You can book Chad to speak at your church or retreat or other venue to discuss a variety of topics, including:
God Wins: What brings a person from believing in a literal, eternal hell to believing in a God who will redeem and reconcile ALL of creation? Why is this issue so important for us today? How can it revolutionize and reenergize our mission as the Church of Jesus Christ? Chad loves to speak about God’s powerful, relentless, searching love that changes lives today.
Recovery Church: We all have our idols. Some are easier to name and more respectable than others. But millions suffer in silence from the shame and guilt of sexual addiction and other addictions such as drugs, alcohol, love, food, work, money, etc. Chad knows addiction first hand and wants to see churches become a place of healing in the same way he found healing through 12 Step recovery programs.
Orphan No More: Chad and his wife Amy are the parents of 5 children, 2 of whom they adopted from Ethiopia. They are launching a ministry in northern Ethiopia to help feed starving mothers and children. The ministry is called Big Love Ministry. Chad and Amy are passionate about adoption ministries and would love to speak to your church about ways they can become advocates for millions of children who need a voice.
To book a speaking engagment, please contact Chad at chadholtz36@gmail.com
May 22, 2011 9:30 and 11:00AM
Preaching at both services. Title of talk: God Wins
June 23-26, 2011: Speaking at Social Justice Tent Friday night, 6PM
Title: Being IN but not OF the Church
Pastors and church leaders have long been guilty of making churches into incubators for heaven. Church has become in far too many places an oasis from the world, a place where one can drop anchor and wait for death secure in the knowledge that they will rise with Christ. Far too many times I have witnessed (and more importantly, the watching, disbelieving world has witnessed) any waves which threaten that anchor being dispelled, displaced and replaced because they are seen as threats to one’s eternal security.
The church needs prophets, but doesn’t want them. We say we want leaders but really we want managers. We want people who will maintain our status quo and make us feel good about what we already understand to be true about ourselves and our world. I believe Jesus calls us to die to all of that. For the church to be the church we will need pastors who are not content to be mere managers of grazing flocks but leaders who understand over-grazing in one area leads to dry grass and dead sheep.
June 27th, 5PM
July 28-29
July 30-August 7, 2011
Sept. 6, 2011
Open to campus and community, a talk about Rob Bell’s latest book, Love Wins
Sept. 25-29, 2011
Oct. 11, 2011 in Cleveland, TN
Oct. 21-23, 2011
St. Simons Island, GA