Residency Builder

Ryan Johnston
Wednesday, 8-9:15 a.m.
Plaza G (165)
Building out pathways in your church to give away what God has given you and leverage your churches full potential in order for you to own the lostness of your region, raise up laborers, and send them into the harvest. We will explore the depths of a robust system that prays for laborers and raises them up for the harvest.

Dr. Ryan Johnston serves as the Send Network’s church planting leader in Kansas and Nebraska. During 24 years of ministry, he has served in multiple roles within the local church. As a pastor, he has spent the greater part of his ministry investing in and raising up pastors, church planters, and leaders. Recently he has focused on using residency builder events to help pastors develop pastoral residencies that are unique to them. Ryan is passionate about personal discipleship, kingdom expansion, and pastoral health. He has been married to his wife, Debby, for 21 years and they have five children.

Rural Multisite Principles to Advance the Church and Protect the Pastor

Andy Addis
Wednesday, 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Plaza G (165)
Both big and small churches have 52 Sundays a year, daily pastoral needs and staff with families. But, in the small rural church, there are fewer resources, less help and yet all the demands. On top of that, being a pastor is often only one of the job titles that leader holds. What if there was a way to do church, family, and life without sacrificing one or more of those on the altar of ministry? There is a way when you start Doing More Together. Hear the story of a dying neighborhood church that transformed into a rural multisite and learn how you can get your life back and enjoy the ministry.

Pastor Andy Addis (andyaddis.com) is the Lead Teaching and Vision Pastor for CrossPoint Church (CrossPointNow.net), a rural multisite network of churches. Andy also hosts The Rural Pastor Podcast (TheRuralPastor.com) and helps support ministers and ministries across the country through theReplantHub.com. Andy has a master’s degree in communication and Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages.

How to Reach the Next Generation in the Most Progressive Cities of the Midwest

Davd Livingston
Wednesday, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Plaza H (165)
Listen as David explains the strategies used in outreach. He describes the posture they take with this new generation. David reveals how they raise disciples and release them as young leaders with a passion to reach their peers. Hear clearly from David, how they boldly preach the Word of the Lord while addressing the cultural issues of the day.

David is the founding church planter and lead pastor of Treeline Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan. TreelineAnnArbor.com is a new multi-generational church reaching students at the University of Michigan through their college ministry, The Salt Company, while simultaneously reaching families in the Greater Ann Arbor area. David and his wife Steffi both found Christ at Iowa State University in a gym full of college students at the edge of town. Since coming to know Jesus, they have been helping lead college students within The Salt Network, which has planted 24 churches in university towns throughout North America. David, Steffi and their three kids live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where they share life with church members and the new friends they make on a daily basis.

Reproducible Principles for a Church Planting Movement

Omar Segovia
Wednesday, 2:15-3:30 p.m.
Governor (80)
 – A church planting movement is the work of the Holy Spirit, through His faithful servants who multiplied disciples and churches in the past and continues today. From the mentorship of faithful missionaries, this seminar will examine the Biblical principles that when applied have led to the multiplication of churches. 

Thursday, 8-9:15 a.m.
Principios reproducibles para un movimiento de plantación de iglesias –
Governor (80)
Un movimiento de plantación de iglesias es la obra del Espíritu Santo, a través de sus fieles servidores que multiplicaron discípulos y iglesias en el pasado y continúa hoy. Gracias a los fieles misioneros, este taller examinará los principios bíblicos que, cuando se aplican, han resultado en la multiplicación de iglesias. El Señor Jesús compartió parábolas relacionadas con esto, y en Marcos 4 aprendemos lo que ahora se considera los Cuatro Campos.  Esta es una rúbrica útil que puede guiarnos de cómo podemos entrar en un nuevo campo, sembrar la semilla del Evangelio, hacer discípulos, agruparlos como iglesia y multiplicar líderes que continuarán el proceso.

Omar Segovia was born in Chile and immigrated to Toronto, Canada at 6 years old.  At 9 years old Omar surrendered to Jesus as his Lord, and at 11 sensed the call for missions. Years later he served as an IMB missionary in the Arab world where he met his wife Janna. Omar graduated from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2012 with a Master of Divinity.  During his time as a student he became the pastor and church planter at Central Baptist (CBC), an inner Kansas City church.  God started a second church plant through CBC during this time, which is now the African Baptist Church of Kansas City, that Omar led until an African leader was raised up. Since 2013 Omar has been working as a Church Planting Missionary with the Missouri Baptist Convention.  Recently in 2017, he planted a new hispanic church in Columbia, MO and lead them to appoint a permanent pastor. After the Lord, his greatest blessing is to be married to Janna, and father to five wonderful energetic children (Keziah, Elijah, Titus, Eliyana, and Jaikan).

Church Planting Multiplication

Kurt Owens
Wednesday, 3:45-5:00 p.m.
Plaza D(80)
An in depth look at one of the most impactful ways of multiplication. There is no better way at making new disciples than being part of a church planting movement. Sit in and learn about the advantages while also learning how to navigate the challenges of planting gospel centered churches.

Dr Kurt Owens holds a doctorate in organizational leadership and has personally planted three churches during his time in ministry. He serves as founder and president of Central City Church Planters where he teams with other church planting pastors in raising up and equipping the next generation of planters. Dr. Owens currently serves as senior pastor of Uflourish church, his latest plant.