Renovate 2014

by John Kimball, CCCC Director of Church Development

The current and potential members of the CCCC Church Development Team (CDT) all gathered with John Kimball, Ron Hamilton and Terry Shanahan in Orlando the first week of November for the Renovate 2014 National Church Revitalization Conference. Some may be familiar with Exponential, the national church planting conference held each year in Florida and Southern California — Renovate is its counterpart for existing congregations and is held annually in Orlando and Kansas City.

The CDT was blessed with three days of great teaching and tactical breakout sessions on Church Revitalization, as well as fellowship together. Then they met together at the home of Steve and Diane Olson (the initial meeting place for Palmwood Church, the CCCC’s new church plant in Orlando) for worship, prayer, debriefing and specialized training for the ever-growing ministry of Church Development within our Conference.

Those attending the gathering were (from left to right) Dave Balicki (Grand Rapids, MI), Ed Rinehart (Lima, OH), Jim Bertoti (Zelienople, PA), Terry Shanahan (Rye, NH), Dan Peterson (Lake Elmo, MN), Dean Walker (Garfield, WA), Peter Wood (New Ipswich, NH), Rich Cook (Hazen, ND), Dave Eisley (Oshkosh, WI), John Kimball (Oviedo, FL), Scott Nice (Telford, PA), Mark Alvis (North Aurora, IL), Tim Franklin (Bridport, VT), Todd Venman (Russell, PA) and Ron Hamilton (CCCC Office in Lake Elmo, MN).

This team plays an important role for our Conference as we continue to expand the ministry of church development and slowly move the work of training and mentoring out toward the local level. Please pray for each of these men as the serve the CCCC, our local churches and our pastors.