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Brian McLaren is an author, thinker and pastor who has become one of the most respected voices of the “emerging church movement”. He will be leading conversations about the emerging shape of mission, the church and Christianity itself in our rapidly changing context.

Brian’s books have been significant for many in and on the fringes of the church. They include:

A New Kind of Christian, The Story We Find Ourselves In and The Last Word and the Word After That are a part of a recently completed trilogy.
A Generous Orthodoxy is a personal confession of faith and has been called a “manifesto” of the emerging church conversation. The book’s subtitle is effectively its table of contents: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-Hopeful, Emergent, Unfi nished CHRISTIAN.

Brian’s two latest books are The Last Word and the Word After That (Jossey-Bass, 2005), and The Secret Message of Jesus (Word, 2006), an exploration of the kingdom of God in the teachings of Jesus.

SYDNEY EVENTS
Presented by the CONVERSE NETWORK www.spirited.net.au/converse Converse is a network of missional thinkers and practitioners focused on alternative ways of being and doing church.

Supported by Forge Mission Training Network, Spirited Consulting and Uniting Church NSW Board of Mission.

FRIDAY 17 FEBRUARY

6:30 - 10:30pm: Exploring A Generous Orthodoxy Dinner and conversation. (Numbers limited) Cost: $60

SATURDAY 18 FEBRUARY

9:00 am – 5.30pm: Exploring A New Kind of Christian(ity) Cost: $100 (includes all meals)

Special rate for both events $150 (students and concession card holders $125)

VENUE: Ryde-Eastwood Rugby Club, 117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde.
Please note: Standard club dress standards will apply

MELBOURNE EVENTS
A project of URBAN SEED CHURCH www.urbanseed.org

TUESDAY 21 FEBRUARY

2.30-4pm: Tabor College Seminar 1.
To Register PH: 03 9844 8800 Cost $10

WEDNESDAY 22 FEBRUARY

9.30am -1pm: Rev Up: Whitley Baptist College.
To Register contact Simone Rickerby PH: 03 9340 8100
srickerby@whitley.unimelb.edu.au Cost $25

THURSDAY 23 FEBRUARY

10.30am-12pm: Tabor College Seminar 2.
To Register PH: 03 9844 8800 Cost: $10

2.30pm-4pm: Tabor College Seminar 3.
To Register PH: 03 9844 8800 Cost: $10

7.30pm: Postcards From the Edge.
To Register Must RSVP: kim@forge.org.au Cost: $15/10

REGISTRATIONS AND ENQUIRIES

Allison Forrest: allisonf@nsw.uca.org.au PH: 02 8267 4391
Or register online www.spirited.net.au/converse
Registrations for Sydney events close 10th February 2006.

KENTIGERN BOOKS will run a bookstall at the Sydney events.
Kentigern stocks all of Brian’s books and is able to supply them at excellent prices via mail order or through the showroom at North Parramatta

Contact Kentigern: www.kentigern.com.au | Email: bookshop@kentigern.com.au | Phone: 9484 0433

Download Information Poster: A Generous Orthodoxy (pdf)