Outcomes
Conference

April 28-30, 2026
Dallas, TX

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Outcomes Conference Learning Experiences 2026

Discover the transformative learning experiences available at The Outcomes Conference 2026. Expert thought leaders bring their best to equip you for excellence in Christian nonprofit leadership!

Breakthrough Workshops

113, 1.5-hour workshops in 9 core educational tracks

The Leadership Track

Influence the thinking, behavior, and development of self, teams, and boards.

Personal Leadership

17 workshops

1. Traits of a Generational Leader

Leaders who inspire and empower others to multiply are invaluable. By understanding core values and fostering self-awareness, leaders can identify goals and articulate strategic actions that promote growth and multiplication. Outcomes: 1) Integrate essential coaching skills to help leaders unlock their potential, move forward, and multiply, 2) Gain practical tools that empower leaders to expand their influence for kingdom impact, and 3) Practice presence, engage in the art of listening, and ask powerful questions to drive transformation.

FACULTY: Gina Holm | Director, Navigators Life & Leadership Coaching, and | Margaret Fitzwater | Executive Director, Navigators Train-Develop-Care | The Navigators

2. Backstage Health Multiplies Frontstage Thriving

By investing in behind-the-scenes well-being—spiritual, emotional, relational—we strengthen the visible work. When backstage health is prioritized, leaders and teams thrive publicly with authenticity, resilience, and sustainable impact. The heart fuels the external. Outcomes: 1) Recognize the impact of backstage health on frontstage leadership effectiveness, 2) Identify key areas of personal backstage well-being using the S.T.O.R.Y. framework, and 3) Apply Mark 8:36 to align leadership soul care, moving from work/life balance to life/work rhythm.

FACULTY: Dr. Johnny Parker | Staff Minister | First Baptist Church of Glenarden International

3. Soul-Centered Leader: Multiply Impact, Not Burnout

Learn how to multiply organizational impact without multiplying stress. Discover biblically rooted rhythms and practical tools for soul care, emotional health, and sustainable leadership through a personalized Soul-Centered Multiplication Plan (SCMP). Outcomes: 1) Build a biblical foundation for soul-centered leadership and sustainable ministry growth, 2) Identify signs of burnout and their impact on nonprofit leadership effectiveness, and 3) Create a personalized Soul-Centered Multiplication Plan for sustainable impact and spiritual renewal.

FACULTY: Dr. Chad Audi | President & CEO | Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries

4. Transform Stress into Resilience

Do you long to thrive in life and ministry? Explore easy-to-apply stress-management skills bringing lasting change, empowering you to increase your peace and productivity. These powerful biblical strategies have transformed 50,000-plus people globally. Outcomes: 1) Identify what stress is and isn’t—and how it impacts your life, ministry and relationships, 2) Apply proven techniques to reduce stress, prevent future burnout, and support others under pressure, and 3) Evaluate your personal stress levels and create a customized strategy for long-term resilience.

FACULTY: Gaylyn Williams | President | Relationship Resources, Inc.

5. Built to Last

This is a wellness–drive approach to leading with purpose. Built to last is a transformational guide for leaders ready to pursue excellence through holistic wellness. Outcomes: 1) To examine our lives across the interconnected dimensions of body, soul, and spirit, 2) To lead with clarity and conviction while maintaining mental and emotional well-being, and 3) To discover how to align your personal health with your professional purpose.

FACULTY: Dr. Vicki Harris | Chief People Officer | Rhema House Ministries

6. Leading through Story

In a world hungry for authenticity, leaders who share their personal stories –
especially those rooted in faith – create deeper trust, model humility, and multiply their influence. This workshop explores how storytelling, particularly sharing personal testimony, can be a transformative leadership tool. Outcomes: 1) Perceive the biblical and relational power of testimony in leadership, 2) Be able to use storytelling to build trust and express humility, 3) Apply techniques for sharing personal stories with clarity and purpose.

7. R.E.S.T. You Need for the Life You Lead

Christian leaders are burning out at an alarming rate. R.E.S.T. changes everything. This workshop will share practical ways to change the narrative in life, love, leadership, and in legacy. Outcomes: 1) Retreat away with God, 2) Find encouragement in God’s presence, God’s promises, and with God’s people, and 3) Find safety in vulnerable community and steps towards transformation.

