Cross the Street 2009
Engaging Your Community With Authentic Faith

This practical conference focuses exclusively on how to show the gospel in creative ways to your neighbours, impacting a community through acts of Christ-like love.

Keynote speakers this year will be Eric Swanson, Henry Schorr, Claude Houde and David A. Macfarlane, a former EFC director who now works with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (an EFC affiliate). Also 10 dynamic seminar workshops to choose from. 

Mark your calendars now for May 1-2, 2009, and plan to be at Centre Street Church in Calgary. Get the latest details at the Billy Graham website.

Plenary Speakers

Eric Swanson
Author of “Externally Focused Church"

Eric Swanson works with Leadership Network as Leadership Community Director for Externally Focused Churches working with dozens of externally focused churches around North America. He is also co-founder of GoodCities, a global movement focused on kingdom transformation. Eric served with Campus Crusade for Christ for twenty-five years before joining the staff of Leadership Network. He has a passion for engaging churches worldwide in the needs and dreams of their communities toward the end of spiritual and societal transformation.

Henry Schorr
Pastor of Centre Street Church

Henry Schorr has served at Centre Street Church since 1981 and as Senior Pastor since 1986, a church that has seen an unusual movement of God in seeing people come to Christ. Today, close to 6,000 people attend weekend services and many are involved in one of over 400 small groups. Henry is passionate about prayer, evangelism and challenging others from God’s Word about living an authentic, Christ-centred life and getting involved in the greatest cause ever given to man.
 
David Macfarlane
National Leader and Practitioner of Effective Outreach

Rev. David A. Macfarlane came to Christ in Argentina where he developed a passion for the Lord and reaching the lost. In Canada David has led congregations to solid and significant growth through creative outreach and evangelism. David serves as Director of National Initiatives for The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars across Canada and internationally.

Claude Houde
Pastor of the Largest French speaking Evangelical Church in the Western World

Rev. Claude Houde began “Nouvelle Vie”, a French speaking church outside Montreal in 1993 with 40 people, today over 3,000 attend this dynamic congregation each weekend & each month they feed over 7,000 people in the community. Pastor Claude has ministered in over 20 countries & is a regular guest on numerous TV & radio programs plus hosts a daily radio broadcast.

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