National New Church Conference The 2006 National New Church Conference, scheduled for April 25-27, 2006 in Orlando, promises to be the largest gathering of church planting leaders in North America. Speakers include: Gene Appel, Ed Stetzer, Dave Ferguson, Mark Driscoll, Bob Roberts Jr., Ron Sylvia, Neil Cole, John Burke, Larry Osborne, Bob Logan, Steve Andrews and Dave Nelson. Seven Minutes a Day for God? According to a University of Maryland study in the Jan. 2006 Money magazine, the average American spends: 7.9 hours each day sleeping, 5.5 hours working, 2.3 hours watching TV, 1 hour eating, 49 minutes washing and grooming, 47 minutes visiting by phone and in person, 10 minutes relaxing and thinking, and 7 minutes on religious practice.   Many Churches Still Not Internet Savvy Internet usage among Protestant churches in the U.S. confirms there is a growing technology gap between larger and smaller churches, according to researcher Ron Sellers, president of Ellison Research. A recent study finds that 27 percent of those churches still have no technological connectivity at all: no staff e-mail, no website, and no Internet connection. Larger churches, however, provide much more content for visitors to their websites, Sellers says. "Their sites are...much more interactive, with ways to contact staff, learn about upcoming events, watch streaming audio or video, and submit prayer requests," he says. Sellers observes that most churches seldom take advantage of the many ways the Internet can influence ministry and communication. "Increasingly, churches need to determine whether they want to have an online site or an online ministry," he says. "Right now, most only have the former--if they have anything at all." The results of the study by Ellison Research were published in the January/February 2006 edition of Facts & Trends, a publication of LifeWay Christian Resources.