Champions Fax Archive

What's Ahead for Church Champions Network in 1999
From Dave Travis, Director of Church Champions Network
Volume 4, Number 1, January 8, 1999

This fax begins our fourth year of identifying, connecting, resourcing and communicating to Church Champions: Serving Consultants/Catalysts to congregations. What began as a small network of 50 individuals has grown to over 1500 select leaders in the U.S. and Canada. The purpose of this fax is to alert you, the Church Champions FAX subscribers to some of the highlights of the 1999 program.

The Gathering of Church Champions – this first ever convocation of the new tribe of denominational leaders, independent consultants and teaching church leaders begins Sunday. We expected and planned for 150 participants, we now have over 380 registered. The group has denominational leaders from 33 different denominational traditions as well as many leaders from independent churches and a few academics who serve as consultants. In the coming weeks you will see more reports from specific talks and workshops from this event in Church Champions FAX and the Church Champions Newsletter.

New Changes and Updates in Information Resources – We have some exciting changes in this area. We will be further expanding our services to reach larger groups of Church Champions. Church Champions Update will be a free weekly update by email for subscribers. It will be one thought, one hand grenade for your mind each week to encourage and stimulate you. To subscribe to this free resource, send an email to championsupdate@leadnet.org with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message. Church Champions Newsletter will also continue to be a free resource to those who ask for it.

Church Champions FAX and Church Champions Book Notes will become paid subscription products. Like Leadership Network's Net FAX product, the demand has outstripped our resources to continue to provide them free of charge. Church Champions FAX focusing on Ideas, Innovation and Impact will continue to be delivered to your fax machine or in the future to your email address. The participation fee will be $29 a year for 26 issues.

Church Champions Book Notes with George Bullard is one of our most popular resources. These 24 book reviews a year are mailed to you and contain reviews of both business and church books of interest to Church Champions. I like the practical implication statements that George draws out for my work. The participation fee for this resource is also $29 per year for all 24 reviews. This is around the cost of one book and helps me decide which books I really need for my work.

All of you will receive mail notices about these changes as well as when they will start. A subscription form will be included in the mailing. Both participation fees help us to cover some, but not all, of the production and distribution of these materials. The subscription basis will allow those who don't desire all the resources to choose those best for their ministry. To subscribe to the FAX and Book Notes you can call Leadership Network Customer Service Department at 800.765.5323.

New Workshops for Church Champions – The next issue will feature a listing of all the workshops and forums for 1999. Our workshops will be open to all Church Champions. They include:

Lay Mobilization Consulting Workshop – March 21-25 in Arlington, Texas
Diffusion of Innovations Workshop with Dr. Everett Rogers – May 17-18 in Colorado Springs, Colorado and
Leadership Network Forum Process Training – July 26-28 in San Bernadino, California.

All Church Champions will receive a brochure about these workshops this month as well as our peer learning forums.

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