Admit it. You've made a mistake in your ministry. It might be a small one. It might be a whopper.

How do you handle and learn from your mistakes? Can you gain perspective from your mistakes ? and make the most of those negative experiences?

Join host George Barna, Gordon MacDonald, Matt Hannan, and Doug Murren as CCN helps you learn from Ministry Mistakes with this live, interactive satellite broadcast on Tuesday, October 7.

?Recently I did an article on the subject for Leadership Journal, and during the process of writing, I listed about 20 or more rebukes I have received over the years,? Gordon MacDonald says. ?These rebukes have gone a long way toward shaping my life, my service to the Lord, and my view of relationships.?

Since you can't avoid mistakes, it's best that you're able to learn from them.

?The pathway to discovery necessitates the process of finding who we are not,? Doug Murren adds. ?Mistakes are part of the process to effectiveness.?

Make no mistake, your entire ministry team will benefit from learning how to handle Ministry Mistakes. Join CCN on October 7 for this live seminar via satellite!

Gordon MacDonald is an author, speaker, and teacher. He was a pastor for more than 35 years, and holds the title of Pastor Emeritus at Grace Chapel in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he most recently served as senior minister. Gordon has written more than a dozen books and co-authored others with his wife, Gail. Ordering Your Private World, which won the Gold Medallion Award, has more than 1.5 million copies in print. Gordon serves as an Editor-at-Large with Leadership Journal. He is also Chairman of the Board of World Relief Corporation. He and Gail live in Canterbury, New Hampshire and have two children and five grandchildren.

Doug Murren is the former minister of Eastside Foursquare Church in Kirkland, Washington, and now heads Square One Ministry, which targets Baby Boomers and Baby Busters. Author of a monthly column in both Ministries Today and Worship Leader magazines, Murren has also authored five books, including Is It Real When It Doesn't Work, Churches that Heal, Baby Boomerang, and Leadershift. He and his wife Debbie have been married for 28 years and have two children.

Matt Hannan is the senior pastor of New Heights Church in Vancouver, Washington. In his 12 years of leadership, the congregation has grown from 300 people to more than 4,600. The church is committed to launching new churches in the Pacific Northwest and trains church planters through its Northwest Church Planting Center. Prior to New Heights, Matt was executive pastor at Bethany Church in Long Beach, California for 15 years. Matt and his wife Cindy have been married 29 years and have two kids.

George Barna is the Directing Leader of The Barna Group, a marketing research firm he started in 1984 located in Ventura, California. He has written 31 books, including such best sellers such as The Frog in the Kettle, The Second Coming of the Church, The Power of Vision, and User Friendly Churches. George is a popular speaker at ministry conferences around the world, and has taught at several universities and seminaries. He has served as a pastor of a large, multi-cultural church and has been involved in initiating several new churches.

Notes:
(1) As with all live programming, all times are approximate and subject to change
(2) There may be some Q&A after the break if time permits.