I was fortunate enough to attend the Q Conference in NYC put on by Gabe Lyons’ (co-author of UnChristian) Ferni Project. Truth be told, I was really impressed. The theme was Culture.Future.Church.Gospel.
Seemed very balanced to me. Chuck Colson and Jim Wallis were both speakers, need I say more? Some of the speakers were Tim Keller, Andy Crouch (who was friggin awesome), Os Guiness, Shane Hipps (the second coolest guy named Shane) and a bunch of others.
Sitting in round tables in Gotham Hall in Herald Square (in between Time Square and Madison Square Garden), they put a lot of thought into this. For instance, each speaker was only given 18 minutes to give one big point. There was a countdown clock left of the speaker. No joke. It helped keep everyone’s attention.
There were “3 Minute” missional shorts to create awareness of projects, films, and causes. There were talk-backs with the speakers, an AIDS Care assembly kit (where you actually pack the kit with supplies) and some music like The Fray who played some old and new tunes.
Gabe Lyons is my latest hero. (Yeah, he’s a fellow Liberty grad. We’re not all lame you know). I hope to highlight some of the speakers’ points as I bring a blog post once each month. So, yeah, maybe you should just register for next year. It will be in Austin next year April 27-29. Here is the link.
Who is the first coolest guy named Shane?
Well, Shane Claibone of course. Truth be told, I wrote that for you.