GlocalNet

There are still a few spaces available for Church Planters looking to be trained by NorthWood Church. Our new training will teach you how to make disciples, become a global church, and multiply to reach your city. All modules will be led by Bob Roberts, NorthWood staff, various Global pastors and leaders.  In order to apply for the training, you must first complete the online pre-assessment at www.churchplanterprofiles.com  (be sure to use “Glocalnet” as your agency).  This takes about 30 minutes. If you have already completed this assessment with another agency, you can send the zip files to the Church Planting Administrator by clicking the “contact us” button in the top-right corner of this page.
Once the pre-assessment has been completed, someone will contact you regarding next steps and a link to our registration.

The cost of the entire training is $349.

The Modules take place at NorthWood Church in Keller, and the dates are August 17 & 18 and then November 9 & 10.  If you have any questions regarding the Modules, feel free to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

MissionSHIFT July 12-15, 2010

Join today’s leading missional thinkers and practitioners at Ridgecrest Conference Center as we engage the missional conversation for the 21st century. If you believe it is time for the church to engage in the mission of God, missionSHIFT will inspire and prepare you to cultivate a missional movement in your church and community.

Register today!

Speakers include:
Bob Roberts
Ed Stetzer
Matt Chandler
Alan Hirsch
and many more!

Many of you read my blog, but don’t attend NorthWood.  Some of you live in other countries and come from other beliefs.  I just wanted to show you a bit of our worship at NorthWood.  A few weeks ago we had several pastors from around the world come and we “team-preached”!  Here is a link to the video of the sermon.  Below is a video from one of the worship songs we did that same Sunday.

Revelation Song from Northwood Church on Vimeo.

Is the church truly a reflection of the body of Christ?  What does the body of Christ look like?  All Anglo? All Hispanic?  All Vietnamese?  No.  Let’s start from Revelation 7:9-10, the body of Christ has every nation, every tribe, every people, and every language. A couple months ago Pastor Bob asked me:  “How can we become more multiethnic?”  I began to pray and ask God to reveal to me what He desires for us to do.  I began to purposefully seek out our ethnic families in Northwood, greeting them, calling them, taking them out to lunch, inviting them to my home and ministering to them.  More and more, I began to see that there are so many nationalities represented at Northwood!  They are Indian, Korean, Chinese, Malaysian, Singaporean, Mexican, African American, Trinidadian, Laotian, Hmong, Iranian, Vietnamese, etc.  Further more, as I heard their stories, I began to understand that they are here at NW because they believe in the leadership and vision, but they don’t feel like they are part of the family yet.  Thus, some of these families have been thinking about looking for another church.  That was when God laid upon my heart to gather these families together to talk, share their hearts and fellowship in meals together.  The response was tremendous. Once a month, each family brings a small dish to share while we meet in the fellowship hall to share about their talents and gifts, education/professional background, vision for the church.  I began to help plug them into NW ministries by introducing them to the leadership.  More and more, they’ve shared that they feel more at home in NW.  They now invite friends, families, and neighbors.  Now, the next phase is to get the other NW members and leadership to come meet/greet/share and connect. 
What are the lessons?
1. Pastor Bob had a desire and a vision. (Luke 11:9 ““And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.”)
2. There was an intentional seeking out of these people (cell concept), also a reflection of how Christ seeks us out (Luke 19:10 “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.”)
3. Everyone matters (1 Corinthians 12: 4-6 “There are …

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Guest Blogger: Bobby Vaughn, Church Planting Administrative Director, NorthWood Church
We’ve all heard Bob say that to make a kingdom impact, every church must multiply.  As I began opening my email yesterday morning, I began to get reports from some of our daughter churches sharing some of what God did in their churches over the Easter weekend.  I was so excited to hear from just a handful of churches and see that there were thousands of lives impacted!  We have one daughter church, South Bay Church in San Francisco, pastored by Andy Wood, which is just over one year old that had over 500 people attend with 18 new professions of faith! To another daughter church just a few miles from NorthWood that had well over 3,000!  In all, from the 5 churches I heard from (including NorthWood), there were over 10,000 people who heard the Gospel this past weekend! I wonder what the number would look like from all of NorthWood’s 100+ church plants!  To all our planters, I just wanted to say how proud we are of all of you. Keep up the great work and keep those emails coming in! We LOVE to hear your stories!

We want to hear your Easter stories, too!

