Continual multi-use and flexibility, along with sustainable and distinctive character dominate one church’s vision for multiple campuses. This session presents a case study of Central Christian Church of the East Valley, discussing the ever-changing needs for the innovative church campus as it relates to flexibility, multi-use and adaptive re-use.

Hear about the church’s journey and see the results of this unique multi-campus program from the perspective of the church and each of the team’s representatives: master planning and design, construction and audio visual in relation to this dynamic process.

Speakers:
Dan Brusnahan, Todd & Associates Inc.
Dan Brusnahan, AIA, is a principal with Phoenix-based architectural firm Todd & Associates Inc., leading the Church Design Studio. During the past 10 years, his leadership experience has included programming and planning church projects from additions and remodels of existing facilities, to master planning and new multi-acre campuses. Brusnahan strongly believes in quality programming and planning, recognizing the uniqueness of each church, and ensuring that the vision of each church organization is addressed and maintained.

Chip Stauffer, Pastor, Central Christian Church of the East Valley
Chip Stauffer has been a member of Central Christian Church of the East Valley in Mesa, Ariz., since 1974. In 1984, he joined the staff of Central Christian as liaison with a general contractor and architect in the planning and construction of a new worship center on a 33-acre site. In 1988, he relocated his family to Brazil, where his missionary team planted three new churches. In 1994, Chip returned to Mesa to rejoin the staff of Central Christian as executive pastor. In 2001, he began work in campus development as Central Christian purchased 160 acres of land in the town of Gilbert, AZ, to construct a second campus. He represented the church during the securing of the property and the first phase of development, which was completed in September 2007.

Matt Card, Clark ProMedia
Matt Card is the vice president of client development for Clark ProMedia, a national performance engineering firm, focusing primarily on churches of 750 to 5,000 seats. The company’s clients include North Point Community Church in Atlanta; Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas; Granger Community Church in South Bend, Ind.; as well as many others throughout the country. Card speaks and writes frequently on topics such as developing organic worship environments, building effective multi-site ministries, and establishing high-impact performing-arts spaces in churches.

Thom Vehon, MTV Contracting
Thom F. Vehon is the president, CEO and head of religious facilities of MTV General Contractors Inc., a full-service commercial-engineering and CM@R contractor. He has been responsible for megachurches throughout Arizona, including Spring of Life Christian in Mesa, Chandler Christian Church, Sun Valley Community Church in Gilbert, and Central Christian Church of the East Valley, where he’s served as an elder for 20 years. He has also served as chairman and vice chairman.

Types Of Losses In Religious Institutions: Case studies: What went wrong and Risk Management Controls that could have mitigated the loss
Church communities face a number of risk exposures as part of their mission. This seminar focuses on specific types of losses we see both as an Insurer of Religious Institutions and as a Director of Risk Management for a large Church Conference. Session topics to include: Abuse Ad Molestation Of A Child, A Large Church Fire, A Large Auto Accident Involving A Church Vehicle and Large General Liability, Slip And Fall On Church Property Claim.

Speakers:
Leslie Dugan, Philadelphia Insurance Companies
Leslie Dugan is the regional manager of Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ Loss Control Department. She has more than 20 years of progressive loss control experience. Her responsibilities include managing and monitoring all loss control activities, executing large account and risk improvement servicing, reviewing and monitoring all loss control recommendations in the Sunbelt region, monitoring and trending losses, and developing technical and procedural loss control safety programs, policyholder training modules and advanced technical bulletins. She has an extensive background in “HPR” Highly Protected Risk consulting and has consulted with many Fortune 500 companies, including Toyota Motor Sales.

Dennis Imai, Director of Human Resources/Risk Management, Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Dennis Imai, J.D. has been the director of Human Resources/Risk Management at the Southern California Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists since 2000. He also is the Lay Administrative Pastor for the three Japanese churches of the Southern California Conference. Imai previously worked in Property and Casualty Claims and Legal Services Department of Adventist Risk Management as claims specialist and Associate Director of Claims, covering the territory including the United States west of the Mississippi, Western Canada, the South Pacific, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines.

Building a Stewardship Culture
The session focuses on how stewardship is more than a buzzword for fundraising. Stewardship is lifestyle that delivers peace, fulfillments and surrender in our lives. Churches that focus on building stewardship as a culture, not only an annual campaign to raise money, grow individuals as stewards who gladly share their resources to make an impact for the Kingdom in their communities. This presentation focuses on the practical steps to build a culture of stewardship in a church.

Speaker:
Doug Turner, RSI
Doug Turner is the president of RSI, an experienced and successful stewardship consulting organization. Tuner spent 14 years as a senior pastor and led his congregation through transformation and expansion, including two successful capital stewardship programs. He joined RSI in 1991 and, as a consultant, led successful programs generating in excess of $430 million. His personable style and unlimited energy are the trademarks of his leadership. He also served as the senior consultant for the Willow Creek Community Church’s successful 2000 capital stewardship campaign.

David Bisgrove, Teaching Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church
David Bisgrove is a teaching pastor at New York’s Redeemer Presbyterian Church, where he’s been on staff since 1999. Aside from his regular preaching responsibilities, he also oversees the areas of worship, evangelism, stewardship and family ministries. A Columbia University graduate, previously Bisgrove worked in healthcare administration and finance. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and daughter. They are looking forward to the birth of their second child in March.

Tim Stevens, Executive Pastor, Granger Community Church
Executive Pastor Tim Stevens directs the vision and values at Granger Community Church in Granger, Ind.. He’s acutely tuned in to popular culture and instrumental in balancing operations, building creative teams and inspiring artists to brand each message series and sharpen the weekend experience. For 13 years, his leadership has helped Granger connect with people who think church is irrelevant. He has done this through building teams and the creative blending of architecture, strategy and technology. He’s co-authored the “Simply Strategic” book series using humor and practical principles to equip churches and ministry leaders.

