Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Baker Publishing Group seeks to build up the body of Christ by publishing books and resources for pastors and church leaders, concentrating on topics such as preaching, worship, pastoral ministries, counseling, and leadership. Their mission extends to lay Christians with resources regarding discipleship, spirituality, encouragement, relationships, and the intersection of Christianity and culture.
Catalyst is all about shaping leaders in the Church, presenting the next big ideas, practices and content. Catalyst exists to ignite passion for Christ and develop leadership potential in the Next Generation, equipping them to engage and impact their world. Every year, 10,000 next generation leaders converge on Atlanta in October for the Catalyst Conference, the leadership experience of the year. But Catalyst is more than a conference- it purposes to serve as a leadership filter, continually providing relevant training, innovative events, and cutting edge resources for leaders in the Church.
Church Marketing Solutions is a leading provider of high-quality church marketing services at non-profit prices. They are passionate about church planting and providing unmatched service to church planters.
Church Plant Media is a leading provider of high-quality cost effective web sites for new churches. The company was born out of a passion to equip church planters with affordable, cutting-edge web sites that are cost-effective and quickly implemented.
The Church Planting Network serves existing collaborative networks and churches, organizations, and church planters seeking to get involved in collaborative networks. It is an alliance of like-minded organizations committed to starting new churches through collaborative networks. The Church Planting Network is the synergy created by its alliance members.
A ministry designed to give church planters permission to "do what it takes." So often we need encouragement and permission to color outside the lines. Once we do so we discover that our willingness to take risks makes all the difference. ChurchPlanters.com is committed to developing resources that dare you to cross over the line in exercising a bold faith. Launched in 2005 by David Putman and Shawn Lovejoy, Churchplanters.com is committed to providing tools for planters including conferences, coaching, networking and web-based resource.
ELI: Emerging Leadership Initiative
Emerging Leadership Initiative (ELI) is a collaboration of progressive, like-minded churches who have partnered together to provide the foundation for a church planting movement aimed at reaching emerging generations.
faithHighway is an evangelistic organization with its primary purpose to spread the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus. They are experts with Media Products such as Television Commercials and Custom Production pieces created to tell your story. faithHighway's Media Agency is one of the largest buyers of airtime for Ministries in all areas of our nation with over 2 million viewers per day. Their internet technologies serve over 1300 churches representing millions of web hits and growing daily. Over the years faithHighway has won many awards for their dedicated efforts and outstanding work.
True giving is a deeply transformative act. Generis believes that it is less about raising capital and more about raising the spiritual consciousness of people. They've helped over 1,700 clients raise over $2.5 billion.
G.O. Ministries, Inc. is a Christian non-profit organization dedicated to the ministry of short-term missions and the development of partnerships of ministry in the Dominican Republic and Haiti . The goal is to recruit, equip and coordinate people for short-term mission adventures that will mutually challenge each participant and support the inspiring efforts of National Christian leaders abroad. G.O. Ministries is currently developing three sites for Ministry Hubs. Each Hub will facilitate a Church, Christian School/Education Program, Feeding/Nutrition Center, Medical/Dental Clinic, Conference Center for Ongoing Leadership Training, Dormitory for visiting groups, and Sports Outreach.
Group Imaging is a leading provider of affordable, high-quality indoor and outdoor displays and vinyl banners. Their vivid-color, roll-up banners and portable stands are an ideal solution for new churches.
Since 1984, Leadership Network has fostered church innovation and growth through strategies, programs, tools and resources that are consistent with our far-reaching mission: to identify, connect and help high-capacity Christian leaders multiply their impact. Of the estimated 350,000 churches in North America , only a relatively small number play a significant role in introducing innovations to the Church at large. Leadership Network's "DNA" is to work directly with those few pioneers who are testing and implementing the new ideas that will drive the Church in the future.
LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention is one of the world's largest providers of Christian products and services, including Bibles, church literature, books, music, audio and video recordings, church supplies, and Internet services through LifeWay.com. LifeWay recently introduced a initiative called Threads, a community of young adults creating Bible studies and resources for other young adults by weaving together pieces such as community, worship, service and intergenerational relationships. Using supplemental audio and visual resources, iTunes playlists, online articles, blogs and journals, the adaptable discussion-oriented Bible studies encourage authentic biblical community among young adults ages 18-34.
