The Exponential conference is the largest gathering of church planters on the planet. And this year’s Exponential Conference certainly exceeded my expectations! Here are a few of my favorite Exponential experiences.
1. 2 new church plants funded in Latin America. Everything about the Stadia banquet at the Hard Rock Café was wonderful. But, for me, the most wondrous moment came at the end when church planters, churches, individuals and organizations committed $160,000 to launch two new churches in South America.
2. The first ever Wess Stafford Too Small To Ignore award. Scott and Vanessa Pugh were honored with Stadia’s inaugural award that lifts up the value of children. Children in their home, in their local church, in the U.S. and around the world. How cool was it to have Wess Stafford with us to help present the award?
3. Breakfast with Stadia’s 2013 church planters. It was an absolute joy to spend time with our 2013 planters and spouses while sharing breakfast at Mimi’s. I loved hearing about new church plants in Corn Crib, Sedona, the Hispanic community and on and on and on. […]
Top 5 reasons to plant churches with Stadia.
With this week’s passing of the leadership baton from Wess Stafford (President of Compassion International) to Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado (congratulations Jim!), I have been reflecting on the myriad of life lessons I have learned from my mentor and friend–Wess.
I recently spent a great deal of time praying and reflecting on what “success at 70″ would look like for my life. In other words, I want to look into the future and work backwards to make sure I’m heading in the right direction. And, for each of my success indicators, I put an action plan in place to make sure I’m not just shooting in the dark.
