I’m getting more buzzed about buzz by the day. I’m having a lot of conversations with pastors who are fired up about coming to DC in May. I don’t want it to be “the NCC show.” I’m really praying right now about speakers and sponsors. I want the Buzz conference to a network of like-minded churches that results in some supernatural synergy. I want idea sharing to be at the heart of the conference. Imagine a conference where hundreds of pastors are sharing their best ideas and best practices.

I never outgrew show-and-tell. I’m thinking it’d be cool to do a good old-fashioned show-and-tell where every church brings an idea to share. I think people are going to walk away from Buzz drowing in a sea of ideas. There is nothing like a God idea. I think Buzz will produce alot of them. By the way, I think it’s going to be critical for pastors to bring staff who can implement ideas.

I had a conversation today with a church planter, Trinity Jordan, that got me buzzed today. They are one of the most creative church plants I’ve encountered (Elevation Church in Utah). He got me thinking. I wonder if we should add a one-day church planting add-on to the Buzz conference. Church planting is a core passion. And I think new churches new more help with branding and marketing.

Maybe we bookend the Buzz Conference with a Theater Church forum on the front end and a Church Planting forum on the back end.