Tracks & Workshops
Speakers, titles, and descriptions TBD. Each track will have 4 workshops...
- Wednesday (morning & afternoon)
- Thursday (morning & afternoon)
Track 1 • THEOLOGICAL INSIGHTS
Explore the biblical mandate of the multiethnic church and learn how to articulate it succinctly for others.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Jay Kim
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Track 2 • SOCIOLOGICAL INSIGHTS
Consider the latest research, demographic shifts, and coming trends to more effectively engage an increasingly diverse and cynical society. Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Michael Emerson
- Korie Little (Edwards)
- Eunice Hong & Ken Nehrbass
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Track 3 • CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE (CQ®)
Explore the why and what of cultural intelligence as a necessary skill for relating effectively with people from different backgrounds and learn how to build CQ® capacity in your church or organization.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Harry Li
- Graham McKeague
- Karen Dowling
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Track 4 • TEAM DEVELOPMENT
Discuss the why, how, and what of taking intentional steps to build or become part of a healthy multiethnic staff team.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Nirup Alphonse
- Lawrence Hicks
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Track 5 • MULTIETHNIC PLANTING
Discover promising practices to help you launch, develop, and sustain a healthy multiethnic church.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Bernard Emerson & Kyle Brooks
- Keon Abner
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Track 6 • HOMOGENEOUS TRANSITION
Discover promising practices to help you lead an historically homogeneous congregation in becoming a healthy multiethnic church.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
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Track 7 • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Consider unique challenges and how to overcome the obstacles in order to create a multiethnic and economically diverse, socially just, and financially sustainable church in the urban context.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Paul Kroger
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Track 8 • CHURCH ECONOMICS
Learn the why, how, and what of getting beyond tithes & offerings to create multiple streams of revenue by leveraging church assets, blessing the community, and generating sustainable income.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Rafael Estrella
- Dan Davidson
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Track 9 • JESUS & JUSTICE
Explore practical ways to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God and others in the city, understanding that justice is not peripheral but intrinsic to the Gospel.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Lisa Rodriguez-Watson
- Efrem Smith
- Terry Crist
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Track 10 • IMMIGRANT IMPACT
Given that 95% of net population growth in the US will be from immigrants and their families, consider how and what your church can do to recognize, affirm, learn from, and engage the multiethnic immigrant community already in or soon coming to your community.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Alex Mandes
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Track 11 • TRADING SPACES
Meet and learn from leaders of color in senior positions of local church or organizational leadership who are today navigating in traditionally white-led spaces.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Noemi Chavez
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Track 12 • CONTENTIOUS ISSUES
Consider how best to navigate nuance and the complexities of divisive topics that are negatively impacting Christian witness today, and the added challenges of doing so in a multiethnic environment.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Susie Gamez
- Rasool Berry
- Ed Stetzer
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Track 13 • FUTURE FORWARD
Sit-in on our YouTube live feed with recognized multiethnic church pioneers and practitioners discussing today with the future in mind.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Christopher Benek & Mark DeYmaz
- Naeem Fazal & Kristen Mockler-Young
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Track 14 • ENTREPRENEURIAL ADVANCE
Meet disruptive innovators effecting systemic change today and discover promising practices to expand influence and impact in your own ministry context.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Justin Knapp
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Track 15 • WE GOT NEXT
Meet and learn from next generation Movement leaders who are already engaged in advancing unity, diversity, and justice in the local church, the broader Christian community, and the communities they serve.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- Libin Abraham
- Lauren Carrión
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Track 16 • LEADING WORSHIP
Consider the why and what of creating a dynamic worship experience in a multiethnic environment and how to unite diverse others as one before the Lord in passion, spirit, and voice.
Speakers, topics, and descriptions coming soon
- James Waffor III & Pamela Marin
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