Exponential Central 2023
NOVEMBER 13-15, 2023
Naperville, IL
We need to revive evangelism in our churches. Come learn with us.
Lost Cause: Reviving Evangelism
We have a problem! Evangelism has become a taboo word and confusion about evangelism has left the church with a lackluster approach to reaching the lost.
There is a solution! We must be about the mission of Jesus: “to seek and to save the lost” (Luke 19:10). That means we must revive evangelism. A church with a culture of evangelism will hold the Biblical values of evangelism, share the compelling narratives of evangelism, and live out the white-hot faith behaviors of an evangelistic church.
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COMING SOON
Christine Caine
Christine Caine is an Australian-born, Greek-blooded, lover of Jesus, a sought-after international speaker, author, and activist. Known for her ability to effectively communicate a message of hope, Christine has a heart for reaching the lost, strengthening leadership, and championing the cause of justice. Together with her husband, Nick, she founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign – a recipient of the Mother Theresa Memorial Award for their work combating human trafficking among refugees. They also founded Propel Women, an organization designed to celebrate every woman’s passion, purpose, and potential.
COMING SOON
Christine Caine
Christine Caine is an Australian-born, Greek-blooded, lover of Jesus, a sought-after international speaker, author, and activist. Known for her ability to effectively communicate a message of hope, Christine has a heart for reaching the lost, strengthening leadership, and championing the cause of justice. Together with her husband, Nick, she founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign – a recipient of the Mother Theresa Memorial Award for their work combating human trafficking among refugees. They also founded Propel Women, an organization designed to celebrate every woman’s passion, purpose, and potential.
COMING SOON
Christine Caine
Christine Caine is an Australian-born, Greek-blooded, lover of Jesus, a sought-after international speaker, author, and activist. Known for her ability to effectively communicate a message of hope, Christine has a heart for reaching the lost, strengthening leadership, and championing the cause of justice. Together with her husband, Nick, she founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign – a recipient of the Mother Theresa Memorial Award for their work combating human trafficking among refugees. They also founded Propel Women, an organization designed to celebrate every woman’s passion, purpose, and potential.
COMING SOON
Christine Caine
Christine Caine is an Australian-born, Greek-blooded, lover of Jesus, a sought-after international speaker, author, and activist. Known for her ability to effectively communicate a message of hope, Christine has a heart for reaching the lost, strengthening leadership, and championing the cause of justice. Together with her husband, Nick, she founded the anti-human trafficking organization, The A21 Campaign – a recipient of the Mother Theresa Memorial Award for their work combating human trafficking among refugees. They also founded Propel Women, an organization designed to celebrate every woman’s passion, purpose, and potential.
Albert Tate
Albert Tate
Albert Tate is the founding and lead pastor of Fellowship Church in Los Angeles County California. He began his ministry pastoring just a few families at Sweet Home Church in Mississippi before serving the historic Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, California. Hearing the call from God to plant a church, Albert and his wife, LaRosa, launched Fellowship Church in January 2012. In its short history, this gospel-centered, multiethnic, intergenerational church has already established a solid foothold in the region to the glory, honor, and transformational power of Christ. As a dynamic communicator, Albert is passionate about sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ both locally and globally. He serves on the Board of Trustees at Azusa Pacific University, the Global Leadership Network, and Global Church Planting Organization, Stadia. Albert is the Founder and CEO of The Greatest Story, Inc, and President of Harambee Ministries. He recently published his first book entitled, How We Love Matters: A Call to Practice Relentless Racial Reconciliation. Albert is the proud father of four children: Zoe, Bethany, Isaac, and Micah.
Daniel Im
Daniel Im
Daniel Im is the Lead Pastor of Beulah Alliance Church, a multi-generational, multi-ethnic, and multi-campus church in Greater Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His latest book is You Are What You Do: And Six Other Lies about Work, Life, and Love. He is also the author of No Silver Bullets and co-author of Planting Missional Churches. He co-hosts the IMbetween Podcast with Christina, his wife. He has an M.A. in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary, and has served and pastored in church plants and multisite churches ranging from 100 people to 50,000 people in Vancouver, Ottawa, Montreal, Korea, Edmonton, and Nashville.
Because of their love for the local church, after pioneering and leading the church multiplication initiative for Lifeway, Daniel and Christina, moved back to Canada with their three children. For more information, visit danielim.com and follow him on social media @danielsangi.
