Jim is the co-founder and Senior Pastor of Real Life Ministries in Post Falls, Idaho. Prior to his role as senior pastor, he served as a youth minister in two small churches. In college, Jim won three All American titles in wrestling and went on to become a successful wrestling coach. Jim holds degrees from Boise State University and Boise Bible College. His voice reaches hundreds of thousands across the nation through speaking conferences, Internet, radio, and weekend services. He is the author of three books: Church is a Team Sport (2008), Real-Life Discipleship (2010), and The Power of Together (2016). He also co-authored two books with others: Real-Life Discipleship Training Manual (2010) (with Avery Willis, Brandon Guindon, and Bill Krause) and DiscipleShift (2013) (with Bobby Harrington and Robert Coleman) and recently co-authored Hope for the Prodigal (2017) with his father Bill Putman. Jim's passion is discipleship through small groups. With his background in sports and coaching, he believes in the value of strong coaching as a means to disciple others. Jim and his wife Lori live in scenic northern Idaho. They have three boys and four grandkids.

SESSIONS

MAIN SESSION/FORUM 1: Leaving Cultural Christianity
Day / Time: Thursday, 10:00am — 11:30am
Location: Worship Center

Breakout 1: Biblical Foundation for Relationship: What Is Spiritual Maturity and How Are You Defining It?
How are you measuring spiritual maturity? Does your definition center on real relationship with God and His people? How do you help your people move from "head" knowledge to "heart" and "hands" experience? What does it mean to biblically "fight" for relationship? In this session, we will be addressing these questions and more. There will also be a live Question & Answer time for you to participate in with our session speakers.
Time: Thursday, 12:45pm – 1:45pm
Location: Hudson Hall

Breakout 2: Intentional Leader: Scouting, Recruiting and Developing an Army of Disciple Makers
How do you intentionally build a team of disciple makers? What are some of the challenges and the successes? As Leaders, how are you currently investing your time and energy as leaders-prioritizing people and tasks? What are your roles and responsibilities as church leaders? What are some essential steps for a coach when equipping and raising up disciples of Jesus with purpose and vision? In this session, we will be addressing these questions and more. There will also be a live Question & Answer time for you to participate in with our session speakers.
Time: Thursday, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: Hudson Hall

Breakout 3: Relational Environments: Mature Disciples Are Made in Real Relational Environments
How do you set the DNA of a disciple-making environment? How does a leader go about creating a relational environment that is still intentional about making disciples of Jesus? What strengthens and hurts a relational environment? What are some practical "do's and don'ts" when it comes to creating an effective relational environment? In this session, we will be addressing these questions and more. There will also be a live Question & Answer time for you to participate in with our session speakers.
Time: Thursday, 3:15pm – 4:15pm
Location: Hudson Hall

Breakout 4: Reproducible Disciple Making Process My Part, Their Part, God's Part
How do you raise up an army of disciple makers who understand their part in making disciples of Jesus? What did Jesus do with His disciples that are reproducible today? How do you draw out a clear disciple making process that is understandable, teachable and reproducible? In this session, we will be addressing these questions and more. There will also be a live Question & Answer time for you to participate in with our session speakers.
Time: Friday, 9:00am – 10:00am
Location: Hudson Hall

Breakout 5: Church Alignment: How Does Sunday Fit into a Disciple-Making Strategy ... And the Rest of the Week?
What is the purpose of Sunday and how does it fit into a disciple-making strategy? How does Sunday fit into a disciple-making strategy ... and the rest of the week? How do you align your time, money and energy into making disciples of Jesus in real relationship? How do you align your church to be a disciple making church every day of the week not just Sunday? In this session, we will be addressing these questions and more. There will also be a live Question & Answer time for you to participate in with our session speakers.
Time: Friday, 10:15am – 11:15am
Location: Hudson Hall

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