{"id":3263,"date":"2019-10-15T16:05:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2019\/10\/15\/2019-icoc-leadership-meetings-grow-faith\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T16:03:00","slug":"2019-icoc-leadership-meetings-grow-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/2019-icoc-leadership-meetings-grow-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 ICOC Leadership Meetings Grow Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week leaders from around the world gathered in San Diego, California to pray, plan and progress in knowing God and making him known around the world. Here are some brief notes I jotted down to share. It was awesome! The fellowship and unity was wonderful. Tremendous plans and proposals were announced. A new family of churches was introduced from French-speaking Central Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Our 700 churches are divided into&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/icocco-op.org\/church-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">33 families of churches<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Each family of churches is led by a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/icocco-op.org\/icoc-delegates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regional Family Chair couple<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These 33 families of churches sent&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/icocco-op.org\/icoc-delegates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">150 delegates&nbsp;<\/a>to the global \u201cDelegates Meeting\u201d in San Diego, Wednesday through Friday, October 7-11<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Last year the 33 Regional Chair Couples chose a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/icocco-op.org\/service-team-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catalyst Team<\/a>, whose task it is to organize the meeting and spur our fellowship forward.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Catalyst Team set up six \u201cTask Forces\u201d to prepare proposals and plans for the delegates to approve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/icocleadershipmeetings2019.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catalyst Team met all day Monday to work on last-minute details for the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catalyst Team met with the 33 RegionalFamily Chair couples on Tuesday. We discussed\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The pairing of RFC couples for growth and discipling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Future conferences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disciples Today (Roger Lamb is retiring)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HOPEww (New CEO search)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upcoming 2020 World Discipleship Summit in Orlando<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/icocregionalfamilychairs2019.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday night, Task Forces and Service Teams met together to plan and pray.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/icoccommunicationstaskforce.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catalyst Team concluded discussions with the Regional Family Chairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Delegates Meeting began. Each TaskForce presented their plan for progress. Highlights included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Women &#8211; Excited about launching the new website womentoday.net and worldwide webinars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next Gens &#8211; The beginning of Next Gens delegates and more women into our worldwide delegate structure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communication &#8211; The first Global Communication Conference in Orlando in 2020. The immediate goal is an explosion of \u201cOnline Evangelism\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Church Health and Growth &#8211; Promoting the Health of ministers and the health of congregations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unity &#8211; The 2020 Unity Challenge: to work out any and all relational issues before we gather in Orlando<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Missions &#8211; Coordination of our Mission Societies. Counting up to 1000 churches, and counting down the countries that still need a church.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prayeraticocleadershipmeetings.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday included a \u201cChurch BuildersWorkshop\u201d taught by brothers and sisters from around the world. The evening was free for fellowship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Friday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday we closed out the conference with worship, summarizing our plans, announcements, and a HOPEww update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wds2020.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 World Discipleship Summit:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Almost 12,000 already registered!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donations to help third-world disciples attend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Programs for children and special needs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wds2020.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.wds2020.net<\/a> for all info, registration, and questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catalyst Team met to review the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week leaders from around the world gathered in San Diego, California to pray, plan and progress in knowing God&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71,387],"tags":[],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-3263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-leadership"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/icocregionalfamilychairs2019.png?fit=974%2C487&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-QD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4934,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/100-gather-for-inaugural-heartland-leadership-meeting\/","url_meta":{"origin":3263,"position":0},"title":"100 Gather for Inaugural Heartland Leadership Meeting","author":"dtadmin","date":"November 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"On September 15, evangelists, elders, and lay leaders from the Heartland family of churches gathered in Kansas City for an inaugural Heartland Leadership Meeting. 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