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The workshop leaders are a stunning collection of executives who speak from their areas of expertise. They talk to you as "one skilled leader to another."
This is your opportunity to discuss vital areas of ministry with seasoned leaders. The workshop leaders are both practical and skilled—they are "in the trenches" doing ministry.
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Dr. Nathan Baxter—Mentoring Staff in their Own Spiritual Journey
Nathan has taken his many years of experience as an XP and SP and developed one of the nation's premier XP-SP team coaching services. Few have his experience in both realms!
The purpose of this lunch is to provide XPs with practical tools and methods for helping their direct reports grow spiritually. Nathan will let you tour some of his systems that he uses to keep track of conversations as well as provide take-home templates that are easy to use and effective for guiding mentoring conversations. It is important that XPs provide professional development for staff but not at the expense of neglecting spiritual conversations. Oftentimes these conversations are neglected and we wonder why our leaders are not producing at the level they are capable of serving the church.
Dr. Nathan Baxter—Thursday Afternoon
Nathan has taken his many years of experience as an XP and SP and developed one of the nation's premier XP-SP team coaching services. Few have his experience in both realms! Come for one or both of these Thursday afternoon workshops!
The first workshop will be on The Importance of Self Leadership for Executive Pastors. It will provide you with practical steps for leading yourself well. If you can't lead yourself well, then it will be difficult for you to lead others well. It is not uncommon to get stuck or "plateau" at various points in your life and ministry. An outside perspective is the best way to break through or avoid these plateaus, grow, and keep moving forward. The ultimate goal is not only living well, but finishing well. Dr. Baxter will cover the five areas of self leadership and the five core skills for leading others.
The second workshop will be one Mentoring Tools for Maximum Performance in Ministry. Nathan will be sharing 4-6 mentoring tools that you will be able to put into practice the moment you return home. During this session, he will first teach you how to use each mentoring tool and then have you give it a test run on one of your fellow XP's. All of the tools he has developed are proven to be simple and effective for helping you develop and mentor leaders. During the hour, you will learn how to use: The Frustration Gap, 5 Areas of Self Leadership, 4 C's for Increasing Commitment, Pressure Points of Motivation, 5 Core Skills of a Visionary Leader. Learn them, use them, and train your staff to do the same.
"My conversations with Nathan Baxter were great!"
Nathan is a premier coach to XP & SP teams
Tim Beltz—The Church Planting and Multi-site Vision of Mars Hill Church and Acts 29 Network
Tim is the Executive Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. He will be leading an interactive workshop telling the story of Mars Hill Church and Acts 29 Network. This will explore the growth experience and the strategies to achieve a God-sized vision of 100 campuses and 1,000 church plants.
According to the September 2010 Outreach Magazine’s stats, Mars Hill is ranked #7 on the most campuses list and the 30th fastest growing church in the US out of roughly 400,000 churches. Acts 29 is a movement of church-planting networks that empowers men to lead churches and make disciples of all people groups.
Dr. Warren Bird & Jim Tomberlin—Five Mistakes to Avoid in a Church Merger
Warren is the Director of Research and Intellectual Capital at Leadership Network, author and former pastor. Jim was with Willow Creek Community Church and launched the multi-site revolution. Now, he heads the premier consulting group on multi-site ministry.
This workshop involves lots of discussion as Jim Tomberlin and Warren Bird first walk you around the landmines in church mergers, showing ways church mergers are similar and different from corporate mergers. Also two XP veterans of a merger will each share their stories, talking about the mistakes they made – and avoided. If you’re exploring a merger or acquisition, or just curious about the growing trend, this workshop will show you the options, helping you rank each with its likelihood of success. Jim Tomberlin is founder and chief strategist of MultiSite Solutions and an experienced coach of church mergers. Warren Bird is research director for Leadership Network and co-author of 23 books for church leaders.
Mike Buster—That Five Letter Word, BUILD
Mike is the XP of Prestonwood Baptist Church of Frisco, Texas. Mike will be speaking on: "Our North Campus is expanding rapidly running 2,000 in attendance. We are entering into our 10th building project since 1998 and our 4th capitol campaign in as many years. It seems that churches are starting to expand once again and are considering building projects."
Few XPs match Mike's depth of experience and excellent consulting with church leaders.
