Postkiwi Duncan Macleod

Mustard Seed Associates are sponsoring “The Church Has Left The Building”, a conference in Seattle in April. The gathering is another event in which Tom and Christine Sine gather together people who are developing innovative, out-of-the-box approaches to missional church.

Conference Goals

• Inspire and challenge participants to seek first Gods purposes in a world of growing need.
• Create an environment that enables people to connect with one another and even to create some collaborative new ventures.
• Enable participants to create new ways to grow God’s mustard seeds in their own lives and communities so they have new ideas to take home.
• Invite participants to share stories and mustard seeds before they arrive so that we can selectively incorporate them in the conference send us your stories right away so we can share with others how God is using your mustard seed to make a difference

The conference is being held at Trinity Methodist Church, Ballard, in Seattle and will feature guests from across USA, Canada, UK and Australia, including:

Shane Claiborne – The Simple Way, Philadelphia
Karen Ward – Church of the Apostles, Seattle
Mark Pierson – Urban Seed, Melbourne, AUS
Mike Morris - Peaceworks, Evangelical Alliance UK
Tracy Howe & Aaron Strumpel – The Restoration Project
Gary & Ev Heard - The 8th Day, Melbourne, AUS
Bryan Burton - John Knox Presbyterian, Seattle
Dwight Friesen - Mars Hill Graduate School, Seattle
Tom & Christine Sine - Mustard Seed Associates, Seattle
Tom Balke - British Columbia, Canada

Go to the conference blog for updates on the conference and log on Monday, January 16th to chat with Tom Sine as he makes his blogging debut. Tom will be on-line from 1-2 p.m. US/ Pacific Standard Time (8-9 am Australia Daylight Savings; 9-10 p.m. UK) on Monday to talk about the conference.

Mustard Seed Associates (MSA) provides resources and a network for other committed Christians to anticipate the future, decode the culture, convey the Kingdom of God, and create new ways to be a difference and make a difference. We work to inspire, connect and create in order to fulfill our mission…”Believing God is changing the world through mustard seeds- the seemingly insignificant- MSA seeks to unleash the creative potential of ordinary people to make a difference in their communities and a world of urgent need.”