Hope you enjoyed your Christmas break as much as I did! I am excited for the season of abiding I am embracing for the first few months of the year, but I wanted to mention one thing quickly before I go-something I’m very excited about!

One of the things we’ve been realizing lately at 3DM is the necessity of contextualizing the training we give to leaders. One example of this is the need for church planters and Missional Community leaders to receive more specialized training for the unique mission situation of “starting from scratch.” We’ve gotten a lot of requests in the past few years for this kind of training to be made available.

Up until now, we’ve simply been attempting to equip these leaders organically as we are able (we try to be as accessible as we can to those in our Learning Community process!). But we’re excited to announce that we have been working on a strategic partnership with Caesar Kalinowski and GCM Collective to develop a training process specifically geared toward church planters, Missional Community leaders, and alumni of our training process who desire additional training in mission. It’s been loads of fun having all the behind-the-scenes conversations and development, but now it’s time to go public with it!

We are calling it 3DM LAUNCH, and the vision is to specifically empower and equip:

1. Church planters who want to plant using a Missional Community approach
2. Missional Community leaders who want training specifically for leading and multiplying a MC
3. Leaders who have been through our training process who want additional training in mission and Missional Communities

You get more info on the 3DM LAUNCH site.

The first two Learning Communities start soon (February!) in two of America’s great historic cities. You can find links below. We are very excited to be partnering with Caesar and GCM Collective in this new venture!

3DM LAUNCH Learning Community
New York, NY
Feb 7-9, 2014
REGISTER HERE

3DM LAUNCH Learning Community
Charleston, SC
Feb 27 - Mar 1, 2014
REGISTER HERE