Changing Your Mind, Not Your Ministry

The key to successful communications with a congregation, surrounding community or media is finding common ground and learning how to bridge priorities and belief systems. This session will address projecting an identity, not manufacturing an image; creating synergy beyond marketing in the Christian marketplace; unifying communications principles that apply in reverse to faith-based marketing; representing more than a product, service, congregation, but ultimately the Kingdom of God; modeling win-win partnerships; getting attention with the right message; educating ministry audiences about foundational issues or needs; and examining the differences between marketing and PR in the faith community – versus – mainstream.

Speaker:
Whitney Kelley
Whitney Kelley is director of account services at A. Larry Ross Communications, a Dallas-based, media relations firm specializing in crossover communications between faith and culture.  She and her family are members of Bent Tree Bible Fellowship and serve in leadership roles in various ministries at the church.

Speakers:
Kurt André, TAG, The Armstrong Group
Kurt André is a senior associate with TAG. His expertise includes Individual, Organizational and Core Competency Development, Strategic Planning, Leadership and Team Development, and Leadership Coaching. His expertise extends from strategic planning and organizational development to competency-based management and leadership development. He has developed strategic plans for hundreds of organizations and taught leadership development in numerous settings. André previous years of experience in ministry combined with this extensive background in management consulting brings a powerful focus to his ongoing work to help churches become more effective in ministry.

Trevor Bron, TAG, The Armstrong Group

Bill Beaver, Get Well Methodist Church

Master Planning
Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever – but your church won’t be. Developing a solid master plan is critical to the successful navigation of church growth. Besides examining resources, the master plan incorporates a church’s vision and mission to ensure all variables are in alignment for maximum impact.

With more than two decades experience in the design, construction and development industry, Greg Barron is passionate about the architecture and construction trends affecting the 21st century church. He will share trends, tips and tools, including the design workbook, charrette and a “see as you draw” session. Practicalities such as communicating the vision to your congregation will also be covered.

Speaker:
Greg Barron, G.L. Barron Company, Inc.
Greg Barron is the founder and current Chief Executive Officer of the GL Barron Company, the GLB Design Group, Inc, The Barron Companies, Inc. and Barron Recon, LP. He has over two decades of experience working in the design, construction and development industry. He is also a founding member and current President of the National Association of Church Design Builders (NACDB) and the Nehemiah Foundation of Texas. In addition, Greg is a frequent national speaker on the design/build process and his primary passion—architectural and construction trends affecting the 21st century church—and has contributed to or written articles on church growth, leadership and ministry design for USA Today, Church Solutions, Church Executive and NACBA Ledger. Greg is also a Sunday School teacher and frequent Bible study speaker.

Church For Men
Church is boring.
It’s irrelevant.
It’s full of hypocrites.

You’ve heard the excuses, now learn the real reasons men and boys are fleeing churches of every denomination worldwide. David Murrow tackles this taboo subject with humor and grace. His fast-paced, entertaining presentation will help you understand why less than 40 percent of the adults in the typical worship service are men and why the men who do go to church seem so passive and bored. You’ll emerge with a fresh understanding of how to minister to men.

Speaker:
David Murrow, Director, Church For Men
David Murrow is not a pastor, professor or theologian. He’s just a guy in the pews who’s tired of seeing churches miss the mark with men. He’s the director of Church for Men, an organization that helps congregations reconnect with the world’s largest unreached people group. His first book, Why Men Hate Going To Church, was an instant Christian bestseller, with some 100,000 copies in print. His efforts have spawned articles in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Tribune, to name a few. You may have seen him on PBS, the NBC Nightly News, or the Fox News Channel talking about the gender gap.

Speakers:
Tom Greenwood, AIA, NCARB
Tom Greenwood’s passion for churches has led him to work with more than 1,000 congregations in the past 20 years as an architect, planner and consultant. He has spoken to numerous groups on church building issues from church leaders to fellow architects, from building committees to seminary students. As a principal with Beck, Greenwood helps lead the firm’s work with some of America’s most influential churches and ministry organizations. Prior to coming to Beck in 2001, he served as an architect with the Southern Baptist Convention in national and state convention organizations. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University and a licensed architect and interior designer in Texas. He also is a member of the American Institute of Architects, Texas Society of Architects, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and the National Association of Church Business Administrators.

Pastor Griffin Jones, Senior Pastor, CrossRoads Fellowship
Dr. Griffin Jones has served CrossRoads Fellowship (formerly Temple Baptist Church) and the Lord faithfully and successfully for the past 19 years as single adult minister, adult minister, co-pastor and senior pastor. His passion and vision is to connect people to Jesus Christ and help them become fully devoted followers of Him. He has had a variety of ministry opportunities teaching at Bible College, Liberty University, Texas Christian University and the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, directing a college ministry in Arlington, Texas and speaking in numerous churches, camps, seminars and civic organizations. In addition to learning and serving as CrossRoad's Senior Pastor, Dr. Jones is an adjunct professor at University of the Permian Basin. He holds a Ph.D in history from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, with undergraduate and master’s degrees from University of Texas at Arlington as well as a degree from Arlington Baptist College.

Reggie Baker, Administrative Pastor, CrossRoads Fellowship
Reggie Baker joined the staff at CrossRoads Fellowship (formerly Temple Baptist Church) in September 2001 following nine years of lay ministry at the church. Prior to that he was a chemical engineer in the oil and petrochemical industry for 25 years. As a lay minister, he was involved in coordinating small groups and teaching adults. Today, he oversees the church's business affairs and leads the NIKE Adult Bible Fellowship.

