Speaker: Charles Whitaker (Pastor / River of Life Church)

Most churches are stagnant or declining. To foster a growing, conversion-focused community, pastors must model personal evangelism, spreading it to leaders and the congregation. Wheaton College offers cohort training to equip pastors in evangelism, discipleship systems, and innovative ministries to reach the lost in a relational, intentional way.

SPEAKER: Dale Sellers (Executive Director / 95 Network)

The emotional, physical and mental health of all church leaders are as important as your spiritual health in lasting ministry impact. A healthy leader can create a healthy ministry just like an unhealthy leader will create an unhealthy ministry. 1 - Accountability 2 - Counseling / Coaching 3 - Observing Sabbath 4 - Confronting Insecurity

SPEAKER: Dave Miller (Co-founder / Leadership Pathway)

A thriving church starts with a healthy staff culture. We'll cover four key marks of a strong team: trust, shared mission, healthy conflict, and joy. Through practical insights, real examples, and discussions, you'll learn to foster unity, purpose, and prevent burnout.

SPEAKER: MaryAnn Sibley (Founder / MatterSpark)

Building a volunteer culture in the church is an ongoing process that requires intentional effort and strong leadership. Empowering volunteers with clear vision and guardrails can create a leadership team of volunteers that fosters unity inside the church walls and into their community.

SPEAKER: Matt Miller (Head Coach & Owner / Worship Team Coach)

We’ll tackle the 7 Big Challenges unique to small churches and equip you with the practical tools to build a strong, dynamic team. Discover strategies to overcome obstacles, inspire your congregation, and lead worship that truly resonates.

SPEAKER: Bruce Hopler (Converge National / VP of Church Strengthening)

Running short on volunteers and leaders in your church? Frustrated that 20% does 80% of the work? The real question is, whose fault is that? Often times, the lack of volunteers is not due to a lazy congregation, rather, inefficient systems on the Church's part. This workshop will give a simple structure to create a more robust leadership pipeline.

SPEAKER: Eric Hoke (Founder / I Help Pastors Get Jobs)

Explore the challenges and strategies of bi-vocational and co-vocational ministry in this workshop. We'll tackle sustainability, time management, leadership empowerment, and team collaboration to prevent burnout. Whether you're curious or already co-vocational, gain practical tools to lead effectively in today’s church.

Speaker: Jason Moore (Author/Speaker/Consultant/Midnight Oil Productions)

AI is reshaping ministry—from worship planning to outreach. Based on Jason Moore’s AI and the Church, this session explores AI’s role in worship, administration, and branding while addressing concerns, ethics, and practical applications for churches.

Speakers: Co-Led by Pastor Rod Hairston and Pastor Jim Eaton (Co-Directors of Biblical Diversity/Converge Worldwide)

Our world is changing more rapidly than we can process. Explore proven leadership strategies for this new intercultural world.

SPEAKER: Dale Sellers (Executive Director / 95Network)

A thriving church has a shared Divine mission and vision with clearly defined objectives that show the ministry's purpose.We'll discuss creating on-ramps, unifying the congregation, aligning with God's plan to impact the communnity, and establishing clear objectives.

SPEAKER: Bruce Hopler (Converge National / VP of Church Strengthening)

Church boards are an essential part of ministry. Learning new tools will help prepare you to develop the right board for your organization and ultimately, help you to work with your board to reach common goals that produce eternal results.

SPEAKER: Dave Miller (Co-Founder / Leadership Pathway)

Struggling with staffing? Lacking the right team to pursue your ministry dreams? Losing young leaders due to limited time or know-how? Finding, supporting, and developing twenty-somethings is tough—but the solution may be closer than you think!