Articles for tag: Leadership Conference

March 7, 2026

Kentucky Christian University Mission Minded Leadership Conference

Kentucky Christian University’s Mission Minded Leadership Conference is a one-day, kingdom-centered event designed to inspire, equip, and challenge students, pastors, alumni, and professionals to lead with faith and purpose. Hosted by KCU’s School of Business and Leadership, the 2026 conference features speakers including Rennie Curran, Julie Nee Ward, and Amy P. Kelly and focuses on leadership, resilience, communication, and mission-driven impact.

May 1, 2023

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Preaching

5 Sources for Illustrations to Enhance Your Sermons

By Chris Philbeck In the 1990s, while serving a church in Oklahoma, I took all my elders to the Leadership Conference at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky. During the opening session, our church was awarded a yearlong subscription to SECC’s weekly tape ministry for being the church that came the farthest with their entire board of elders. So, over the next year, I had the opportunity to listen to weekend messages delivered by Bob Russell and Dave Stone. I still remember many of those messages, including one from Dave about the urgency of reaching lost people. To illustrate the

February 19, 2013

Christian Standard

Miscellaneous

Our Conference within a Conference (Previewing the 2013 NACC)

By Matt Proctor Effective leaders are not born; they”re made. At the 2013 NACC, you”ll have a chance to sharpen your own leadership. On Thursday afternoon, we”ll have our normal schedule with dozens of helpful workshops, but on Wednesday afternoon, we”ll have just four large workshops. At Wednesday”s “leadership conference within a conference,” we”ll welcome nationally known speakers for each of four large leadership workshops. Les and Leslie Parrott will speak about “The Leader”s Marriage.” These New York Times best-selling authors have shared their Christian perspective on marriage on CNN, The View, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, Fox

November 16, 2008

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Eldership

Elders & Ministers: Speaking the Same Language

By Darrel Rowland Does this sound like where your church is today? “I”ve never felt hindered by any of the elder teams I”ve served with.““”Greg Marksberry, 24-year veteran of the ministry now with his third church, Heritage Christian in suburban Atlanta “There is peace, joy, and happiness in the (elders) meetings and in the church.”“”Robin Hart, minister for almost 25 years with Northside Christian near Akron, Ohio “Just as children with two mutually supportive parents gain an extra measure of confidence and security, a church with mutually supportive elders and ministers has a sense of well-being that cannot be fostered