FACULTY: Nathan Lagrange | Executive Director | Oasis Rest International

8. Multiply Motivation: Turn Busywork Into Worthywork

We may be fired up to advance God’s purposes in the world, but the daily work of ministry can feel disturbingly uninspiring. This engaging and practical session equips you to multiply team motivation, unlocking new capacity, vision, and resilience. Outcomes: 1) Discover foundations of personal motivation, the power of purpose and the insidious impact of busywork, 2) Apply “Why” “What” and “How” in organizational development and productivity, and 3) Elevate the “Why” and live in the linkage between purpose and practice.

FACULTY: Dr. Andrew Johnston | Owner, DrAndrewJohnston.com | Johnston Consulting

9. Difficult Conversations: Move Toward the Funk

This workshop helps leaders transform challenging relationships through biblical principles and practical tools. Discover how Jesus’ love command becomes your pathway to deeper connection and more effective leadership. Outcomes: 1) Discern hod loving God with heart, mind, and soul transforms how we relate to others, 2) Practice ways to respond from wisdom rather than react from wounds, developing self-awareness during conflict, and 3) Apply next steps for transforming one challenging relationship.

FACULTY: Andrea Leigh Capuyan | CCNL | Executive Director and Board Member | the LPC (Laurel Pregnancy Center) and Center for Steward Leader Studies

10. Image Bearers Multiply

This workshop explores a pattern of God, the 4 Ps: Promise, Principle, Problem and Provision. Multiplication is a part of our benefit package: (Gen. 1:26-28, 8:22 and Gen. 26). Outcomes: 1) Promises of God – recognize promises of God and our responsibility in the promises, 2) Principle – know how to work the principle that applies to the promise of God, and 3) Problem – apply strategies to work through problems to get to the Provision of God.

FACULTY: Anita Dawson | Elder | Rhema Christian Center

11. Multiply Personal Devotions into Kingdom Teaching

Equipping believers to multiply the fruit of their personal devotions by turning private encounters with God into powerful teaching moments. Participants will learn how to steward their time in the Word to disciple others. Outcomes: 1) Recognize the reasons to practice Homiletics for personal study, 2) Apply the five steps of Homiletics for personal study, and 3) Be able to take personal Homiletics and turn into a teaching outline.

12. Spiritual Attunement for Workplace Flourishing

Experience spiritual attunement and assessment tools that cultivate personal and team flourishing in everyday leadership. Outcomes: 1) Practice spiritual attunement for your real-life leadership challenges, 2) Recognize the relevance of the Human Flourishing Index for your workplace leadership, and 3) Explore the connection between flourishing and attunement.

FACULTY: Tracy Mathews | Executive Director | Attune

13. Running on Empty, Cultivating the Heart

Sustainable ministry flows from a heart rooted in Christ. We will explore the signs of burnout based on Leading on Empty by Wayne Cordeiro. What are your soil conditions? (Path, Rocky, Thorny, Good) Outcomes: 1) Identify personal signs of burnout and depletion in ministry, 2) Examine the condition of their heart soil considering Luke 8 and Leading on Empty principles, and 3) Commit to one sustainable rhythm or practice to cultivate good soil for lasting fruitfulness.

FACULTY: Ramona Davis | CCNL | CEO | Woman to Woman

14. Decision Making that Supports Biblical Unity

As leaders, we make important decisions daily. This workshop explores various types of decisions we make, and questions on when, who, and how to make decisions that encourage biblical unity and leverage gifts of those around us. Outcomes: 1) Recognize the connection between our decision-making processes and workplace culture and engagement, 2) Identify the types of decisions we face are how are they unique, and 3) Follow a decision-making process that supports biblical unity and effectiveness.

FACULTY: Jay Bransford | President and CEO | Best Christian Workplaces

15. The Overflow Effect: Fruitful Leadership

In 1 Corinthians 9, Paul describes becoming a servant to all to reach many. This workshop explores its relevance for today’s leaders, offering insights, real-life examples, and practical applications for effective leadership. Outcomes: 1) Apply biblical principles on effective leading to foster disciples and followers, 2) Explore multiplicity through servant-leading, and 3) Implement strategic and effective serving of all for maximum outcomes.

