Breakout Session Schedule

Breakout A (9:00-10:00)

Room
Speaker
Title

Barrows

Featured: Sherry Harney

Organic Prayer: Naturally Infuse Outreach with Heaven’s Power

Room X

Aaron Abramson (Diaspora A)

Reaching and Serving Jewish Communities in North America

Room X

Marty Giese (Rural A) 

Credibility Gatekeeping: The Power and Potential of Credibility for Evangelism in Rural Communities

Room X

Alisson Pinzon (Gen Z A)

How to Mobilize Believers to Share Jesus with the Young, the Deconstructed, and the Non-Religious

Room X

Andrew Abernethy

Savoring Scripture as Fuel for Evangelism

Room X

Simone Halpin; Austin Adams; Krista Miller; Steve DeWitt (Leadership Roundtable A)

Leadership Roundtable: Self-Leadership for Thriving and Growing

Room X

Stan Endicott, Dave Rhodes, Tim Harlow 

The Greying Church: Missional Dream or Maintenance Nightmare?

Room X

Dan Haase

Loving the World: spiritual formation as the foundation for evangelism

Room X

John Boland (Marketplace A)

How the Church Staff can Prepare God’s People for Ministry Through Their Work

Room X

Todd Korpi (Digital A)

The Digital Sanctuary: Reimagining Cyberspace as Sacred Space

Room X

Mark DeYmaz

Fundraising and Church Economics: Why Tithes and Offerings are No Longer Enough and what you can Do about It

Room X

Josh Spinks

Envision Impact of Multiplication

Breakout B (10:15-11:15)

Room
Speaker
Title

Barrows

Featured: Ian Harber

Walking Through Deconstruction: Reaching those in a Crisis of Faith

Room X

Sam George and Ravi Narshimhan (Diaspora B)

Sharing Jesus with Hindus

Room X

Charlie Cotherman and Adam Kipp (Rural B)

The Rural Church as Anchor Institutions

Room X

Brandi Williams (Gen Z B)

Making Space for Gen Z

Room X

Bobby Manning (Preaching A)

Preaching to the Next Generation

Room X

Daniel Yang (Leadership Roundtable B)

Leadership Roundtable: Embracing Innovation in Church Forms and Leadership

Room X

Connie Surratt and David Loveless

4th Quarter Discipleship: How to Actively Step into the Greatest Discipleship Opportunity in Your Church

Room X

Nirup Alphonse

De-centralizing Discipleship as the Future of the Church

Room X

Jerry White (Marketplace B)

How the Church can be Prepared to Minister through their Work

Room X

Hunter Guy (Digital B)

Digital Shepherds: Harnessing Digital Tools for Church Outreach

Room X

Sean McDowell

Why People Are Leaving Church: Analyzing the Dechurching Trend and Finding Paths to Renewal

Room X

Josh Spinks

Embrace Multiplication Pathway

Breakout C (11:30-12:30)

Room
Speaker
Title

Barrows

Featured: Doug Parks

Building an Invitational Culture

Room X

Samuel Naaman (Diaspora C)

Muslims among us a blessing: Reaching and Serving Muslim Communities in North America

Room X

Jeff Clark (Rural C)

The Spectrum of Rural Evangelism: Building a Toolkit for Effective Evangelism for Rural Contexts

Room X

Rick Richardson (Gen Z C)

Unpacking Gen Z: Understanding the Unique Ways Churches can both Reach and Mobilize the Next Generation of Leaders

Room X

Jamal Johnson (Preaching B)

Biblical Preaching With Cultural Insight: How the Black Church can Deepen your Preaching

Room X

Joel Zantingh (Leadership Roundtable C)

Leadership Roundtable: Collaborating Well in a Season of Division

Room X

David Van Dyke

The Healthy Leader: Developing Healthy Systems, Skills and Boundaries for Long-Term Ministry

Room X

Tanita Maddox

What is Good News for the Next Generation?

Room X

Tim Neff (Marketplace C)

Marketplace Evangelism

Room X

Theon Hill

Compelling Preaching for a World Tuned Out

Room X

Aubrey Sampson

How Walking with People Through Darkness and Grief Refines our Gospel Witness

Room X

Kelli Smith

Welcome at the Table: How to Mobilize Families in your Church to Reach your Community

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