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Contagious Churches and Leaders
Developing Healthy Missional Churches and Leaders
- May 11-14, 2010
Tuesday – Friday
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Sojourn Community Church - 930 Mary Street - Louisville, KY
Click here for a map - Sponsored by the Kentucky Baptist Convention and Campbellsville University
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Details
An event for church leaders. Join us to experience how God is calling out and sending forth a 21st century missional tribe.
Do you have a desire to become more of a contagious missional leader who serves a missional church? Are you being drawn toward developing and transforming your culture and community? Contagious churches and leaders will be more energized, inspired, informed and equipped resulting in dynamic, kingdom-enlarging initiatives. Join us for an experience that will stretch your mind, encourage your heart and prepare you for this calling.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Dr. Reggie McNeal will seek to deepen your knowledge and will shift your mindset from operating a church as institution to cooperating with God as a church on mission. All participants will have opportunity to engage with Reggie in stimulating presentations and in relevant Q&A.
On Thursday and Friday, missional church leaders will share their practitioner insights in worship, workshops, and Q&A engagements. Listen in as missional leaders reveal what God has shown them as we participate in panel dialogues.
Conference Registration
- Full Conference (4 days): $70 by April 20 / $90 after April 20
- Half-Conference (Choose 2 days): $35 by April 20 / $50 after April 20 Choose to attend either Tuesday & Wednesday or Thursday & Friday
- Registration includes conference meals, materials and registration fees.
Payment must accompany registration to guarantee reservation. - Click here to register now.
Do you want to earn college credit for attending the event?
College credit (graduate or undergraduate) for this conference can be earned through Campbellsville University, but registration must be completed prior to the conference. Contact Chris Conver (cconver@campbellsville.edu), CU Louisville, 230 Greene Way, Louisville, KY 40220, 877-428-4723, 502-753-0264.
Conference Schedule
Tuesday & Wednesday, May 11 & 12 (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; lunch break at 12:30 p.m.)
Featured speaker Dr. Reggie McNeal will discuss missional leadership.
The missional movement is gaining traction in most church tradition in North America. It is creating a new tribe. This week's experience will help you know how to be a part of this new tribe of leaders and churches. Through information, inspiration, and conversation you will learn how to fast-forward your own missional engagement. We will identify the key leadership decisions and behaviors that you must implement in order to make the missional journey--and take others with you!
Thursday & Friday, May 13 & 14 (8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.; lunch break at 12:15 p.m.)
| Thursday, May 13 | |
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| 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Worship through Music: Sojourn Praise Band Plenary Session #1: Dr. Virgil Grant |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Plenary Session #2: Dr. Joseph Owens, along with a leadership panel: Dr. Steve Ayers, Dr. Joel Carwile, Dr. Jeff Eaton and Dr. Daniel Montgomery |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. | Plenary Session #3: Dr. Daniel Montgomery |
| 2:00 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | Workshop Session #1 |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | Workshop Session #2 |
| 4:30 p.m. | Closing Session | Friday, May 14 |
| 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Worship through Music: Sojourn Praise Band Plenary Session #4: Dr. Dan Summerlin |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:50 a.m. | Plenary Session #5: Dr. Steve Ayers |
| 12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15 p.m. | Plenary Session #6: Dr. Joel Carwile |
| 2:00 p.m. | Break |
| 2:15 p.m. | Workshop Session #3 |
| 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | Workshop Session #4 |
| 4:30 p.m. | Closing Session |
Workshops
| Team Leadership in the Missional Church |
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Dr. Jesse Adkinson, Assistant Professor of Leadership and Church Ministry Dr. Adkinson serves as Assistant Professor of Leadership and Church Ministry since 2008 as the Leadership Ministry Coordinator. For four years Dr. Jesse Adkinson served on the faculty at Charleston Southern University in Charleston, South Carolina. He has served in associate, youth, and education pastoral roles in various Southern Baptist churches throughout Kentucky and South Carolina. | Jesus and Pancakes: Mentoring Young Leaders at Huddle House |
