Upcoming Conferences

Several of my friends in ministry are offering some great church conference opportunities in the next couple of months. These experiences may not be on your radar, so check these out:

• Radicalis – Rick Warren and his team are offering a new experience at Saddleback Church on February 9-12. This event features messages from Rick, Mark Driscoll, Andy Stanley and several others. And, it’s a nice excuse to visit SoCal.
• Velocity 2010 – The folks at ChurchPlanters.com are hosting an event with Ed Young, Rick Warren, Steven Furtick and others on February 22-23 at Mountain Lake Church near Atlanta, GA. I’ll be there too talking about “The Giant Inflatable Blue Monkey.”
• Unleash 2010 – Perry Noble’s conference is on March 4 at NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC. The conference features sessions with Perry, worship and breakouts. Unleash sold out last year, so you should act quickly if you’d like to attend.
• Thrive 2010 – This conference is out at Bayside Church near Sacramento, CA on April 29 – May 1. This event includes messages from John Ortberg and John Maxwell, and the worship will be led by one of my favorites, Lincoln Brewster.
• The Uprising – This one-day conference is on April 15 at Quest Community Church in Lexington, KY. Pete Hise is the lead pastor. Quest has seen over 10,000 people come to Christ in the last 10 years. The early bird deadline is January 15.

Just out of curiosity, what conferences, if any, are you planning to attend in 2010?

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Update: I knew I’d leave out some of my friends. I’ve added a couple of others. And, to state the obvious, I’ve been offered free registrations to several of these events and I’m obviously getting paid to speak at others. You and I are both going to get tired of these disclosure statements to make the FTC happy. Everything’s better when the government gets involved!