Growing as Executives
Growing as Pastors
Thriving in Transition
Grow with your peers through tight-knit discussion, in-depth case studies and presentations by great practitioners.
About the Seminar
Hone your work as an XP or prepare to be an XP. Share your church experience and get quality feedback in the discussion sessions. Currently there are no seminaries or seminars to prepare you to be an XP or enhance your XP role. This seminar is an ideal ministry enhancement and resume builder as it gives advanced study on church leadership. The mornings examine the role of the XP and the afternoons feature case studies of significant XP ministries.
Afternoon Case Studies
The key to the XP-Seminar is the format. After each 40 minute presentation, table groups examine the stated topic. This is an ideal opportunity to honestly evaluate an issue, to present a slice of ministry, to get feedback from people in similar positions.
- What new ideas can you take home from the case study?
- How will the discussion give you new insight into your church?
- Where can you grow as you interact with others in similar positions to your own?
The afternoon sessions have case studies of churches and skilled leaders challenge the discussion topics. The case studies present models of ministry.
- Gene Getz, Jeff Jones & Jack Warren on a successful Senior Pastor transition and introduction of the XP role.
- Mary Jammerman on the XP role from an executive perspective
- Alan Kraft & Stacey Campbell on the XP role from a pastoral perspective
- Nicholas Smith on the XP role from a Catalyst and succession planning perspective-thriving in transition!
Each Case Study will be accompanied by a 10-20 page report, detailing the facts. But, the facts only tell part of the story, as the in-person dialogue allows you to ask the pivotal question that will help your ministry.
Schedule
Highlights
The Five Functions of Leading and Managing the Church by David Fletcher
Mike Buster, Executive Pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, The Administrator Function and a $20-50 Million Dollar Building Project. Small Group Discussion: “Administrator” & “Catalyst”
Martin Hawkins, President, Southern Bible Institute, “The Minister Function”
Interactive discussion with Jeff Jones & Alan Kraft.
Case-study #1: Mary Jammerman, XP of Woodinville Alliance Church, From Executive to XP.
Case Study #2: Alan Kraft, Senior Pastor of Christ Community Church & Stacey Campbell, XP —”From Pastor to XP”
Large Group “Open Sessions:” Nathan Baxter-Medium-Sized Churches, Warren Schuh-Mega-Churches. Small Groups-by registration only. David Fletcher-Church Leaders, Mary Jammerman-Women in Ministry, Rick Kneeshaw-Organizational Development: Linking Vision & Mission, Rodney Lara-The African-American Experience, Brad Leeper-How Money is Raised for Your Vision, David Lyons-Hiring: How important is “personality or chemistry” vs. proven performance? John Purcell-The Leadership Model of Perimeter Church, Atlanta, John Reed-What Will More Education Do For Me? Doug Williams-Construction Issues
Case Study #3: Nicholas Smith, XP of Bethany Baptist Church: “The Church and XP for Urban Life.” Large Group Discussion with Nicholas Smith, moderated by David Fletcher.
Case Study #4: Gene Getz, Pastor Emeritus, Jeff Jones, Senior Pastor & Jack Warren, XP: “Exit of a Founding Pastor.”
Sponsors
For the second year as a sponsor, thanks to our friends at Generis Partners. About Generis: True giving is a deeply transformative act. At Generis, we believe it’s less about raising capital and more about raising the spiritual consciousness ofpeople. It’s about meeting churches where they are and helping them achieve their own true vision according to their unique culture. Whether that entails a video venue, multi-campus site, or raising a daunting amount of capital, Generis consultants are ready to share the Leadership’s risk- because they understand it.Brad Leeperand his counterpart, Gerald Farley haveboth served inchurch leadershiproles and have real-lifeexperiences to offer far beyond that of most industryconsultants. Also, thanks to the help that Brad Leeper from Generis gives during the conference. These folks have a great servant spirit-get to know them!
We welcome MinisterSearch as a sponsor. Many met David Lyons, their president, at the 2005 XP-Seminar. About MinisterSearch: MinisterSearch empowers churches to have access to a larger, more qualified pool of candidates. They also help reduce the time spent searching for qualified and competent staff and increase the retention rate among pastors and ministers. David Lyons, the founder of MinisterSearch says, “As church leaders, it is critical to utilize all available resources as quickly as possible when filling a pastoral staff position. I have talked with countless pastors and lay leaders who, after months of searching for one or multiple positions, recognize that there must be a better way.” Whether you desire to fill a ministry position or find a new place of ministry, MinisterSearch can help.
We welcome the Evangelical Christian Credit Union as a sponsor. The Evangelical Christian Credit Union (ECCU) is a trusted banking resource that shares your passion for kingdom impact.
With ECCU’s wisdom gained from more than 40 years of experience serving evangelical ministries, we are helping churches in all 50 states increase their effectiveness through biblically based banking, financing, and investing services.
We welcome GuideStone as a sponsor. GuideStone Financial Resources is one of the leading providers of retirement, life and health, investment management and executive planning services to the evangelical Christian community. Since 1918, we have enhanced the financial security of more than 180,000 individuals and reported $9.4 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2006. GuideStone offers its clients access to Christian-based, socially-screened investment funds for retirement, endowment and operational assets. GuideStone’s insurance products offer rate stability, the largest network of health care providers in the U.S. and a comprehensive suite of plan options providing quality care and protection for our participants and their families.
We welcome Leadership Transformations as a sponsor. LTi is a non-profit ministry which exists to encourage the spiritual formation of leaders and equip leadership teams to discern God’s unique will for their life and ministry. It offers leadership development, strategic planning, soul care, and assessments for church and ministry teams.
We welcome ServiceU as a sponsor. ServiceU specializes in web-based, event management solutions designed specifically for churches, nonprofits, schools, universities, festivals, and theaters. ServiceU offers three core products, EventU: Scheduling of events and resources by providing an online calendar, TransactU: Online donations, online payments, and online event registrations, and TicketU: Online ticketing and box office management. Founded in 1997, ServiceU is a trusted provider of online event management software to the nonprofit market.
Promotional Sponsors
For the second year as a sponsor, thanks to our friends at ChurchExecutive magazine. ChurchExecutive is a monthly how-to business information resource for 18,000 hands-on business administrators, executives and managers of the largest Christian traditional and contemporary churches, parachurches and megachurches-throughout the United States. Great appreciation goes to Rez Gopez-Sindac, Editor of ChurchExecutive magazine, for her participation in both 2005 and 2006.
For the second year as a sponsor, thanks to our friends at ChurchStaffing.
Leadership Network brings together entrepreneurial leaders who are focused on similar ministry initiatives. The ensuing collaboration-often across denominational lines-provides a strong base from which individual leaders can better analyze and refine their individual strategies. Peer-to-peer interaction, dialogue and sharing inevitably accelerate participants’ own innovations and ideas.