NorthWood, here are some of the church planters you are sending out in 2010, to say thank you. 
If you want to plant a church and want to see how we do it, email us by hitting the “Contact Us” button above.  The next Modules start August 17th & 18th.  Come join these young pastors as they learn to change the world!
If you are interested in beginning the process of planting with NorthWood, you first need to go to http://www.churchplanterprofiles.com, create a profile, and use “Glocalnet” as your agency.  Once we receive that, we will be able to work with you on getting trained and resourced.

Brian Hook
City Catalyst – Vision360DFW
A few months ago, I heard a great comment by Omar Reyes, leader at Northwood who gave credit to Ray Alford, another member of NorthWood. I want to make clear that his comment was way too scientific and deep for me to come up with on my own, but it did get me thinking about the church. Omar said, “an atom is 1. Common in its foundation, 2. Infinite in it’s manifestation 3. Unique in its application.” I began to do a little research to refresh my memory of science. There are foundational principles of the atom – protons, neutrons, electrons. But even though the atom has foundational principles, the atom is infinite in its manifestation. Atoms are present in rocks, trees, copper, air, men, women, and the list goes on and on. Within these infinite manifestations, there are unique applications of the atom. I am amazed at the unique beauty of God at work through His creation. A Rembrandt painting, Hoover Dam, the Empire State Building, the Grand Canyon, the Sistine Chapel, you, and me. 
The Church is more than a Sunday Event. The Church is a Holy Body, and is common in its foundation. Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of His Kingdom. He redeems all things by His blood shed on the cross. He reconciles all things back to him through His Church. Jesus says, I will build my church.” The Church is also 2. Infinite in it’s manifestation. In Ephesians we read “His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, 11according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.” I am amazed at God’s creative power through His Church.  I see the cell church, Mutli-site, Mainline, Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, House, Charismatic, Purpose-Driven, Seeker Sensitive, Emerging, and the list goes on and on. Here is just an observation. When we see a manifestation of His creative power in His church, we need not copy the manifestation and say this is the only way. Many churches through the past few years have tried to copy the manifestation rather than hearing what God is calling them to do. I Corinthians 12:4 4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5There are different kinds …

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A few weeks ago, Bob mentioned that on May 3rd, we would be having several pastors from around the world coming to NorthWood.  After that blog post, we received email after email from all of you asking about this event.  Well, we have a few details ironed out and we are glad to say this is a free and public event to anyone who would like to attend!  All we ask is that you take a minute to register HERE to let us know you are coming.

Here are a few of the speakers who will be here:

Eddy Leo

Dion Robert

Jossy Chacko

This is Joon, he’s a kickin church planter.  This is his first cell group and he called it his “mustard seed” - this guy is going to see some stuff happen.  I walked into my study when all the planters were at my home the other night, and he was looking around.  I wanted to give him my study - but it can’t be shipped to San Francisco.  Some people thought my desk actually belonged to Jonathan Edwards - it was made in that area and in the style of that furniture but it’s a reproduction!  I didn’t understand at first, but all of these young planters would walk in my office and be kind of quiet!  I didn’t understand why until I was told they all thought my office furniture had been Jonathan Edwards.  I think that’s good - Father give us lots of modern Jonathan Edwards’, who love you and will see this nation awakened - and let it begin in this cell in San Francisco.

We’ve changed the way we are training interns and planting churches.  You don’t have to move here to be trained, mentored and sponsored.  You can still move here - and some do, but that’s not possible for everyone.  So if you want, come on and join us.  You can click on “Turbo” above and find out more information.  We are doing two cohorts a year, and this is the first.  Now is the time to begin to sign up for the second cohort. 
As I was observing the church planters, I was so proud of Kevin Cox - he has planted his church, planted other churches, is working in the inner-city and overseas as well.  There are some other guys following suit.  I saw several guys that will be doing the same thing - they remind me of myself, in many ways, a few years ago.  I decided to give an impromptu lecture on Apostolic leadership because they are all going to do some great things and church planters are more prone in this leadership mode than most. I believe this is crucial to young church planters because it is in the DNA of multiplication.  Here are some things I shared with them:
  Apostolic is not: 
        The original 12
        A Spiritual gift
        A position in the church
        Not necessarily a large church pastor
        Not necessarily a high profile pastor or church leader
  Apostolic is:   
        Big Picture Perspective
        Future Oriented
        Entrepreneurial leadership
        Pioneering
        Multiplying
        Connecting
        Releasing
        Leadership that calls to action and inspires
        Modeling
        A Leadership model & role in the church, recognized or not
  Apostolic Challenges: 
          Communicating what you sense and …

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