Choosing Your Faith - and Helping Your Friends
Choose Theirs
Mark Mittelberg

Explore and reinforce the reasons for your faith, and learn how you can share that faith with others. Based on his new book, Choosing Your Faith ... In a World of Spiritual Options, author and speaker Mark Mittelberg will help you understand the six faith paths people in today’s culture are using to choose their current beliefs. You’ll also learn 20 key reasons we can be confident in our Christian worldview and become emboldened to share it with others.

What is the most powerful starting point of evangelism? How do you reach the people outside your church? Learn what it means to rethink evangelism by identifying with someone’s pain. Focusing on biblical examples of how God connected to people through their pain, McPherson will provide practical steps to identifying the pain of others and unleashing the power of your congregation into your community for life-changing ministry.

Creating a Missional Culture in Your Church
Dan Kimball
Pastor
Vintage Faith Church

There is a huge difference between being a church with an evangelism program and being a “missional church.” As our culture grows increasingly post-Christian, it becomes all the more urgent that we learn how to think and act missionally. Pastor and best-selling author (They Like Jesus But Not the Church) Dan Kimball will explore what it means to think and act missionally, both as a church and a church leader, as well as what it takes to turn your church into a missional training center. Learn from examples of missional churches across America that are seeing people put their faith in Christ.

Decisions vs. Disciples
Dave Ferguson
Lead Pastor
Community Christian Church

If we are serious about accomplishing the mission of Jesus we can no longer be satisfied with “raise your hand”, “sign a card” or “walk the aisle” decisions. Every church and leader that is on mission with God sees the need to move people toward becoming Christ Followers who love God, love God’s people and love God’s world. In this workshop you will make three discoveries: 1. a process for how to develop followers of Jesus; 2. a metric that allows church leaders to track individuals and a church's spiritual development; 3. a church that can accomplish the mission of Jesus.

Learning and Discerning from the 100 Fastest Growing Churches
Ed Stetzer
Director
Lifeway

Ed Stetzer, Outreach magazine columnist researcher for its annual Top 100 lists, will present findings and observations from his recent analysis of the 100 fastest-growing churches in America. Hear real-life examples of how God is working through the local church and learn the principles, strategies and ideas common to many of these fast-growing congregations.

The Future of Apologetics
Lee Strobel

Does apologetics, or “defending the faith,” have a future in postmodern America? Described
by The Washington Post as “one of the evangelical community’s most popular apologists,” best-selling author and speaker Lee Strobel examines how we can effectively use apologetics to engage the unchurched.