{"id":3950,"date":"2012-01-12T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T00:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:18:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:18:26","slug":"new-church-development-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2012\/new-church-development-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"New Church Development Conference Registration Opens Jan. 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;margin: 5px;vertical-align: top\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/preview!www.brethren.org\/churchplanting\/images\/2010-church-planting-logo-200.jpg\" \/><span id=\"alttext-container\"><img id=\"alttext-image\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" align=\"left\" \/><span id=\"alttext\"><\/span><\/span>Registration for the Church of the Brethren\u2019s New Church Development Conference opens online Jan. 17 at noon (central time) at\u00a0<a href=\"..\/..\/..\/preview!www.brethren.org\/churchplanting\/events.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.brethren.org\/churchplanting\/events.html<\/a>\u00a0. Conference information including a schedule, workshop list, and logistical details, is available now at the same web address.<\/p>\n<p>The conference takes place May 17-19 at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind., on the theme, \u201cPlant Generously, Reap Bountifully.\u201d Scripture theme is from 1 Corinthians 3:6: \u201cI (Paul) planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.\u201d Onsite registration and pre-conference activities begin May 16. Sponsors are the New Church Development Advisory Committee and Congregational Life Ministries, with Bethany Seminary serving as host.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is for church planters, those considering church planting, core team members, district leaders, churches planting churches, and anyone interested in considering how to further God\u2019s mission through new communities of worship and service. Workshops for Spanish speaking leaders are also offered and Spanish translation is available. Keynote leaders are Tom Johnston and Mike Chong Perkinson of the Praxis Center for Church Development (\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.praxiscenter.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.praxiscenter.org<\/a>\u00a0).<\/p>\n<p>An early registration fee of $169 is available through March 15. After March 15 and until the conference begins, registration is $199. Students registered for either the Brethren Academy course or the Bethany Seminary course M245 \u201cFoundations for Church Growth\u201d can register for $129. Lodging is not guaranteed for registrations received after May 5. Lodging for the nights of May 16, 17, and 18 is included in the registration fee, as are breakfasts and lunches. The Quality Inn provides double occupancy accommodations. Single rooms are available for an addition fee. Breakfasts and lunches are provided in the fee.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information go to\u00a0<a href=\"..\/..\/..\/preview!www.brethren.org\/churchplanting\/events.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.brethren.org\/churchplanting\/events.html<\/a>\u00a0.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration for the Church of the Brethren\u2019s New Church Development Conference opens online Jan. 17 at noon (central time) at www.brethren.org\/churchplanting\/events.html . Conference information including a schedule, workshop list, and logistical details, is available now at the same web address.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1271,806],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-3950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-church-planting","tag-congregational-life-ministries"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3951,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3950\/revisions\/3951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3950"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=3950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}