Purpose
What does the future Church look like? More than better programming we need to explore the grassroots work of movement. Too many of our institutional approaches stymie this work. How can we organize using movemental practices that release the People of God for ordinary mission, social justice, and healing in our neighborhoods? We may need to rethink and reconstruct how we gather to be a genuine Church Without Walls. Join us to learn from global and local movements like the Black Church, the Church in Latin America, the viral Church in Post-Christian Germany and the DNA of early first Century Church. It’s time to move!
Practitioners
In our sixth annual time together, we will plunge into the hands-on-work of being a Church Without Walls with particular emphasis on discovering how global and local movements galvanize and gather. We’ve gathered some of the best on-the-ground church planters and practitioners to awaken us to the possibilities of being a grassroots multiplying movement.
Dr. Delia Nuesch Olver
Co-founder of Impact
Latin America
Professor at Seattle Pacific University
Seattle
Dr. Alexia Salvatierra
Co-author of
Faith-Rooted Organizing
Assistant Professor for the School of Intercultural Studies for Fuller
Los Angeles
Cris Zimmermann
Social entrepreneur, Movement Developer and Pastor
Co-founder of Kirche (Church in Action) in Germany
Frankfurt, Germany
Kyuboem Lee
DMin. Assistant Professor of Missiology at Missio Seminary
Philadelphia
JR Woodward
National Director of V3 Movement & Co-founder of Praxis Gathering
L.A./Seattle
Brandon Wrencher
Activist & Church Planter with The Good Neighbor Movement
Greensboro
Erica Wrencher
Public Educator & Church Planter with The Good Neighbor Movement
Greensboro
Hugh Halter
Author of Tangible Kingdom, Flesh, and Brimstone
Founder of Post Commons
Alton, IL
Lori Ruffin
Strategic Planner & Operations Manager for the V3 Movement
Richmond
Place
Location:
Chinese Christian Church and Center 1101 Vine Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
Neighborhood Immersions
Friday: 2p – 6p
(optional)
Friday: 2p – 6p
(optional)
On Friday from 2pm- 6pm we’re offering 3 different Immersion trips into real-time neighborhoods in Philly, led by authentic practitioners. You will get the joy of touring a practitioner’s locality and see key areas, streets, landmarks, events, buildings and borders that have shaped the local work of movement. Along the way you’ll hear their story of what they’ve discovered, what traction they’ve experienced, what hurdles they’ve faced and what hope they have for the future. At the end of the Immersion you’ll enjoy dinner together in their neighborhood.
West Philly
North Philly
Chinatown
Registration
Early Bird price ends July 31st
Regular price ends August 22nd
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