FACULTY: Dr. Linda Cunning | CEO | New Horizons of SWFL

16. Rooted in Christ, Resilient in Calling

You didn’t enter this calling to feel drained. Reflect on what sustains you. Explore Christ-centered soul care. Gain practical tools to stay rooted in purpose—without burning out in service. Outcomes: 1) Reflect on the spiritual, emotional, and physical practices that sustain Christ-centered leadership, 2) Explore soul care strategies rooted in Scripture and tailored to ministry contexts, and 3) Be equipped to stay grounded in your calling through intentional practices and community support.

FACULTY: Daphne` Houston | CCNL | Director, Programs | Christian Community Action

17. Pray. Lead. Multiply.

Leaders foster multiplication when their character, heart, and prayer life align with God’s purposes. Growth that lasts is rooted in spiritual health, beginning with the leader and spreading through empowered teams and faithful prayer. Objectives: 1) Recognize the priority of prayer to discern God’s multiplication plan, 2) Apply leadership principles for multiplication such as faith, resilience, and openness to God’s direction, and 3) Be able to train teams – multiply by developing and empowering others.

FACULTY: Dr. Peggy Banks | Vice President of Global Assistance Programs | International Christian Concern

Executive Leadership

16 workshops

1. Leadership from the Shepherd’s Perspective

The timeless responsibilities in God’s Word related to shepherding well are key to leading and influencing effectively. Join us to develop a common leadership language grounded in Scripture and based on three pivotal elements of shepherding well – Provision, Protection, and Presence. Outcomes: 1) Recognize shepherding as a universal godly leadership principle, 2) View Provision, Protection, and Presence as key responsibilities of genuine shepherding, and 3) Establish absolute surrender to the Father as a requirement to be effective godly shepherds.

2. Stop the Spread of Toxic Culture

Toxic workplaces cause lasting damage. But there is an antidote – a curative culture. Explore practical steps to transform your organization from toxic to thriving. Outcomes: 1) Discover key elements of a curative culture and top ways to establish a healthy culture at your ministry, 2) Identify how toxic patterns are rooted and established in a culture, and why we fall into such patterns, and 3) Discern the inevitability of conflict and how to manage it in a curative culture.

FACULTY: Douglas K Shaw | Chairman of the Board / CEO | Douglas Shaw & Associates

3. The Secret to Sustainable Growth

You want your ministry to sustain growth, but you discern that worldly strategies and steps cannot deliver it. Participants get a biblical pathway and practical tools for establishing order and oversight that fosters organic growth. Outcomes: 1) Discern factors that contribute to sustainable growth according to the world and from God’s Word, 2) Discover how standards and peer accountability position ministries for sustainability and enduring opposition with agility, and 3) Depart with biblical and practical tools to enhance order, enliven oversight, and encourage organic growth.

FACULTY: Dr. Gary Hoag | GTP Founder & GTP Trust Fund Council President | Global Trust Partners (GTP)

4. Learning to Lead through Others

Leaders feel the weight of all the responsibilities and challenges that drive their organizations. Multiplying leaders within your team creates an empowered and engaged culture which reduces stress and moves your strategy forward. Outcomes: 1) Discover how to recognize leadership potential in your team, 2) Understand how delegating is the best tool to develop others to reach their full potential, and 3) Apply practical tips and tricks to multiply leaders in every organization regardless of title or position.

FACULTY: Lauren Vanaman | CCNL | Executive Director | Aspire Leadership

5. Will Mission Drift Happen After You Leave?

How can leaders ensure that the Christ-centered ambitions of their organization last for generations to come? Join us to learn practical steps to define, protect, and champion your mission, and avoid mission drift. Outcomes: 1) Comprehend the problem of mission drift (case studies), 2) Apply four strategies to avoid mission drift, and 3) Be able to evaluate your organization’s level of mission clarity and resilience.

