A Kingdom Call with The Portland Collective
Name:
A Kingdom Call with The Portland Collective
Date:
April 19, 2017
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
Website:
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Event Description:
A number of Portlanders with a history of ministering to the emerging generations have interacted over the past few years regarding the “state of the union” in our mission field, and how we might become more effective in reaching and discipling this strategic age group. Our interaction has been motivated by a growing awareness that the church, both nationally and locally, is struggling here. Research by the Barna and Gallop Groups, and books such as David Kinnaman’s You Lost Me and unChristian, Christian Smith’s Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers, Kenda Creasy Dean’s Almost Christian, and James Emery White’s The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated, support this contention.
The Portland Collective, formed in January of 2016, consists of men and women with a history of ministry to young people who are in agreement that we are “losing traction” in our mission and ministry to the emerging generations. Rather than following the old wineskin model of making plans and asking God to bless them, we are committed to seeking God for divine solutions, then obediently implementing those solutions. The Collective might thus be described as a "prayer-driven spiritual think tank."
What has come out of our prayers and interaction so far is a conviction of the need to return to basics. Certainly those who do youth or college ministry need to be equipped via the latest resources, gain an understanding of the culture and the relevant current issues, and so on. But the four basics we identified - character, prayer, disciplemaking & justice - while not necessarily THE four essential basics, are important enough that we decided to give them attention via interactive Symposiums over the next few years. This is a good starting point for regaining traction!
Our Collective members include:
Conveners:
Mike Higgs, sondance (lead curater)
Dan Son, Village Baptist Church & Theophilus
Renee Boucher, The Transformation Network
Josh Yates, Sonlife
Roundtable:
Jason Simmonds, Mosaic Church
Jim Eney, Friends of Oregon
Omari Jones, Mt. Olivet Church
Marshall Snider, Teen Challenge
Phil Yien, Bread of Life Chinese Church
Fred Douglas, Portland Youth For Christ
Beth Erickson, Village Baptist Church
Daniel Lee, Bethel Korean Presbyterian Church
Randy Archer, Portland Rescue Mission
Kirk Petersen, Alpha
Ron Marrs, Western Seminary
Caleb Lu, Chinese Evangelical Church
Jason Kidd, Archdiocese of Portland
Paul Ramey, Imago Dei Community
Endorsing Group:
Rick McKinley, Imago Dei Community Church
Kevin Palau, Luis Palau Association
Bill Towne, Rolling Hills Community Church
Steve Keels, Good Shepherd Community Church
Tim McDonald, A Jesus Church
Luke Hendrix, Colossae Church
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