Keeping a People Focus in a Multi-Site Environment
For nearly two decades, South Carolina-based Seacoast Church has approached the historical Christian church model in a decidedly contemporary, unconventional way. Seacoast’s focus has been on building a church that speaks the language of the modern culture and encourages nonbelievers to investigate Christianity at their own pace. Through the years, this has translated in to the use of multiple physical and video campuses, currently spanning three states. Despite the church’s multi-venue approach, a firm commitment to reaching people of all ages prevails. With a vision to reach 20,000 by the year 2010, Seacoast’s story is one you must hear.

Speaker:
Jason Surratt, New Campus Development Pastor, Seacoast Church
Jason Surratt and his wife live in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. and are expecting their first child in April. He oversees the opening of new campuses at Seacoast Church, where he leads the process of identifying new locations and campus pastors, ordering equipment, marketing the new launches, and developing new campus staff members before opening. Over the last five years Seacoast Church has opened 11 campuses in three states (South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina). This has enabled it to reach thousands of new people in the communities where they live. Today, more than half of the people who attend Seacoast Church do so at an off-site campus.

Mastering Your AV Needs
Whether you’re getting ready to build a new facility or renovating your existing space, your A/V team requires a master plan that begins with a thorough analysis of your church, including strengths and weaknesses, staffing challenges and desired worship goals. Experts also will explain the budgeting process, providing background information and current trends on nationwide church spending for A/V equipment. The importance of allocating funds in relation to the scope of a facility’s construction budget will be emphasized. You’ll also learn what to expect from the designers, installers and consultants when it comes to your church A/V program.

Speakers:
Doug Hood, Custom Sound Designs
Doug Hood is General Manager with Custom Sound Designs, Inc. (CSD), a national design/build firm headquartered in northeast Indiana. CSD specializes in Systems Integration and provides churches nationally and abroad with a complete solution for sound reinforcement, acoustics, video projection, IMAG and theatrical lighting systems. Doug also serves as worship leader for Central Church, in Fort Wayne Ind. This real-world experience is extremely beneficial to his clients as he helps churches design and integrate audio/visual systems that meet the demands of a traditional Sunday service, a Saturday night concert or full-scale theatrical production. Mr. Hood is a member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), National Systems Contractor’s Association (NSCA), National Association of Church Design Builders (NACDB), Jack Miller Network, and a featured contributing writer for several national technology publications.

Preston Meyers, Technical Director, Walnut Ridge Baptist Church
Preston Myers is the technical director for Walnut Ridge Baptist Church in Mansfield, Texas, where he oversees all audio, video and lighting operations and weekly maintenance of all technical components. Myers is responsible for training and enlisting the help of 22 volunteers to run the weekly services as well as any major production scheduled at Walnut Ridge. He has been a musician for 22 years and involved in technical aspect of the music industry for four years. He also operates a studio at Dallas Baptist University where he is finishing up his degree in Music Business. Myers sits under the mentorship of Kevin Myers, career engineer and technical director for Manassas Assembly of God.

Small Groups Ministry
Are you a church that has had a Small Groups Ministry for years, or are you considering launching (or even re-launching) one? Do you believe that small groups afford your congregation and community another great connection opportunity into the life of your church? If so, what does the infrastructure for a successful small groups ministry look like? How do you align this strategic ministry with the overall mission and vision of the church?

Churches that have mastered the art of equipping those on the ministry forefront are reaping the greatest reward in terms of life-changing experiences. Consequently, a small groups ministry is only as vibrant as the infrastructure upon which it is built. 

Speakers:
Jeff Pelletier, Fellowship Technologies
Jeff Pelletier is a member of the Executive Management Team at Fellowship Technologies, a Web-based Church Management System provider that enables churches and ministries to effectively and efficiently care for their people. As an active member and senior lay leader at Fellowship Church in Grapevine, Texas for the past 11 years, Jeff brings a unique perspective of the benefits technology provides by minimizing administration to maximize ministry. Jeff strives to share his experience with churches so that they can gain an appreciation for systems and processes that translate into a highly effective ministry, ultimately furthering His Kingdom. 

Cliff Atfield, Married Community Groups Director, North Point Community Church
Cliff Atfield and his wife Tracy have been married for 15 years and have two children. Cliff is a director of Married Community Groups at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Ga., where he works with small groups that help lead people in growing relationships with Jesus Christ. What led Cliff to enter into vocational ministry was his passion for seeing people grow in their understanding of Christ and God’s design for marriage. Prior to that, he spent 14 years as a management and technology consultant, where he was a partner at one of the world’s leading consulting firms. He is also a current student at Dallas Theological Seminary.

Speakers:
Steve Fridsma, Progressive A/E
Steven P. Fridsma, AIA, LEED^AP is an architect who also serves as the Worship Environments Leader at Progressive AE in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is passionate about examining cultural and spiritual forces as they relate to existing forms and new models for church architecture. He has presented on 21st Century Church Trends, Architecture for the Emerging Church, Sustainability (Creation Care) for Churches, and Adaptive Reuse of Existing Buildings for Churches at venues such as the Worship Facilities Conference and Expo, the Calvin College Worship Symposium, and several regional church construction conferences. Fridsma has been involved in church planting since 1998 and served as a worship leader, digital artist and the worship design team leader at CentrePointe Church. He is also a guest instructor in architectural design and theory at Calvin College. In 2007, he received the AIA Grand Valley chapter's "Young Architect Award".

Jeff Remtema, Frontline Community Church
Jeff Remtema, AIA, LEED^AP is an active lay-leader at Frontline Community Church in the worship and media teams and with their social justice ministries. Frontline is a Wesleyan church plant that strategically purchased the former Meijer corporate headquarters building, which also had been a retail store, and renovated it as a church building. Frontline has since experienced significant growth. Remtema was one of the first LEED accredited professionals in Michigan and is responsible for more than 10 projects currently registered or certified with the U.S. Green Building Council. In 2006, he received the AIA Grand Valley Chapter's "Young Architect Award".

