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Speakers and Seminar Information<br />
Debra Hirsch<br />
Main and<br />
seminar speaker<br />
Jesus Loves Everyone - Gay or<br />
Straight<br />
(Friday | 11.30 | Church)<br />
Debra is a speaker, church leader, and author (with Alan Hirsch) of Untamed: Reactivating a Missional<br />
Form of Discipleship. She is publishing a new book on sexuality this year. She currently serves as a<br />
minister of ‘Tribe of LA’, a community made up primarily of struggling artists and vagabonds. She was<br />
also a leader of Christian Associates (a church planting movement). Debra has a heart for those on the<br />
margins of the church and broader society.<br />
Over the last few years Debra has spent a lot of time amongst the LGBT community of Los Angeles,<br />
leading the LA Tribe (A church within the LGBT / Arts community). During this time she has taken time to<br />
reflect on a theology and practice of engagement with this community. In this session Debra will share<br />
her thoughts on these issues, providing an overview.<br />
Winsome Jesus - Evangelism in<br />
Marginalised Cultures<br />
(Saturday | 2pm | Garnethill)<br />
Debra will lead a session for mission practitioners following on from Friday's seminar on this issue of<br />
reaching people in the LGBT community. This will be more focused on "how to" rather than the<br />
underpinning rationale.<br />
Alan Hirsch<br />
Main and<br />
seminar speaker<br />
APEST Leadership<br />
(Saturday | 9.30 | Church)<br />
The Shaping of Things to come<br />
(Seminar with Norman Graham |<br />
Saturday | 2pm | Church)<br />
Alan is the founding director of <strong>Forge</strong> Mission Training Network. Currently he co-leads Future Travelers, a<br />
program helping megachurches become missional movements. The author of several books, Alan<br />
lectures internationally and is an adjunct professor at several seminaries in the US. His experience<br />
includes leading a local church movement among the marginalized, developing training systems for<br />
missional leadership.<br />
Paul wrote about the need for apostolic, prophetic, evangelistic, shepherd(pastoral) and teaching<br />
leaders within the church. Teaching some of his most significant material Alan explains why we need<br />
once more to discover the five fold nature of leadership once again and how it is particularly essential in<br />
the context we find ourselves in today.<br />
In 2003, Alan wrote a book along with his co-conspirator Michael Frost (you may have heard of it). He will<br />
outline the main ideas in this seminar, and Norman Graham, Minister of Denny Baptist Church, will share<br />
how he has sought to implement these ideas within his church and what difference it has made.
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