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I\u2019m back! Chicago was cold and snowy, but I survived. I\u2019d like to share with you what I experienced at the first-ever Mission Conference prior to the Midwinter. This event brought together Covenant World Mission department leaders, Covenant missionaries, overseas partners, pastors, people who serve on local mission committees, seminary students–a very diverse group who all share one common passion: Christ\u2019s mission. And it was fantastic! Challenging, stimulating, inspiring, stretching, refreshing, renewing–I can\u2019t find enough superlatives to express how rich and meaningful this conference was. Let me describe it for you briefly, and who the presenters were. Then I want to list a bunch of the principles, perspectives, comments, and some rather unorthodox thoughts and approaches that these Covenant leaders offered, based on biblical, theological, and very practical experience.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m back! Chicago was cold and snowy, but I survived. I\u2019d like to share with you what I experienced at the first-ever Mission Conference prior to the Midwinter. This event brought together Covenant World Mission department leaders, Covenant missionaries, overseas partners, pastors, people who serve on local mission committees, seminary students–a very diverse group who all share one common passion: Christ\u2019s mission. And it was fantastic! Challenging, stimulating, inspiring, stretching, refreshing, renewing–I can\u2019t find enough superlatives to express how rich and meaningful this conference was. Let me describe it for you briefly, and who the presenters were. Then I want to list a bunch of the principles, perspectives, comments, and some rather unorthodox thoughts and approaches that these Covenant leaders offered, based on biblical, theological, and very practical experience. Read the rest of the post at Dan’s blog, Jerusalem Sabbatical: http:\/\/jerusalemsabbatical.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/holistic-mission-of-church-covenant.html Report This Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"yoast_head":"\nDan Johnson's Conference Thoughts - Serve Globally Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/serveglobally\/2009\/02\/27\/dan-johnsons-conference-thoughts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dan Johnson's Conference Thoughts - Serve Globally Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019m back! 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