James Vander Molen AIA LEED^AP
James E. VanderMolen, AIA, LEED^AP, NCARB, is president of studio jv|a, an architectural design and consulting firm in Grand Rapids, Mich. He specializes in the planning and design of spaces for spiritual community. Services include consulting for pre-design programming, master planning feasibility studies and interactive visioning workshops, as well as architectural and interior design. A registered professional since 1987, VanderMolen has 25 years of experience as a design architect, project manager and studio leader.  His work has received more than 30 local, regional and national design awards. He also has presented and published papers on Green Learning Environments, Art and Liturgical Design, and Architecture for the Emerging Church. He served as director of public relations for the American Institute of Architects--Grand Valley Chapter for two terms and was named AIA Grand Valley Young Architect of the Year in 1995.

Green Church
“Green” is in – and it’s not the latest interior color trend! Green, or sustainable, design and operation are hot topics today. This workshop will help you understand the basics of sustainable design and operation of churches; develop specific actions to help current facilities become green; and plan for future renovation and expansion using green concepts. After all, when you look at the bottom line, it’s really a stewardship issue – of the environment and all our resources.

Speaker:
Bob Adams, JH Batten, Inc.
As a Church Development Consultant, Bob Adams brings a wealth of church experience to church facility design and management. After serving in 3 church associate/executive pastor positions for over 23 years, Bob joined the JH Batten Team in 2004 in order to further his passion: helping churches make the most of ministry opportunities through effective use of all their resources. Bob is all about helping build the church – sometimes even using bricks and steel!
He has a BS in Business Administration from Tennessee Tech and a Masters in Church Administration and Communication from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Bob serves as a Certified Church Consultant (NACDB) and is also a Fellow in Church Business Administration (NACBA).

Concurrent Worship Environment
This session will focus on a church that currently has a 1,200-seat worship space. Until 2003, its intent was to build a new 6,000 seat “concert hall” church to accommodate growth. However, Grace Community Church was concerned about intimacy and connectedness in the worship environment. The church now is constructing four separate “concurrent worship” spaces-all on the same site, the largest of which is only 1,600 seats. The specific design philosophy of this project relative to how and why this decision was made will be discussed with Pastor of Worship Jeff Unruh.

Speaker:
Kevin Callahan, CALLAHANstudios
Kevin Callahan is an architect and liturgical design consultant and founder of Callahan Studios, an integrated professional family of worship environment design, architectural design, construction management and stewardship resources exclusively serving churches since 1987. His personal spiritual journey has been a progression of Methodist, Lutheran, Anglican, Catholic, Evangelical, Emergent and Post-Emergent. Coupled with his professional experience in worship environments and worldwide study has yielded a focus in natural assembly environments, specifically prehistoric worship environments. He currently is authoring a book titled: “Body Language: the Art of ekklesia; dimensions of “Concurrent Worship” in post-protestant America”.

Church Campus Relocation

Thomas Smith and Dr. George Anderson, senior pastor of First Baptist Canton, Georgia offer practical insights for churches considering a relocation project. CDH Partners and First Baptist Canton worked together to relocate an entire church campus from an 80-year-old downtown facility to a new site uniquely suited for the current and future needs. They will discuss the preparation and planning needed for such a move and how to communicate the vision and progress throughout the process with the church body. They also will discuss balancing your design, resources and schedule to match your programming needs. As pastor during the relocation and more than four years on the new campus, Dr. Anderson offers his perspective on how the move has changed expectations, the way the church functions, and the future for this church.

Speakers:
Thomas Smith, A.I.A.
Since 2001, Tom Smith has served as a principal of CDH Partners, Inc., a leading design firm of religious architecture based in Marietta, Ga. As a designer and project manager, he specializes in the needs and requirements of religious market. He provides oversight for projects including programming, preliminary design, design development and presentation drawings. His strong design rendering and graphic arts skills provide a means of expressing conceptual design and master planning, and greatly assist the firm’s clientele in visualization of a finished project. Smith joined CDH in 1985, bringing five years of previous architectural experience. He currently is serving clients in Iowa, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and Georgia. Smith is a graduate of Southern Polytechnic State University.

Dr. Geoge F. Anderson, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church
Dr. George F. Anderson has more 15 years of full-time ministry experience serving churches. Since 1998, he has served as the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Canton, Ga. Prior to his accepting this role, the church had planned to move from a land-locked downtown location to a more accessible site that could provide additional space. Under his leadership, the church grew, requiring four Sunday morning worship services and three Sunday schools each week. The increased membership forced the issue of relocation, and the church moved in December 2003 to a new 74-acre campus. Anderson holds a doctorate of ministry degree in evangelism and church growth from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is deeply committed to five core values on which he bases his professional and personal life: the authority of Scripture, the integrity of doctrine, the priority of the mission, the quality of ministry, and the vitality of personal devotion.

Not long ago, J. Matthew Sleeth had a great job as chief of the medical staff at a large hospital. He was living the American dream until he saw an increasing number of his patients suffering from cancer, asthma and other chronic diseases. Turning to Jesus for guidance, Sleeth discovered how the scriptural lessons of personal responsibility, simplicity and stewardship could be applied to modern life. In "Serve God, Save the Planet," he shares the joy of adopting a healthier, less materialistic lifestyle, stronger relationships and a richer spiritual life.

