Aug 31 - 8:30 am - 4:00 pm with an optional 6:00 pm dinner off campus
Sept 1 - 8:30 am 12:00 pm
Free event and lunch. Continental breakfast, snacks, and drinks provided.
Ever wondered how to become a church who sends missionaries? Are you already sending missionaries, but don’t quite know how to continue the relationship and care for them well? Would you say by God’s grace you’re doing well, but you want to get better and connect with other sending churches and leaders? The Sending Church Lab is for you.
Spend time being encouraged & equipped by IMB mobilization staff, hearing from current missionaries and sending churches, and developing your own strategies and plans for how to send well.
Part of our time together will be spent in workshops where you and your team will evaluate and work on your own church’s plans in real time.
August 31 - September 1 • First Baptist Church • Universal City, TX
Monday, August 31st
8:30 am Arrival & Registration: Light breakfast
9:00 Worship
9:15 Session 1: God’s Plan A
9:45 Break
10:00 Session 2: Church Connections Pathway
Partnering vs Sending: Workshop w/ Q&A
11:00 Break
11:15 Session 3: Cultivate: Discovering & Developing Future Goers
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 Workshop: Cultivate
1:45 Break
2:00 Session 4: Commission: Assessing and Equipping Future Goers
Workshop: Commission
3:00 Break
3:15 Cultivate and Commission Q&A
4:00 Dismiss
6:00 Dinner out together for anyone who would like to come
Tuesday, September 1st
8:30 am Light breakfast
9:00 Worship
9:15 Session 5: Care: Shepherding the Sent
9:30 Missionary Q&A Panel Discussion
10:15 Workshop: Care
10:45 Break
11:00 Session 6: Working on Your Cultivate, Commission, & Care Plan w/ Q&A
12:00 pm Dismiss
Ever wondered how to become a church who sends missionaries? Are you already sending missionaries, but don’t quite know how to continue the relationship and care for them well? Would you say by God’s grace you’re doing well, but you want to get better and connect with other sending churches and leaders? The Sending Church Lab is for you.
Spend time being encouraged & equipped by IMB mobilization staff, hearing from current missionaries and sending churches, and developing your own strategies and plans for how to send well.
Part of our time together will be spent in workshops where you and your team will evaluate and work on your own church’s plans in real time.
Who should come:
Churches who are currently sending missionaries…
Churches who want to send missionaries…
Anyone interested in serving mid to long-term as a missionary...
Missionaries who have,or want, asending church…
Or anyone in between!
What to expect:
Best practices for sending and caring for missionaries well
How to grow from a partnering church into a sending church
How to take your first steps as a partner or sending church
Build connections between missionaries and churches
Hear from current missionaries and sending churches
Giveaways, snacks, &meals together
Register Here