| Every week I meet with four to five young pastors at the community meeting place, Huddle House, to mentor and encourage one another. While this forty-three year old meets weekly with these twenty year olds, we minister to fellow patrons, staff and discuss Jesus, the Bible and deacons. We will share insights and observations between a buster aged pastor and these emergent generations of young pastors in an attempt to live an intentional Gospel ministry. |
 Dr. Claude “Skip" Alexander, Senior Pastor, Campbellsville Baptist ChurchDr. Alexander has served as Senior Pastor of Campbellsville Baptist Church since July 2002. He has served as pastor of three churches in Kentucky for over twenty years. Skip has been married to Leigh Anne for twenty-one years. They have two lovely daughters, Meredith, who is fifteen and Caroline who is twelve. | Q & A Ministering as Brothers: The DNA of a Healthy System |
 Dr. Jeff Eaton, Pastor, Hope Community ChurchJeff has been a pastor for 24 years and has served at five Kentucky Baptist churches. He is the founding pastor of Hope Community Church in Lawrenceburg, a church plant that recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Jeff earned a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and recently completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. |
| Dr. Steve Ayers, Pastor, Hillvue Heights Church A native of Bowling Green, Dr. Steve Ayers has been serving as pastor of Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green since 1991. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry from Drew University. Steve is also an adjunct professor at Campbellsville University. | Leadership Across the Generations |
| With five generations existing in the church from Builders to Generation Z, leaders must navigate successfully in bridging the generations together. This workshop will look at each generation individually and make suggestions on how to understand them and connect them in ministry leadership. |
 Dr. Shane Garrison, Assistant Professor of Educational Ministries, Campbellsville University, School of TheologyDr. Garrison is an assistant professor of Educational Ministries in the School of Theology of Campbellsville University. He, additionally, serves as the president of Maple Trail Ministry Consultants and is interim pastor of Parkway Baptist Church in Bardstown, KY. Garrison has served on four church staffs in Kentucky and Texas and as a Christian school principal. He holds a B.S. in Religious Education from Campbellsville University, a M.Div. and a M.A. from Southwestern Seminary and an Ed. D. from Southern Seminary. Shane is married to Jennifer and they have two sons, Isaac (4) and Ethan (2). | Practical Lessons & Missional Coaching |
| Join Virgil as he shares his story of becoming a missional coach and how he is using coaching plus numerous other approaches to unleash missional leaders into his community. |
 Dr. Virgil Grant, Pastor, Eastside Baptist ChurchDr. Grant has served as Senior Pastor of Eastside Baptist in Richmond, for the last 20 years. He has served as a coach and mentor to pastors and staff through the North American Mission Board and leader developer for the LEAD Team of the KBC. Virgil holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Seminary. | Strategies for 21st century African American Church Leaders |
| Eric will connect theology to preaching and will speak to the unique concerns that African American leaders (pastors, etc) face in congregation settings. |
 Dr. Eric A. Johnson, Pastor of Greater Galilee Church Dr. Johnson became the pastor of Greater Galilee Baptist Church in 1995. Prior to his ministry at Greater Galilee, he served as Associate Minister, New Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, Terrell, Texas, Assistant Chaplain, Gainesville State School, Gainesville, Texas, Associate Minister, Mount Nebo Baptist Church in Victoria, Texas and Associate Minister, Canaan Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky. Eric holds a B. A., Sociology, University of North Texas; M. Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Th. M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph. D., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Dr. Johnson is the only African-American in the state of KY that has a Ph.D. in Theology. | Creating a Healthy Leadership Culture |
| Matt will share his insights on how to build the systems to support a healthy leadership culture that reproduces leaders. |
 Rev. Matt Johnson, Pastor, The Journey Church. Matt Johnson is the founding and lead pastor of The Journey Church of Murray. Locally, he is known for his relevant, conversational Bible teaching. Matt and his wife, Jennifer, are driven by a passion to create a church that un-churched people love to attend. As The Journey has grown, their focus has remained on creating environments where people connect with their Heavenly Father and grow to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. Matt spends most of his time helping people embrace this vision, teaching, developing systems, and investing in leaders. | Before You Can Send Them: Keep Them |
