Austin: Gateway Community Church – October 19-20, 2007
Host: Scot McKnight Scot's Blog
Speakers: John Burke, Dan Kimball, Doug Pagitt, and Danielle Shroyer
John Burke is pastor of Gateway Community Church in Austin, Texas. He is also the president of Emerging Leadership Initiative (ELI), a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 to help establish a multiplying network of missiological churches that envision, equip, and empower young emerging leaders to plant innovative churches throughout America. John is the author of No Perfect People Allowed.
Dan Kimball is the pastor of Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, California. He is also the author of The Emerging Church, Emerging Worship, and the soon-to-be released They Like Jesus but Not the Church.
Scot McKnight is a widely-recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. He is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University. A popular and witty speaker, Dr. McKnight is the author of more than twenty books, including the award-winning The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others, Embracing Grace and The Real Mary. McKnight’s award-winning blog, Jesus Creed, has been rated by Technorati.com as the #1 site for Emerging Church.
Doug Pagitt is the pastor of Solomon’s Porch—a holistic, missional, and Christian community in Minneapolis. He is part of Emergent Village and the Gospel in Our Culture Network. He is the author of the books Church Re-Imagined, Preaching Re-Imagined, and BodyPrayer.
Danielle Grubb Shroyer is the Pastor of Journey Community Church in Dallas. She serves on the Emergent Coordinating Group, where she focuses on social justice. Danielle is a graduate of Baylor University and Princeton Theological Seminary. She and her husband, Dan, have two children.