Let these stones be a witness to what we have done here this day.

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Rundown of the UU conference

Oct 8th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Blogging, Conferences, General Christian, Live Blogging, SBC

For great info, you can follow the twitter feeds of: Marty Duren, Micah Fries, Trevin Wax and me.
For blogs of the full content, be sure to check out Trevin Wax and Steve Weaver.



Ed Stetzer and the Future of Denominations

Oct 7th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Blogging, Conferences, General Christian, Live Blogging, SBC

Could you tell that I’ve lost my passion for live blogging?  I’d forgotten to even write about Ed until this morning. :)
But I do have several things to offer.
First, Trevin Wax is here and is ready to challenge Timmy Brister for champ of the live blog.  Here are his notes on Ed’s presentation.
Also, here is [...]



The Future of Denominationalism Schedule

Oct 5th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Conferences, General Christian, Live Blogging, Missional, SBC

I mentioned Friday that I was traveling to Jackson, TN for this conference and as you read this, I am on the road.
I mentioned that I would be blogging and twittering from there during the conference.  given that, you might want to check out my twitter feed: twitter.com/artrogers, or the missioscapes twitter feed: twitter.com/missioscapes, or [...]



The future of denominations

Oct 2nd, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Conferences, General Christian, SBC, Video

Next week, Union University will be hosting a conference entitled Southern Baptists, Evangelicals and the future of denominationalism.
I’m excited to be attending for several reasons, not the least of which is that the topic fascinates me.  I am anxious to hear the thoughts of those being brought in to speak to the issue.
Further, the SBC [...]



A study in great crises management

Sep 2nd, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, General Christian, SBC

Yesterday I couldn’t get into my gmail account even though I knew there was mail that I needed to handle there.  Now I know why:
Official Gmail Blog: More on today’s Gmail issue.
Here are some things google did right:
Capable and empowered staff on hand to deal with the issue immediately.
Flexible infrastructure that allowed them to correct [...]



GCR Task Force Listening Luncheon Videos

Aug 28th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, General Christian, SBC

Great Commission Resurgence Luncheon Part 1 from Ronnie Floyd on Vimeo.

Great Commission Resurgence Luncheon Part 2 from Ronnie Floyd on Vimeo.



GCR Task Force Listening Luncheon

Aug 27th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Conferences, Politics, SBC

If you had told me 3 years ago that I would be sitting, at Ronnie Floyd’s invitation, in his church listening to him, Johnny Hunt and Al Mohler talk about the SBC as being in decline and the need for us to deconstruct that which is complex and bulky to get to what is efficient [...]



GCR Task Force Listening Luncheon Today

Aug 26th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Blogging, Church, Conferences, General Christian, Politics, SBC

Yep, I’m going.
I’m not sure if I’ll bother live blogging, but I might tweet.
If you are interested follow my twitter or the MissioScapes twitter feeds.
I’ll probably write a post event perspective for later in the week.



121 Forum at Frederick Boulevard

Aug 18th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, General Christian, Missional, SBC


New Missional Cooperative Blog or Let’s Get the Band Back Together

Aug 3rd, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Blogging, General Christian, Missional, SBC

So a few weeks ago, as I was at my in-law’s house about to head with them to a family reunion vacation for the week, I got a call from Alan Cross.
He started with the line, “I’m trying to get the band back together.”
Flattered that he thought me essential, but wary of being drawn back [...]