| Dr. Rice notes that it’s one thing to attract first-time guests—it’s another thing to keep them so that you can later send them. Most churches can keep guests coming back week after week by practicing strategic follow-up fundamentals. Steve will share those fundamentals. |
 Dr. Steve Rice, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of ShelbyvilleDr. Rice has served as Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Shelbyville since November 2008. Before coming to Shelbyville, he served as the Director of Discipleship & Assimilation on the Kentucky Baptist Convention staff and as the Senior Pastor of three other Kentucky Baptist churches. Steve is a graduate of Morehead State University (B.A.), Luther Rice Seminary (M.Div.), and Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary (D.Min.). | Transforming Slacker Christians into Missional Machines |
| James will share how he coaches inward focused, consuming, slacker Christians to explore the great commission and become missional machines. In his missional story, James will tell how churches from around the country serve every year at Convergence Center for the Arts and Harbor Life (Harbor Church’s mercy ministry). Also, he will discuss how young leaders are exposed and equipped for unique and creative ministry in the area of culture and mercy. |
 Rev. James Welch, Lead Pastor, Harbor Community ChurchRev. Welch is the lead pastor of Harbor Community Church in New Orleans, LA. He is also the founder and creative director of Convergence Center for the Arts and serves as the church planting strategist for New Orleans Baptist Association. In addition to training young leaders from around the country James provides monthly coaching and training sessions for New Orleans seminary students, church planters and young leaders. He has also developed and implemented training to release visionaries at Harbor Church and to unleash many young leaders serving across the globe. |
Featured Speakers
| Tuesday & Wednesday | |
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| Dr. Reggie McNeal Missional Leadership Specialist, Leadership Network Reggie enjoys helping individuals and organizations pursue more intentional lives and encourages connectivity among missional church leaders. He is the author of the acclaimed books Missional Renaissance, A Work of Heart, The Present Future, and Practicing Greatness. Reggie and his wife live with their two daughters in Columbia, South Carolina. | |
| Dr. Steve Ayers Pastor, Hillvue Heights Church A native of Bowling Green, Dr. Steve Ayers has been serving as pastor of Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green since 1991. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctor of Ministry from Drew University. Steve is also an adjunct professor at Campbellsville University. | |
| Dr. Joel Carwile Pastor, Valley View Church Since the summer of 2007, Dr. Carwile has served as Senior Pastor of Valley View Church in Louisville. Joel has 21 years of experience in pastoral ministry. He holds a Master of Ministry and a Doctor of Ministry from Covington Theological Seminary and a Master of Theology degree from Campbellsville University. | |
| Dr. Jeff Eaton Pastor, Hope Community Church Jeff has been a pastor for 24 years and has served at five Kentucky Baptist churches. He is the founding pastor of Hope Community Church in Lawrenceburg, a church plant that recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Jeff earned a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and recently completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Theological Seminary. | |
| Dr. Virgil Grant Pastor, Eastside Baptist Church Dr. Grant has served as Senior Pastor of Eastside Baptist in Richmond, for the last 20 years. He has served as a coach and mentor to pastors and staff through the North American Mission Board and leader developer for the LEAD Team of the KBC. Virgil holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Columbia Seminary. | |
| Dr. Daniel Montgomery Pastor, Sojourn Community Church Dr. Montgomery is the founding pastor of Sojourn Community Church launched in September 2000 in Louisville. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from the Reformed Theological Seminary. | |
| Dr. Joseph Owens Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church Dr. Owens has served as Senior Pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Lexington since 1999. He previously served as pastor of churches in Indiana and Kentucky. Joseph holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry degree from United Theological Seminary. | |
| Dr. Dan Summerlin Pastor, Lone Oak First Baptist Church Dr. Dan Summerlin has served as Senior Pastor of Lone Oak First Baptist Church in Paducah since 2002. He is active in Southern Baptist Convention life, serving on committees at the associational, state and national levels. Dan is a graduate of the University of Alabama and earned his Master of Divinity and Doctorate of Theology degrees from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. |
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