J. Matthew Sleeth, MD, a former emergency room physician, felt like he was straightening deck chairs on the Titanic saving one patient at a time while the whole ship (Earth) was going down. Together with his wife and two teenaged children, he began to bring his lifestyle in line with his values, cutting back on their fossil fuel by two thirds and electricity use by nine tenths. Following a new calling, Dr. Sleeth resigned from his position as chief of the medical staff and director of the ER to teach, preach, and write about faith and the environment throughout the country. His book, Serve God and Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action, was released in softcover by Zondervan Publishing in April 2007. Dr. Sleeth is a graduate of George Washington University School of Medicine and has two post doctoral fellowships. He is currently the executive director of Christians in Conservation/A Rocha USA www.arocha.org For more information on the Sleeths’ spiritual and environmental journey, please visit www.servegodsavetheplanet.org

Speakers:
Scott Rolfs, Ziegler Capital Markets Group
Scott Rolfs manages the Church and School Financing Group at Ziegler Capital Markets in Milwaukee, Wis. He has been with Ziegler since 1992 and works with religious organizations nationwide. While managing the ministry finance group at Ziegler, he also is active in the field working with individual churches on their capital funding needs. Rolfs received a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in 1991 and received his undergraduate degree in business and economics from Ripon College in 1988. He writes on many topics relating to church growth and church building and is also an expert on municipal/tax-exempt financing for ministries.

Advanced Church Security
A former director of security for Fellowship Church, one of the nation’s largest mega-churches, Chadwick discusses what is being done in the nation's leading churches for security. Security is the single-most litigious issue that church leaders are facing today, and this session helps churches address specific security concerns for their facilities.

Speakers:
Chuck Chadwick, Gatekeepers Alliance, LLC
Chuck Chadwick is a nationally known church security expert with unparalleled experience and commitment. After spending nearly two decades protecting the world’s most-valuable secular treasures of one of the largest rare coin, stamp and antiquities empires, he was called to protect God’s people. He is a former director of security for one of the largest and fastest-growing churches in America, and brings a “real-world” perspective of dealing with the security concerns of one of the nation’s largest multi-site mega churches. Chadwick is the president of Gatekeepers Security Services LLC, which provides security program management services, assessment and advanced security solutions to churches nationwide. His 25 years of security experience and founding of the national organization, Gatekeepers Alliance LLC, helps him guide large and small churches in addressing church-specific security concerns. He has trained hundreds of churches nationwide in the basics as well as the highly advanced technical aspects of church security.

Andy Rodgers, Houston’s First Baptist Church

Volunteers-the Lifeline of the Church
Volunteers have the potential to make or break your church's future. Yet, few congregations have the know-how to develop a strong volunteer program. In her staff position at Willow Creek Community Church Rose has led, recruited, interviewed and trained volunteers for over a decade. Together with Whitlock-Glave, her co-founder from TRACK Team LLC, the two will review the problems and mistakes inherent in church volunteer programs. In addition to case studies with real-life applications, attendees will learn about detailed solutions focused on recruitment, placement and training.

Speakers:
Linda Rose & Holly Whitlock-Glave, TRACK Team
Linda Rose has been a full-time staff member at Willow Creek Community Church since 1997. Linda is currently the Volunteer Resource Manager in Guest Ministry, Willow Creek’s largest volunteer ministry. For the past 13 years, Linda has devoted her work to building, training and leading volunteer teams. With a passion for helping churches lead successful volunteer teams, Linda co-founded TRACK Team, LLC. Linda also serves as a national and international speaker/consultant of cutting-edge volunteer programs for churches.

Holly Whitlock-Glave is co-founder of TRACK Team, LLC, a national consulting firm passionate about helping churches build strong volunteer teams. As a consultant, Holly has been establishing innovative volunteer programs in churches across America since 2002. Holly has been a licensed attorney in the State of Illinois since 1997. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Augustana College, a Juris Doctorate from Northern Illinois University and is currently working on her Certificate of Ministry and Leadership through Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.

Keeping Multi-Use Space From Becoming Multi-Useless
Incorporating multi-use space has become popular with churches, but it isn’t the right solution for every facility. This session examines the pros and cons of multi-use facilities, and offers a useful template for design that allows future flexibility as your ministry grows and changes. The importance of knowing your congregation and your desired reach also will be discussed – to ensure your game plan matches up with your master plan.

Speakers:
Jim Couchenour, Cogun, Inc.
Since 1983, Jim Couchenour has partnered with hundreds of churches to design and build new facilities through his work with Cogun Inc. He is VP of marketing for Cogun, and plays in a jazz/fusion band. Jim is also discovering and developing ways to bridge the gap between church and the unchurched.

Pastor Paul Dazet, New Hope Community Church

Vendor Presentation:

Tom Carringer
Tom Carringer is executive director of client analytics at ACS Technologies. He has more than 25 years experience in the faith-based community, including work at LifeWay Christian Resources, and as a church pastor and school teacher. Carringer excels in the areas of strategic planning, management consulting, geo-demographic analysis and denominational statistics; skills he honed while consulting hundreds of individual churches and affiliated organizations. He is dedicated to helping churches build successful ministry environments.

Ready, Set, Grow: How to determine if your church is ready for a capital stewardship campaign

Before launching a capital stewardship campaign, church leaders need to take time to evaluate their campaign readiness. This allows churches to position themselves for successful campaigns that raise necessary funds and inspire their congregations to grow spiritually. Churches considering capital stewardship campaigns must have the following in place for success: a clear vision, trusted leadership, a project supporting the vision, accurate cost estimation and the right consultant.

Speakers:
Bill Leathem, Strongtower Stewardship
Bill Leathem is the national director at Strongtower Stewardship. As a national leader in church and non-profit fundraising, helping churches and faith-based organizations achieve growth through Biblical leadership and stewardship, Leathem has helped churches raise tens of millions of dollars for a wide range of projects. He brings his unique blend of pastoral experience and consulting background to each project and congregation. Possessing an extensive background in administration and a clear understanding of ministry, Leathem joined Strongtower in 2001 as a capital stewardship consultant and rose to national director in 2004. Prior to that he served as a pastor for 21 years in California-based evangelical Baptist churches. He also served as a chairman on the executive board of the California Southern Baptist Convention and has ministered with the Baptist World Alliance since 1994.

