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Catalyst’s West Coast debut ended yesterday and will never be back!  At least not in the same venue.  As you can clearly see from the photo below, beloved #catwest outgrew it’s Mariner’s Church facility offering nothing but standing room only by day two.

Here’s a shot of Erwin McManus on the Catalyst stage yesterday.  Erwin, a [...]

Today marks the “official” launch of Catalyst West Coast – a huge, inspirational party designed to feature some of the speakers listed in my last blog post.  And create a venue for many innovative ministry related products and services.
You can join us with your very own all-access pass through the Catalyst Green Room site.

Candid shot [...]

Here’s a link fest for those of you who want to familiarize yourself with some of the Catalyst West Coast festivities….
Wednesday evening Before Party hosted by:

Carlos Whittaker

Worship with:

Hillsong United
Steve Fee
Aaron Keyes
Joel Auge

Speakers include:

Andy Stanley
Craig Groeschel
Rick Warren
Guy Kawasaki
Ravi Zacharias
Francis Chan
Brian Houston
Erwin McManus
Perry Noble
Catherine Rohr
Jud Wilhite
Luis Palau

Interactive sessions with:

Dave Gibbons
Alan Hirsch
Blake Mycoskie (Toms [...]

The Idea Camp – Eric Bryant Interview from The Idea Camp on Vimeo.
Usually I blog news about innovative ministry practices that are dependent on technology.  But recently, at The Idea Camp, I had the chance to interview so many Christian leaders (over a dozen) that I’ve been posting the interviews here.   Thanks for your [...]

This is a good video clip summarizing The Idea Camp and what it was designed to achieve.
The entire event (free, of course)is  still openly challenging all of us who are used to paying for conferences to see speakers we can listen to rather than those we can collaborate with.
And yet, Generation “We” seems to clearly [...]

Gabe Taviano has put up Episode 44 at God's Mac.com and on iTunes!
Gabe says' "Futurist, pastor, speaker and author, Erwin McManus, join us this week.  Erwin is the the pastor of the multi-site Mosaic Church in Los Angeles, California.  Be sure to check out his various ministries' websites in the episode links on [...]

Although I only got to go for 1 day, causing me to miss a couple of the speakers I had hoped to hear, I had a great time at the Awaken 2008 Conference put on by Mosaic in Pasadena.  Erwin McManus did the hosting and I did get to hear an evangelism panel discussion with [...]