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Drs. Lyon & Pence are delivering the “Pastoral Letter” at the opening of conference right now and some of the stats are incredible:

IN NORTH AMERICAN WESLEYAN DENOMINATION 2008-2012
New Christ Followers – 95,739
Baptisms – 32,533
Members – 142,429
Wesleyan students – 20,466
Weekly Worshippers – 208,973 (up 7%)

GLOBALLY 2008-2012
Largest Numbers EVER of:
Missionaries
Countries (93)
New Christ Followers (255,291)
Baptisms (89,944)
Local Churches (5,669)
Members (367,777)
Worshippers (457,310)

Josh Lavender, the winner of the songwriting competition was just honored with a grand prize of $1,000 in front of the conference.

Wesleyan Headquarters is live-streaming the business-sessions of General Conference via UStream for those who cannot be there in person. I will be sitting in these sessions, taking notes and preparing for my ESPN-style commentary with Heath Mullikin, Keith Drury, and Dave Drury afterwards. If you want to see what takes place during the business sessions you can tune in right here!




Live video for mobile from Ustream
You can also tune into the Live Feed on the Wesleyan General Conference site here.

The business-session schedule for Wesleyan General Conference 2012 is as follows (all times are Eastern):
SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd – 1st Business Session – 6:30-9PM
MONDAY, JUNE 4th – 2nd Business Session – 8:30-11:30AM
MONDAY, JUNE 4th – 3rd Business Session – 1:30-4PM
MONDAY, JUNE 4th – 4th Business Session – 7-9PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 5th – 5th Business Session – 8:30-11:30AM
TUESDAY, JUNE 5th – 6th Business Session – 1-4:30PM
TUESDAY, JUNE 5th – 7th Business Session – 7-9PM
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6th – 8th Business Session – 8:30-11:30AM

The post-session commentary will be streamed here: bit.ly/GenCon2012

On Thursday this week I begin my trek from Shippensburg, PA to Lexington, KY – the site for my denomination’s quadrennially-held (I made that up as a fancy way of saying ‘every four years’) General Conference. I have the privilege of traveling a majority of the trip with a couple district pastors so I won’t be driving the 600-miles alone!

I also have the privilege of joining the Techology Show guys in helping get the news from General Conference back to the masses who may not be able to attend in person. I’ll be a part of a post-session livestream commentary with a table-full of great guys – Heath Mullikin, Keith Drury, and Dave Drury. After each general session we’ll be hitting the table and turning on the cameras and giving some “play-by-play” of the business that just went down during Conference. I can already promise that this will be unlike anything that’s taken place at a General Conference before. I can’t wait! Not only are we doing post-session feedback, but we’ll also be interviewing delegates, pastors, and other special guests throughout the event and posting those as well.

If you’re interested in keeping up with the LIVE news coming out of our Wesleyan General Conference, stay tuned here and bookmark the Techology Show’s Livestream page here – bit.ly/GenCon2012.

If you’re interested in what some of the business is that will be taking place at GenCon, I have uploaded all (70!) of the proposed Memorials (.pdf) that are being brought before the delegates here – bit.ly/GCMemorials

Just this morning I came across a new ministry out of South Korea called “Seoul USA

The vision of Seoul USA:

The vision of Seoul USA is that the North Korean church become the catalyst for spiritual examination, repentance, and renewal in Asian and Western Christianity, with North Korean defectors serving among the leadership pillars of the church around the world.

Their pursuit to evangelize North Korea in a unique fashion is what caught my attention this morning. They do “balloon launches

Watch this video for information on this unique initiative:

I love this idea and I am now adding “balloons” to my personal prayer list as SeoulUSA continues to send these balloons and the Gospel across the border as a witness for Jesus Christ.