Are you concerned about the state of discipleship in the American church? Join us for a transformative event where we will tackle the pressing issue of why disciple making is struggling in today’s church landscape. Discover the five crucial shifts that will revolutionize your disciple-making strategy and propel you towards making disciples who not only follow Jesus but also impact the world around them.
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As the Executive Director of Saturate and visionary leader of the Soma Family of Churches, Jeff Vanderstelt gets to spend his days doing what he loves — mentoring leaders and equipping the Church in the gospel and missional living. Additionally, Jeff is on the leadership team of Saturate the Sound, a local church collective focused on gospel saturation in the Puget Sound. Jeff has authored Saturate, Gospel Fluency, and Making Space.
Léonce B. Crump Jr. is an international speaker, former NFL athlete, and the co-founder and senior pastor of Renovation Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also the author of Renovate: Changing Who You Are by Loving Where You Are and co-author of The Resilience Factor: A Step-By-Step Guide to Catalyse an Unbreakable Team. Léonce has been published in varying print and digital publications, writing on everything from leadership to politics. He serves on several nonprofit boards that promote human flourishing. He regularly speaks nationally and globally at conferences and blogs on topics ranging from family dynamics to financial wisdom at LeonceCrump.com. A champion for the church’s participation in focused and intentional cultural renewal, Léonce is a leading voice of a generation committed to operating as God’s redemptive agents on the earth. Léonce and his wife, Breanna, reside in Atlanta with their three daughters and son.
Danielle lets Love lead her to inspire, challenge, provoke and disrupt the present, and to live the future now. Having lived in different cultures and contexts around the world she celebrates diversity and deeply longs for wrong things to be made right. Danielle practices following Jesus daily. This pursuit has led to exciting entrepreneurial exploits (like co-founding multiple charities and non-profits) and a whole host of failures (that we don’t as often talk about). All of this has convinced her of the deep need we all have for hope, faith, and love. Her deepest longing is to demonstrate what living that boundless life looks like.
Danielle has written six books (the latest is The Other Side of Hope), has a podcast called The Right Side Up, and speaks to people at events all over the world. Danielle leads Boundless Communications Inc., which launches creative exploits like Women Speakers Collective (liberating voices of women around the globe), IMBY (a tiny home movement IN MY BACKYARD), Brave Global (preventing human trafficking), Infinitum (a way of living deeply), and Hagar’s Voice (support and advocacy for survivors of abuse). Her home is in Toronto, Canada with her three sons and husband Steve. Danielle loves getting outside, doing new things, physical adventures, and she can’t seem to turn down a free lunch.
Evan Mawarire is a Zimbabwean clergyman who founded #ThisFlag Citizen’s Movement to challenge corruption, injustice and poverty in Zimbabwe. The movement’s main objective is to empower citizens to hold government to account. The movement organized multiple successful non-violent protests in response to unjust government policy. For his work, Mawarire was imprisoned and tortured in 2016, 2017 and 2019 and charged with treason facing 80 years in prison. Evan has addressed audiences at The Atlantic Council, Yale, Harvard, the Oxford Union (UK), the Oslo Freedom Forum and the Geneva Summit for Human Rights & Democracy. Foreign Policy magazine named him among 100 global thinkers of 2016. The Daily Maverick Newspaper of South Africa named him 2016 African person of the year. Evan Mawarire was a nominee of the prestigious 2018 Swedish government’s Per Anger Prize for democracy actors. He is a former fellow of Stanford University’s Centre for Democracy Development and the Rule of Law, Yale University’s World Fellows and a Regan-Fascell Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Mawarire is currently a visiting fellow at both the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins University. He serves on the advisory board of Yale International Leadership Centre and is currently the Director of Education at Renew Democracy Initiative in Washington DC.
Aubrey Sampson, M.A Leadership and Evangelism, co-planted and serves as teaching pastor at Renewal Church, a multiethnic church in Chicagoland. She co-leads New Thing’s Network for Chicago Female Church Planters, and is the author of several books, including The Louder Song: Listening for Hope in the Midst of Lament and Known: How Believing Who God Says You Are Changes Everything. Aubrey is passionate about walking with the hurting, especially those who wonder where God is in their pain. She co-hosts the Nothing is Wasted Podcast. Aubrey and her husband Kevin have three amazing sons, and have lived and served in the Chicago area for over two decades.
Randy Frazee is the lead pastor at Westside Family Church in Kansas City. A frontrunner and innovator in spiritual formation and biblical community, Randy is the architect of The Story and Believe church engagement campaign. He is also the author of The Heart of the Story; Think, Act, Be Like Jesus; What Happens After You Die; The Connecting Church 2.0; and The Christian Life Profile Assessment. He and his wife, Rozanne, live in Kansas City, Kansas.
