CONFERENCE CLASSES
1. Teaching That Transforms: Sunday School & Christian Education
Certification (Refresher Track)
Facilitator: Dr. Billy Bell
This certification refresher equips Sunday School teachers, Bible Study facilitators,
and lay instructors, who want to remain biblically sound, creative, and engaging in
a rapidly changing learning environment. Participants will learn how to teach
scripture faithfully while adapting methods that connect across generations,
learning styles, and attention spans.
2. Making the Text Talk -Expository Preaching and teaching
techniques that Connects Expository Preaching for Today’s Church
Facilitator: Pastor Reginald Taylor
Back to the basics means back to the Book. This course trains preachers to
faithfully handle scripture, while communicating it with clarity, conviction, and
cultural awareness. Expository preaching is not commentary, it’s connection. Dr.
Taylor will intentionally equip pastors and preachers with the how-to skills
necessary to dig deep into the text, understand its original intent, and proclaim itin a way that speaks powerfully to modern life. Prepare to learn how to move from
surface reading to sermonic depth, from commentary to conviction, and from
explanation beyond information into transformation so sermons don’t just sound
good, they stick. If you want your preaching to be biblical and compelling, this class
is essential.
3. Sharper Tools, Smarter Study, and Stronger Sermons.
Logos
Facilitator: Dr. Anthony Pettus
Today’s preacher must know the word, along with having the tools. Preaching has
always required preparation, and now it requires precision. This hands-on session
equips pastors and teachers to maximize Logos Bible Software without
compromising theological integrity. To research faster, organize better, and preach
stronger without sacrificing Biblical truths, you will leave able to prepare sermons
that are biblically sound and culturally relevant even if you are not tech savvy. Do
not fear technology, simply use it to serve the text.
4. Building a Collaborative Preaching Team: No More Lone Ranger
Preaching
Facilitator: Rev. Janiece Williams
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with a team. Pastors were
never meant to carry the preaching load alone. This course teaches pastors how to
develop a preaching team and creative planning structure that reflects the
demographics and spiritual needs of the entire church. This class shows how to
develop a collaborative preaching team that helps plan sermon series, shape
creative direction, and communicate effectively across generations. Learn how
collaboration strengthens sermon series, reduces burnout, increases
congregational impact, and leads to shared wisdom, deeper sermons, broader
impact, and longer pastoral longevity. No more Saturday night special sermons.
5. Size Does Matter: Growth Blueprints that Work for Scalable Church
Growth!
Facilitator: Pastor Mark Moore Jr.
Healthy churches grow, and growth is not accidental.
Whether your church has 75 members or 7,500 members, whether your church
runs 50 or 5,000, growth follows systems, not slogans. This class provides proven
systems and strategies that help ministries scale at any level. This course breaks
down practical, repeatable growth frameworks that work in urban, suburban, and
rural contexts. Learn how to implement sustainable growth models that build
momentum, increase engagement, create measurable results, structure ministries
for sustainability, measure what matters, and build momentum that lasts.
6. From Sanctuary to Strategy: Community Impact that Fuels Growth
From Presence to Impact; Engagement That Fuels Church Growth
Facilitator: Pastor James McCarroll
The church must be about the Father’s business. Healthy churches don’t just
gather, they serve strategically. Discover how strategic partnerships,
entrepreneurial awareness, and next-generation empowerment can position your
church as a community force. This class teaches how to create community
partnerships, entrepreneurial initiatives, and outreach models that meet real
needs while opening doors for spiritual impact. Learn how outreach and
organizational structure work together to produce both spiritual and numerical
growth. Learn how mission and growth work together, not against each other.
7. Staffing for the Future: Leading in a Modern Ministry Context
Right People. Right Seats. Right Time. Staffing Your Church for Success in
a Modern Context
Facilitator: Rev. Jewel London
Vision without structure leads to frustration. Churches don’t fail from lack of
vision; they stall from lack of structure. This session teaches how to build ministry
teams that are innovative, agile, and equipped for today’s cultural landscape. This
class helps leaders build staff and leadership teams that are aligned with today’s
ministry demands. Learn how to staff wisely, delegate effectively, lead
courageously, lead boldly, and break free from outdated models that no longer
serve the mission, even when stepping outside traditional ministry models.
8. Set the House in Order: Church Administration, Risk Management
& the Chief of Staff Model
Facilitator: Dr. Rhonda Hooks, Esq.
Great preaching must be supported by great structure. Strong churches require
strong systems. This course provides practical guidance on bylaws, risk
management, staffing structures, and implementing a ministry model to reduce
pastoral overload. This course equips pastors to lead with excellence by
implementing clear administrative structures and legal safeguards. Learn how
organization protects vision and frees the shepherd to shepherd, without
constantly putting out fires so that the senior pastor can focus on preaching,
teaching, and shepherding.
9. Shepherding Without Self-Destructing: Mental Health Essentials
for Church Leaders
Facilitator: Dr. Kia Hood-Scott
Leadership carries emotional weight. You can’t pour from an empty cup. This vital
class addresses the emotional, psychological, and spiritual toll of leadership andthe mental health realities facing pastors and ministry leaders today. Learn tools
for resilience, boundary setting, emotional intelligence, and sustainable leadership
rhythms. Learn how to lead faithfully without burning out, breaking down, or
silently suffering. You are unable to lead a healthy church if you are not whole
yourself.
10. Discernment, Loyalty & Building Trustworthy Leadership Teams
When Loyalty Is Tested
Facilitator: Pastor Donald Johnson
Even sugar and salt look alike. In ministry, some will cover you and others will
uncover you. Not everyone close to you is for you. This powerful session helps
leaders discern loyalty, build trustworthy teams, and navigate betrayal without
losing vision or integrity. Learn how to identify who will cover your humanity
versus exploit it. Learn how to develop leaders who protect the mission and how to
navigate betrayal without becoming bitter or guarded while protecting the
integrity of the ministry.
11. Building a Culture That Retains Volunteers & Leaders
Facilitator: Generations Pastor Charles Bond
Volunteers don’t quit churches, they quit unhealthy cultures.
Volunteers don’t quit ministries, they quit environments.
This updated leadership session focuses on caring for those who carry the vision.
People are not tools, ministry builds people. This course teaches leaders how to
care for the people who carry the vision by building healthy culture, honoring well-
being, and developing leaders rather than using people. Learn how to create
environments where leaders feel valued, developed, spiritually nourished, and
where people grow while they serve. We don’t use people to build ministry, we
use ministry to build people.
12. Protect the Vision, Preventing Division: Before It Destroys the
Vision
Facilitator: Pastor Sheila Floyd
Absalom still raises his head in modern ministry. Church splits don’t start in
meetings, they start in whispers. This class addresses loyalty, sustainability,
leadership alignment, and maintaining authentic allegiance within leadership
ranks. This course reveals how to deal with internal resistance before it becomes
public division. Learn how to identify potential fractures early, protect unity, and
lead with clarity, courage, and conviction before division disrupts the mission.
13. Ladies First: Becoming the First Lady God Called You to Be
Facilitator: Lady Charlene Mosley
Being a First Lady means living under scrutiny, however, it is also walking in sacred
assignment. This empowering course helps leading ladies navigate public pressure,
criticism, and expectations while embracing their unique identity and calling. This
class helps First Ladies turn criticism into fuel for growth. Learn how to use
opposition as fuel and lead authentically, confidently, and unapologetically without
surrendering to unrealistic ideals in your God-given role.