Presbyterian Global Fellowship

PGF’s new friend and headline speaker at last month’s Inside-Out Conference was apparently quite impressed with our own Mark Labberton.  Check out Alan’s thoughts (and blog)!

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> A few colleagues and I sat down yesterday at the coffee shop here at Fuller Seminary to chat about our thoughts and reactions to the Inside-Out Conference.  We all agreed that Alan Hirsch had some great thoughts and challenges that [...]

Why go to a conference like Inside-Out? I should start by giving a list of 5 fluffy reasons like: "You’ll come home with 100 new ideas for your church and a 12-step program for missional transformation!"

We’re on Day 2 of the Presbyterian Global Fellowship Inside-Out Conference in Long Beach, California. Worship started off with a great shout this morning, and I must say its such an amazing experience to sing with a room full of Presbyterians passionate about involving themselves in the Kingdom of God. 

I’m blogging live (almost) from the 2008 Inside-Out PGF Conference in Long Beach, California!

<!– @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } –> I’m reporting “live” from Louisville where I’m attending the Association of Presbyterian Mission Pastors annual conference.

As we Presbyterians continue to seek out God’s will for our lives while pursuing a missional paradigm, it seems we have a lot to learn from others as well.

As I’ve embarked on my seminary career here at Fuller Theological Seminary, a variety of questions have kept me up at night and distracted me in class. No, I’m not talking about those eternally burning questions about sin, predestination, revelation, or eschatology, but rather the practical questions like “how is this preparing us for ministry?” [...]

For the past few weeks, I’ve been home on break in Atlanta.  I love being home, especially since I get to hang out and play with my dog Kacey.  One thing I love about my dog is how excited she gets when we’re going out for a walk or “bye bye car” – I’m sure [...]