107 Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors who help bring this workshop.
Each one is carefully vetted to align with our standards and practices.
Platinum Sponsors
We want to thank Generis for their eighteenth year as a sponsor. Principal and President, Brad Leeper has served in church leadership roles and has real-life experience to offer far beyond that of most industry consultants.
Generis is passionate about helping ministries of all sizes bridge the gap between vision and resources by engaging the hearts of givers and accelerating generosity. Generis has served over 13,500 churches, helping raise more than $13.5 billion for Kingdom expansion.
For the twelfth year as a sponsor, we welcome HH Architects. For 45 years, HH Architects has had the privilege of working with and planning campuses for many of the fastest-growing and top-attended churches and private Christian schools across America.
HH Architects has worked with a broad range of churches and schools on a wide variety of facilities, from first-unit buildings to 7,000+ seat Worship Centers, providing Strategic Positioning, Master Planning, Architectural, and Interior Design services for nearly all aspects of religious facility projects.
For the fifth year, we welcome Visioneering Studios. They are the only nationally-licensed, faith-based design-build firm that specializes in commercial, nonprofit and worship environments. Visioneering is not just developers, designers, architects, and builders—they are storytellers.
They come alongside partners, who lead movements and organizations that have unique stories crafted by a unique people, place, and passion, to be trusted stewards of their story and space. Visioneering’s beliefs positively impact the relational nature and integrity of their work.
We welcome for the fifth year Portable Church®. For more than 25 years, Portable Church® has helped thousands of churches launch strong and thrive in a mobile setting. We design custom solutions that fit each budget, vision, and venue.
Everything you need to launch a mobile church—an experiential worship space, engaging kids ministry areas, inviting welcome spaces, timesaving storage cases, etc.—all in a system refined to make it fast and easy for the weekly volunteer teams.
For the fourth year, we welcome Thrivent. Thrivent is a not-for-profit financial services organization that helps Christians on their wise-with-money journey. Thrivent Church Financing has been working nationally with growing ministries for over 100 years by providing flexible financing solutions.
Currently serving more than 1,300 church clients, Thrivent offers flexible solutions, expertise and competitive terms to the financing needs of growing churches. Understanding the unique needs of each church, they offer a variety of loan features.
For the first year, we welcome Tithely. Tithely provides the tools you need to engage with your church online, stay connected, increase generosity, and simplify the lives of your staff.
With tools like text and email messaging, custom church apps and websites, church management software, digital giving, and so much more… it’s no wonder nearly 30,000 churches in 50 countries trust Tithely to help run their church. Learn more at tithely.com
Gold Sponsors
We welcome Cass Bank for the fourth year. The Word says, “Where there is no counsel, the people fall. But in the multitude of counselors there is safety” (Proverbs 11:14). We at Cass counsel with churches and ministries in the area of finance. Cass is a financially solid, 112-year-old bank that serves ministries across the country.
Supporting Partner
We welcome Church Executive magazine as a sponsor. Church Executive reaches 53,585+ senior pastors, executive pastors and business administrators at the largest churches and megachurches in America. Each issue offers exclusive advice, trusted expertise, in-depth analysis and insightful editorial contributions by some of today’s most trusted church management thought leaders.
In addition to a bimonthly print and digital magazine, Church Executive publishes the twice-monthly Church Executive eNewsletter; hosts webinars on timely topics; curates an exclusive library of informative eBooks and digital supplements; features product and service offerings on Church Executive TV; and drives a robust social media following on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Through a series of in-depth roundtable discussions, forums and case studies, Church Executive focuses on the “how-to” information church leaders need most in the daily operation of their ministries.
For the eighth year, we welcome the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. With its mission of Enhancing Trust, ECFA now certifies nearly 2,300 Christ-centered churches and ministries based on its high standards in financial management, governance and gift administration. ECFA is also a leading provider of church resources, including the free ChurchEXCEL subscription at ECFA.church.
We welcome Smart Church Solutions. Smart Church Solutions has a statement that they are dedicated to: We focus on your church facility so you can focus on your mission. This is what we refer to as Facility Stewardship. If you believe that everything on earth belongs to God, then we have been entrusted to steward God’s stuff including His ministry and worship facilities. This is a huge responsibility. From design inception to facility utilization to facility care/management, our team has developed services and products to assist you and your church be efficient, effective and intentional with your facility stewardship initiatives. These include: facility condition assessment, life cycle planning, pre-construction operational cost evaluation, facility and event management software, facility management training and spacial utilization evaluation and planning.