Camp Meeting &
Ministries Convention 2021
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Operates a strategic growth-planning practice called Fordelm which serves small businesses, non-profits and faith-based organizations

Bill Bickle

Bill Bickle operates a strategic growth-planning practice called Fordelm which serves small businesses, non-profits and faith-based organizations. Bill has worked with hundreds of churches and denominational leaders through his work as the National Partner for Natural Church Development (NCD) in Canada, responsible for the distribution of training, surveys, books and tests cross-denominationally. He brings 25 years of training and experience in banking, and has worked in NCD over 10 years. He and his wife Marnie reside in Port Hope where Bill grew up. He has worked closely with the Ontario Conference and several Adventist churches in the pursuit of healthy, growing congregations.

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Ministries
Leadership
Training I

Discovering and Removing Obstacles for Church Growth

Overview: The workshop is divided into two parts:

Part 1 – Bill Bickle introduces the Biblical and theological foundation on the Natural Church Development concept and on maintaining optimal church health. (45 minutes)

Part 2 – Laurentiu Prelipcian as a pastor practitioner, shares his journey of taking his church through Health Check-up, utilizing the Natural Church Development church tool from conducting the survey to setting goals, objectives and implementing them to lead to the church's health improvement. (30 minutes)

Other Speakers

Joseph Kidder

Professor of Pastoral Theology & Discipleship

Justin Kim

Assistant Director - Sabbath School & Personal Ministries, Editor - InVerse Bible Study Guide

Daniel Innocent

Assistant Pastor, Ottawa Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Esther Knott

Associate Director for the North American Division Ministerial Association and Director of the MA in Pastoral Ministry program at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University.
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