Prestonwood Baptist is an internationally known and respected church.
David Fletcher & Rob Cizek—Understanding the Roles of Overseer and Administrator
David and Rob are XPs with plenty of experience. David's church has 3 campuses with 4,500 in worship and Rob's has a Christian School attached. These two will have a great time talking about a vital "basic" of the XP role.
"So, you are new to the role, it’s not quite what you expected and you’re trying to figure out how to make sense of it." You need to balance leadership with managing, administration with pastoring, your Senior Pastor’s expectations with yours and everyone else’s … and have a job description that reflects that well. Together we will hammer out ways to bring clarity and understanding to this job that often requires more finesse and balance than any other on the team.
Dr. David Fletcher—Church Leadership Yesterday, Today and in Twenty Years
David is the Founder & Host of XPastor. One of his passions is the area of leadership. This workshop will have a round table discussion of:
These questions, and more, will be covered in this workshop.This will be an interactive discussion, so come ready to share your current leadership issues and experiences. This is a great opportunity to talk with David about leadership issues. It will be held both hours on Thursday afternoon; come at either workshop hour. Seating is limited to 12 people.
Rick Friesen—Change Management & Corporate Sharks
Rick serves Peacemaker Ministries as Director of Ministry Relations.
The word "change" is often the church's equivalent of the work "shark" at the beach. Poorly managed change is a common cause of difficult church conflict, and many leaders admit to feeling seriously under-equipped and under-trained in managing the change process. Unfortunately, following secular thinking on managing change will often cause more harm than good—the secular emphasis of results over relationships often leads to relational carnage. So where is the Christian leader to turn? In this workshop, Tim will a) explore how to determine whether change is really necessary, b) unpack a biblical view of change, and c) tie this to practical steps to implement change wisely and graciously while protecting the relationships God calls us to gently shepherd.
Monty Kelso—Architecting Worship, Art and Communication in the 21st Century
Monty has excelled internationally at both directing creative church communications, and leading and designing worship and programming. Monty has served as a clinician and consultant to numerous Worship and Arts conferences and entities, including the Christian Artists Seminar in the Rockies, Willow Creek Association, Christian Associates International, Campus Crusade, the Jesus Film project, Continental Ministries, Hope International University and National Outreach, Inc.
About this workshop, Monty says, "In the new millennium it is no longer 'church as usual.' The methods of the 90's just don't work today. This session is designed to help you grasp 21st century realities and their implications of how we design our weekend services."
Rodney Lara—Keynote, "Life Without Sound Bytes: Living Together in a Mixed Race Church
Rodney is the Senior Pastor of Judson Baptist Church of Oak Park, Illinlois. "Judson is a very unique church body where people of different races and experiences have intentionally come together to worship and serve the body of Jesus Christ in the Oak Park/Austin communities. We are on a journey, a journey on which every person is passionately, wholeheartedly, and recklessly pursuing full devotion to Christ."
Brad Leeper—Resourcing Ministry
Brad is the Vice-President of Generis Partners. Based on experience and affinity, Brad is drawn to innovative, growing churches and the challenges of helping them expand practically and spiritually. With Generis, he is well served by his experience as a consultant to churches across the nation, a staff leader in resource development for local ministries, a Campus Director for Campus Crusade for Christ, and his role as church elder in his own 4,000-member home church, Perimeter Church in Atlanta.
Brad's workshops have received high marks in previous XP-Seminars.
Donna Lively—Health Care Reform … The Continuing Saga
For the past six and a half years in her role as Director of Insurance Solutions and Services, Donna has led the growth of employee benefit division at GuideStone Financial Resources. She brings twenty-five years experience in health and welfare benefit sales and sales leadership to her role and has held sales leadership positions at Aetna, CIGNA, and Humana, as well as several years spent as an employee benefits insurance broker/consultant.
About this workshop, she says: Join me for a continued look at the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). We will review what has taken place over the 12 months since PPACA became law, the impact the law has on your ministry and healthcare in America, and look into the not-so-crystal-ball to see what the future holds in relation to PPACA. Adequate time for discussion will be included during the presentation.
