Movement Day 2015 Offers New Tracks Emphasizing Reconciliation, Replication and Kingdom Impact

NEW YORK - Aug. 27, 2015 - PRLog -- On October 29, 2015, leaders will once again gather at the New York Hilton Midtown to further advance Gospel Movements in cities across the globe. By promoting unity and fostering collaboration among a diverse spectrum of Christian leaders, the event will address some of today’s most urgent urban issues.

With a unique approach compared to many conferences, attendees will not only hear from a diverse panel of leading experts in the morning plenary, but they will also have the opportunity to share best practices in various interactive learning tracks that will be held during the afternoon. The topics covered focus on current urban issues or population groups and are led by experts and practitioners in that field. While The NYCLC has always been intentional in reflecting the diversity of the world’s constituency, this year’s event underscores even further its intent on bridging the spiritual, economic and racial divides in our cities as well as the role of Millennials in accomplishing that task.

According to Director of Movement Day & Events, Ebony Small, “The issues of racial unity and kingdom impact on our cities have never been greater. We have brought together a faculty that represents racial, gender and generational diversity in order to insure a representative perspective on matters of unity and kingdom impact. I am particularly excited about the new additions to our interactive tracks and to hear from the millennial leaders we have enlisted for this year’s event.”

Five new tracks are being conducted this year that particularly address the matter of racial reconciliation, replicating Gospel Movements in other major cities and maximizing the impact that the kingdom of God can have on our cities.

This year’s new additions are:

Racial Reconciliation

Racial harmony remains one of the most challenging issues for church and marketplace leaders in the 21st century. The complexities of race, class, and culture often lead to superficial, short-term, programmatic solutions rather than transformational change. This session will offer practical tools and recommendations to enable leaders, both in church and the marketplace, to use their influence to serve as reconcilers.

Movement Day Replication Cities

Movement Day Greater Dallas represents the first successful replication of Movement Day in another major urban center. Since January 2014, it has convened 3,400 leaders with 525 agencies working together on city-wide efforts. Leaders in Pretoria (South Africa), London (United Kingdom), Chennai (India), Columbus (Ohio), Toronto (Canada) and a number of other cities have since communicated interest in hosting their own Movement Day expression within the next 12-24 months. Key success factors of Movement Day in New York and Dallas will be shared during this session and leaders will investigate the path toward launching a Movement Day in their own city – all in an effort to expand Gospel Movements to other major cities in the U.S. and around the world

Evangelism

Old forms of evangelism can create obstacles to the Gospel. An increasing number of leaders have seen the need to bring good and effective evangelism tools and motivation to citywide Gospel Movements. This track is designed to develop Kingdom citizens who are skilled in the theology and practice of winsomely sharing the Gospel and grounding others in their faith and to encourage the pursuit of evangelism and personal discipleship along with addressing social well-being issues.

Crossing Campus Lines

Engage or consume? In this track, college students will wrestle with the perception challenge of viewing the city as a place to consume or a place to engage. This track is more than preparing for post-college life. Rather, track participants will explore how to weave their college experience together now, with gospel engagement in a city near campus. The goal is a lifetime of engaging cities for Kingdom impact.

Leadership Development

Bringing leadership development opportunities to a city is vital in raising the effectiveness of thousands of Christian leaders to the level of a citywide movement. But where do you start? This track will look at New York City as a case study, to see how the city hosts large scale inspirational leadership training (The Global Leadership Summit at 13 Host Sites) and small scale practical leadership training (The Leadership Fellows Program (http://nycleadership.com/new-york-city-leadership-center/...)) benefitting thousands of leaders each year. New York has created pathways of first-class training opportunities for leaders – while also making them logistically and financially accessible.

Other interactive tracks continuing from previous years include:

·       Authentic Communities

·       Church Planting

·       Global Poverty

·       Gospel Movements

·       Mobilizing Prayer

·       Professional & Marketplace Leaders

·       Urban Campus Ministries

·       Young Missional Leaders

Dr. Mac Pier, founder and CEO of The New York City Leadership Center (http://www.nycleadership.com/) comments, “The history and theory of missions tell us that whole cities or cultures can be reached with the Gospel. ‘Reached’ doesn’t mean that everyone becomes a Christian, but that a ‘tipping point’ can be achieved where Christianity begins to have a disproportionate effect on the population’s values and beliefs, and their faith grows spontaneously, without external control. We believe that Movement Day will play a vital role in seeing that come to fruition.”

For a complete description of all of this year’s interactive learning tracks, go to Track Overview (http://www.movementday.com/tracks/track-overview/).

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October 29, 2015

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 Avenue of the Americas NY, NY