NETWORKING LUNCHES – WEDNESDAY

These Networking Lunch opportunities get you close up and personal with the leading practiioners on various topics. Bring your questions and enjoy a great time of networking!

LUNCH IS PROVIDED IN THE SESSIONS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (*). For the other networking lunches, purchase your lunch in the courtyard before heading to the session.

*$30K a Year: Can You Really Plant and Run a Church for That? — Hosted by NewThing Network
When rent, marketing, kids/youth programming and the staff that go with aren't relevant to your demographic, planting a church becomes much less expensive. There are 2.3 million individuals living in one of the 6,843+ correctional institutions in America. And while most inmates have access to biblical programming, very few have a church home that is intentionally creating community inside the prison where individuals can grow, thrive and connect to after release. Join the Community Freedom staff as we share the components for launching a healthy church behind bars, the transformation happening inside Community Freedom Locations and the life change happening to the local church. Lunch is free; just RSVP at the link below.
RSVP: NewThing Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 120

*3 Myths About Ministry Space That Keep Churches from Multiplying —Hosted by Aspen Group
Leaders who are focused on multiplying often overlook one critical piece of the puzzle – a facility strategy. Visionary planters mistakenly believe that space doesn't matter, buildings cost too much, and facilities slow down the multiplication process. In this networking lunch, we'll dig into these myths and show how a facility strategy can lead to accelerated growth and improved stewardship of resources. We'll share examples of churches that are integrating a facility strategy as part of a holistic multiplication plan and achieving high-impact results. Lunch is FREE, but be sure to save your seat by registering at the RSVP link.
RSVP: Aspen Group Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 2

*5 Principles for Life-Changing Disciple Making — Hosted by Red Letter Challenge
Never before has there been more information on discipleship, and yet, at the same time, never before has there been more confusion on what a disciple of Jesus actually is. People have so many different responses to what a disciple of Jesus actually looks like. What is the most effective way to follow Jesus? This networking lunch will teach you that the best way to follow Jesus actually came from the words of Jesus himself. Pastor Zach Zehnder looked at every command that Jesus gave His followers and found five main principles that if you, your small group, or your congregation put into practice will produce life-changing results. FREE lunch provided - 4 Rivers BBQ! RSVP at the link below.
RSVP: Red Letter Challenge Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 11

*Are You Seeking Disciple-Making Resources? — Hosted by Discipleship.org
Lunch is on us – come meet Dave Clayton, Bobby Harrington, and the Discipleship.org Team! Are you looking for resources to fuel disciple making? We have them! Discipleship.org is a Network of Disciple Making Organizations/Networks. Join us to see some of the resources that our partners provide. We will provide a Free Chick-fil-a lunch and a Disciple Making book to the first 50 to register for this network lunch – free book for all other registrants! We will also have 2 giveaways — 1) A free ticket to our National Disciple Making Forum in Phoenix (April 30-May 1) and 2) A free ticket to our National Disciple Making Forum in Nashville (Oct. 15-16). To register, click the RSVP link.
RSVP: Discipleship.org Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301D

*Are You Tired of Doing Ministry Alone? — Hosted by Relational Discipleship Network
Are you tired of doing ministry alone? You don't have to! The Relational Discipleship Network is a network of like-minded churches fully committed to helping other churches create a disciple-making culture through Coaching, Training, and Equipping. Come have lunch with us! Lunch provided for the first 100 to register for this network lunch! We will also have book giveaways, a chance to win a free registration to a 2-day Discipleshift1 conference and 4 coaching sessions. To register, click the RSVP link.
RSVP: RDN Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Stageside

*Church Movements Luncheon with Cru/Campus Crusade for Christ International Leaders
Cru (the name of Campus Crusade for Christ International in the USA) is hosting a luncheon. Come visit with Cru President, Dr. Steve Douglass and hear of Cru's commitment, partnerships and resources dedicated to church multiplication. Also joining Dr. Douglass will be the Director of Global Church Movements, Vice President and the Founder of GACX.IO – Dr. Bekele Shanko and Executive Director of Church Movements, Cru USA – Dave Robinson. Come rub shoulders with leaders from church planting movements, denominations, gospel city movements, and Cru staff from over 30 US cities. Cru Church Movements partners to make Jesus known, multiply the church and serve the city. Learn more at churchmovements.com. Lunch is provided; just sign up at the RSVP link below.
RSVP: Cru Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 5

