10 Ways to Get Your Church Involved in Local to International Missions through Baptists on Mission
Baptists on Mission • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Auditorium 1
Baptists on Mission offers many opportunities for your church to get involved in missions in your community, across the state, nationally and internationally. Come explore 10 easy ways that your church can live out Acts 1:8.

Beyond Survival: Revitalizing Worship | Helping Small Churches Move from Maintenance to Momentum
Kenny Lamm • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Heritage B
Revitalizing worship is not about chasing trends or copying larger churches. It is about helping a congregation rediscover worship that is alive, unified and spiritually formative in its own setting. This breakout will explore how smaller churches can renew worship by strengthening congregational participation, bridging generations and leading services that are both faithful and life-giving. Participants will leave with practical ideas for moving from maintenance to momentum, so worship becomes a source of renewal for the whole church.

Breaking Ground: Funding The Vision – “A Practical Guide to Construction Projects and Church Loans”
Daryl Trexler • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Heritage B
Learn how to navigate the church loan process with wisdom and confidence as we walk through the basics of capital projects and financing. This breakout will serve as a guide to help you wisely evaluate your church’s borrowing capacity, explore financing options, and steward capital project funds. In addition to the nuts and bolts, you will get advice from church leaders who have successfully managed a capital project.

Building a Culture of Evangelism
Daniel Ritchie • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Maple
This session is built to create a culture of evangelism in your church. By the end of this session, you will have a plan to begin to create excitement in your church about evangelism while your people begin to live it out.

Church Comms: 3 Things Your Church Is Already Saying to Guests (Before They Walk In)
Daniel Spivey • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Pinehurst
Your church’s front door has changed—and your church’s first impression often happens long before someone walks through the front doors. In this church communications training breakout, we’ll explore how guests experience your church through your website, social media and email before they ever attend. These are three things every church should check to ensure its digital first impressions are clear, welcoming and aligned with its mission. You’ll leave with practical ways to remove barriers and better connect with first-time guests.

Cooperating Together for the Least of These
Dr. Evan Lenow • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Cedar A
Discover how churches and state conventions partner to place life-saving ultrasound machines in pregnancy centers nationwide, and join us for a discussion on the future of the pro-life movement amid the rise of chemical abortion.

Equipping Families to Lead in a Screen-Shaped World
Kendra Joyner • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Oak A
Our children are being discipled every day by voices, screens, culture and technology—but God has given parents a primary role in shaping their faith. Discover practical, biblical ways your church can equip families to lead children toward Christ and His Word in a screen-shaped world.

Hold Up! What You Must Do Before Revitalization
Terry Long and David Jackson • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Oak A
This session will explore the foundation needed for a church before it starts a successful revitalization process. Come learn how to start with Christ and His markers of missionally healthy church before you begin your church’s renewal.

International Pastor’s Toolbox Session 1
MC Ko • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Arrowhead
In an international church, pastors are expected to fulfill many roles – preacher, leader, counselor, disciple-maker, evangelist, mentor, missionary and shepherd. Yet many ministry leaders often find themselves asking the same question: Where can I find practical tools and resources to help me serve more effectively? This breakout session provides pastors and ministry leaders with a practical “toolbox” of resources, ideas and strategies that can be immediately applied in local church ministry. 

International Pastor’s Toolbox Session 2
MC Ko • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Arrowhead
This breakout is designed to be an “on ramp” for discerning whether God might be calling a person to plant. We will describe how to discern God’s leading to plant, the characteristics of a healthy planter and a healthy planting process.

Ministry Alignment: The Critical Work of the Executive Pastor
John Erwin • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Heritage A
Healthy churches don’t drift toward alignment and unity. They typically drift toward complexity, silos and competing priorities. One of the executive pastor’s most critical roles is creating alignment between mission, vision, strategy, staff, ministries and budgets so that the entire church is moving in the same direction. This breakout will provide a practical framework and best practices for alignment.

Missionary Care: How to Care for Sent Ones Well
Al Gilbert • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Oak B
Missionaries face unique pressures — isolation, cultural stress and distance from their support systems. Join us for practical, biblically grounded ways to care well for the missionaries your church sends and supports, with concrete next steps you can take home.

