Baltic Pastoral Institute (www.pbiriga.lv) and the Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia in cooperation with Acts 29 (www.acts29network.org)
announces
the first Baltic interdenominational church planting conference April 29 - May 1, 2010 We want to teach our people about church planting and foster their understanding of church planting and involvement in it both in Latvia and the Baltic region. Our hope is to start a series of annual church planting conferences in Latvia and invite people from other denominations and countries. IZaicināJUMS involves a word play in Latvian and at least three words are hidden there:
"Izaicinājums" means CHALLENGE
"aicinājums" means CALLING, INVITATION
"jums" means "for, to you" Thus we see the conference as a CHALLENGE to find YOUR CALLING and respond to it. The CHALLENGE to plant churches is a CHALLENGE for every Christian. Areas of church planting to be discussed at the conference: 1. Our Message: Centrality of the Gospel: Christ, Community, God's Power and Purpose Preaching the Mission The Role of Prayer and the Holy Spirit in Church Planting 2. Leader among Leaders: Leadership Team in Church Planting Biblical Qualifications of Leaders Leader and His Family: How to Lead Your First Church Spiritual Leadership: Prophet, Priest, King 3. Our Mission: Conference speakers: Caesar Kalinowski (USA) and Jonny Woodrow (Great Britain). Caesar Kalinowski is a church planter and one of the Elders in Soma Communities. He is a spiritual entrepreneur and an avid storyteller. His background includes communications, media production, working with youth, and extensive travel in international missions. He has worked in over 15 countries around the world including Sierra Leone, Sudan, Nigeria, Burma, India and the Czech Republic. Caesar worked as a record producer for 12 years before becoming a full-time missionary. (aren't we all...?) He owned and operated several businesses in and around the Chicagoland area, then served as a pastor before moving to Tacoma in 2004 to help launch Soma. Caesar has a Master's Degree in Ministry in the area of Global Leadership. He has been married to Tina, his high school sweetheart, for 26 years; they have three children, Caesar, Christin and Justine. Dr. Jonny Woodrow is a church planter with The Crowded House in the UK. He is a tutor with the Northern Training Institute, part of the Porterbrook network of ministries which seek to train people for the missional church. Jonny, his wife and another couple planted TCH:loughborough, a small network of Gospel communities that now reaches British Asians, drug addicts, the homeless and the urban poor. Before planting and pastoring, Jonny lectured in Psychology at Loughborough University in the UK. Alongside leading TCH:loughborough and training missional leaders, Jonny is currently running a research project with Leicester University looking at Kurdish memorial practices in the UK. He has a PhD in Social Psychology. He is married to Ruth and they have three children, Barnaby, Hope and Miriam. Place: Riga Matthew Baptist Church, 50 Matisa Street, Riga Time: April 29 from 13-20, April 30 from 9-18 and May 1 from 9-13 Additional meeting for those interested in the ministry model of Soma Communities (USA) on May 1 from 14-18. Application: Please, apply by sending an email to kanceleja@lbds.lv Participation fee: Ls 10,- or us$ 20,- or Euro 15,- Please pay the fee to the bank account of the Union of Baptist Churches in Latvia:
Latvijas Baptistu draudžu savienība
Registration number 90000085765
Bank: A/S LUB Rīdzenes filiāle
Code: UNLALV2X
Account number: LV03UNLA0002000701314 Please, specify in payment details: "participation fee, Izaicinajums, name of the person for whom you are paying"
Suggested application and payment deadline: April 23, 2010 |
