MinistryNet: Antalya 2009 October 18-22

Dear MinistryNet Participant,

For many of us, MinistryNet: Antalya 2009 was where God met us. It was an exciting time to learn new things, meet new people, and write plans for how we will integrate the use of the Internet into our movement building strategies.

We want to help you succeed with your plans! To do this, we are working to make the information produced during the Knowledge Café’s available in a summarized form, and we are working to get audio, video, slide shows, and other supporting documents available on this site so you can review what you heard or get what you missed.

1. Most of the Knowledge Café information has been edited and summarized.
   1. Here are all the unedited Knowledge Café responses.  These are the notes that were recorded at each table. They will remain on the this conference website.
   2. Here are the summarized, edited Knowledge Café responses. (Requires a GCX login for access). These will remain on the conference wiki.
   3. Will you help us edit the Knowledge Café responses? If so, follow the instructions on this page.
   4. Most of the audio files and many of the videos are posted to the ‘Archived Sessions’ page, along with the other supporting documents, like slide show files and notes.
      We have experienced technical difficulties getting the video files posted, so there have been some delays. We will continue posting audio and video files until everything we have is posted.

Will you take a minute and write what the conference meant for you and what your action plan is? Russ Martin started this discussion thread in the eMinistry Community in GCX, and it has been good to see what others are doing now.

We look forward to what God will do through you as you find new ways to use the Internet to help you build spiritual movements!

Blessings,

The MinistryNet Conference Team

P.S. If you have any questions about this, please feel free to reply and ask. Or post your question to the MinistryNet section of the eMinistry Community.

Russ Licht

Russ Licht
Married to Jo Anne; two children.
Educated as an Engineer, 25 years in training as a cross-cultural communicator.
Learns best by failing.
Current Favorite quote: “That’s not flying.  That’s falling with style.” (Woody from Toy Story)

Doris Beck

Doris Beck has been on staff with Power to Change Ministries(formerly Campus Crusade for Christ Canada) for 34 years. In her current role, she oversees the Interactive Ministry of TruthMedia Internet Group, which includes discussion boards, blogs, chat and online mentoring. She works with a team of staff and over 500 volunteers from around the world.

David Rice

David currently serves on the Global Campus team focusing on the development of Catalytic volunteer movements around the world. Originally from the US, he and his wife Susan served for 13 years in Romania developing the Catalytic ministry there and have been living in Budapest Hungary since 2004. In addition to enjoying being the father of 3 daughters,  David has deep convictions about the promised unstoppable work of God in all places to build His kingdom.  He feels that in light of what God is doing in hundreds of places we will never  be able to staff, it is imperative that we find ways to use the internet to develop volunteers and student leaders, as we launch and grow movements across the scope of the 130,000,000 university students worldwide.

Hans Pruis

• Married (with Delja); four children, 5 grandchildren
• By education engineer (I worked 5 years in a company)
• Joined staff 1 January 1980
• National Director Dutch ministry 1986-2001
• Member AOA Leadership Team 1992-2005
• Associate Director Agape Europe since 2006 (Main focus: organizational & leader development, communications, internet partnerships)

Karen Schenk

Karen Schenk is the Director of TruthMedia Internet Group, a ministry of Power to Change. TruthMedia uses technology to build communities of evangelism and discipleship in three main avenues – websites, chat rooms and online mentoring. TruthMedia’s network of sites has been consolidated into one supersite making their content available to more audiences than ever before. Karen also oversees The Mentor Center which allows hundreds of volunteer mentors to speak into the lives of thousands of people who write in each month. TruthMedia receives requests from all over the globe to come and share their expertise in in-depth online ministry.

“Search is the engine driving today’s knowledge economy.” So began a powerful talk by Ken Cochrum, Vice-President for Global Campus Strategy. But as our cultures are rapidly searching for information in a world that wants it right here, right now, we see many people searching for meaning. Shared passions. Shared beliefs. Shared experiences.

Of course, our greatest hope is not that we are searching for God, but that God is on the hunt for us. He is turning hearts toward Him. And He is looking for those whose hearts are committed to Him (2 Chronicles 16:9). Ken challenged us to ask of the Lord as King David did — to search our hearts and test our ways and remove the sin within us (Psalm 139). What might God do with 170 hearts fully committed to Him?

He closed with this charge: May none of us be a dead weight in this convention. Do Your business with us, oh God, so that we may do Your business with the world.

May it be so.

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You can change your world by creating communities that become powerful movements which volunteers are attracted to.

1. A single interest can cause or result in a community
2. Communities can become powerful movements that attract volunteers
3. Volunteers need to be mobilized

Karen posted all of her notes on Facebook!

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Marilyn Adamson

Ken Cochrum

Ken Cochrum began whole-heartedly following Jesus during his second year as a mechanical engineering student at the University of Texas. After graduation God led him on staff with a passion to disciple men and build spiritual movements. A graduate in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary, he has served as campus director, regional director and most recently as national campus director of Asia Impact. His heart beats with a desire to worship Jesus as he serves and strengthens His leaders around the world.

Ken and his wife Ann have invested the majority of their 23 years on CCC staff in helping grow student-led movements in Texas and East Asia. The Cochrum family recently relocated from Singapore to Orlando, Florida, with their two children Travis and Amy.

Ken currently serves as Vice President for CCC’s Global Campus Strategy.

Keith Seabourn

Seven people have volunteered to serve on the program planning team for MinistryNet: Antalya 2009.

Simon Seow – Singapore
Leslie Chiang – Singapore
Michael Choo – Malaysia
Beni Husaciuc – Romania
Rich Street – USA
Richard Lim – Singapore
Jerry Hertzler – USA

Beni Husarciuc

Michael Choo

Simon Seow

Leslie Chiang

Jerry

Rich Street

Richard Lim