Rev. Carrion serves as Vice President of Church Planting and Leadership Development at Redeemer City to City in New York City and is the regional coach for church planting and development for the Evangelical Covenant Church. Rev. Michael Carrion, is the founding pastor, and now Bishop of The Promised Land Covenant Churches in the North and South Bronx, and the founding chairman and superintendent of the Bronx Academy of Promise K-8 Charter School. He also serves on the board of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition and is currently on the Mayor’s Faith Sector Advisory Council. Michael has been married to his wife Elizabeth for 30+ years. They have five adult children and three grandchildren.
Bob Bouwer serves as the Senior Pastor of Faith Church (Kingdom Network), a multi-campus church with five locations in Northwest Indiana and South Chicagoland. He is renowned for his dedication to the church, particularly in discipling leaders and fostering growth. Bob is passionate about connecting with those who are spiritually disconnected. He and his wife, Laurie, are proud parents of four married children and have 13 grandchildren.
Pastor Philip Miller is the 17th Senior Pastor of The Moody Church in Chicago. Philip holds a B.A in Pre-Seminary Bible from Cedarville University and a Th.M. in Pastoral Leadership and New Testament Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary . His wife, Krista, also holds a B.A. from Cedarville University and a Th.M. degree from DTS. They have four children: Claire, Violet, Cora, and Jude. Philip enjoys cycling, Garrett’s Caramel Crisp popcorn, Lou Malnati’s deep dish pizza, and craft root beer.
Tara Beth Leach is a pastor, preacher of the Word, and a writer. She speaks widely at conferences, retreats, and universities across America on Women in Ministry, Church Leadership, and the call to be a Radiant Witness. She is a pastor in Naperville Illinois and is the author of Emboldened, Radiant Church, and Forty Days on Being a Six. She has two beautiful and rambunctious sons and has been married to the love of her life, Jeff, since 2006.
Pastor Paco Amador was born in Mexico City and has been pastoring the New Life congregation in Little Village for 17 years. The Little Village version of New Life Community Church is a young bilingual family of faith with multiple services and two sites throughout the neighborhood in English and Spanish as well as a growing violence prevention ministry among many other efforts. “Our focus in Little Village is to be fully immersed in loving every one of our neighbors, serving each other’s needs and demonstrating through our lives the redemptive beauty of Jesus, our King.”
Dave Ferguson is the lead pastor of Community Christian Church, a multi-expression missional community that is passionate about “helping people find their way back to God.” Community has grown from a few college friends to reaching thousands of people in Chicagoland and around the world. Dave also provides visionary leadership for the international church-planting movement NewThing and is the President of Exponential. He is an award-winning author of books that include The Big Idea, Exponential, On The Verge, Finding Your Way Back To God, Starting Over, Hero Maker and most recently B.L.E.S.S. 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World. Dave and his best friend Sue have three terrific adult kids – Amy, Josh and Caleb.
In-depth equipping from pace-setting practitioners and access to top thought leaders that prepare you for the journey ahead.
Pre-conference cost: $29. You can register for your Pre-conference option when you register for the conference.
ChatGPT & AI 101 For Church Leaders – Hosted by Exponential Next
In this pre-conference workshop, we’ll dive into the world of ChatGPT, the groundbreaking generative AI technology that is revolutionizing the way we approach ministry and church work. Discover how AI tools can streamline sermon prep, enhance your church communications, support discipleship pathways, and even assist with strategic decision-making. Explore practical use cases for ChatGPT, learn the F.A.S.T.E.R. AI prompting framework, and gain insights into the ethical and theological considerations surrounding the use of AI in the church. If you’re just starting to explore the potential of generative AI, or have already started to use AI tools in your ministry workflows, this workshop will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to harness the transformative power of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots to elevate your ministry and better serve your congregation. Bring your laptop to experiment and leave with new assets you can use immediately even before you return to the office.
Speakers: Kenny Jahng
CHISPA: Creando Una Cultura de Multiplicación – Hosted by Exponential Español
La realidad hoy en día es que la mayoría de las iglesias están estancadas o en declive. Menos del 7% de las iglesias se reproducen alguna vez. ¡Es justo decir que la multiplicación no es la norma! Para ver que las iglesias colectivamente comienzan movimientos de la manera que Jesús quiere, primero debemos ver que las iglesias valoren y practiquen individualmente la multiplicación de líderes y la plantación de nuevas iglesias.
En esta sesión de pre-conferencia, traeremos la experiencia de los eventos CHISPA de Exponential Español a Exponential. Comenzaremos 4 conversaciones que son temas vitales para la multiplicación: Adoptar una mentalidad del Reino, Multiplicar discípulos, líderes, misioneros y hacerlo en colaboración.
