The Dwell 2008 Conference, co-hosted by the Redeemer Church Planting Center and the Acts 29 Network, was held in New York City and highlighted issues relating to urban church planting. You can get all the audio and video at the links below. You can also view the PDF notes here.

Session 1: Dwelling Incarnationally - Eric Mason

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Session 2: Dwelling in the Kingdom - Ed Stetzer

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Session 3: Dwelling in the Cross - C.J. Mahaney

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Session 4: Dwelling in the Text - Mark Driscoll

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Session 5: Persuasion - Tim Keller

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Session 6: Dwelling through the Text - Mark Driscoll

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Session 7: Dwelling in the Gospel - Tim Keller

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Session 8: Dwelling with Non-Christians - Darrin Patrick

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Vintage Jesus

A theological journey chasing Jesus through Scripture and pop culture. Timeless answers to timely questions about the most important man who has ever lived. Find out more.

Click through to the Resurgence if you can’t see the video.

How can you know if you’re called to plant a church? Called to preach? Called at all? The Seattle Boot Camp in March 2009 welcomed speakers from all over the world to weigh in on the topic of calling, including PJ Smyth of GodFirst Church Johannesburg. Get all the audio and video at the links below.

Session 1: The Calling of the Planter – Mark Driscoll

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Session 2: Great Commision Call to Plant Churches – Scott Thomas

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Session 3: The Call to Preach – Matt Chandler

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Session 4: The Call to Proclaim the Gospel – PJ Smyth

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Session 5: Your Vision is Too Small – Dave Bruskas

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Session 6: The Call to Endure – Mark Driscoll

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Also from Seattle Boot Camp 2009, check out Seven Seasons of a Church Planter Part 1 and Part 2 with Hunter Beaumont (Lead Pastor of Fellowship Denver and Resurgence contributor), and Russ McKendry (Lead Pastor of L2 Church, Denver).

Rain City Hymnal

A fresh approach to 12 ancient hymns. Listen online and get the album from Re:Sound. Find out more.

The 2009 Raleigh Acts 29 Boot Camp, hosted by Vintage21 Church on February 4-5, 2009, was about planting churches and making sure new plants thrive. Mark Driscoll, Scott Thomas and other Acts 29 pastors were joined by several guest speakers for the event, including Wayne Grudem and Andreas Köstenberger. Get all the video and audio through the links below.

Session 1: Raleigh Boot Camp Intro Session – Mark Driscoll

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Session 2: Mission Rises out of Community – Tyler Jones

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Session 3: Mission Rises out of Discipleship – Ed Marcelle

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Session 4: Our Mission – Daniel Montgomery

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Session 5: The Biblical Mandate on the Man – Scott Thomas

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Session 6: Gospel Centered Reformed Theology – Wayne Grudem

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Session 7: Preaching the Gospel – Daniel Akin

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Session 8: The Effects of Planting on Family and Self – Andreas Köstenberger

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Session 9: Systems & Structures – Jamie Munson

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Session 10: Q&A with Mark Driscoll – Mark Driscoll

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Session 11: Leadership Development: Elders, Deacons, Volunteers – Elliot Grudem

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Session 12: We Are A Movement – Mark Driscoll

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Missional Ecclesiology

Re:Train professor Gregg Allison explains the missional church in his blog series on Missional Ecclesiology.

In this series from the Acts 29 2007 regional conference in Seattle, Mark Driscoll answers twenty leadership questions for building a City within a City, based on the missional leadership of Nehemiah. How do we build a countercultural kingdom community amidst an opposing culture? Listen to streaming audio and download MP3 files and PDF notes by clicking on the links below.

Session 1: Twenty Leadership Questions for Building a City within a City - Part 1 – Mark Driscoll

Session 2: Twenty Leadership Questions for Building a City within a City – Part 2 – Mark Driscoll

Recommended Books

A collection of fantastic reading material on various important topics, used and shared by Pastor Mark Driscoll. Find out more.

The Acts 29 San Diego Boot Camp in May 2009 focused on the concept of influence in leadership to answer the question “What does it look like to lead well?” Listen to content by Pastor Brian Howard and Acts 29 pastors Matt Chandler, Darrin Patrick, David Fairchild, and Jeff Vanderstelt by clicking on the links below.

Session 1: Influence Through Community – Brian Howard

Session 2: Influence Through The Word & Worship – Matt Chandler

Session 3: Influence Through Persevering – Darrin Patrick

Session 4: Influence Through Brokenness – David Fairchild

Session 5: Influence Through Mission & Vision – Jeff Vanderstelt

Vintage Church

In this book, Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears discuss the essentials of what it means to be a biblical church. Find out more.

In October 2008, Mars Hill Church hosted a Biblical Parenting Conference with Dr. Tedd Tripp, who presented biblical teaching on topics from formative instruction to corrective discipline. Listen to streaming audio or watch video by clicking on the links below.

Session 1: Helping Kids Understand Authority – Tedd Tripp

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Session 2: Helping Kids Understand the Heart – Tedd Tripp

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Session 3: Overview of Corrective Discipline – Tedd Tripp

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Session 4: Giving Kids a Vision for God’s Glory – Tedd Tripp

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Session 5: The Call to Formative Instruction – Tedd Tripp

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For more on parenting, check out these resources:

• Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Tedd Tripp
• Instructing a Child’s Heart, Tedd Tripp
• Pastor Dad, free e-book by Mark Driscoll

A Book You'll Actually Read

Clear, biblical answers to some of the most common questions. Mark Driscoll boils down the big ideas into little books.

In case you missed it, here's all the audio from the 2009 London Boot Camp. Speakers included Steve Timmis, Scott Thomas, Jeff Vanderstelt, and David Fairchild.

Q&A with Steve Timmis – Steve Timmis

Acts 29 Church Planting – Scott Thomas

Being a Church That Plants Churches – Jeff Vanderstelt

How To Plant a Church (Part 1) – Steve Timmis

How To Plant a Church (Part 2) – Steve Timmis

Keeping a Gospel Heart – David Fairchild

Being a Leader Who Grows Leaders – Jeff Vanderstelt

Keeping a Gospel Church – David Fairchild

The Acts 29 Network exists to start churches that plant churches. Listen to the Mission & Vision of Acts 29 by co-founder and president Mark Driscoll.

Death By Love

Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears tackle some of the most serious redemptive aspects of Jesus' work in these twelve letters of counsel to individuals. Find out more.

On March 23 and 24, 2007, Dr. Bruce Ware came to Mars Hill Church in Seattle to speak on issues related to the sovereignty of God. Here is all the media from that event:

Session 1: Uncertain Hands of God and Men: Providence in Process Thought and Open Theism – Bruce Ware

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Session 2: Independent Hands of God and Men: Providence in Classic Arminianism – Bruce Ware

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Session 3: Coordinated Hands of God and Men: Providence in the Reformed Tradition – Bruce Ware

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Dr. Ware is coming to Seattle again this weekend to teach an intensive course on Missional Christology at the Resurgence Training Center. Go to ReTrain.org for more info.

Total Church

Tim Chester and Steve Timmis present a vision for churches centered on gospel community. Find out more.