MARK SAYERS

IN THE USA
Forge America presents: Mark Sayers is an author & speaker
who specializes in interpreting popular culture from a Chris-
tian viewpoint. He is the founder of Über a ministry that spe-
cializes in issues of youth and young adult discipleship. He is
also the leader of the Red Church (previously led by Alan &
Debbie Hirsch) in Melbourne, Australia, an innovative Chris-
tian community specifically reaching the young adult demo-
graphic. He is a highly sought after speaker, trainer, consult-
ant and thinker in the areas of popular culture & faith. Mark is
the author of the Trouble with Paris: Following Jesus in a
World of Plastic Promises. Also The Vertical Self: How Biblical
Faith Can Help Us Discover Who We Are in An Age of Self
Obsession. Mark lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife
Trudi & daughter Grace. www.marksayersthinks.com

dates two locations time A day seminar in two cities every leader, church planter & pastors should
SAT 4TH SEPT CALIFORNIA explore about popular culture and how it affects the shaping of the
10AM-3PM
MON 13TH SEPT CHICAGO Church. More info www.forgeamerica.com
 Welcome to the 21st century where you can now purchase and exchange personalities, de-
pending on mood and circumstance; where you are told that you can be anyone you want
to be, and identity is no longer based in a sense of self but rather in the imagery you
choose at that moment.

The Bible contains a radically different way of understanding our identity. The path that God
has chosen for us to discover who we really are is the path of holiness. The most exciting
thing is that this path is not for otherworldy saints, rather it is a path of earthy, gutsy holi-
ness. It's a path that is not about basing your life on this world or of shunning your desires.
Instead, it is about bringing your hopes, your dreams, your brokenness, your desires, your
humanness under the Lordship of Christ. By doing this we don't just discover a new way of
living out our faith, we discover a liberating, revolutionary, life-embracing way of being
truly human.

Forge America Recommendations:

“Mark Sayers is something of a spiritual genius who is able to both name and diagnose the angst of an
Saturday 4th Sept entire generation caught up in the web of consumerism and hyperreality.”
California Alan Hirsch | Author | The Forgotten Ways | Co-Author (with Michael Frost) The Shaping of
Mike Katzenberger Things To Come. Alan is founding director of Forge Mission Training Network.
mkatz84@me.com
805-405-8006 “Amid the noise and seductions of our culture, may Mark's work help us to be both relevant and pecu-
liar to this chaotic world.”
Monday 13th Sept Shane Claiborne | Author | The Irresistible Revolution
Chicago-National
office “Mark has something fresh to say about what can kill your soul
Kim Hammond and who can salvage it”.
kim@forgeamerica.com John Ortberg | Pastor & Author | Menlo Park Presbyterian Church.
630-401-9369
“Sayers has a unique ability to put his finger on the pulse of contemporary culture and Christianity.”
Register on line soon Dr. Gregory J. Laughery | Author | Living Spirituality: Illuminating the Path | Teacher |
www.forgeamerica.com L'Abri Fellowship | Switzerland

Forge Mission Training Network Residency: Chicago Hotspot Launch Date: Thursday night September 30th- Sunday afternoon October
3rd. 2010. One year of missional leadership formation. Journey with other practitioners from across your region, all engaged in mission, receive
coaching & belong to a learning cluster.Attend training intensives with some of the worlds leading missional thinkers & authors like Alan & Debbie
Hirsch, Kim Hammond & other local and national leaders. Contact your local hub/hotspot. www.forgeamerica.com
Chicago contact Eric Lerew: ericlerew@forgeamerica.com ph:847-476-2355