Steve Davidson, Pastor, Clovis Hills Community Church
Steve Davidson is pastor of Clovis Hills Community Church in Clovis, Calif. He and his wife Shirley started Clovis Hills in November 1991 in an elementary school cafeteria. By the grace of God, Clovis Hills has prospered and moved into its first permanent facility in June 2004. Davidson has been involved in starting five churches and a Baptist Student Union during his 31 years in ministry. He has served outside the local church in various capacities, including teaching on the Purpose Driven Church Planting seminar team for several years. He is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and currently is working on his doctorate at Golden Gate Seminary in Mill Valley, Calif.

Financing For The 21st Century Church
Thriving churches not only grow their ministries, they also expand their brick-and-mortar facilities. Financial preparation is as important a tool box as the hammer and saw for churches. Patrick Bradley helps growing churches bring their ministry visions to realization by marrying real-world financial know-how to the dream.

Speakers:
Dan Mikes, Bank of the West
As Executive Vice President and National Manager of Bank of the West's Church & School Loan Divisions, Dan Mikes is an active participant in conventions and workshops sponsored by such organizations as the Christian Management Association, Guinn Smith & Co. Inc. (CPA), and the National Association of Church Business Administration. Mikes' entire professional career has involved nationwide church lending, including 17 years working exclusively with churches requiring financing for programs in excess of $1 million. The author of a number of articles appearing in Christian publications, Mikes graduated bible school before earning his business degree at a Christian university.

Michael Hall, Business Administrator, Vineyard Church of North Phoenix
Michael Hall is secretary/treasurer for Vineyard Church of North Phoenix. He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in accounting and computer information systems from Arizona State University. He has worked in the managerial accounting field for 29 years. His background includes construction, retail, wholesale, recycling and communications. He has been responsible for corporations or divisions with annual revenues from $4,000,000 to $400,000,000. He has served at Vineyard Church of North Phoenix for the last three years, recently completing financing for a $20,000,000 building project.

Emerging Trends in Church Design
Take a virtual tour of “architectural evangelism” projects, studying the ways “bleeding edge” examples of Christ-centered development seek to connect Christ with community, blur the line between sacred and secular, and facilitate maximum Kingdom-impact. By moving beyond “the way it's always been done,” these dynamic churches are using tools developed by secular destination architects, coupled with their own God-inspired visions, to transform functional facilities into places brimming with energy, excitement and life.

Speakers:
Mel McGowan, Visioneering Studios
Mel McGowan leads the creative concept development, programming, master-planning, design, entitlement, and project management efforts of Visioneering Studios.  Having spent nearly a decade with the Walt Disney Company, as well as years with a private multi-disciplinary planning, design, and engineering consulting company in Southern California, Mel has designed and managed an enviable portfolio of projects for world-class resorts, institutional, retail, community, and mixed use projects. Whether master planning a 2000 acre “new town” or scripting the guest experience of a 2000 seat church, Mel approaches each endeavor with a passion for creativity, excellence, and “coloring outside the lines”.

Bob Wild, Executive Pastor, Director of Finance & Administration, Christ’s Church of the Valley

Passing the Torch
Change is an inevitable and unavoidable part of life. Passing the Torch can be a tool to help church leaders make the critical exchange necessary to survive the next 10 years.

Through the power of the Holy Spirit, your church can pass the torch from generation to generation. If you don’t, your church most likely will die. Passing the Torch identifies the 10 most common areas that need to transition. Your church may not need to transition 100 percent in all 10 areas, and to do so may be unwise. But the principles of change are the same whether you want to change a little or a lot. Change and transition in a church is a scary and dangerous proposition. The alternative is even scarier.

Speaker:
Russ Barksdale, Pastor, The Church on Rush Creek
Russ Barksdale is the Lead Pastor of The Church on Rush Creek in Arlington, Texas. Barksdale served three churches before coming to Rush Creek in 1994. He graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1990 with a master’s in divinity and in 1994 with a doctorate degree. Rush Creek was running about 225 in worship in the fall of 1994. Getting the church to reach into the community became Barksdale’s highest priority, prompting him to lead the church through necessary transitions and change. Under his leadership, the church has begun two new works, established partnerships with mission works in 13 cities on five continents, built $13 million in new buildings, and is averaging about 1,600 people in worship on two campuses.

Tony is a pastor and the Chief Strategic Officer at NewSpring Church (newspring.cc) where he develops creative solutions for communications, technology, multi-site strategy and NewSpring Ministries--the church's ministry that equips other church leaders. Prior to joining the team at NewSpring, he served on the senior leadership team at Granger Community Church for over eight years where he launched WiredChurches.com. With Tim Stevens, Tony has co-authored Simply Strategic Stuff, Simply Strategic Volunteers and Simply Strategic Growth—each of which offers valuable, practical solutions for different aspects of church ministry. His newest book, Killing Cockroaches (B&H Publishing), will be released in 2009. Tony has also written several articles on staffing, technology, strategic planning and leadership published by Outreach Magazine, Rev Magazine, the Christian Management Association, Pastors.com, and PurposeDriven.com. Tony and his wife, Emily, have four children - Kayla, Jacob, Abby and Brooke.

Moderator:
Victor Erwin, G.L. Barron, Inc.

