the world.
9. Local ChurchMFI recognizes the place of the local church in God’s plan, guarding the values of working with local churches and their teams at all times. MFI works with local churches, not over them, honoring the uniqueness and autonomy of each local church.
10. Support LeaderAll local church support leaders are offered the opportunity to connect with other support leaders, networking with them to learn, impart, relate, and share resources.
for more information, visit mfileader.org
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Benefits Members Receive From MFIThe Benefits & Values of MFI Membership
Lead Pastor Member – MONTHLY DUES BASED ON CHURCH SIZE
• Web Login: Access to online member-only resources and member networking• Member Event Rates• Member Communication• Church Crisis and Consulting Assistance• Spouse Web Login: Access to online member-only resources and member networking• Portland Bible College: 30% discount for credit classes and 30% discount for curriculum and independent study • City Christian Publishing: 15% discount off store orders • www.frankdamazio.com: 25% discount off digital resources• Logos Bible Software, 15% member discount• Custom Church Apps Company, $100 off custom app for your church
Support Leader Member – $99 PER YEAR
• Web Login: Access to online member-only resources and member networking• Member Event Rates• Member Communication• Portland Bible College: 15% discount for credit classes and 30% discount for curriculum and independent study • City Christian Publishing: 15% discount off store orders • www.frankdamazio.com: 25% discount off digital resources• Logos Bible Software, 15% member discount
MFI Church Leaders & Church Members – NO DUES
• Portland Bible College: $1000 scholarship for full-time on campus student
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Ministers Fellowship International is committed to extending its international reach. The following are our International Affiliates and ministries we are networked with around the globe.
MFI Affiliates and Their Leaders:• MFI Australia | Bernie Hartog• MFI Brazil | Mike Piper• MFI East Africa | Joseph Kibirige• Ministers Fellowship West Indies | Trevor Joefield• MFI Nigeria | Casmir Ihegworo• MFI Mexico | Phil Jaquith• MFI Zimbabwe | Ken Haskins
MFI Emerging Affiliates and Their Leaders:• Haiti | Pritchard Adams (Cap Haitian)• Haiti | Mark Honorat (Airdrie)• Singapore | Rick Seaward• Peru | Guillermo Aguayo• Bolivia | Alberto Salcedo
MFI is Networked With:• India Manna Ministries | Earnest Komanapalli and Sudarshan Komanapalli• India New India Church of God | V.A. Thampy• Indonesia International Full Gospel Fellowship | Jimmy Oentoro• Guatemala Iglesia Cristo Elim Central | Hector Nufio• Ghana Miracle Life Gospel Center | Gordon Kisseih
MFI Aroundthe World
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