Pete Greig
Pete Greig
Pete Greig is the increasingly bewildered founder of 24-7 Prayer – an international, interdenominational movement of prayer, mission and justice which has been praying night-and-day for more than twenty years and has reached more than half the nations on earth. He and his wife Sammy, a professional counsellor, serve as Senior Pastors of Emmaus Rd, a multi congregational church in the south of England. Pete co-hosts the Lectio 365 daily devotional and brings leadership to Waverley Abbey, a 1400 year old place of prayer just outside London. His latest award-winning book is How to Hear God: A Simple Guide for Normal People. Pete and Sammy split their time between a river boat on the River Wey, south of London, and an island retreat off the south coast of England where they host and mentor leaders.
Noemi Chavez
Noemi Chavez
Noemi Chavez pastors Revive Church, a multisite church in Long Beach, CA and the greater Los Angeles area. She is a speaker and cofounder of Brave Global, an organization which focuses on reaching out to girls that are on probation and in the foster care system. Noemi also serves as chair of the board for Exponential Español, and with Biola Church Relations Advisory Board. She is committed to raising leaders and bridging generations to serve the future of the Church and their communities.
Jay Pathak
Jay Pathak
Jay Pathak is the National Director of Vineyard USA. He also serves as the Lead Pastor of the Mile High Vineyard, a family of neighborhood churches in Denver, that he and his wife Danielle, planted in 2001.
Jay co-wrote the book, The Art of Neighboring, with Dave Runyon. His passion for sharing his faith with the people around him is at the center of his calling.
Jay is a humble, empowering leader who is passionate about raising up leaders around him. His strengths, in particular, lie in strategically placing people on teams where they thrive. Additionally, he regularly thinks of ministry in context of culture and developing relationships and partnerships in the city, government, and across denominational lines.
Jay has a BA in Philosophy from The Ohio State University and is a graduate of the Vineyard Leadership Institute. Jay met his wife, Danielle, in high school and they were married in 1998; they have two beautiful daughters, Jasmine and Sofia.
Whenever possible, you’ll find him on the golf course, hanging out with his friends and family, or enjoying a nice scotch. Maybe all together!
Josh Howerton
Josh Howerton
Josh Howerton is the Lead Pastor of Lakepointe Church, a church of over 15,000 in physical attendance with 7 locations in two languages in the US and Mexico. Lakepointe has also planted 56 churches in North American urban centers through the Strategic Launch Network.
Ryan Kwon
Ryan Kwon
Originally from Los Angeles, CA. Ryan was called to plant a multi-cultural church in hard soil, which led him to plant Resonate Church in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is passionate about gospel centered preaching, making disciples, and has a vision to see many churches planted in his city. He currently serves on the board of Acts 29, and outside of spending time with his wife Jenni, their two sons and daughter, he enjoys planting succulents and the torture of both Crossfit and cheering for UCLA football.
Dave Ferguson
Dave Ferguson
Dave Ferguson is the lead pastor of Community Christian Church, an innovative multi-site missional community that is passionate about "helping people find their way back to God." Community has grown from a few college friends to thousands every weekend meeting at multiple locations in the Chicago area and has been recognized as one of America's most influential churches.
Dave provides visionary leadership for NewThing, a global movement of multiplying churches. He is the president and board chair for Exponential. He is also an award-winning author of eight books, including Hero Maker: 5 Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders.
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Our God doesn’t see the world as a lost cause. He is relentlessly committed to restoring a broken relationship with each of us. Romans 5:8 tells us that “God demonstrates his own love for us in this, while we were still sinners Christ died for us.”
Our commitment to the cause begins when we make it personal. We are all lost people. When we let that truth motivate us, we can’t help but be passionate about reaching people far from God.
Our God doesn’t see the world as a lost cause. He is relentlessly committed to restoring a broken relationship with each of us. Romans 5:8 tells us that “God demonstrates his own love for us in this, while we were still sinners Christ died for us.”
Our commitment to the cause begins when we make it personal. We are all lost people. When we let that truth motivate us, we can’t help but be passionate about reaching people far from God.
Pre-Conference Options
Monday, March 6
(1:00 – 5:00 pm)
through
Tuesday, March 7
(8:00 – 11:30 am)
In-depth equipping from pace-setting practitioners and access to top thought leaders that prepare you for the journey ahead.
Pre-conference cost: $59. You can register for your Pre-conference option when you register for the conference.
