Coming up September 5, the Oklahoma Baptist Ministers of Education Association (OBMEA) are sponsoring a web conference for educations ministers, discipleship leaders, and other people who have education/discipleship responsibilities in their church. We’re calling it “ME5″, and after you see what we’re doing you will know why. The ME is fairly obvious (Minister of Education), and here is where the 5 comes from:
- 5th of September
- A series of 5 minute videos from Christian educators all over the nation
- A live panel of 5 people
- 5 hours long (10:00 – 3:00)
The web conference will be hosted right here at bobmayfield.com and we’ll have more specific information for you soon. The five people that will be joining us for the livestream on September 5 are:
- Elmer Towns – Dean of the School of Religion, Liberty University
- David Francis – Sunday School director for LifeWay Christian Resources
- Allan Taylor – minister of education at FBC, Woodstock
- Ben Pritchett – minister of education at FBC, Houston
- and hosted by yours truly!
In addition, we have a series of 5 minute video segments from 24 educators and leaders from all over the nation, including:
- Ben Reed – A Theology of Small Groups
- Carter Shotwell – A New Model for Discipleship
- Bruce Raley – 5 Trends Impacting Church Education
- Doug Dees – Building Community Through Groups
- Rick Howerton – Equipping Group Leaders for a Post-Christian Culture
- Jeff Young – The Spiritual Life of an ME
- Alvin Reid – Mentoring the Next Generation
- and many more as well
There is no fee for the web conference, just plan to join us on Wednesday, September 5 from 10:00 – 3:00. Here is the schedule:
10:00 – 5 minute video segments begin (2 hours)
noon – Livestream panel
1:00 – 5 minute video segments (repeat of 10:00)
3:00 – Dismiss
We’ll also archive all of the videos so that you can reference them later or even download them to use with your group leaders or church staff.
We’re excited about this new format of networking and training, and look forward to seeing you here on September 5.
Very excited about this Bob, great idea!!
Bob,
This looks like a great idea. I love the idea of using technology to do training. Similar format to “Leadership on the 9s” from a couple of years ago. Thanks for all the equipping you do through the blog.
Thanks guys! I’m really looking forward to the web conference too. I think you’re going to enjoy it, plus we’re going to archive the videos from ME5 here on the blog so you can download them and use them later with your leaders.