We are offering five important tracks that address the broad range of demands you face as a church family. We suggest you choose a track and attend both workshops associated with the track to receive maximum benefit. The conference schedule allows you to attend two of the five tracks so bring your friends to take advantage of all of the workshops!

Marriage Track (Pre-Marital & Marriage Counseling)
Led By-Robert Cheong, Sojourn

What is the best way to offer pre-marital counseling to the growing number of engaged couples in your church? What topics should you cover and who are the best ones to lead in this ministry? How do you deal with the marital struggles that become evident in your small groups or as requested by a spouse? Is the gospel sufficient to deal with the most difficult marital struggles? If so, how can the gospel be applied to the various issues that arise in every marriage?

In this track, we’ll look at how engaged couples are being prepared for marriage and how the local church community of Sojourn in Louisville, KY are strengthening and fighting for marriages as a family of God.

Parenting Track (Children & Teens)
Led By-Mark Prater and Andy Farmer, Covenant Fellowship

What is the role of the local church in coming alongside of parents as they seek to raise their children? How should theology drive the ministry structures and the methods used in serving parents in your family ministry? Parents often feel helpless and alone in raising their children from birth through the teen years, so the church must step up and serve a crucial role in coming alongside parents.

In this track, we’ll look at how parents are equipped to help their children and teens understand and live out the gospel with the help of the local church community of Covenant Fellowship in Glen Mills, PA.

Addictions Track
Led by-James Noriega, Mars Hill and Michael Snetzer, Village Church

Does the church have anything to offer those struggling with drug or alcohol addiction? Our culture and the therapeutic world label such men and women as “addicts” and place them in specialized and segregated treatment. Should the church take the same approach? Is the gospel sufficient in effectively helping those with such difficult and chronic struggle? Can the church offer the accountability and community necessary to bring about change?

In this track, we’ll look at how those struggling with substance abuse are finding freedom in the gospel and are experiencing renewal within the local church communities of Village Church in Dallas, TX and Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA. These sessions will also seek to engage some of the more popular movements within the current culture of secular psychology and traditional “recovery”.

Homosexuality Track
Led by-Mike Wilkerson, Mars Hill and Lee Lewis, Village Church

Is the church qualified to address the unique struggles of one who feels plagued by unwanted same sex attraction, or one leaving a lifestyle of homosexuality? Beyond broad assurances of forgiveness and salvation, does the gospel offer any specific hope to transform men and women’s hearts, even to the level of sexual desires and habits? And if it does, who is qualified to deliver that hope-giving message?

In this track, we’ll look at how those facing such struggles receive gospel-centered counseling and experience transformation within the local church communities of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, WA and Village Church in Dallas, TX.

Mercy Track
Led by-Nathan Ivey, Sojourn

Does a biblical understanding of mercy ministry go beyond simply meeting needs through deeds? What role does the church body play in receiving and ministering to the marginalized, widows, and the poor?  Given that mercy ministry is costly and time intensive, what motivation does the gospel give the church for extending mercy to their neighborhoods and neighbors?  What is effective mercy ministry and how does one mobilize their church to that end?

In this track, we’ll look at how gospel-centered mercy is transforming both the inner-city neighborhood Germantown and Sojourn Community Church in Louisville, KY.