Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel
& Student Center
WELS National Campus Ministry Staff Conference
December 27 — December 28, 2010 (Monday noon — Tuesday noon)
70% of our WELS confirmands are gone by age 22. We know you care, so you’ll want to attend…
University of Wisconsin—Madison
(Concourse Hotel by the Wisconsin State Capitol)
Pastors, campus ministry staff and lay-leaders… the “Connect” Conference is for you if you wish to…
- Take your ministry to college students to the next level
- Rejuvenate your ministry to college students
- Start a ministry to college students
- Participate in a working conference led by four skilled teachers who will help you develop specific “take home” ministry strategies based on Holy Scripture
- Analyze four ways you might connect the gospel (biblically and culturally) with young adults: Simplify, Deepen, Expect & Multiply—drawing on Thom and Sam Rainers’ research (Essential Church?: Reclaiming a Generation of Dropouts) of 1,000 young adults who dropped out of church, including those who came back
- Reflect on Sam Rainer’s observation: “Young adults dropping out of the church has less to do with ‘losing their religion’ and more about a desire for a vibrant Christian community”
Where?
Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel and the Concourse Hotel by the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, WIHow much?
$100 (includes lodging and meals)Note: This conference is subsidized with a generous grant. 100% Travel subsidy is available for the first 50 registrants (up to $400 per person) and 50% travel subsidy for all remaining registrants.
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Biography
Thom S. Rainer (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, Tennessee. He was founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His many books include Transformational Church, Essential Church, and Simple Church.