FACULTY: Becca Spradlin | Founder & CEO | On Mission Advisors

6. A Transfer of Trust

Learn how effective succession planning requires more than passing the baton—it demands a strategic transfer of trust across leaders, boards, donors, and mission stakeholders to ensure lasting organizational continuity. Outcomes: 1) Discern how trust drives sustainable leadership transitions, 2) Identify risks when trust is not transferred beyond a key leader, and 3) Apply strategies to align succession with trust across all stakeholders.

7. How To Create A Healthy Organizational Culture

Healthy organizational cultures are uncommon because most leaders prioritize mission over culture. Yet, an unhealthy culture inevitably puts the mission at risk of multiplying, and sometimes even surviving. Discover how a leadership team nurtures a healthy culture. Outcomes: 1) Know why leader development is foundational in building a healthy culture, 2) Recognize how to pave the way for a healthy organizational culture through the generations, 3) Apply resources from five organizations to help you develop a healthy organizational culture.

8. Build Flourishing Leadership with Trusted Feedback

Discover how biblically grounded 360-degree feedback multiplies flourishing leadership. Explore how trust—rooted in Christian character, competence, and chemistry—nurtures transformation, fuels team growth, and strengthens executive influence for kingdom impact. Outcomes: 1) See how trusted feedback multiplies flourishing leadership, 2) Use biblically grounded feedback to develop self-aware, Christ-centered servant leaders, and 3) Build a trust-filled leadership culture rooted in biblical values and servant-hearted collaboration.

FACULTY: Al Lopus | Cofounder | Best Christian Workplaces

9. Avoiding Ministry Succession Crisis

Most ministries avoid succession until it’s too late. This workshop offers a biblically grounded roadmap to proactively multiply leadership, culture, and impact through intentional succession planning – before a crisis forces your hand. Outcomes: 1) Recognize the hidden costs of reactive versus proactive succession planning, 2) Apply a 3-phase framework for succession rooted in biblical wisdom and organizational health, and 3) Equip your board and staff to prepare faithfully for what’s next – starting now.

10. Unlocking High-Trust, High-Performing Teams

Discover how Echoing Hills and WiLD Leaders partnered to build trust and leadership capability. Learn to assess trust, align values, and design your own roadmap to a high-trust, high-performing culture. Outcomes: 1) Discover how to assess and measure trust within your team and organization, 2) Explore a case study that tailors an approach to integrate organizational needs, values, and the Fruit of the Spirit with trust-building strategies, and 3) Begin designing your own roadmap toward high-trust, high-performing leadership.

11. Leadership Bench Press (LBP)

Provide an avenue for your staff to become the team members you want them to be. This workshop covers creating a leadership development program designed to grow your organization’s next leaders. Outcomes: 1) Recognize the importance of broadening and strengthening your leadership bench, 2) Consider how your CEO or top leadership can invest in the professional growth of your team, and 3) Apply insights – attendees will leave with an initial two-year plan to launch their own Leadership Bench Press.

FACULTY: Dustin Manis | President & CEO | Reaching Souls International

12. Leader Care is Ministry Care

The need for increased attention to leader care is difficult to miss. Join leaders from ECFA as we provide practical steps boards must take to care for the well-being of their top leader. This isn’t just about caring for the leader but also caring for the mission of the ministry. Outcomes: 1) Understand 7 essentials for excellence in leader care, 2) Create an annual care plan, and 3) Apply insights gleaned from brainstorming with leaders through roundtable discussions.

FACULTY: Jake Lapp | VP of Member Accountability, and | Michael Martin | President & CEO | ECFA

13. Stop What’s Broken – Start Building What Matters

In uncertain times, we must leverage resources in spirit-led and strategic ways. As nonprofits we struggle to stop old or out-of-date programs. But we need to release and reinvest into real, present needs. Outcomes: 1) Build disciplines that help identify what isn’t working and redeploy resources for kingdom impact, 2) Be equipped to identify high-impact mission-aligned opportunities and confidently start new initiatives, and 3) Develop a clear process to initiate new mission-aligned programs to respond to evolving audience needs.

14. Building Culture the NASA Way

NASA was named “Best Place to Work in the Federal Government” for eleven straight years—due to intentional efforts. Grounded in Ephesians 6, these methods have proven to work in nonprofit organizations too! Outcomes: 1) Measure your organization culture and focus on the critical elements that drive success, 2) Engage your leadership to model and drive cultural change, and 3) Build a culture that prioritizes inclusion and innovation.