*Church Planting, The Holy Spirit, and God's Mission — Hosted by Multiply Vineyard
What God is doing in you is worth multiplying. At its core, church planting is really about joining in and participating with what God is already doing, in you and in your community. We believe that God is actively at work in every city and in every single neighborhood where we live. The Vineyard is a movement of churches forming new communities of disciples of Jesus that are missionally-minded, Spirit-empowered, and multiplying churches who are committed to embodying the words and works of Jesus in every area of human life. Join us for a conversation and lunch about the different models and partnerships that are available to church planters. Hear from Vineyard Pastors from around the USA about how they are seeing God moving in their communities and how Multiply Vineyard can partner with you to help support the work God is doing in you. Lunch is FREE, but register by clicking the RSVP link.
RSVP: Multiply Vineyard Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 8

Covocational and Marketplace Church Planting — Hosted by Brad Brisco and Hugh Halter
Grab your lunch and join us! Hugh Halter, Brad Brisco, and Taylor McCall will be available for Q&A around the topic of Covocational and Marketplace Church Planting and how it fits into the broader conversation of creating a Microchurch movement.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 4

*Don't Just Speak It, Write It: Book Publishing Workshop for Pastors and Leaders — Hosted by Xulon Press
Has God called you to write a book? Have you thought about how publishing a book could expand your sphere of influence for the Kingdom? Christian self-publisher Xulon Press would like to invite you to join a workshop on how to transform your testimony and teachings into a book. Lunch will be provided, and everyone who attends will receive a free copy of Don't Just Speak It, Write It! How Every Pastor Can Become a Published Author by former pastor and publishing expert, Don Newman. Don't miss this life-changing talk by the team at Xulon Press! Lunch is FREE, but register by clicking the RSVP link.
RSVP: SOLD OUT
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 112

Don't Just Start a Church; Start a Disciple-Making Movement — Hosted by Passion for Planting
Grab your lunch and join us! You want your church to reach lost people and to ignite a disciple-making movement? Great. Then pre-launch is THE critical time to embed your disciple-making passions and practices. Next, you want to learn from disciple-makers, like Jeff McDaniel, who have actually reproduced disciple-makers. This workshop and networking lunch focuses on practical tools to help church planters who want to do more than just start a church; they want to start a disciple-making movement. Join our experienced practitioners as they both challenge and encourage, because yes, it starts with YOU. Grab your lunch, enjoy some networking time with Passion for Planting, and learn how to fuel your disciple-making and church planting movements. Panel: Brett Andrews, Pat Furgerson, Jeff McDaniel. Network with our Panel, PLUS Phil Ling, Stan Rodda, Dale Spaulding, Patrick Bradley, or Sean Cronin.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 349

Emotionally Healthy Discipleship — Hosted by Emotionally Healthy Leadership
Grab your lunch and join us! This networking Session will provide connection time for churches integrating, or wanting to integrate, EH Discipleship and EH Leadership. Pete Scazzero, along with Drew Hyun, will share best practices and provide an opportunity for Q and A.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 7

How to Become a Church Planting Church: The Power of Reproduction — Hosted by Exponential
Grab your lunch and join us! You don't become a church planting church by accident. In fact, only 7% of churches even demonstrate characteristics that lead to reproduction. In this lunch, you'll hear from three pastors that lead significant church planting churches (all were on Outreach Magazine's 100 Reproducing Churches inaugural list). Learn what it takes to go from addition-oriented to multiplication-focused along with the opportunity to engage in Q&A with the panel. With Larry Walkemeyer, Dave Dummitt, and Troy McMahon.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 9

How to Make Ministry a Win for Your Family — Hosted by Exponential
Grab your lunch and join us! Open Q&A with Brian & Amy Bloye and Geoff & Sherry Surratt.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Worship Center - Room 132/134

*Leadership Development and the Impact of Support Raising — Hosted by Reliant
Join CJ White of Reliant! The need for developing leaders is as important as ever in the local church. Whether it is church planting or residencies, budgets can dictate how we develop leaders and create barriers. This should not be the case and during our time we will go through biblical foundations, benefits and the how-to of support raising to expand your leadership development.Lunch provided for the first 50 who RSVP at the link below.
RSVP: SOLD OUT
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 12

*Leading Innovative Networks That Reach Hard to Reach People — Hosted by Send Institute
How do you lead a church planting network whose DNA is reaching some of the hardest to reach people in our nation? This session will unpack what the Underground in Tampa, Resonate Church Network in the Pacific Northwest, and Redeemer in NYC are doing in order to plant churches that are strategically focused on reaching hard to reach population segments. We will be sharing some of the latest findings from the Send Institute as well as moderating an interactive discussion with: Dr. Michael Carrion, Brianna and Tomy Wilkerson, Jeremy Stephens, and Keith Wieser. Moderated by Daniel Yang and Jeff Christopherson. Lunch provided to the first 100 people who register by clicking on the RSVP link.
RSVP: SOLD OUT
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 6

