Catalyst 2005
“Vintage Catalyst” was one of the best conferences that I’ve been to. All the speakers were right on target, as far as I’m concerned, on how to move forward with today’s church. There was even a special appearance by Rick Warren to proclaim that we need a second reformation in the church to move in a new direction which I would sum up as “Others, not self”. I ended up buying a book by almost every speaker at the conference after hearing their views on the role of the church and it’s leaders in today’s world. A lot of it was inline with some of the things I’ve been talking about. Outward, not inward, is the way that Jesus taught and that if you walked in any church today, your more likely to hear a sermon on “stress” than the needs of the poor in your community. I’m still taking in all the information that I’ve heard and have drastically stepped up my reading time this week to formulate some ideas in my own head about how to get this accomplished in my community. I would recommend that everyone that has a position or plans to take a position in Christian leadership attend Catalyst 2006 next year. I’m sure a lot of the blogs over the next couple of weeks will deal with the same subjects that Catalyst talked about.