FACULTY: Brady Pyle | Founder & President | Out of This World Leadership

15. Future-Present: Megatrends Changing the World

What will the world look like in the future? Explore how God’s work is revealed by clear megatrends that will shape the world over the next 50 years. In this session, explore how megatrends in demographics, labor, and religion will impact your ministry. Outcomes: 1) Discover megatrends that will impact ministry work now through 2100, 2) Adapt your long-term strategies for greater kingdom impact, and 3) Develop principles to immediately apply to work you are doing today.

FACULTY: Robert Yi | Chief Operating Officer | Global Leadership Network

16. The Significant Leader

In this workshop, you will discover a three-step guide to clarify your calling, leverage your career, and fulfill your God-given potential. Outcomes: 1) Discover why you were made for more, 2) Recognize the five silent traps of a successful leader, and 3) Know how to take the next steps to become a significant leader.

FACULTY: Vick Green | CEO | Replicate Ministries

Board Governance

8 workshops

1. Caring for Your CEO

“No surprises” is what most Board members prefer. CEOs too. But, how do you intentionally invest in the CEO’s capacity to survive stresses involved in leading well? Outcomes: 1) Find out about Flourishing: Learn how your CEO is doing, really, with resources/rhythms to strengthen and sustain leadership, 2) Listen to the Lifecycle: Assess and agree on the leadership style needed in this moment, and 3) Focus on Fruit: Free a CEO to invest time and energy more effectively.

2. Right Advisors, Real Impact

Trustworthy professional advisors are vital to growth. Discover how to identify and engage advisors who understand and align with your organization’s mission and values and can support your long-term goals effectively. Outcomes: 1) Assess how aligned professional advisors can support your organization’s mission and growth, 2) Identify key traits of mission-aligned professional advisors, and 3) Explore strategies for vetting and selecting mission-aligned advisors who can help multiply your results.

FACULTY: Fran Brown | Partner-in-Charge, and | Jana Bugher | Senior Vice President – Treasury Sales Manager | BancFirst

3. Boardroom EQ: Strengthening Governance from Within

Discover how emotionally intelligent leadership transforms board culture. Learn to navigate conflict, foster unity, and build resilient governance by strengthening the internal muscles, relationally and structurally, needed for effective, Christ-centered decision-making. Outcomes: 1) Develop internal leadership skills that foster healthy board culture and differentiated leadership, 2) Identify and overcome relational and structural obstacles to board effectiveness, and 3) Use emotional intelligence and communication to resolve conflict and build unity.

4. Board Alignment, Culture and Impact

Learn how board alignment shapes culture, multiplies mission, and builds momentum. Discover practical metrics and a proven tool to measure success and deepen your impact in the community. Outcomes: 1) Identify key signs of board alignment and understand its influence on organizational culture and mission multiplication, 2) Explore a practical leadership tool to build momentum through relationships, communication, alignment, capacity, and execution, and 3) Define meaningful metrics to assess board effectiveness and measure mission impact in the community.

5. Strategic Thinking for Boards

The governance literature offers conflicting advice about the board’s role in strategic planning. Many say the board should focus on desired results and stay out of strategy. Yet, many say they can make a valuable contribution. Outcomes: 1) Learn how to foster productive dialogue between boards and executive teams, 2) Learn how to define roles and co-create a strategic roadmap, and 3) Learn how to help board members gain a multiplication mindset.

FACULTY: Dr. Jim Galvin | President | Galvin & Associates, Inc.

6. The Board Internship Model

Australia has pioneered The Board Internship, a flourishing model for training, mentoring, networking, interning, and bringing young leaders into board service. Hear the vision, learn lessons, and contemplate possibilities for the US. Outcomes: 1) Understand how The Board Internship model works, from design to the Alumni Network program, 2) Be aware of success factors, pitfalls and requirements from in-the-trenches program leaders, and 3) Form an initial assessment of whether a Board Internship program should exist in the US. (theboardinternship.org.au)

FACULTY: Gary Williams | National Director | CMA (Australia)

7. Cultivating A Great Board

Great boards multiply the impact of an organization. Learn how current board members can play a pivotal role in identifying, cultivating and inspiring new potential board members and supporting them on their leadership journey. Outcomes: 1) Identify potential board leaders who align with your organization’s future needs, 2) Apply techniques to cultivate mission awareness and organization familiarity in potential future board members, and 3) Inspire and support leaders to become board members and excel at board leadership roles.

