Lay Leaders
Who We ServeYou raised your hand to help your church. So did we.
How can we help you?
Training and resources to support you, your church and your pastor as you further the gospel together.
Supporting your pastor.
Supporting you.
If you’re a board member or lay leader, your pastor needs you to lead with confidence. And if you’re part of a Converge church, we need your leadership too.
Benefit from our conferences, take part in our board-specific online course, receive coaching from our regional and national team members, and access training to help you expand your church’s influence locally and globally.
Discover the strength and safety of a network following Jesus’ call with you.
Get to know Converge
We’re a movement of churches that’s been collaborating for the sake of the gospel since 1856. Our U.S. churches are part of 10 separate regions led by regional presidents who love, serve and connect our churches and their leaders.
How we partner with our churches’ lay leaders
Start by getting to know your regional leadership.
We strengthen churches and pastors
We can help your congregation and its leaders stay healthy, reach the lost, raise up disciples, train new leaders and accomplish His mission.
Has your church identified a planter? We can help you confirm their calling and develop a pathway for them to plant a unique and thriving congregation.
Start a new church out of your existing church. Multiply your gospel effectiveness.
Help your church develop the next generation of leaders to prepare for your next season of ministry.
Inspire your congregation to spread the gospel through church planting by bringing this yearly movement-wide event to your church.
We strengthen churches and pastors
We can help your congregation and its leaders stay healthy, reach the lost, raise up disciples, train new leaders and accomplish His mission.
Equip your board to develop a spiritually growing and healthy church that is on mission.
Empower your church to win more people to Jesus through a two-year culture-change process.
Female leaders who walk alongside one another for encouragement and to help each other fulfill God’s purpose for their lives.
Invest in your senior pastor and spouse: a weekend intensive to create a strategy for their spiritual, relational and leadership health.
We send global workers
Forty percent of the world’s people have never experienced the Good News. Converge International Ministries is asking God for a gospel movement among every least-reached people group in our generation.
Develop a global mission strategy fueled by your congregation and directed by the Holy Spirit.
Flexible global ministry opportunities—short trips, internships and more.
A process to help your church discern the good works God has prepared in advance for you to do among the nations—especially among the world’s least-reached people groups.
Connect with other sending churches to impact part of the world together.
Building a Culture of Generosity in Your Church
Over the past six years, Camarillo Community Church has embraced a mission of celebrating generosity. With a congregation of around 450 people, Camarillo (California) Community Church has given over a quarter of a million dollars to various causes, making a significant impact through its commitment to generosity. In this article adapted from Converge’s Church Board […]
Meet President Jenkins, the leader shaping Converge’s future
Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr. has spent decades making an impact within the Converge community. A highly regarded ministry leader who serves as the pastor of First Baptist Church of Glenarden, he has held multiple roles within the movement. In 2022, he became president of Converge, which includes more than 1600 churches nationwide and in […]
5 myths of men and women leading together
I have been leading with men for as long as I can remember. My younger brother and I were born ready to take charge of our nuclear family ― which wasn’t going to happen due to our two leadership-oriented parents. They set the two of us on a path to grow in our leadership by […]
