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It is popular these days to describe yourself as a missional leader. But, what does this really mean? Ultimately, this is a conversation about the Kingdom of God, which Jesus prioritized in His teaching. Jesus challenged all believers to always be engaged in His Father’s Kingdom work. At the 2010 Missional Leaders Conference, held on November 11-12 at Vanguard Church in Colorado Springs, Eric Swanson led Colorado leaders to see themselves in terms of God’s kingdom. Swanson, a missional thinker who travels the world observing and engaging missional trends, described our task as joining God in His Kingdom priorities.
This year’s theme, “The Dive”, described the progression of emotions attached to any adventure seeking enthusiast, be it a cliff diver, skier, skydiver, etc. Emotions, like fear, determination, action, adrenaline, and the sense of WOW, come with “the dive”. In the same way, courageous missional activity carries a similar string of emotions. Every church leader must consider the emotional progression they go through when diving into difficult areas of ministry in their communities. This year’s conference looked hard at the daring moves a leader must make in the process of leading a church towards missional activity in the local community setting.
Chip Martin, pastor of Celebration Church in Montrose, had the privilege of baptizing 10 people on Sunday, March 27. Chip, for some years now, has been burdened for his congregation to experience geniune discipleship. He admits that his efforts were probably in haste at the time, but is trully blessed to have had 10 people make decisions for Christ with the real desire to follow Him completely.
Many years ago Kelly Williams, Senior Pastor of Vanguard in Colorado Springs, dreamed of starting a church planting multiplication center to train future planters. As God has advanced that dream he has swept a spirit of partnership all over the state to help make this vision a reality. We know that church planting is ALWAYS hard, but how much more equipped could planters be to birth a healthy church if they were trained in an indigenous residency here in Colorado? We hear church planters dying for this, and it is now time to act. 
The Soma Church team planned for over two years before actually moving to Denver. In total, they anticipate a team of 27 people who have either moved to Denver already or plan to move here over the next few months. This team is coming from Raleigh, NC where they were trained and coached by Summit Church.
“When Jesus came into the world there existed no such thing as the Church.” As Christ established the church it was unlike anything that had gone on before. It is not the reorganization of the synagogue. It is not another children of Israel wandering around in the wilderness. It is Christ, alive in the world through those He has chosen. We the Church are those called out of the world to be indwelt by the Living, Powerful Holy Spirit of God. We are the Body of Christ empowered by His eternal Holy Spirit. As Christ walked on the earth so we are designed and empowered to walk on the earth. We first see the word Church mentioned in 