FACULTY: Nicole Elmes | President | Missionwell LLC

8. 9 Questions For Every Board

Unhealthy boards quietly drain ministry momentum. This session equips leaders and board members with nine biblically grounded questions every board must ask to multiply clarity, accountability, and Christ-centered impact. Outcomes: 1) Assess the spiritual and strategic health of your board, 2) Apply nine diagnostic questions to guide board conversations and priorities, and 3) Clarify the board’s multiplying role in long-term mission success.

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The Stewardship Track

Cultivate the resources and talent God provides with transparency and excellence.

Financial Management

10 workshops

1. Prepare & Analyze Cash Flow Projection

Nonprofit finances encompass unique elements and considerations. Join us to gain practical insight you can use to create accurate cash flow projections and analyze them to ensure financial stability and make informed strategic decisions. Outcomes: 1) Compile and organize key financial data and identify trends/patterns in cash flow projections, 2) Construct a cash flow projection using historical data and realistic assumptions, and 3) Apply cash flow analysis to make strategic decisions.

FACULTY: David Tarrant | Vice President of Finance/CFO, and | Sonia Flores | Controller | Dallas Theological Seminary

2. Multiply Financial Access Behind Borders

Lead boldly through the complexities of financial operations in hostile environments. Master FX strategy and tactical compliance methods to safeguard resources and confidently deliver critical funds to frontline teams under pressure. Outcomes: 1) Comprehend foundational legal and compliance steps for operating in restricted or high-risk countries, 2) Implement proven practices to reduce payment rejections and improve international fund deliverability, and 3) Protect your people and organization while maintaining legal and ethical integrity in difficult environments.

3. Multiply Impact through Market Insights

Nonprofits can multiply their resources and expand their mission reach without sacrificing investment performance. In this session, we’ll explore how to steward resources with biblical integrity while navigating current market trends and opportunities. Outcomes: 1) Develop biblically-sound investment policies and strategies to effectively steward and grow mission resources, 2) Discern current market trends and opportunities, and 3) Review and apply case studies and identify practical, high-impact nonprofit investment solutions.

FACULTY: Jordan Lovelady | AVP for Client Investment Solutions | HighGround Advisors

4. Fraud Prevention Best Practices Study

This focus group session will cover the results of a national survey of nonprofits and churches relating to fraud within Christian ministries, conducted as part of a Gordon-Conwell doctoral project on Fraud Prevention Best Practices. Outcomes: 1) Analyze the latest data trends specific to fraud in Christian nonprofits and churches, 2) Gain insight from a focus group study of participants relating to the Gordon-Conwell national survey results, and 3) Apply best practice controls for fraud prevention.

FACULTY: Nathan Salsbery | Partner and Executive Vice President | CapinCrouse

5. Accounting, Auditing, and Tax Update

Learn about the latest accounting, financial reporting, and tax developments affecting nonprofits. We’ll discuss accounting standards, new legislation, and IRS updates, with insight to help you plan effectively to multiply your organization’s impact. Outcomes: 1) Review recent accounting and financial statement reporting changes, 2) Identify tax challenges affecting ministries and plan for the changing environment for exempt organizations, and 3) Formulate strategies for efficient and effective planning and implementation to help ensure compliance.

6. Unexpected Insights in Familiar Places

This fun, interactive, mastermind-style workshop challenges nonprofit leaders to stop avoiding data right in front of them. By combining financial and non-financial metrics, leaders uncover new insights and gain clarity. Outcomes: 1) Know why leaders may avoid measurement, and how combining metrics reveals overlooked financial truths (Knowledge), 2) Create custom KPIs, explore metric mashups, and spark honest team discussions (Skill), and 3) Face hard data with insight, focus on mission-aligned metrics, and embrace accountability as a model of stewardship (Wisdom).

