“Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven!”
Matthew 5:16
WORKSHOPS
TUESday
MAIN HALL
Meaningful Multi-Ethnic Leadership and Avoiding Tokenism
Daniel Yang
The future of missions in North America requires culturally intelligent leaders and meaningfully diverse leadership teams. However, as many leaders and pastors are finding out, it’s not as simple as hiring a young “minority” person. Daniel will share how to establish meaningful and reflective diversity in organizational leadership, but more importantly, in thought leadership.
Pastors as Disciple-making Practitioners: 1 Practice Any Pastor Can Start
Joe Johns
As pastors, we are practiced at church-craft: sermons, funerals, weddings, counseling, programming, etc. But are we also practiced at personally making disciples outside the walls of church? If not, where would we start? Discover a simple turn-key practice Jesus taught to begin making disciples among those not in Christ.
Heart of Jesus - Living and Loving Humbly in our Communities
Geoff King
Jesus says that He is gentle and humble in heart. As we serve, care, and love those in our communities, we are called to posture ourselves as He, unto community transformation only He can accomplish. In this workshop we will explore how to serve and care for our communities, collaboratively with humility and gentleness.
Raising money in the Church - 3 perspectives to help you fund the work of God in your local church
Brent LaVigne
As a pastor you are called to Shepherd God’s people.. which also means asking for the resources that are needed for ministry. In this interactive session hear the perspectives of a financial planner, fundraiser and pastor as the topics of giving, capital fundraising, ministry initiative fundraising and even planned giving are discussed within the context of the local church. Tools will be provided and materials offered to assist pastors as they talk with boards, the congregation and individuals about their investment into the work of God through the local church.
wednesday
MAIN HALL
Shaping Factors of the Church of 2050
Daniel Yang
We are closer to the realities of the year 2050 than we are to when Rick Warren planted Saddleback Church in 1980. But most of our missional paradigms are still informed by the Church Growth methodologies of almost five decades ago. In this workshop, Daniel will unpack four of the undeniable realities that are shaping the conditions for the church in 2050 and how to think better about mission in North America over the next few decades.
MAJESTIC 4
Preparémonos para el futuro por medio del ahorro y la inversión
David Del Salto
El taller analiza las virtudes y beneficios del ahorro. Explora algunas claves y mecanismos para ahorrar e invertir, destacando algunos recursos disponibles para ministros en USA. Finalmente se considera el plan de inversiones ofrecido por GuideStone.
MAJESTIC 4
Invisible Churches: What Global Disciple-Making Movements Can Teach Us About Being and Planting Churches
Rick Dugan
In much of the world, churches have neither the freedom nor the resources to engage their communities as public institutions. While the churches remain institutionally invisible, their members are active as salt and light in neighborhoods and workplaces - and churches are multiplying! In this workshop, we’ll learn important lessons from “Invisible Churches” about how Christ builds his Church through ordinary men and women who reflect him in the places they live.
MAJESTIC 5
Pastoring Through Sticky Financial Situations
Marlene Kroeker
In this interactive workshop, we will talk through some sticky financial situations that present themselves in the church. We will learn from each other what resources are available to pastors and find healthy biblical ways to navigate through issues. Come join us.
MAJESTIC 5
Heart of Jesus - Living and Loving Humbly in our Communities
Geoff King
Jesus says that He is gentle and humble in heart. As we serve, care, and love those in our communities, we are called to posture ourselves as He, unto community transformation only He can accomplish. In this workshop we will explore how to serve and care for our communities, collaboratively with humility and gentleness.
MAJESTIC 6
Building a Transformational Culture and Community of Aloha
Allen Cardines
How to grow your ministry, resources, finances, influence, and presence by making disciples of Aloha all over your city.
Your Church Can Start a Multiplication Culture on Every Street in Your Community
Dan Grider
The people in your church find themselves living in their vehicle, rushing from one disconnected event to another. What would happen if they began to live on mission in their neighborhoods and they started a multiplication culture where they live worked and played. This process has launched a movement of reproducing communities across North America through the Ignite Network process of church planting.
MAJESTIC 6
Building a Transformational Culture and Community of Aloha
Allen Cardines
How to grow your ministry, resources, finances, influence, and presence by making disciples of Aloha all over your city.