Accelerate Church Multiplication in Your Church – Hosted by Stadia
You have a vision for seeing new churches born from your church and launched in your neighborhood and around the world, but you don’t know how to get started. This pre-conference session will give you tools and strategies for accelerating church multiplication in your church by developing an ethos and ethic of church multiplication, identifying and sending leaders from within your church, and developing a process and rhythm of celebrating multiplication. Come learn how to be a church multiplication accelerator!
Speakers: Lungz Makaula, Justin Moxley, Heidy Tandy, Janie Mehaffey, Joshua Chavez
Are You Living in the Sweet Spot of Your Personal Calling? – Hosted by Made for More
The “Great Resignation” that we’ve heard so much about is symptomatic of the reality that most people are not living in the sweet spot of their unique personal calling. Many church leaders are wrestling with whether they are positioned correctly. They live continually with a tension, sensing that God has something more for them than what their journey currently offers. Our sweet spot of personal calling is found at the intersection of three questions men and women wrestle with: Who am I created to BE? (a design question); What am I made to DO? (a purpose question); and Where am I to GO? (a position question).
Speakers: Todd Wilson, Winfield Bevins, Greg Wigfield, Andy Graham
Becoming a BreakThrough Church – Hosted by Courage to Lead
Join the CourageousPastors Team as we talk about subjects like: Kickstarting Momentum in Your Church; Structuring Your Church For The Next Level; Raising the Evangelistic Temperature In Our Church; Breaking A Growth Barrier In A Day; Weaponzing Your Weekends; Creating a Life-Giving Ministry Culture; Building a Killer Team; and more! Every Team who registers for this preconference is eligible for a 1:1 Coaching Session with a Ministry Coach!
Speakers: Shawn Lovejoy, Rusty George, Kevin Lloyd, Matt Piland, Adam Bishop
Beyond Rhetoric to Results: Building a Healthy Multiethnic, Just, Intelligent, and Sustainable Church – Hosted by Mosaix Global Network
It’s been said (even prior to the pandemic) that most pastors today are only managing decline. Such a statement (whether true or not) calls attention to declining attendance, public interest, giving, budgets, and more, today challenging pastors and planters seeking to launch a church or (in existing churches) to advance mission, avoid layoffs, and keep the doors open. Where true, the statement likely describes leaders (vocational and lay) chasing 20th century metrics in the 21st.
The Bible tells us that the men of Issachar understood the times and knew what was good for Israel to do, (1 Chronicles 12:32). This assumes that a) times do change and b) leaders correctly discern the moment in order to make good decisions for their organizations with the future in mind.
In this pre-conference hosted by the Mosaix Global Network, you will learn from proven, forward-thinking guides that will share the why, how, and what of disruptive innovation as a model for 21st century church planting, growth, and development. Whether your congregation is currently growing, plateauing, or declining or you are a church planter, pastor, denominational or network leader, this pre-conference will provide you with the understanding, language, and tools needed to challenge conventional wisdom, promote promising new practices, and bring others onboard even in uncertain times and those that surely lie ahead.
Speakers: Mark DeYmaz, Santes Beatty, Mont Mitchell, Naeem Fazal, Kristin Mockler-Young
Brave Cities: Building Kingdom Ecosystems as a New (Actually Ancient) Way of Being the Church – Hosted by Brave Cities
In this pre-conference, we will explore what it means to see the church as a city we build within the cities we live in or what we call Brave Cities. This session will include equipping for the following:
- The Theology of church as a city on a hill
- The opportunity that apostolic and prophetic enterprise avails a new economy and new mission
- The 6 elements required to build a kingdom ecosystem
- The new church rhythms and structures are that hold the kingdom ecosystem together
Speakers: Hugh Halter, Taylor McCall, Alan Hirsch, Rich Robinson, Brenna Varner, Mike Jarrell
Church Multiplication Through Multisite and/or Mergers – Hosted by Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird
The multisite movement began pre-pandemic as a space solution for megachurches and has accelerated as a reproductive strategy for healthy, growing, outreach-oriented churches. Many church planters today are starting churches with a vision to reproduce and multiply through church planting and multisite strategies. Learn the basics of launching strong and laying the groundwork for multiplication through multisite specialists and practitioners.
One opportunity-rich consequence of the multisite movement and the pandemic has made church mergers a facility and growth strategy for church planters as well as for multisite churches. Church mergers were occurring in an unprecedented way across North America pre-pandemic with over 40% of multisite campuses coming through a merger. The pandemic accelerated the merger option for many of the 250,000 stuck or struggling churches across North America. Many are discovering