Preparing for Retirement
Davis Blount • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Oak C
Preparing for retirement is designed to help individuals and couples plan for the next season of life. This breakout session will review key strategies for retirement including GuideStone distribution options, Social Security and other related topics. Whether retirement is just around the corner or still several years away, this session will help you prepare with wisdom and peace of mind.

Reaching Lost Students in Your Local Schools
Daniel Rose • Monday 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Turnberry
Learn how to build a campus ministry model that is missional. We will talk about developing leaders to take the gospel to their mission field that they live in every day. Discover practical strategies to mobilize students to actively reach their peers and influence their school culture.

Teaching Teachers
Jonathan Blaylock • Monday – 3:30 p.m. Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Cedar B
Want to know how to move your Sunday school teachers beyond the quarterly? Tired of them just showing up and reading the lesson to the class? In this breakout session, learn how to transform your Sunday school by teaching your teachers how to teach.

The Gift of Pause: Why Healthy Churches Give Pastors Sabbaticals
Sandy Marks • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Cedar C
Healthy churches are led by healthy pastors. This breakout session explores the biblical principles, practical benefits and strategic planning behind pastoral sabbaticals. You’ll discover why sabbaticals are not a reward for longevity but an investment in long-term ministry health, and you’ll leave with practical steps for creating a sustainable sabbatical plan that blesses both the pastor and the church.

The Whole Christian Life: Faith That Shapes Every Day
Benjamin Quinn, Matt Capps, Corrine Nelson • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Heritage A
A moderated conversation with Benjamin Quinn, Corinne Nelson and Matt Capps on the holistic Christian life. We’ll dig into why so many Christians feel a divide between Sunday and Monday, what Scripture says about the goodness of everyday labor, and the practical habits that help us live an undivided life. You’ll leave encouraged and equipped, and attendees will get a first look at Co-Laborers, a new small group resource for churches that all three panelists helped bring to life.

Trauma Basics and Counseling for Church Leaders
Amber Henderson • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Cedar A
This session will aim to help leaders understand trauma and how it affects a person’s heart, soul and mind. We will look at how to care for a person holistically and provide guidance for how to engage a person who has experienced trauma. It will offer resources to help leaders know their role and how to find therapeutic resources for cases that require it.

Willing Isn’t Enough: Making Care for the Vulnerable Part of Your Church’s DNA
Erica Spivey • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Auditorium 4
Every church wants to serve hurting people, but wanting to finish the race doesn’t prepare you for mile 26. Discover how weaving a gospel-centered, trauma-informed posture into your church’s culture equips your congregation to walk alongside the vulnerable and strengthens the ministries you’re already doing, from kids and students to VBS, camp, and outreach. Lead your church to cultivate a culture of compassion — where healing begins and discipleship thrives.

10 Ways to Get Your Church Involved in Local to International Missions through Baptists on Mission
Baptists on Mission • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Auditorium 1
Baptists on Mission offers many opportunities for your church to get involved in missions in your community, across the state, nationally and internationally. Come explore 10 easy ways that your church can live out Acts 1:8.

Beyond Survival: Revitalizing Worship | Helping Small Churches Move from Maintenance to Momentum
Kenny Lamm • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Heritage B
Revitalizing worship is not about chasing trends or copying larger churches. It is about helping a congregation rediscover worship that is alive, unified and spiritually formative in its own setting. This breakout will explore how smaller churches can renew worship by strengthening congregational participation, bridging generations and leading services that are both faithful and life-giving. Participants will leave with practical ideas for moving from maintenance to momentum, so worship becomes a source of renewal for the whole church.

Building a Culture of Evangelism
Daniel Ritchie • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Maple
This session is built to create a culture of evangelism in your church. By the end of this session, you will have a plan to begin to create excitement in your church about evangelism while your people begin to live it out.

Church Comms: 3 Things Your Church Is Already Saying to Guests (Before They Walk In)
Daniel Spivey • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Pinehurst
Your church’s front door has changed—and your church’s first impression often happens long before someone walks through the front doors. In this church communications training breakout, we’ll explore how guests experience your church through your website, social media and email before they ever attend. These are three things every church should check to ensure its digital first impressions are clear, welcoming and aligned with its mission. You’ll leave with practical ways to remove barriers and better connect with first-time guests.