David Lyons—How to Hire Staff with a Ministry and Business Mindset
David is the Founder and President of MinisterSearch. While placing hundreds of people into ministry positions, David has seen the centrality of fit and gifting. Is one more important than the other? Can we compromise because "we know that person," or "he or she is an insider" or "their gifts are just so strong that we … ?"
If you are going to hire staff in the next 12 months, then this workshop with David will help you. He has led workshops at each of the previous XP-Seminars, to rave reviews. Bring your questions for the discussion portion of the workshop as well.
"The breakout session with David Lyons on Staffing was tremendous"
Reggie McNeal—Changing the Scorecard: Moving from a Program-Driven Culture to a People-Development Agenda & Leadership Required for Going Missional
Reggie is the well-known author of:
Reggie will be a keynote speaker and have a Q&A at lunch on "Changing the Scorecard:" Reggie says, "We are good at doing programs, so good that we tend to measure our church’s effectiveness in program participation. But in the face of increasing evidence that program involvement doesn’t yield disciples, how can we reshape our church agenda so that we are confident that people are actually growing? This discussion identifies key components of a people-development culture and makes suggestions about how we move in a direction that helps our people have lives that are fulfilled, not just filled full." Reggie will lead a workshop on "Leadership Required for Going Missional."
David Middlebrook and Matt Anthony—Mergers & Acquisitions: How to Avoid Collisions and Stay on the Road to Ministry Growth
David is a nationally noted attorney and author, licensed to practice law in Texas, Colorado and the District of Columbia. His practice emphasis is focused on religious nonprofit organizations, with clients including all types of charitable, religious and educational organizations. David also is a registered Congressional lobbyist where he works on behalf of religious nonprofit organizations for the protection of religious liberties.
Matt is also a nationally noted attorney and author, licensed to practice law and is a member of the State Bars of Texas, New York and Georgia. His practice focuses in the area of nonprofit organizations with an emphasis on compliance issues, executive compensation and litigation/arbitration. His clients include all types of charitable, religious, educational organizations as well as individuals.
Scott Nelson & Bruce Woody—Old Normal vs. New Paradigm: The Future of Your Next Building Project
Scott and Bruce are architects with HH Architects in Dallas. This workshop will bring their expertise to bear on your next building project.
Many churches talk about "getting back to normal" but most experts say back to normal no longer exists! The old normal has been replaced with a new paradigm of pervasive uncertainty. As a result of the new normal, today's leaders are utilizing a Strategic Positioning process as the launching pad for their next church building. This process helps develop effective ministry plans that consider key factors as they relate to your ministry objectives. Strategic Positioning focuses on helping churches to quickly explore options that account for planning in four different areas: People, Space, Time, and Money, in an effort to make informed decisions as you prepare for future development. Experience how this process centers around an interactive work session with your key leaders allowing you to participate in "real-time" analysis of "what if" scenarios enabling you to arrive at value-based decisions after reviewing the pro's & con's of various scenarios before engaging in major capital expenditures.
David Nicholson—Cutting-Edge Conflict Resolution Resources
David is a licensed counselor and passionate about conflict resolution. Poorly handled conflict can destroy ministries, marriages, and can negatively impact the reputation of the church. Fortunately, high quality, research based instruments and programs exist to help us learn the attitudes, skills and strategies necessary to become conflict competent. In this session, participants will hear a review of these most recent developments, both from the secular and Christian perspectives. One program in particular will be highlighted, as participants will learn how to organize and expand their awareness of an issue, as well as how to improve their ability to understand another person's perspective at a deeper level.
Consider making some time with David, to talk through challenges in your ministry! This is a nice bonus to the Seminar. Get some professional insight into your personal issues. Email David directly to set up a time during the XP-Seminar.
Jeff Pelletier—High Tech and High Touch: Can Both Peacefully Coexist?
Jeff is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Fellowship Technologies, a provider of 100% web-based Church Management Software.
The idea that the use of technology in ministry creates an impersonal environment between the staff, the congregation and the community could not be further from the truth. In fact, the effective leveraging of technology can be a critical ministry component in ultimately caring better for those God has called us to steward. This workshop will highlight some practical uses that allow both the "High Tech," as well as the "High Touch" to peacefully coexist.
Dan Reiland—Developing a Leadership Culture in your Church & Staff
Dan is the Executive Pastor of 12Stone Church and writes "The Pastor's Coach" which is distributed to over 40,000 subscribers, www.injoy.com.