ROYAL 1
ROYAL 1
Preparémonos para el futuro por medio del ahorro y la inversión
David Del Salto | ROYAL 1
El taller analiza las virtudes y beneficios del ahorro. Explora algunas claves y mecanismos para ahorrar e invertir, destacando algunos recursos disponibles para ministros en USA. Finalmente se considera el plan de inversiones ofrecido por GuideStone.
ROYAL 2
ROYAL 2
Developing Salt and Light Leaders
Tim Maki
Developing leaders is both Biblical and a present day necessity for our local churches; however, it is essential that we are raising up Salt and Light leaders who can impact both the church and the culture. In this workshop we will look at the Jethro and Jesus Models of leadership development and take away some practical tools for this vital ministry.
ROYAL 3
Mentoring Pastors: Challenges and Practices
Keith Koteskey
In this workshop, Koteskey shares the findings from his doctoral research that included quite a few newer pastors in the Missionary Church. He’ll reveal the challenges that newer pastors say are most difficult and for which they desired a mentor’s help, and he’ll also describe the mentoring practices that newer pastors said they found most helpful and valuable. If you’re interested in investing the leadership development of a new generation of pastors, this information could be essential!
DIAMOND 1
Discipling Your Kids in a Gender-confused World
Ed Schutte
There is a spiritual war taking place that is after the souls of our children and parents in our churches are discouraged, overwhelmed, and confused about what to do about it. Today’s unbiblical gender ideology has infused itself into our culture and our children’s schools and it seeks to indoctrinate our children in an unbiblical worldview of gender and even love itself. This workshop is designed for pastors and parents and will give practical guidance to: 1) protect our children from this destructive ideology, 2) train our children to stand firm in the truth of what God says about gender, and 3) train our children to love others who do not yet know the life-changing love of God.
DIAMOND 1
Grow in Teaching, Preaching, and Studying with Technology
Jon Haley
What if paper books are slowing you down? Discover how Logos Bible Software can help you take your teaching, preaching, and study to the next level. Whether you’re exploring cultural and historical context, doing in-depth exegesis, or studying the original Greek and Hebrew, Logos can equip you with the tools you need for modern ministry.
DIAMOND 2
Balancing Leadership and Self-Care: Nurturing Your Well-Being as You Lead.
Mark Wilson
A recent study conducted by Barna in 2022 revealed that an alarming 40% of pastors in the United States are currently facing burnout. This represents a remarkable 400% increase since 2015 and has become a significant concern within ministry circles. However, it is possible to prevent this from wreaking havoc on one’s life and ministry. In this workshop, we will explore practical ways for pastors to prioritize their well-being in a manner that honors Christ, enabling them to live and lead with full strength.
ROYAL 3
DIAMOND 2
Bringing “The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven” To Unreached People
Bob Andrews
How do we bring the “true meaning” of Christ to people who have never heard of the Gospel or simply possess other worldviews? This workshop analyzes the fruitful labor of Matteo Ricci, the first missionary to China, and his success at contextualizing the Christian gospel into Chinese cultural, philosophical, and theological settings.
SILVER
SILVER
Funding Ministry Through Vision
Jeremy Malick
Funding ministry is extremely challenging, which is why we uniquely design campaigns with both an internal and external strategy. Whether an existing church or a church plant, each campaign is designed with your specific church’s needs in mind. The focus on prayer allows opportunity for the Holy Spirit to unify your congregation under the vision of the church and raise funds outside your church walls while taking your congregation through a discipleship process.
SABAL
CAN THESE (CHURCH) BONES LIVE? The Role of the Word in Church Revitalization
Jason Nicholls & Jeff Hossler
Give a local church a long enough lifespan, and it will undoubtedly experience seasons of growth, plateau, and probably even decline. As pastors and leaders walk through seasons of spiritual drought that are often marked by discouragement and declining enthusiasm, what does church revitalization look like, and what role does God’s Word play in it? Join two pastors who’ve each served over 20 years in their local church for a conversation shaped by their own experiences and guided by the principles found in Scripture.
SABAL
CAN THESE (CHURCH) BONES LIVE?
The Role of the Word in Church Revitalization
Jason Nicholls & Jeff Hossler
Give a local church a long enough lifespan, and it will undoubtedly experience seasons of growth, plateau, and probably even decline. As pastors and leaders walk through seasons of spiritual drought that are often marked by discouragement and declining enthusiasm, what does church revitalization look like, and what role does God’s Word play in it? Join two pastors who’ve each served over 20 years in their local church for a conversation shaped by their own experiences and guided by the principles found in Scripture.