
Inspire Conference 2020
If you have a heart for mission – this event is for YOU. The gospel is more than just good news, it is truly uncontainable. If you’re considering, exploring or practicing church planting, revitalisation, or another creative endeavour to share the gospel, Inspire is the perfect place to gain encouragement, discernment, and to rub shoulders with like-minded thinkers.
This year at Inspire, we have gathered a line up of passionate, experienced, creative speakers to encourage and spur you on in your own mission context. We are excited for them to share with you over 48 hours of sessions, electives and coffee, at West Beach Community Church.
Choose to attend full-time, or come along for one day if that’s what suits your schedule.
Registrations have closed
Speakers
Sam Chan
Sam Chan (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is the author of Evangelism in a Skeptical World. He is a public evangelist with City Bible Forum in Sydney, Australia, where he regularly shares the gospel with high-school students, city workers, doctors, and lawyers. He speaks at conferences around the world on the topics of ethics, storytelling, apologetics, and the practice of evangelism in a post-Christian culture. Sam blogs at espressotheology.com.
He will be joining us online at Inspire this year.
Rachel Jordan-Wolf
Dr Rachel Jordan-Wolf is the Associate Director of HOPE Together – an organisation that supports churches to do more together in mission, words and action. She has previously served as the Church of England’s mission and evangelism adviser. Her passion is to talk to people about Jesus and to encourage other Christians to do the same. Rachel lives in East London with her husband Darren who is a church planter, Pastor and fellow adventurer.
Rachel will join us via Zoom at Inspire this year.
Warren Crank
Warren Crank is married to Ellie and they have three adult children. He is the founder and national director of Red Dirt Church: a non-denominational network of simple churches in Australia. He was a Queensland Baptist pastor for 24 years, a Rugby League Chaplain for over 10 years and is the author of ‘The Resolute Leader’ and ‘Unofficial Chaplain’.
Ben and Petra
Ben and Petra work with the ‘K’ people on the Silk Road. Ben uses his skills as an English teacher and Petra uses her Occupational Therapy background to develop connections in their local community. Their hope is to see K people discovering the good news of Jesus.
Travis Johnson
Trav is a husband to Pixi, and a Dad to four great boys – he likes green curry, a good game of football, and listening to David Bowie. After twelve years as a pastor, then five years as a missionary, Trav founded the organisation AccessTheStory in 2014 as an initiative to see story-formed discipleship spread throughout Australia and beyond. AccessTheStory provides group story experiences and equipping for leaders across four states in Australia, and has begun supporting some mission activity in the Philippines.
Ben Carbone
Ben Carbone is the pastor of The Port Church, a church plant he launched with his family and friends in 2009. Carrying a passion to love and connect with his local community, Ben brings with him years of experience working for Anglicare, Life Without Barriers and Aboriginal Family Support Services as a mentor, family support worker, youth worker and even a podiatrist a lifetime ago! Together with his wife Julie, three adult children, and a growing cohort of passionate followers of Jesus, The Port Church has established a strong and lasting presence on the Le Fevre Peninsula, known widely around Adelaide as a graveyard for churches.
Pricing
Full Time
All Days (Mon, Tues, Wed)- All sessions and electives
- Meals* (Monday dinner, lunches, nibbles)
- Accommodation not included
- *Tuesday dinner not included
Tuesday Only
-- One day of sessions and electives
- Tuesday lunch and nibbles
- Accommodation not included
- Dinner not included
Monday Evening
Dinner and Session- Night session
- Monday Dinner
- Accommodation not included
Hourly Schedule
Monday 19th October
- 5pm - 6pm
- Registrations and arrival
- 6pm - 7:10pm
- Dinner
- 7:10pm - 7:30pm
- Welcome and Housekeeping
- 7:30pm - 8:30pm
- Inspiration Session 1
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Speakers:
Warren Crank
- 8:30pm - -
- Chill
Tuesday 20th October
- 9am - 10am
- Arrive and coffee
- 10am - 11am
- Inspiration Session 2
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Speakers:
Sam Chan
- 11am - 11:30am
- Morning tea
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Inspiration Session 3
-
Speakers:
Travis Johnson
- 12:30pm - 2pm
- Lunch
- 2pm - 3pm
- Electives Session A
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Speakers:
Travis Johnson, Warren Crank
- 3pm - 4pm
- Inspiration Session 4
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Speakers:
Ben and Petra
- 4pm - 5pm
- Electives Session B
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Speakers:
Ben and Petra
- 5pm - 6pm
- Conversations
- 6pm - 7:15pm
- Dinner
- 7:15pm - 8:30pm
- Inspiration Session 5
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Speakers:
(TBA) Rachel Jordan-Wolf
- 8:30pm - -
- Chill
Wednesday 21st October
- 9am - 10am
- Arrive and coffee
- 10am - 11am
- Inspiration Session 6
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Speakers:
Ben Carbone
- 11am - 11:30am
- Morning tea
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Electives Session C
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Speakers:
Ben Carbone, Warren Crank
- 12:30pm - 2pm
- Lunch
- 2pm - 3pm
- Electives Session D
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Speakers:
Ben and Petra, Travis Johnson
- 3pm - 4pm
- Inspiration Session 7
- Send off and communion
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Speakers:
Ben and Petra, Ben Carbone, Tim Harris, Travis Johnson, Warren Crank
- 4pm
- Finish