Londen Institute for Evangelism
The Londen Institute offers an innovative training approach that combines sound Biblical and Theological training through distance learning with practical, relevant on Campus Residencies. The instructors are the best of the best at winning souls for Jesus Christ and doing ministry in the real world with real people.
National CineMedia is a leading provider of worship rental space. Their more than 1,200 movie theatre locations nationwide provide an ideal meeting place for new or expanding churches.
New Thing Network is a leading innovator and champion of reproducing churches. New Thing exists to be a catalyst for a movement of reproducing churches relentlessly dedicated to helping people find their way back to God. Three primary focus areas include the development and distribution of creative content, curriculum and leadership development tools, training and coaching for churches interested in pursuing multi-site opportunities, and the development and expansion of a collaborative network of new church plants.
Outreach Marketing is a leading provider of church communication and outreach tools. Begun in 1996, their focus is simple: they exist to help you reach more people for Christ.
Leading provider of church planting support services including marketing, equipment, and launch plan management. Passion for Planting was founded by church planters for church planters. Our mission is to keep church planters focused on people by managing the other details for them.
PCI is dedicated to assisting portable churches. With ten years experience, we are your one-source solution in making the most of your rented facility. Using professional consultation services, customized cargo approach and established relationships with vendors, we can do everything from a full system design to supplying equipment.
In partnership with Purpose Driven Ministries, the Purpose Driven Planting team partners with church planters to educate and equip them through regional conferences, coaching networks and other available resources.
Shapevine is an online café where titles and renown are checked at the door for the purpose of engendering an authentic learning community, a one-stop shop for thinkers and learners to share resources and tools as well as emerging conversation and paradigms. Stop in for a live video café meeting, to post and blog with others, or to draw from the continual thought stream within the Shapevine network.
Leading partner with church planting networks across North America . Stadia brings energy, experience and expertise to church planting churches and church planting networks by matching the needs of new churches with proven professional organizations - to provide assessment, training, coaching, mentoring and other services. Thanks to the generous grants provided by sister ministry Church Development Fund, Stadia is also able to provide financial assistance to some networks.
Zondervan is an international Christian communications company with a heart for helping people find and follow Jesus Christ by inspiring them with relevant biblical and spiritual resources. This is done through their bestselling, award-winning, and life-changing products. Zondervan leads the way in Bible and book publishing, and they continue to expand their resource offering. With 75 years of service, they are proud of the impact these resources have on the lives of people.
Silver Sponsors
Connecting the right people with the right information is what church software is all about. For 30 years, ACS Technologies has provided industry-leading church management software and Web-based church management solutions to more than 22,000 churches. Their ministry solutions are used by mega-churches with over 30,000 in attendance ... all the way to the new church plant. ACS also offers school administration solutions, and denominational office software and services. Their goal is to help you take your ministry further.
Formed by three men with a combined 25+ years in ministry, Brown Cow's mission is to bring the same professional marketing look to the world of churches that is seen in the secular world...while doing it at a fraction of the cost.
The goal of Christian Financial Resources is to "help fund ministry...one need at a time." The CFR ministry model builds on the stewardship practices of the first-century church where believers shared their possessions with other believers in need. By opening an investment account at CFR you are helping to fund a ministry project somewhere in the state of Florida , and throughout the past 27 years, CFR has funded nearly 350 projects!
Church Coaching Solutions provides personal coach-mentors and training for church planters. Their Equipping Lab (boot camp) is a high-end one week of training that utilizes Passion for Planting's new online guide (Converge) resulting in one of the most effective boot camp experiences available. In partnership with Jim Putman (Real Life Ministries) CCS also provides training and coach-mentors for discipleship and small groups.
Church Multiplication Training Center
The Church Multiplication Training Center is a proven resource used by denominations coast-to-coast to train leaders who plant churches. Through their BootCamp system, future leaders, planters and support team members learn everything from developing core values to practical hints on programming and marketing.
In business for over 35 years, Church on Wheels specializes in portable staging, seating, sound and lighting equipment, and all types of support and transportation equipment for mobile churches. They have built on our business by providing our customers what they need, offering a large selection of portable stage, seating, backdrops, folding tables, skirting and backdrops, lecterns, and much more.
ChurchSmart Resources is a publishing company and training organization focused on church planting, church health and leadership development. They are committed to producing excellent products at affordable prices to help church leaders accomplish effective ministry in the areas of Church planting, Church growth, Church renewal and Leadership development.