Why would a church want a culture with a bias for leadership? What does a leadership culture look like? Can any church accomplish that? Developing a leadership culture in your church involves a big picture plan that incorporates five distinct elements. They are connected in a specific sequence that matters. When you add heart and passion to the mix, the results are amazing.
Paul Sartarelli—Preaching with Great Strength & Having a Great XP
The XP-Seminar is bringing back the Sr. Pastor track! Invite your SP to come with you for premier discussion and shared experiences!
Wednesday features renowned Sr. Pastor, Paul Sartarelli, to lead two workshops, back to back. The first workshop will be: Preaching with Great Strength. This is a great time for those who regularly preach to talk with a master communicator. Can we preach with great strength in a business dominated culture? As a pastor in Ohio, Paul preaches to 5,000 people each week and also uses a multi-person preaching team. The second workshop will be: Having a Great XP. This interactive discussion will explore: Why the XP? How to have a terrible XP relationship! How to find and then cultivate an XP! Before coming to The Chapel, he planted a church and grew it to 1,200. Thus, preaching pastors and XPs of various size churches will appreciate Paul's practical wisdom and vast experience.
Sue Sartarelli—The Grandstand: an audience of One
The XP-Seminar is bringing back the Wives of Pastors track! This is for women only (apologies to the male spouses of XPs). On Wednesday afternoon terrific times of discussion and interaction are coming. Being the wife of a pastor can be challenging. It is like walking a tightrope before hundreds of people. The balancing act of a public role and private life takes work. Wednesday afternoon, noted pastor's wife and mentor to women, Sue Sartarelli, will have two sessions with pastors wives. Any wife of a pastor is invited to register.
Sue will begin by working through: The Grandstand: an audience of One). She says, "This covers the expectations of others ... our fears about ministry ... who do I listen to anyway ... where is God in all this question. Why and how can I have God be my audience when so many others want that spot ... and I would rather let others have that spot. It also visits what I call the 'comparison trap' that women, especially ministry women, get caught in. Having others be our measuring stick rather than a Holy God." After this, there will be a time for discussion of current issues of pastors' wives.
Clint Smith—The Middle Man Role of the XP
Clint is the XP of North Church of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
In 2010, Clint was featured in one of the interviews during the seminar and brought refreshing insight into how their church increased their giving. This year, Clint will lead a workshop on the special role of the XP, middle man and yet leader.
For the workshop, Clint says: "Ever feel like you are stuck in the middle? I guess that is the nature of our roles as XP’s. Anytime someone has a problem, whether the building is falling a part or the staff is, there we are. Dealing with people and problems is such a huge part of our jobs yet we talk about it so very seldom. In this workshop, I will be dealing with the life reality of being the middle man and three key things that make me successful in this role."
Nicholas Smith—The 5 Functions of the XP
Nicholas, the XP of Bethany Baptist Church of Lindenwold, New Jersey, will share the biblical basis of the XP as revealed through the Scriptures. Though young, Nicholas is a strong XP in a church of 18,000 members. Read the 2006 case study on Bethany Baptist.
This session will introduce the foundational characteristics of an Executive Pastor: Administrator, Catalyst, Mentor, Minister, and Overseer. During the hour, we will assist XP's in finding which functions they are strongest in and how best to operate in them. For any Senior Pastors attending the session, we will help them discover what to look for in an XP.
Paul Utnage—Becoming Missional: A 70 year-old church reinvents itself
Paul is the XP of Montgomery Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he has implemented this topic! Paul says about this workshop: "Change is never easy, especially if you’re trying to transform a 70-year old traditional church into a missional congregation. Pastors often muse on Monday mornings, “If I could just plant a simple church with a missional movement from scratch, life would be easier.” Unfortunately most live with the baggage of decades-long tradition. Missional living is only a dream for them."
This workshop will interact with principles of change that morph a traditional church into a missional church, especially those principles that force key leaders to act differently. What has to happen in the church? How should you act in new ways? We will consider principles such as:
If you are attempting to develop a new missional outlook at your church—or if you are just attempting to change some other large aspect of ministry—the conversations and interactions in this workshop will benefit you, especially as a key leader of change.
