Check out the site… http://relit.org/deathbylove/

2008 New York City Dwell Conference Audio

Mark Driscoll
Darrin Patrick
Tim Keller
C.J. Mahaney
Ed Stetzer
Eric Mason

Carlos Whittaker (http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/) interviewing Mark Driscoll. For more interviews see http://www.ustream.tv/channel/purpose-driven-network-summit-2008

The videos from the Text and Context Conference are now available on the Resurgence website.

http://www.theresurgence.com/text_and_context_media

Video include lessons from:
Mark Driscoll
CJ Mahaney
John Piper
Jim Gilmore
Matt Chandler
Jeff Vanderstelt
Darrin Patrick

Mark Driscoll at Mars Hill in Seattle is doing two neat experiments.  First, they created a website in which the mass public can submit a question to be answered by Driscoll.  Then, the community voted on the questions that they’d most like Driscoll to answer.  He’s actually preaching sermons based on these questions now.  You can check out video of his sermons at http://marshillchurch.org/.  The top 9 questions have been decided and you can see the results here:  http://askanything.marshillchurch.org/. 

Recently, Driscoll polled the audience in real time.  He asked them to send questions to him in real time.  He would then answer the questions right there on the spot.  No question was off the table.  Anything could be asked.  The questions are “mature” in nature and deal with topics that you don’t traditionally hear in a church setting.  In fact, this is Driscoll’s take on the questions.  Here is a set of 11 questions and Driscoll’s response.

Here is the link to Mark Driscoll’s Message at the Convergence Conference… Click Here.

Many people in the blog world and those who were there are saying this message is a ’Historic Event’. Some have even likened it to Martin Luther nailing the 95 theses on the door at Wittenberg Chapel. David and I witnessed this first hand… I was a powerful message where Mark drew a very clear line in the sand. It is worth your time to listen.

Video Link… http://theresurgence.com/files/video/mark_driscoll_2007-05-01_death_by_ministry_part_2.m4v

2. How healthy are pastors and their families?

At our 2006 Reform and Resurge Conference in Seattle, my good friend Pastor Darrin Patrick from The Journey in Saint Louis (www.journeyon.net) spoke frankly of the burden that pastoral ministry is. He presented the following statistics, which he gathered from such organizations as Barna (www.barna.org) and Focus on the Family (www.family.org).