Speakers: Obe Arellano, Hector Hermosillo, Rodrigo Cano
City Movements: Kingdom Over Castles – Hosted by NewThing
NewThing would like to help you and your team catalyze a movement of reproducing disciples, leaders, churches, networks and movements in your city or region. Come hear real-time, practitioner-based stories and strategies from leaders in City Movements who are working together, to plant churches together. Learn how to dream big again as we share best practices from NewThing’s City Movements, seeking God together for your city.
Speakers: Patrick O’Connell, Jon Ferguson, Eric Metcalf, Will Plitt
Effective Church Marketing – Hosted by Outreach
Pre-launch or post-launch, God has the people for your church – but you have to reach them. In this session, we will show you the best cutting-edge marketing techniques to reach your community and grow your church. Marketing from a 360 spectrum. Using a multi-channel approach, reaching out and making use of all the tools available to you. from social media to direct mail to community events to servant evangelism.
Speakers: Tim Speweik, Jason Bowman
How to Build a Clear & Complete Discipleship Strategy – Hosted by RightNow Media
Dive deep into the heart of effective discipleship with our hands-on pre-conference intensive. We’ll tackle the crucial questions that shape your ministry’s impact like…
Together, we’ll navigate these challenges, providing you with a personalized 2-page roadmap for enhancing your church’s discipleship journey. No matter the size of your church—big or small—we’d love for you to join us. Transform your approach and achieve meaningful relational discipleship outcomes!
Speakers: Robby Angle
How to Help Your People Understand and Engage With the Holy Spirit – Hosted by Dandelion Resources
Most churches are nervous about more openly embracing the work of the Spirit – sometimes for good reason! Yet flaky theology, bad experiences, or lack of positive role models shouldn’t stop us from building cultures that are genuinely naturally supernatural.
In this pre-conference you’ll see how to develop a biblical and transferable theology of the Spirit, and how to help your people understand and engage with the Holy Spirit in their everyday lives, whatever your denominational or theological preference.
You’ll learn how to build a culture of response, and practically develop prayer ministry in your group life and public services, so that you can wisely steward the gifts of the Spirit in ways that are pastorally wise, invitational, and biblically rooted.
Speakers: Alex & Hannah Absalom
Moving from Addition to Healthy Kingdom Multiplication – Hosted by Exponential
This preconference will help equip church leaders with the process and understanding to accelerate healthy Kingdom multiplication. Attendees will gain confidence and clarity to begin to break free from addition-oriented thinking and to embrace a sending and releasing culture necessary for multiplication.
This Pre-Conference will discuss the “5 Levels of Multiplication” to help you:
• Understand the context of your current situation
• Understand the 5 Shifts necessary to move from an addition mindset to a multiplication posture
• And give you practical guidance on what to expect on the journey
We’ll also introduce the “3 Dimensions of Multiplication”: Disciplemaking, Mobilization, and Capacity and how they can translate into Multiplication.
Speakers: Bill Couchenour, Larry Walkemeyer, Ben Connelly
Starting, Leading, and Multiplying Networks of Disciple-Makers and Microchurches – Hosted by Exponential Next
Now is the time for a return to the microchurch in the West for biblical, cultural, and missiological reasons. We are well past the proof of concept. Ordinary people can and will lead these simple expressions of the church. Microchurches are a potent relational environment for disciple-making, and they are also adaptable and scalable enough to fill a city with a gospel presence, a gospel proclamation, and a gospel demonstration.
Join in with the Kansas City Underground as we explore:
• Organizing Identities for a Microchurch Movement
• Disciple-Makers, Microchurches and Gospel Saturation
• How to create and multiply a culture and system for Decentralized Leadership
• The Training Pathway and Ecosystem to Equip Disciple-Makers and Microchurch Leaders
Speakers: Rob Wegner and Kansas City Underground
Strengthening Your Heart as a Woman in Leadership – Hosted by Exponential Next
We will spend time reflecting on what is going well, what is hard, what is confusing as well as what you are dreaming as a woman in leadership. Share your reflections and receive feedback in safe circles with other women leaders.
With a passion for creating safe circles, Sue Ferguson and Janet McMahon will guide you through exercises and conversations that create space for you to hear from and connect with God and others.
Sometimes what we need is more connection, not more content.
Speakers: Sue Ferguson and Janet McMahon
Check out the full conference schedule and more.
9:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Pre-Conference Sessions
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Registration Opens for Main Conference
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Main Session 1
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Workshop 1
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Main Session 2
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Bible Study
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Workshop 2
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Main Session 3
11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch / Networking Lunches
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Workshop 3
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Main Session 4
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Bible Study
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Workshop 4
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Main Session 5
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