Last Updated on August 6, 2011 by pastor.rocklyn

This week I attended the 2011 Blue Ocean Summit at the Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Greater Boston. From Monday (8/1) night through Wednesday (8/3) afternoon I joined dozens of pastors in a series of presentations and discussion about creating safe space for secular people to talk about God and connect with him. This is the 3rd year that the conference has taken place. Valerie Johnson, our associate pastor, attended last year, but this is the 1st time I’ve been able to participate. I plan to go back next year and bring more of our Life Church Leadership Team.

I’m excited about this gathering of churches exploring ways to engage the secular world. Although I love Jesus, I’m actually “not the religious type” (see Dave Schmelzer’s blog). The world needs Jesus and I want to tell them about him without “religion” getting in the way. I realize that God has been moving me in this direction for quite some time and the 2011 Blue Ocean Summit is yet another step in the complete reorganization of the way I express the good news about Jesus.