We reproduce who we are and what we do—so let’s be intentional!
Transformation starts within and leads to outward multiplication. You are meant to be a Multiplier! It’s in you! The Spirit of Jesus is in you, and Scripture affirms this truth.
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Carey Nieuwhof is a best-selling author, speaker, pastor, former attorney, and podcaster whose work has equipped millions of leaders worldwide. He hosts The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast, which is in the top 0.1% of all podcasts in the world, and is the founder of The Art of Leadership Academy, where thousands of leaders grow every month. Across platforms, Carey’s content reaches more than 3 million leaders monthly, and his books, including At Your Best, Didn’t See It Coming, and the forthcoming AI and the Future Church, offer practical strategies for growth and resilience.
Efrem Smith is a pastor, consultant, speaker, and author. He is passionate about life transformation, multiethnic development, thriving churches, and community development. As a product of the African American Church, he also serves as a collaborative catalyst for African American Church Planting, Disciple Making, and Urban Empowerment Movements.
Efrem was the founding pastor of The Sanctuary Covenant Church, a multi-ethnic church in Minneapolis, MN, He served as the Superintendent of the Pacific Southwest Conference of the Evangelical Covenant Church. He also served as the President of World Impact, an urban missions organization. Currently, Efrem is the Co-lead Pastor of Midtown Church, a thriving and multi-ethnic community in Sacramento, California. He is also Co-Owner of Influential LLC, a speaking, consulting, and coaching ministry. Efrem is the author of Raising Up Young Heroes, The Hip Hop Church, Jump, The Post-Black and Post-White Church, and Killing Us Softly.
Efrem is a graduate of Saint John’s University and Luther Theological Seminary. He completed the Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and received an honorary Doctor of Ministry degree from Ashland Theological Seminary. Efrem is married to Donecia and they have two daughters, Jaeda and Mireya.
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 (which recently celebrated half-a-million downloads), 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). Danielle lives in Vancouver, 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.
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.
Shauna, along with her husband, Ben, co-leads Epic Church, a multiethnic congregation in the heart of San Francisco. They have 4 wonderful children. She serves on the teaching team at Epic and strategic church and city team for Alpha USA. Shauna is the author of the missional book, Love Where You Live: How to Live Sent in the Place You Call Home and evangelism book, Translating Jesus: How to Share Your Faith in Language Today’s Culture Can Understand. She writes for “everyday evangelists” on her blog. Learn more at www.shaunapilgreen.com.
Ryan Kwon is the founding pastor of Resonate Movement, a multi-ethnic, multi-campus church in the Bay Area. As a product of two olympic athletes, Ryan was raised in Los Angeles and poised for success, when the Lord radically saved him in his twenties. A decade later the Lord called him to plant a movement in one of the least churched cities in America, which led to planting Resonate movement. He is passionate about gospel centered preaching, making disciples, and has a vision to see a movement of churches being planted, resulting in 1% (72,000 people) getting saved in the next decade in the bay.His ministry takes him across the globe annually as a frequent conference speaker. He currently serves on the board of The Gospel Coalition and Exponential. Outside of spending time with his wife Jenni, their two sons and daughter, he enjoys the torture of Crossfit, golf, and cheering for UCLA football.
Born in the central valley town of Bakersfield, CA, Dave began following Jesus during his junior year of high school. In 1997, he started working in vocational ministry and was ordained at the age of 21 as a youth pastor.
After serving in ministry for about 10 years (1997-2007), Dave felt called by God to plant a church. In 2007, he and his wife Ashley moved to Carpinteria, CA to begin the process of planting with the Reality Family of Churches. They later heard God’s invitation to move to San Francisco, where, after a year of prayer meetings, the first Reality SF service was held on January 10, 2010.
As an elder, Dave helps shape the direction of the church, ensuring that Reality SF provides a space where people can explore faith in Christ and discover their role in God’s renewal. He also mentors emerging church leaders through Searock, an organization he co-founded.
In addition to his pastoral work, Dave is the author of The Truest Thing About You, a book that reflects the lessons he learned in his early years at Reality SF. He lives in the city with his wife Ashley, whom he met in high school, and their three children, Juniper, Nowen, and Valor.
Mark Clark founded Village Church, a multi-site church with locations in multiple cities across Canada and online around the world, that seeks to reach skeptics and challenge Christians. He is now one of the Senior Pastors at Bayside Church in Sacramento, California. He is the author of The Problem of Jesus (Zondervan, 2021) and The Problem of God (Zondervan, 2017), winner of the 2018 Word Award for Evangelism. Mark has been the subject of several articles in Christianity Today and Outreach Magazine voted him one of the Top 26 Leaders to Watch. He has three beautiful daughters with his wife, Erin.
Filipe Santos is the Lead Pastor of Echo.Church, a multisite church in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2008, he and his family, along with three other families, moved across the country with a desire to help catalyze a gospel movement and be part of the Bay Area’s transformation.
Filipe served as Executive Pastor for 14 years before becoming Lead Pastor in 2022. He’s passionate about church planting, empowering leaders, and unifying churches to see the region thrive. Originally from Brazil, he’s married to Mandy and they have five children.
Filipe Santos is the Lead Pastor of Echo.Church, a multisite church in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2008, he and his family, along with three other families, moved across the country with a desire to help catalyze a gospel movement and be part of the Bay Area’s transformation.
Filipe served as Executive Pastor for 14 years before becoming Lead Pastor in 2022. He’s passionate about church planting, empowering leaders, and unifying churches to see the region thrive. Originally from Brazil, he’s married to Mandy and they have five children.