Hold Up! What You Must Do Before Revitalization
Terry Long and David Jackson • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Oak A
This session will explore the foundation needed for a church before it starts a successful revitalization process. Come learn how to start with Christ and His markers of missionally healthy church before you begin your church’s renewal.

International Pastor’s Toolbox Session 1
MC Ko • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Arrowhead
In an international church, pastors are expected to fulfill many roles – preacher, leader, counselor, disciple-maker, evangelist, mentor, missionary and shepherd. Yet many ministry leaders often find themselves asking the same question: Where can I find practical tools and resources to help me serve more effectively? This breakout session provides pastors and ministry leaders with a practical “toolbox” of resources, ideas and strategies that can be immediately applied in local church ministry. 

Missionary Care: How to Care for Sent Ones Well
Al Gilbert • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Oak B
Missionaries face unique pressures — isolation, cultural stress and distance from their support systems. Join us for practical, biblically grounded ways to care well for the missionaries your church sends and supports, with concrete next steps you can take home.

Preparing for Retirement
Davis Blount • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Oak C
Preparing for retirement is designed to help individuals and couples plan for the next season of life. This breakout session will review key strategies for retirement including GuideStone distribution options, Social Security and other related topics. Whether retirement is just around the corner or still several years away, this session will help you prepare with wisdom and peace of mind.

Reaching Lost Students in Your Local Schools
Daniel Rose • Monday 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Turnberry
Learn how to build a campus ministry model that is missional. We will talk about developing leaders to take the gospel to their mission field that they live in every day. Discover practical strategies to mobilize students to actively reach their peers and influence their school culture.

Teaching Teachers
Jonathan Blaylock • Monday – 3:30 p.m. Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Cedar B
Want to know how to move your Sunday school teachers beyond the quarterly? Tired of them just showing up and reading the lesson to the class? In this breakout session, learn how to transform your Sunday school by teaching your teachers how to teach.

The Gift of Pause: Why Healthy Churches Give Pastors Sabbaticals
Sandy Marks • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Cedar C
Healthy churches are led by healthy pastors. This breakout session explores the biblical principles, practical benefits and strategic planning behind pastoral sabbaticals. You’ll discover why sabbaticals are not a reward for longevity but an investment in long-term ministry health, and you’ll leave with practical steps for creating a sustainable sabbatical plan that blesses both the pastor and the church.

The Whole Christian Life: Faith That Shapes Every Day
Benjamin Quinn, Matt Capps, Corrine Nelson • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Heritage A
A moderated conversation with Benjamin Quinn, Corinne Nelson and Matt Capps on the holistic Christian life. We’ll dig into why so many Christians feel a divide between Sunday and Monday, what Scripture says about the goodness of everyday labor, and the practical habits that help us live an undivided life. You’ll leave encouraged and equipped, and attendees will get a first look at Co-Laborers, a new small group resource for churches that all three panelists helped bring to life.

Trauma Basics and Counseling for Church Leaders
Amber Henderson • Monday – 3:30 p.m. • Cedar A
This session will aim to help leaders understand trauma and how it affects a person’s heart, soul and mind. We will look at how to care for a person holistically and provide guidance for how to engage a person who has experienced trauma. It will offer resources to help leaders know their role and how to find therapeutic resources for cases that require it.

Willing Isn’t Enough: Making Care for the Vulnerable Part of Your Church’s DNA
Erica Spivey • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Auditorium 4
Every church wants to serve hurting people, but wanting to finish the race doesn’t prepare you for mile 26. Discover how weaving a gospel-centered, trauma-informed posture into your church’s culture equips your congregation to walk alongside the vulnerable and strengthens the ministries you’re already doing, from kids and students to VBS, camp, and outreach. Lead your church to cultivate a culture of compassion — where healing begins and discipleship thrives.

10 Ways to Get Your Church Involved in Local to International Missions through Baptists on Mission
Baptists on Mission • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Auditorium 1
Baptists on Mission offers many opportunities for your church to get involved in missions in your community, across the state, nationally and internationally. Come explore 10 easy ways that your church can live out Acts 1:8.

Breaking Ground: Funding The Vision – “A Practical Guide to Construction Projects and Church Loans”
Daryl Trexler • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Heritage B
Learn how to navigate the church loan process with wisdom and confidence as we walk through the basics of capital projects and financing. This breakout will serve as a guide to help you wisely evaluate your church’s borrowing capacity, explore financing options, and steward capital project funds. In addition to the nuts and bolts, you will get advice from church leaders who have successfully managed a capital project.