Speakers:
Scott A. Couchenour
Scott A. Couchenour is a certified life coach with a passion to help ministry professionals succeed. He founded Serving Strong, a resource to educate and coach those in ministry to prioritize a healthy life balance and self care. Couchenour has more than 20 years experience personally serving in ministry full-time, bi-vocationally and as a volunteer. He also has nearly 20 years experience in business as vice president of operations with Cogun Inc., a company that partners with churches to develop the right ministry space. He is a member of the Christian Coaches Network and the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Charles Reynolds, Associate Pastor of Operations, Summer Grove Baptist Church
Charles Reynolds is associate pastor of operations at Summer Grove Baptist Church, where he is responsible for the administration, business and operation functions. He has a bachelor’s degree in religion and math from Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., and a master’s of religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Forth Worth, Texas. He is certified as a Fellow Church Business Administrator through the National Association of Church Business Administrators and Certified Church Business Administrator through the Southern Baptist Convention. Reynolds was licensed in 1977 at Highlands Baptist Church, Huntsville, Ala. Summer Grove Baptist Church ordained him to the gospel ministry on Feb 19, 2006. He previously served at Carters Grove Baptist Church, Hazel Green, Ala; Rosen Heights Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas; First Baptist Church, Columbia, S.C.; Manley Baptist Church, Morristown, Tenn.; and Green Street Baptist Church, High Point, N.C.. He also served as the manager of training at Shelby Systems Church Software and the vice president of finance at East Tennessee Temperature Control. He and his wife, Nancy, have been married for 20 years and have two children, Jonathan and Benjamin.

Speaker:
Teri Yanovitch, Retain Loyal Customers
Teri Yanovitch brings a powerful combination of customer service expertise and real-world quality management to her audiences. As a keynote speaker and seminar leader with the Disney Institute, she shared exemplary practices of customer service with organizations world-wide. For more than a decade, she facilitated cultural change as an executive with the company that revolutionized total quality management, Philip Crosby Associates. In 1991, she began her own firm, T.A.Yanovitch, Inc. and began working with companies such as; Nokia, AAA, Marriott, Johnson & Johnson, Humana and Subway, to share her combined experience and knowledge of how to become the best in service and quality. Teri is the author of Unleashing Excellence – The Complete Guide to Ultimate Customer Service. Currently, she also serves as an adjunct for Rollins College, Cornell University and the University of Hartford.

Managing an Expansion Project—And Keeping Your Day Job
Expanding an existing facility by 150 percent and managing a $27 million budget presents a daunting task in and of itself. Add to that the regular day-to-day responsibilities of overseeing the operations for a 5,000 member church, and you are suddenly looking at a challenge that could dishearten even the most administratively gifted person! This session provides insight into successfully managing transition, balancing needs, finding time, making decisions and implementing HR guidelines. It is led by someone who’s willing to tell you what she and her church wished they had known from the get-go.

Hiring the Right Staff for Long-Term Ministry
Staff transitions are not only costly from a financial perspective; transitions also are costly emotionally and spiritually. For a church to add a member to its pastoral staff team, key elements can be addressed that assist in discerning if candidates match the direction of the leadership and culture of the church. Pastor Larry Knight discusses how to find, interview and hire the right people for your church.

Speaker:
Pastor Larry Knight, Executive Pastor/Pastor of Church Operations, Medford First Church of the Nazarene
Pastor Larry Knight brings 28 years of pastoral staff experience in a variety of roles. Currently, he serves as the pastor of church operations of the Medford First Church of the Nazarene in Medford, Ore., where he has served for 18 years on the pastoral staff team. As executive pastor/pastor of church operations he has experienced the joy of hiring the right staff and the challenge of having the wrong staff. He gives leadership to ministry staff, finances, budget management, facility expansion, stewardship development and pastoral staff ministry development.

Speakers:
Ken B. Godevenos, Accord Resolutions Services Inc.
Ken Godevenos is president of Accord Resolution Services Inc., Independent Management and HR Consultants. His previous experience includes positions as a teacher and counselor, as well as a wide variety of management roles involving staffing, project management, organization analysis, compensation and labor relations. Godevenos has served on and chaired several church boards. He is the executive director of SCA International; an active member of the Canadian and American Compensation Associations; co-leader of the Take3 ministry; and a respected columnist, speaker, facilitator and seminar leader.

Ron Moore, Senior Pastor, South Hills Bible Chapel
Ron Moore has served on the pastoral staff of South Hills Bible Chapel since 1989 and as senior pastor since 1992. He earned master of theology and doctor of ministry degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary. His doctoral work focused on marriage enrichment. He also holds a master’s degree in education from Texas A & M at Commerce. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh, Ron taught, coached, and served as a school administrator in public schools in Oklahoma and Texas. His love for sports and coaching has continued through his involvement with the recreation programs in Peters Township where he has coached football, girl’s and boy’s basketball, baseball, and is presently in his 14^th year of coaching girl’s softball—now with his youngest daughter.

Church Growth from a Pastors Perspective
When ministries thrive, pastors face the daunting task of serving dual roles – as both spiritual leaders and CEOs. The need for growth is often the hallmark of a sound ministry. In order to realize God’s vision for a church building project, it is essential to develop strategic relationships with architects and builders, identify viable funding avenues, set realistic spiritual and financial goals and follow a prayerful path to reach them. This session will include feedback from a seasoned architect and pastors who have been down these paths many times, and will help you stay focused on the Kingdom instead of being bogged down in the details.

Moderator:
Jerry Halcomb, HHArchitects
Jerry L. Halcomb – AIA, NCARB, ID, CSI, CCS – is founding principal and CEO of Dallas-based HH Architects, an architecture, interior design and planning firm. As a lifelong Baptist, a Deacon and active member for more than 40 years at First Baptist Dallas, Halcomb has a concise understanding of how churches function. He has a special interest in planning church facilities for fellowship and success, which is enhanced by his professional experience as a registered architect and interior designer. Combine Halcomb’s charitable and civic endeavors with his extensive portfolio of professional affiliations and accomplishments, and the results are unparalleled when it comes to industry thought-leaders.

