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Central District EFCA Licensing Training Event

October 14, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Harvest EFCA Story City 524 River Hills Dr, Story City, IA 50248

Bring all of your licensing questions for a day of training on how to prepare for and write a licensing paper. This training is open to any who aBring all of your licensing questions for a day of training on how to prepare for and write a licensing paper.

Fall Pastors Retreat South

October 14, 2019 @ 10:00 am – October 15, 2019 @ 12:00 pm

Roaring River Emory Melton Center, 24667 MO-112, Cassville, MO, 65625 Roaring River Emory Melton Center, 24667 MO-112, Cassville, MO, 65625

Southern Region Pastors and wives, join us for the Fall Pastors Retreat!

Ministry Safety and Security Seminar – Bellevue Nebraska

October 15, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Bellevue Christian Center, 1400 Harvell Drive Bellevue, Nebraska Bellevue Christian Center 1400 Harvell Drive Bellevue, NE 68005

YOU PREPARED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR MINISTRY?As public gathering places, churches are susceptible to a variety of safety and security situations, such as spillover from domestic violence. These one-day courses can show you how to recognize threats, build a safety and security team, deal with difficult people and situations, and protect your people […]

Ministry Safety and Security Seminar – Johnston Iowa

October 17, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

NorthPoint Church, 9901 NW 62nd Avenue Johnston, Iowa NorthPoint Church 9901 NW 62nd Avenue Johnston, IA 50131

YOU PREPARED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR MINISTRY? As public gathering places, churches are susceptible to a variety of safety and security situations, such as spillover from domestic violence. These one-day courses can show you how to recognize threats, build a safety and security team, deal with difficult people and situations, and protect your […]

Auxano Leadership Pipeline co::Lab Session 1

October 31, 2019 @ 12:30 pm – November 1, 2019 @ 12:30 pm

New Hope Church 25712 US-6, Adel, IA 50003

What: The Leadership Pipeline co::Lab helps a local church build a culture of leadership development that generates an abundant harvest of reproducing leaders.

How: Three sets of two-day meetings. This event entry is for the first set of meetings.

Preaching Acts – 2019 Workshop on Biblical Exposition

November 6, 2019 @ 8:00 am – November 8, 2019 @ 12:30 pm

Timberline Church 4459 121st Street, Urbandale, IA 50323

The Workshops on Biblical Exposition aim to recover the centrality of God’s Word, preached expositionally, to the benefit of the life and health of the church in our generation.

Welcome to the Central District

To put it simply, we are your resource to reach the “Samaria” that often a local church can’t effectively reach. The church is charged to be on mission to reach “Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the world”. A local church is well placed to reach it’s city and it’s county. It may […]

Church Planter Announced for Missouri and Arkansas

I am delighted to announce that Todd Brooks has been appointed by the Church Planting Board to the position of “Interim Church Planting Missionary” for Missouri/Arkansas, filling the place most recently held by Al Frank. Todd brings great experience to this position since he has already served in a number of important district and mission […]

Larry Austin Returns!

Larry Austin will be returning from Sabbatical on Monday, August 26. His series of reflections this past Spring regarding the Sabbath and A. J. Swoboda’s book “Subversive Sabbath: The Surprising Power of Rest in a Non-Stop World” are now available as blog posts at this link. You’ll want to start at the bottom of the list and work your way up (they are in reverse date order, so newest entry is first).

Welcome back, Larry!!!

Brad Wos Health Update 8-21-2019

Praise God!

Barnes just called to say my blood test this morning shows my white blood cells at normal level of 7,000! Long way from 644,000 on May 29.

All my blood levels look good and doctors are happy with progress!

Gloria a Dios!

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Training Credential, Credentialing, Harvest EFC Story City, John Nett, License, Licensing

Central District EFCA Licensing Training Event

October 14, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Harvest EFCA Story City 524 River Hills Dr, Story City, IA 50248

Register Here!

Bring all of your licensing questions for a day of training on how to prepare for and write a licensing paper. This training is open to any who aBring all of your licensing questions for a day of training on how to prepare for and write a licensing paper.

Retreat Pastors and Wives Retreat, Southern Region

Fall Pastors Retreat South

October 14, 2019 @ 10:00 am – October 15, 2019 @ 12:00 pm
Roaring River Emory Melton Center, 24667 MO-112, Cassville, MO, 65625 Roaring River Emory Melton Center, 24667 MO-112, Cassville, MO, 65625

Register Here!

Southern Region Pastors and wives, join us for the Fall Pastors Retreat!

Training

Ministry Safety and Security Seminar – Bellevue Nebraska

October 15, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Bellevue Christian Center, 1400 Harvell Drive Bellevue, Nebraska Bellevue Christian Center 1400 Harvell Drive Bellevue, NE 68005

Register Here!

YOU PREPARED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR MINISTRY? As public gathering places, churches are susceptible to a variety of safety and security situations, such as spillover from domestic violence. These one-day courses can show you how to recognize threats, build a safety and security team, deal with difficult people and situations, and protect your […]

Training

Ministry Safety and Security Seminar – Johnston Iowa

October 17, 2019 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
NorthPoint Church, 9901 NW 62nd Avenue Johnston, Iowa NorthPoint Church 9901 NW 62nd Avenue Johnston, IA 50131

Register Here!

YOU PREPARED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN YOUR MINISTRY? As public gathering places, churches are susceptible to a variety of safety and security situations, such as spillover from domestic violence. These one-day courses can show you how to recognize threats, build a safety and security team, deal with difficult people and situations, and protect your […]

Show, Training Auxano, co::Lab, Leadership Pipeline

Auxano Leadership Pipeline co::Lab Session 1

October 31, 2019 @ 12:30 pm – November 1, 2019 @ 12:30 pm
New Hope Church 25712 US-6, Adel, IA 50003

Register

What: The Leadership Pipeline co::Lab helps a local church build a culture of leadership development that generates an abundant harvest of reproducing leaders.

How: Three sets of two-day meetings. This event entry is for the first set of meetings.

Des Moines, Preaching Acts, Simeon Trust, Urbandale, WBE

Preaching Acts – 2019 Workshop on Biblical Exposition

November 6, 2019 @ 8:00 am – November 8, 2019 @ 12:30 pm
Timberline Church 4459 121st Street, Urbandale, IA 50323

Register Now!

The Workshops on Biblical Exposition aim to recover the centrality of God’s Word, preached expositionally, to the benefit of the life and health of the church in our generation.

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