Building a Culture of Evangelism
Daniel Ritchie • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Maple
This session is built to create a culture of evangelism in your church. By the end of this session, you will have a plan to begin to create excitement in your church about evangelism while your people begin to live it out.

Church Comms: 3 Things Your Church Is Already Saying to Guests (Before They Walk In)
Daniel Spivey • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Pinehurst
Your church’s front door has changed—and your church’s first impression often happens long before someone walks through the front doors. In this church communications training breakout, we’ll explore how guests experience your church through your website, social media and email before they ever attend. These are three things every church should check to ensure its digital first impressions are clear, welcoming and aligned with its mission. You’ll leave with practical ways to remove barriers and better connect with first-time guests.

Cooperating Together for the Least of These
Dr. Evan Lenow • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Cedar A
Discover how churches and state conventions partner to place life-saving ultrasound machines in pregnancy centers nationwide, and join us for a discussion on the future of the pro-life movement amid the rise of chemical abortion.

Equipping Families to Lead in a Screen-Shaped World
Kendra Joyner • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Oak A
Our children are being discipled every day by voices, screens, culture and technology—but God has given parents a primary role in shaping their faith. Discover practical, biblical ways your church can equip families to lead children toward Christ and His Word in a screen-shaped world.

International Pastor’s Toolbox Session 2
MC Ko • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Arrowhead
This breakout is designed to be an “on ramp” for discerning whether God might be calling a person to plant. We will describe how to discern God’s leading to plant, the characteristics of a healthy planter and a healthy planting process.

Ministry Alignment: The Critical Work of the Executive Pastor
John Erwin • Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Heritage A
Healthy churches don’t drift toward alignment and unity. They typically drift toward complexity, silos and competing priorities. One of the executive pastor’s most critical roles is creating alignment between mission, vision, strategy, staff, ministries and budgets so that the entire church is moving in the same direction. This breakout will provide a practical framework and best practices for alignment.

Missionary Care: How to Care for Sent Ones Well
Al Gilbert • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Oak B
Missionaries face unique pressures — isolation, cultural stress and distance from their support systems. Join us for practical, biblically grounded ways to care well for the missionaries your church sends and supports, with concrete next steps you can take home.

Preparing for Retirement
Davis Blount • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Oak C
Preparing for retirement is designed to help individuals and couples plan for the next season of life. This breakout session will review key strategies for retirement including GuideStone distribution options, Social Security and other related topics. Whether retirement is just around the corner or still several years away, this session will help you prepare with wisdom and peace of mind.

Reaching Lost Students in Your Local Schools
Daniel Rose • Monday 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Turnberry
Learn how to build a campus ministry model that is missional. We will talk about developing leaders to take the gospel to their mission field that they live in every day. Discover practical strategies to mobilize students to actively reach their peers and influence their school culture.

Teaching Teachers
Jonathan Blaylock • Monday – 3:30 p.m. Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Cedar B
Want to know how to move your Sunday school teachers beyond the quarterly? Tired of them just showing up and reading the lesson to the class? In this breakout session, learn how to transform your Sunday school by teaching your teachers how to teach.

The Gift of Pause: Why Healthy Churches Give Pastors Sabbaticals
Sandy Marks • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Cedar C
Healthy churches are led by healthy pastors. This breakout session explores the biblical principles, practical benefits and strategic planning behind pastoral sabbaticals. You’ll discover why sabbaticals are not a reward for longevity but an investment in long-term ministry health, and you’ll leave with practical steps for creating a sustainable sabbatical plan that blesses both the pastor and the church.

Willing Isn’t Enough: Making Care for the Vulnerable Part of Your Church’s DNA
Erica Spivey • Monday – 3:30 p.m., Tuesday – 11 a.m. • Auditorium 4
Every church wants to serve hurting people, but wanting to finish the race doesn’t prepare you for mile 26. Discover how weaving a gospel-centered, trauma-informed posture into your church’s culture equips your congregation to walk alongside the vulnerable and strengthens the ministries you’re already doing, from kids and students to VBS, camp, and outreach. Lead your church to cultivate a culture of compassion — where healing begins and discipleship thrives.