Lifting the Load: A Fresh Look at Money and Bivocational/Freelance Pastorates — Hosted by Exponential
Grab your lunch and join us! We want to put bivocational/freelance pastors and planters on a career track instead of settling for a less than satisfactory job. Driving a school bus so you can pastor a church is a bad option. A job with a career path or a privately-owned business can liberate finances for a planter and both their sending and receiving churches. The choice between a "temporary job" and a career is crucial for the pastor in a small community or with limited gifts that too often turn the temporary job into a long-term disappointment. Panel: Ralph Moore, Myron Pierce, Greg Wigfield, and Peyton Jones.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 350

Mobilizing Every Believer into Ministry — Hosted by Made for More
Grab your lunch and join us for a panel discussion with Derek Bell, Rob Wegner, Brian Phipps, Paul Sohn, and Joby Martin. We will discuss unleashing every believer into ministry, integrating personal calling into discipleship, and the challenges to mobilizing the laity.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 372

*Moving from Maintanence to Movement — Hosted by Forge America
This lunch will provide you a space to connect with leaders who long to see God's people mobilized across neighborhoods, networks, third-spaces, and work-spaces. Additionally, you will hear from pastors and leaders from diverse contexts who are mobilizing those they lead and seeing new Kingdom expressions pioneered, movement pathways created, and ultimately the reign of God revealed. Don't miss this opportunity to be inspired as well as informed on how you too can move your congregation from maintenance to movement. This lunch will be hosted by the Forge Team as well as a panel with Alan Hirsch, Jon Ritner, Ryan Hairston, Molly Conaway. Alan Hirsch and Mark Nelson will also be signing and selling their latest book: Reframation: Seeing God, People, and Mission Through Reenchanted Frames. Cost: FREE - Lunch included! Please register for a ticket at the link below.
RSVP: Forge Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 101B

Multi-Ethnic Church Networking Lunch — Hosted by Mosaix Global Network
Grab your lunch and join us! Whether you're already part of the Mosaix family or looking for a group of like-minded leaders who share your passion to lead a church that offers hope for all people (not just some), join Mark DeYmaz and others from the network for lunch. NOTE: Those attending this luncheon will receive discounts for products and services offered by Mosaix including cohorts and coaching, diverse staff search, our new Church Economics Accelerator and CQ (Cultural Intelligence) training, and more! Come meet others who share your passion, discuss the latest research and coming trends (including the future of local church funding), and learn how Mosaix can assist you build a healthy multiethnic, socially just, and financially sustainable church following the conference, all for the sake of the Gospel.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 355

Reaching Your City for Jesus with a City-Focused Network — Hosted by Houston Church Planting Network
Grab your lunch and join us for a discussion on how to start, or get involved in a city network near you. Bring your questions as we hear from city network leaders from various cities around the U.S. If you are currently leading a network in your city, please join us as we also discuss building collaboration between cities and city network leaders. Panelists: Will Plitt, Chad Clarkson, Robert Frazier, Travis Vaughn, and Brandon Grant.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301H

See Clearly — Hosted by ChurchTeams
Grab your lunch and join ChurchTeams! All your people data in one cutting edge application. See how to use text as a full database interface like checking everyone into everything including worship. Learn the power of a web approach to assimilation using integrated Workflows for communication and more. See how to use a Dashboard to simplify staff access to and use of a database. Experience the frontier of Church Management Software.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 346

The 93/7 Principle: The Key to Mobilizing Your People to Reach Your City — Hosted by Outreach
Grab your lunch and join Outreach! Collaboration and shared learning help us all become better together. What does it take to reach your community with the Gospel? Although every church is unique, there are some common elements that translate across contexts which lead to greater Kingdom impact. What can we learn from the most evangelistically effective churches across the country? Join us to discover these key concepts — including things you can put into practice immediately — and how you can adapt them to your local setting to increase your impact for Christ.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 3

The Blocking and Tackling Behind the Next Growth Barrier — Hosted by Courage To Lead
Grab your lunch and join Shawn Lovejoy and the CourageToLead.com Team! Healthy things grow. Church growth requires both the supernatural power of God and great leadership. Church growth is also somewhat an art and a science. Every church is perfectly structured for the results it's getting now. Most churches also don't really grow incrementally. They grow exponentially, This is the pattern of the book of Acts. Join us as we talk about how your church can break a growth barrier ... maybe a lot sooner than you would think!
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301E

