The foundations of biblical community were built for the future, allowing us to soar on the wings of innovation.

In this session, Bill Donahue talks with three church leaders about emerging trends in community life that portend both chaotic change and unprecedented opportunity.

Missional Communities: Denise VanEck of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan
Virtual Community: Bobby Gruenewald of LifeChurch.tv in Edmond, Oklahoma
Urban Community: Steve Wu of Willow Creek Community Church, regional campus, Chicago, Illinois

Ageless Influence
The results of building authentic community aren’t always immediately apparent. Mike Breaux, teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, reminds us of the ageless influence we have through relational ministry and that life change is the legacy we leave.

Session Three Preview
Dave Treat shares his anticipation of Session Three at the Ancient-Future Community Conference.

Watch Video: Ancient-Future Session Three Preview

Learn more about this session and speakers Denise VanEck, Bobby Gruenewald, Steve Wu, and Mike Breaux by visiting Session In Depth. Here you'll find links to additional resources, video clips, programming notes, and reflections from this session.

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Well... it's history! Here's a look back at the 2007 Group Life Conference.

Watch Video: Ancient-Future Conference Wrap-Up

Church Communications Network (CCN) will be broadcasting the Saturday morning session of the Group Life Conference live! Our hope and prayer is that this will serve churches who cannot attend the conference on-site at Willow. CCN estimates that as many as 500 churches are planning to view the broadcast.

Are you one of them? Will you be watching via satellite? If so, we would love to hear from you! How did you utilize the content? Did you watch it live with your leaders? Was it helpful?

Let us know your thoughts – we are already making plans for 2008!