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 purchase your conference ticket with the pre-conference.
Accelerating Multisite: Trends from Groundbreaking Research to Help Your Church Multiply – Hosted by Sean Morgan & Jim Tomberlin
Multisite strategies have become proven models for church reproduction that have transformed the church landscape across America. Over 2,000 multisite churches have reproduced themselves in nearly 10,000 locations nationwide. Multisite thinking has also helped to unleash the reproductive DNA inherent in every local church–igniting a new energy for birthing new churches and it’s not slowing down. More than half of all multisite churches also plant churches.
Over the past 25 years, multisiting went from a crazy idea to a credible strategy for reproducing outward focused, gospel-centered, disciple-making churches. It is now standing on the verge of its finest hour. Today, more than 500 multisite churches have 4 or more geographical locations, and more than 50 of those multisite churches have 10 or more locations.
In 2025-2026, Warren Bird and Jim Tomberlin, in partnership with Sean Morgan and The Ascent Leader, embarked on the most extensive research of the multisite church movement in history. They created a cohort of 27 front-runner multisite churches averaging 10 locations each to assess their strengths, weaknesses, and challenges. Their interaction produced the “Multisite Unpacked: Trends, Tactics, and Tomorrow”” survey. The survey findings resulted in the most comprehensive report ever assembled on multisite churches across all sizes and models with over 1,000 churches participating.
Join Jim Tomberlin, with Sean Morgan, as they share fresh off-the-press the latest and greatest on the multisite church movement and how multisite can accelerate church multiplication over the next decade–in churches like yours.
Speakers: Sean Morgan & Jim Tomberlin
AI Superpowers: Turn One Sermon Into a Content Engine – Hosted by Exponential NEXT
Your sermon is already your best content — you just haven’t fully unleashed it yet. In this hands-on 2.5-hour pre-conference intensive, AI NEXT director, Kenny Jahng will walk you through how to build a repeatable AI-powered content repurposing workflow that turns every message you preach into a multi-platform ministry presence. Bring your laptop and a sermon (YouTube link, Vimeo, video file — whatever you’ve got). We’ll work through it together live, building your own custom workflow from scratch so you leave with a real system, not just ideas. You’ll walk away with a content strategy built around your voice, your congregation, and the channels that actually move the needle for your ministry — and the AI-powered process to execute it week after week without burning out your team. Bring your laptop. Bring a sermon. Leave with a workflow.
Speaker: Kenny Jahng
Beyond Rhetoric to Results: How to Build a Multiethnic, Missionally Vibrant, and Financially Sustainable Church – Hosted by Exponential NEXT
Join Dhati and Mark as they leverage nearly fifty years of combined experience to help you (re)structure your church for effective 21st-century ministry. You’ll gain practical insights to move from aspiration to execution, overcome common challenges, and build a community-facing church for all people, not just some, to advance a credible Gospel witness in an increasingly diverse, complex, and polarized society.
Speakers: Dhati Lewis, Mark DeYmaz
Breathe Again: A Spirit-Led Mini-Retreat – Hosted by Dandelion Resources
What if the most fruitful thing you could do this year was slow down?
Many of us lead at an unsustainable pace, driven by pressure, expectation, and comparison. But Jesus invites us into a different way, a life led by the Spirit, marked by His presence, and producing fruit that lasts.
Join us for this unique mini-retreat pre-conference. It’ll be a space to catch your breath, hear God’s voice, and reset your rhythms. We’ll combine rich biblical insight, Spirit-empowered prayer, guided solitude, and life-giving conversation. You’ll leave with practical tools to help you lead from a place of rest, and to help those you lead do the same.
You’re already away from home – why not carve out time to let the Spirit recalibrate your soul?
Speaker: Alex Absalom, Hannah Absalom
How to Build a Culture of Multipliers – Hosted by Exponential
Many leaders want to see their ministries multiply but struggle to create cultures where ongoing impact thrives. This pre-conference provides hands-on experience to help you become a catalyst for a culture of Multipliers. Learn a simple, proven tool for developing healthy disciple-making leaders who champion reproduction, practice it through interactive exercises, and craft a tailored action plan. Leave equipped with the tools, confidence, and strategy to foster a multiplying culture and create lasting Kingdom impact.
Speakers: Jason Stewart, Bill Couchenour
Navigating the Unique Challenges as a Woman in Leadership – Hosted by Exponential NEXT
This pre-con gathering is for women leaders ready to grow in clarity, confidence, and calling. Together, we’ll create an honest space to discuss navigating real leadership challenges while strengthening our identity and voice.
You’ll hear from Kadi Cole, Sue Ferguson and Noemi Chavez, who all have decades of ministry experience. You’ll engage in meaningful conversation and gain practical insight alongside other women leading in the Church. Expect connection, encouragement, and relationships that will sharpen your leadership long after this gathering ends.
Speakers: Kadi Cole, Sue Ferguson, Noemi Chavez
Start or Join a Reproducing Network – Hosted by Exponential NEXT
You were never meant to lead alone. In a region as influential and spiritually complex as the Bay Area, collaboration is essential for meaningful and lasting gospel impact. This interactive pre-conference invites you into a new way of thinking and leading alongside other kingdom-minded leaders. Together, you will explore how God is using reproducing networks to spark movements of disciple-making and church planting across cities and regions.
Speakers: Patrick O’Connell, Andrew Hoffman, Bay Area Leaders
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
3:30p 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
12:00 p.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
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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