The Future of the Church for the Next Generation — Hosted by Initiative Network
Grab your lunch and join us! Initiative Network is hosting a panel discussion around the future of the Church. While the next generation seems to be disengaged and leaving the Church, Initiative Network is convening and catalyzing our nation's most influential young Christian Leaders. Join us for a conversation around what trends we are seeing with the future of the church how you can implement, engage, and empower the leaders in your sphere. Panelists: Grant Skeldon, Monica Zuniga, and Luke Lezon.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301F

We Come to You from the Future: Engaging Cultural Trends That America May See Soon — Hosted by FEB Central
Grab your lunch and join Dr. Michael Thiessen and Dr. Darryl Dash for this panel discussion! Canada is a few years ahead of the States in becoming secular and moving away from its Christian roots — but these same trends will be coming to America soon. Come learn how these trends are shaping society in Canada, defining the questions being asked of the church planter, as well as how the church can respond faithfully and effectively in this new context.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 140

*We Turn Leaders into Disciple Makers — Hosted by The Bonhoeffer Project
We would like to break bread and have a talk with you about Why we have decided to specialize in working with leaders. Investment of time, personnel, and resources is behavior, and that behavior reveals the heart. At the very heart of the Bonhoeffer Project is a process designed to assist leaders in reaching their God-given callings. We will discuss experiencing what you said "yes" to when you agreed to follow Jesus. So few actually do experience the joy of their calling. We will walk you through the Why?, the What? and the How? of being transformed into a disciple making leader. Bill Hull and the Bonhoeffer Project Leadership Team will share tested insights. When you leave the luncheon, we hope we have helped you formulate a plan for your future. Lunch included. Seating is limited to 100 guests, so please be sure to reserve your spot today! To register, click the RSVP link.
RSVP: Bonhoeffer Project Luncheon
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301C

*What Is Rooted? Luncheon — Hosted by Rooted
Join us for lunch. Our treat! Come and hear how God is using this 10-week small group experience to transform lives and whole church communities.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 101A

What It Takes to Move to Multiplication: The Power of Networks and Collaboration — Hosted by Exponential
Grab your lunch and join us! Outreach Magazine recently published their "Top 100" issue that, for the first time, included the a list of 100 Reproducing Churches. This lunch will give you the rare opportunity to hear from 4 leaders who had some of the greatest influence on the churches on the inaugural list of 100 Reproducing Churches. And, you will have an opportunity to get your questions answered live from these leaders. Facilitator: Bill Couchenour. Panelists: Patrick O'Connell, Bob Roberts, JD Pearring, and Ed Love.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301G

Why Shift Your Church into a Naturally Supernatural Culture? Hosted by Dandelion Resourcing
Grab your lunch and come along to a fabulous opportunity to ask those granular questions, and share your experiences, in developing a more naturally supernatural ministry that is focused on reaching the lost! There will be facilitated conversations, which will unearth the key questions and enable us to learn together about best next steps, practices, and resources. Panel: Alex and Hannah Absalom, Will and Caity Shinnick.
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301A

*Worried About Worship Audio ... and Lunch? — Bose Is Here to Help with Both
Lunch is on us — we hope you can make it. From portable to permanent, main sanctuary to kids' space, we're here to help you design your worship spaces. Join us and sign up for a complimentary room audio design. Take your pick of two sessions — 12 pm or 1 pm. You'll hear from the Bose Professional team and Church Consultant Don Allensworth about resources and partnership opportunities with us. Plus we'll be giving away a Bose S1 Pro portable PA at each session. To get your ticket, please visit our booth!
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:00pm – 1:00pm OR 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Worship Center - Room 124

Worship Lab: Using Tracks and Visuals in Worship — Hosted by Loop Community and Easy Worship
Grab your lunch and join us! Learning to use tracks and click in worship can seem intimidating, but it doesn't need to be. Tracks are an excellent way to enhance the sound of your worship band, fill in for missing musicians and take your sound to a whole new level. In this lab, you will learn the practical steps needed to implement tracks into your worship service this weekend! We will also discuss how you can link your visual elements to your tracks so you don't have to worry about slides being offbeat with the song. Together, we will build a worship set from scratch, and you will leave the room feeling confident that you can do this at YOUR church!
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 1

*You're Invited to a Table for Two — Hosted by Smallcircle
Your story might be like so many others — someone who poured into you and your life was impacted significantly. So, how do we get everyday people to a table for two for tangible disciple-making that will be a life-changing experience? Join smallcircle founder, Steve McCoy, to open the toolbox of disciple-making tools that have made a worldwide impact. Lunch provided for the first 100 to register for this network lunch! You will walk away with the entire set of smallcircle tools at no charge. To register, click the RSVP link.
RSVP: Smallcircle Lunch Registration
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Language Ministry Center - Room 128