SOUTHEAST REGIONAL DISCIPLE MAKING SUMMIT
APRIL 7-8, 2025 // BIRMINGHAM, AL
The Southeast Regional Summit is for any church leader (pastors, staff, volunteers) who is passionate about equipping the church to make disciples. The Summit is provided through a partnership with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, Samford University, and the Disciple Leaders Network.
LOCATION: First Baptist Church Birmingham
COST: $67 a person
SOUTHEAST REGIONAL SUMMIT SCHEDULE
Monday, April 7
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- 6:00pm – Dinner – Featuring Craig Etheredge, author and local church pastor in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Craig is the president and founder of discipleFIRST Ministries, which trains pastors and leaders nationally and internationally, and he is the co-founder of the CrossCreek Network, which plants disciple-making churches all over the world.
Tuesday, April 8
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- 8-9 am – Coffee and time to connect
- 9 am – Main Session: “Tools Needed to Evaluate the Church Disciplemaking Environment” – John McClendon
- 10:30 am – Break
- 10:45 am – Breakouts (Designing Disciplemaking Connections & Defining Disciplemaking For Your Church)
- 12 pm – Lunch (Discipleship Dashboard Q&A Hosted by John McClendon & Joseph Brasher)
- 1:30 pm – Breakouts (Developing a Disciplemaking Culture of Service & Determining Your Disciplemaking Context)
- 2:30 pm – Break
- 2:45 pm – Breakouts (Delivering Disciplemaking Outcomes That can be Celebrated and Measured)
- 3:45 pm – Break
- 4:00-5:30 pm – Main Session: The Disciplemaking Long-Game – John McClendon & Panel
What is a Regional Summit?
Regional Summits are local opportunities to engage with church leaders closer to home with a focus on developing healthy church disciplemaking environments.
At the Regional Summit, church leaders will be able to share ideas and build ongoing relationships with like-minded leaders. You will learn how to use a DISCIPLEMAKING DASHBOARD to answer FIVE DISCIPLEMAKING QUESTIONS that will help you EVALUATE YOUR CHURCH DISCIPLEMAKING ENVIRONMENT. You will then learn how to use what you discovered to “tune-up” your church disciplemaking environment.
You will have opportunities to learn from one another as you collaborate and interact so that you can develop the skills to excel as a Disciple Leader. Regional Summit hosting conventions will also provide specific BREAKOUTS that will help you connect with local leaders who can provide ideas and ongoing collaboration beyond the summit.
The summit is designed to address the disciplemaking needs of church leaders of any church regardless of size or location.
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