Daniel is the Director of the Send Institute, leading and overseeing all of its initiatives. Prior to directing the institute, he planted a church in Toronto where he also helped recruit, assess, and train church planters through the Send Network and the Release Initiative. Daniel has served on various church staffs including Northwood Church, led by Bob Roberts Jr., where he was trained as a church planter and was involved in global and multi-faith engagement. Prior to church planting, Daniel was an engineer for eight years. He earned an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, and is currently a Ph.D. Intercultural Studies student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

SESSIONS

Workshop Session 1: Family of Churches Networks
Some churches elect to form a family with other churches. Generally, these churches are highly driven by relationships and shared values. See how the values and mission orientation lead to church planting in Family Networks.
Time: Tuesday, 2:30 – 3:30pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301H
Speakers: Daniel Yang, Drew Hyun, Michael Fletcher, and Duke Revard

Workshop Session 2: Ready for the Rise of Latino and Asian Leadership
Today in the U.S., people with Latino heritage are the largest minority population while Asians are the fastest-growing ethnic population segment. Churches and networks can't afford to think about leadership and missional strategies without fully embracing these demographic realities. Elizabeth and Daniel will help you intelligently think through how to make the proper leadership adjustments in churches and networks to thrive in this reality.
Time: Wednesday, 8:45 – 9:45am
Location: Tent 6
Speakers: Elizabeth Rios and Daniel Yang

Networking Lunch: 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: Send Institute Lunch Tickets
Day/Time: Wednesday, March 4 / 12:30pm – 2:00pm
Location: Tent 6

Workshop Session 3: The Cooperative Network Panel
Cooperative networks exist to bring together churches and leaders to plant more churches. See how some networks increase success rates and reduce wasted resources by centralizing the recruiting, training, funding and planting of churches.
Time: Wednesday, 2:30 – 3:30pm
Location: Faith Hall - Room 301H
Speakers: Daniel Yang, Eddy Alemán, Greg Surratt, and Noel Jesse Heikkinen

Workshop Session 4: The Importance of Scaling Your Network for the Next Ten Years
We are forty years removed from when churches like Saddleback and other launch large models were pioneered. But we are only ten years away from Millennials and Gen-Z fully leading denominations and church planting networks — if they are willing to do so. Daniel will share from his extensive research and observation on our modern church planting organizations and talk about the necessary adjustments that need to happen in order for church planting networks to survive and thrive over the next ten years.
Time: Thursday, 8:45 – 9:45am
Location: Tent 6

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