The Elephant Room Is Coming to Emergence!
- Steve Hawthorne
- Oct 22, 2011
We are excited to announce our very first conference we will be hosting at Emergence.
On January 25, 2012, we will welcome The Elephant Room to our new location in Totowa, NJ.
The Elephant Room features blunt conversations between seven influential pastors who take differing approaches to ministry. No keynotes. No canned messages. No wavering. No sidestepping. No excuses.
These are "the conversations you never thought you'd hear." All conversations are moderated by James MacDonald of Harvest Bible Chapel and Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church.
Emergence has been chosen as a primary satellite venue for The Elephant Room. We'll be beaming the event to our new location and participating together as this years' speakers have some pretty frank conversations about issues that affect all of us--especially as we take seriously the call to lead Jesus' Church.
As you know, the difference between open-hand issues and closed-hand issues is a transparent topic at Emergence. This event absolutely runs in that vein: key leaders of the Church today sitting across a table from one another--calling each other on issues, throwing down about some pretty serious topics, and wrestling with some problems that the church faces today.
The Elephant Room: Round 2 from Harvest Bible Chapel on Vimeo.
This years' speakers include:
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James MacDonaldA dual desire to challenge and unite this generation’s pastors is what moved James MacDonald to start the Elephant Room. Whether it is pastoring Harvest Bible Chapel, leading Harvest Bible Fellowship, teaching on Walk in the Word, or writing, @jamesmacdonald ‘s passion is always noticeable. He will serve at Elephant Room 2 as a host and moderator.es Macdonald |
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Mark DriscollMark Driscoll will be joining us at Elephant Room 2 as a moderator. His humor and quick wit make him a perfect participant in the Elephant Room format. One of this generation’s most quoted and downloaded preachers, @pastormark serves as the preaching pastor at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. |
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T.D. JakesT. D. Jakes serves as Senior Pastor of The Potter’s House, a global humanitarian organization and 30,000-member church located in Dallas, Texas. |
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Dr. Jack GrahamDr. Jack Graham is the Pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, one of the nation’s largest, most dynamic congregations. He has served two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest American Protestant denomination, with 16 million members and as president of the SBC Pastor’s Conference. He is the noted author of many books. |
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Steven FurtickIn just over five years, Elevation Church has grown to more than 9,000 in attendance each week at six locations. Since their launch, they’ve seen more than 15,000 people receive Christ. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, Elevation Church was named one of the “10 fastest growing churches in America” by Outreach Magazine. The heart of Pastor Steven’s message is audacious faith and how to approach every experience from a visionary perspective. As a young voice in the Church with wisdom beyond his years, his passion for seeing God’s purposes fulfilled is igniting a fire here in Charlotte, NC, and beyond. |
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Crawford LorittsOrdained into ministry in 1972, Crawford Loritts has an extensive history of preaching, planting and pastoring churches, along with an influential speaking and writing ministry. Since 2005, he has served as Senior Pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, GA. He and his wife, Karen, are featured speakers at Family Life’s marriage and parenting conferences. He is a visiting professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Crawford is also the host of “Living A Legacy“, a daily radio program heard on 330 outlets by approximately 500,000 per week. |
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Wayne CordeiroWayne Cordeiro is the founding Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii with over 14,500 in weekend attendance. New Hope is also listed as one of the top ten most innovative churches in America, with Outreach Magazine listing them as one of the “top five churches to learn from.” New Hope is known for redeeming the arts and technology. Over 3000 attend services each week via the Internet. New Hope has seen over 73,000 first-time decisions in Hawaii since its inception 26 years ago. Wayne is a church planter at heart, with over 108 churches planted in the Pacific Rim countries of the Philippines, Japan, Australia and Myanmar. He has recently accepted the role as President over New Hope Christian College, and has also authored ten books. |
Now THERE is a lineup!
This is a full day conference, and registration is required. If you would like to register, head to http://theelephantroom.com/totowa or click here. Lunch is provided for all who register, and student discounts as well as early bird discounts are available, but you'll have to act quickly!
Don't miss this great day full of great truth and honesty.
All are welcome. This event is not only open to all people and all churches, but it is exactly the kind of thing that we hope to see all of the churches in our area and beyond coming together to experience. Please know that if you're coming from another church, this will not be an event to promote Emergence--nor will there be any promotion of other ministries. It's a resource for all of us as the Church.