CoachNet is a leading provider of training, coaching and online resources for an entire generation of church planters, parent churches and denominational/movement leaders. CoachNet's mission is to empower leaders to start, grow and multiply healthy churches.
Cogun is a leader in church design and development, having designed and built over 650 church facilities since 1970. Their commitment to ministry enhancement, financial responsibility and excellence in design leads to church buildings that are fundable, technically superb and allow for immeasurable ministry opportunities.
CPAC: Church Planting Assessment Center
CPAC is designed to help an individual or couple discern their calling to church planting by affirming their strengths and identifying weaknesses. Church planting assessment integrates several lenses of evaluation to help a couple or individual discover as much about healthy placement in church planting as possible. The assessment is an intensive multi-day experience which combines interviews, interactive exercises, individual and group presentations, and written evaluations by peers, assessors, and the candidates themselves. Much like the early months of a church plant, CPAC tests and refines the resolve of each candidate and her/his spouse.
Grace Global Network is a ministry dedicated to locating, training, connecting, resourcing, and multiplying healthy movements of new church planting around the world. By connecting innovative leaders with other innovative leaders and helping church planters adopt effective thought processes, GGN is working to build a network of synergistic, evangelical church planting movements that will partner with others to multiply one million plus churches around the globe.
The vision of Impact Canada is to ignite a church planting movement among non-denominational Christian Churches across Canada . Their goal is bold; plant 30 new churches and 10 granddaughter churches by 2020.
Bill Hybels recommends only one coaching system for pastors: Ministry Advantage. (See Bill's comments at www.ministryadvantage.com). MA now serves church planters through LaunchTicket, a coaching system that stands apart in two ways: (1) coaches are currently leading churches of 800 or more that they personally planted, and (2) personal, weekly coaching calls are based on a proven systems-based curriculum (as opposed to random coaching).
MediaShout presentation software has been designed to help your church, youth group, Sunday School class, missions team, worship team or Christian organization to share life's most important message as effectively as possible. Today we are surrounded by hundreds of media media messages every day, yet very few penetrate our minds and go straight to our heart. Media Shout wants to make sure the most important message is communicated in a way that gets through.
Mosaix Global Network
Mustard Seed Studio's purpose is to partner with churches that are looking for creative ways to fulfill His Commission. They provide customized church marketing plans and consulting, whether you are developing a new logo, planning a direct mail campaign, planting a church or looking to energize your church's communications.
Orchard Group exists to plant growing and reproducing churches in New York and the Northeastern United States . They identify dynamic locations for new churches in New York City and the broader Northeast, hire staff, and provide start-up funds to get the new church underway. Their organization provides 100% of staff salaries in the first year of the new church, with the church picking up increasingly larger portions of salaries from year two through self-supporting at the end of year three or year four.
Leading provider of church management software for progressive, outreach-oriented churches. PDS was founded by a church planter who is passionate about church planting (new churches receive special discounted pricing). Check out People Driven Software and leverage the power of well crafted technology to expand the kingdom of God.
The purpose of RTS is to serve the church in all branches of evangelical Christianity, especially the Presbyterian and Reformed family, by preparing its leaders through a program of theological education on the graduate level. The program is characterized by biblical fidelity, confessional integrity, and academic excellence, and committed to the promotion of the spiritual growth of the students.
Truth in Advertising is a division of a for-profit publishing enterprise. They believe that God has already paid them, so they want to give back more of their time, talents, and treasure to advance God's Kingdom. They do this by leveraging some of their for-profit resources to serve a greater not for profit purpose - you and your church. Their mission is to help you reach more unchurched people for less money and ultimately be found good stewards of what God has entrusted to us.
Since 1992, the Willow Creek Association has been linking like-minded, action-oriented churches with each other and with strategic vision, training, and resources. The WCA is a not-for profit ministry with more than 11,000 Member Churches from 90 denominations and 45 countries representing a wide variety of sizes, denominations and backgrounds. As they pursue their own unique, God-given vision for ministry in their community, Member Churches confirm a shared commitment to Christ and a passion for reaching lost people.
Bronze Sponsors
Chicago District Evangelistic Association
2009 Registration
Registration for the 2009 conference is only $129 for a limited time.
Conference Information
April 20-23, 2009
Conveniently located between the Orlando Airport and Disney World