A huge gathering well into the thousands, like about 2,800 church leaders in Orlando, Florida -- at the Exponential 08 Conference, aka National New Church Conference! Touted as the "mother of all church planting conferences". (Wish I could be there, but I'm still recoup'ing from my heavy travel season, not that I'm conferenced out. Plus, I have work to do besides attending conferences, I really do.)
Some of the live reporting of the action from the floor (via blogging, twittering, photos, and/or video): Todd Rhoades of Leadership Network and MondayMorningInsight.com, Scott Hodge, Chris Elrod, and Jay Hardwick. Follow tweets from toddrho / scotthodge / chriselrod / jayhardwick / mpayne1970 / ronsylvia. And/or, see the latest in the blogosphere via Google Blog Search. Good notes at Planting Partners too.
We now join the program already in progress. It's almost like being there. Almost.
[UPDATE 4/23] Todd Rhoades is live-streaming interviews with speakers at Exponential Conference today and tomorrow! He'll be recording videos too -- Dave Ferguson and Alan Hirsch are already online.
And one aside: this is the most creative lead-up to this conference, pre-game show if you will: Exponential Conference Blogging Tournament over at PlantingSpace.com -- the tourney started with an all-star blogger / church-planter line-up: Dave Ferguson, Derek Brown, Ron Klabunde, Ben Arment, Carl Kuhl, Chris Barras, Tadd Grandstaff, Vince Antonucci, Dave Milam, David Putman, Jeremy Myers, Kirk Schneemann, Tim Dunn, Mark Doebler, Matt Mehaffey & Pat Furgerson. And the final four came down to: Mark Doebler, Matt Mehaffey, Jeremy Myers, and Dave Milam. Not sure when final playoff will be.
-- DJ Chuang, Director of Digital Initiatives & more, Leadership Network
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