Speakers:
Steve Hardy, Associate Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church
Bob Weis, Senior Pastor, Victory Assembly Church
Linn Winters, Lead Pastor, Cornerstone Christian Fellowship Church

In “Developing Your Church ‘Body,’” Nick Airdo of Central Christian Church of the East Valley (CCCEV) will be discussing the role of IT in providing usable church-management system (ChMS) tools to empower your church community. Airdo will share his experiences of helping meet the communication needs of CCCEV throughout its periods of growth. He will also be discussing some ways to best meet your organization’s goals by applying existing skill sets and utilizing available funds.

Speaker:
Nick Airdo
Nick Airdo’s involvement in the Church started with a simple “Use me” prayer in 2002. He began ushering at Central Christian Church of the East Valley (CCCEV) on the weekends, but soon found himself applying his software-development skills to that ministry by building an online tool to manage the ushering schedules. Not satisfied with a standalone solution and needing to quench a desire to share, he offered his assistance to Phil James, the IT Director at Central, and soon afterwards, quit Motorola to work part-time at CCCEV doing software design and development.

Gabe Lyons Founder, Fermi Project
In 2003, Gabe and Rebekah Lyons founded the Fermi Project, a broad collective of innovators, social entrepreneurs, church and societal leaders working together to make positive contributions to culture. Gabe recently engineered Fermi Project's first book, “unChristian”, which reveals exclusive research on pop culture's negative perception of Christians and convenes 27 of Christianity's most influential voices to address what he describes as "the steady erosion of Christianity's reputation in America". Gabe has been featured by CNN, The New York Times, Newsweek and USA Today representing the perspectives of a new generation of Christians. Prior to Fermi Project, he co-founded Catalyst, a national gathering of young leaders, while serving as vice president for John Maxwell's INJOY organization. He and his wife, Rebekah, live in Atlanta with their three children.

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Pat McDonnell, a church planter/missionary in Honduras, is now the Senior Church Growth Consultant at Kingdom Inc. Driven with a passion to see the Body of Christ mature and live like Jesus, he conducts seminars throughout the United States and abroad and has spoken to thousands of pastors, evangelists and church leaders. He explains how God has made available many different technologies that empower us to deeply plant His Word into our lives and to effectively sow it into the lives of others. Many church leaders credit McDonnell's seminars with helping transform their lives through the implementation of the strategies they learned.

Russell Wolfe has a long career in the Christian entertainment industry, including acting in several films. He manages Pure Flix Entertainment and is passionate about his latest endeavor, Outreach Cinema. Wolfe has a heart for the Lord, and is inspired and driven to help churches grow through the use of exceptional Christian films that have the potential to change lives.

Chip Heath is a professor in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Chip and his brother Dan co-authored “Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die,” a Business Week and New York Times bestseller. Ranked among Amazon’s Top 10 Business Books of 2007 by both editors and customers, it has been translated into 23 languages, including Thai, Arabic and Lithuanian. Chip’s research examines why certain ideas – ranging from urban legends to business strategy myths – survive and prosper in the social marketplace. These naturally sticky ideas spread without external help in the form of marketing dollars, PR assistance or leadership attention. The principles of “making ideas stick” are impacting society, helping leaders of churches and businesses to design messages that are more effective.

Taking care of the earth is a popular topic these days and many believe that churches should be leading the charge. Learn what church pastors and vendors are doing to become good green stewards for the environment and challenge others to do the same. Making your church more green, getting congregants to share the responsibility of going green and learning earth-friendly practices will be discussed.

Moderator:
Ken Anderson, RNL

Speakers:
Bob Adams, JH Batten, Inc.
As a Church Development Consultant, Bob Adams brings a wealth of church experience to church facility design and management. After serving in 3 church associate/executive pastor positions for over 23 years, Bob joined the JH Batten Team in 2004 in order to further his passion: helping churches make the most of ministry opportunities through effective use of all their resources. Bob is all about helping build the church – sometimes even using bricks and steel!
He has a BS in Business Administration from Tennessee Tech and a Masters in Church Administration and Communication from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Bob serves as a Certified Church Consultant (NACDB) and is also a Fellow in Church Business Administration (NACBA).

Steve Fridsma, Progressive A/E
Steven P. Fridsma, AIA, LEED^AP is an architect who also serves as the Worship Environments Leader at Progressive AE in Grand Rapids, Mich. He is passionate about examining cultural and spiritual forces as they relate to existing forms and new models for church architecture. He has presented on 21st Century Church Trends, Architecture for the Emerging Church, Sustainability (Creation Care) for Churches, and Adaptive Reuse of Existing Buildings for Churches at venues such as the Worship Facilities Conference and Expo, the Calvin College Worship Symposium, and several regional church construction conferences. Fridsma has been involved in church planting since 1998 and served as a worship leader, digital artist and the worship design team leader at CentrePointe Church. He is also a guest instructor in architectural design and theory at Calvin College. In 2007, he received the AIA Grand Valley chapter's "Young Architect Award".

Jeff Remtema, Frontline Community Church
Jeff Remtema, AIA, LEED^AP is an active lay-leader at Frontline Community Church in the worship and media teams and with their social justice ministries. Frontline is a Wesleyan church plant that strategically purchased the former Meijer corporate headquarters building, which also had been a retail store, and renovated it as a church building. Frontline has since experienced significant growth. Remtema was one of the first LEED accredited professionals in Michigan and is responsible for more than 10 projects currently registered or certified with the U.S. Green Building Council. In 2006, he received the AIA Grand Valley Chapter's "Young Architect Award".