FACULTY: Brad Tisdale | Founder and CEO | BT Advisors LLC

7. The Strategic CFO: Build to Multiply

Today’s ministry CFO or controller must be both a strategist and builder to adapt to our rapidly changing world. We’ll focus on how to blend both skillsets to multiply effectiveness in financial reporting and analysis, people development, and systems. Outcomes: 1) Discover how to design and build strategic reports with the less-is-more principle, 2) Multiply your team’s output through standardized work and AI tools, and 3) Evaluate your current systems and learn how to lay a foundation for frictionless processes.

8. Effectively Stewarding God’s Resources

Your organization experiences pain from time constraints and unmet expectations. Hiring may help, but information bottlenecks and ineffective software persist. This workshop will help you visualize your processes, increase consistency, decrease time, and reduce costs. Outcomes: 1) Apply a systematic method for reducing organizational pain used by Fortune 500 companies, 2) Visually represent the process that is causing organizational pain, 3) Implement five tools to focus your efforts to reduce organizational pain.

FACULTY: Nate Miller | Team Leader – Transformation Center of Excellence | Cru

9. Economic Update & Avoiding Unethical Investing

We will discuss the current economy and financial markets through a Christian lens and identify how many Christian investments may conflict with biblical teachings by overlooking ethical screening, values alignment, proxy voting, and corporate engagement. Outcomes: 1) Discern key long-term economic and investment factors for informed financial decision-making, 2) Identify how Christian investments might conflict with biblical values and ethical standards, 3) Apply Christian-aligned strategies for screening, proxy voting, and corporate engagement.

10. Host Your Own DAF Program? Why?

Donor Advised Funds (DAFs) continue to grow rapidly and are becoming an increasingly large portion of charitable giving. Nonetheless, many organizations aren’t actively entering the DAF space. In this session, we articulate the benefits of DAFs and steps to starting one. Outcomes: 1) Gain insight on donor benefits of and growth in DAFs, 2) Discover advantages of hosting a DAF program over relying on gifts from outside programs, and 3) Ascertain keys to starting a DAF program for your organization.

Legal and Risk

8 workshops

1. Assessing Religious Liberty in 2026

Evolving laws and recent court cases are impacting the legal terrain for religious organizations. It is important for nonprofit ministry leaders to understand these changes and assess their organization’s ability to access First Amendment protections and related religious liberties. Outcomes: 1) Equip nonprofit leaders to better self-assess their organization’s legal foundation as it concerns religious liberty in light of an evolving landscape, 2) Apply best practices for increasing access to religious liberty protections. 3) Identify common pitfalls to avoid.

FACULTY: Patrick Piccolo | Legal Counsel, Deputy Director of CMA | Alliance Defending Freedom

2. Recent Developments from Capitol Hill, the Courts

It is critical to stay current on legal, tax, and financial trends impacting your ministry. Join us for an engaging discussion on the latest developments impacting your ministry, your donors, and communities you serve. Outcomes: 1) Consider how your ministry should respond to the latest developments, 2) Cut through the confusion to understand what is really happening on Capitol Hill and the courts, 3) Apply ECFA insights on the latest trends and research that impact your ministry.

3. Multiply Resilience in Restricted Regions

Lead with confidence in the world’s most challenging regions. Mitigate financial, legal, and physical risks when operating across borders—ensuring safe, compliant, and effective ministry in volatile, restricted, or high-stakes environments. Outcomes: 1) Assess and manage financial risk by navigating currency volatility in high-risk, cross-border ministry contexts, 2) Know key legal and compliance risks when funding and operating in restricted or sanctioned regions, and 3) Protect teams and operations through secure, lawful funding methods that avoid physical cash movement.

4. Creating a Culture of Safety

Engage in a discussion about the five key aspects of security your organization should have in place before your security team ever shows up. Discover insights and tools to build a resilient, grace-filled team thoroughly prepared to face any security risk. Outcomes: 1) Identify five foundational elements of organizational security, 2) Be able to build a grace-filled, resilient safety culture, and 3) Equip teams to proactively manage and respond to threats.

FACULTY: Jon Barron | Area Vice President | Gallagher

5. Risk Management for Christian Organizations

Christian organizations that don’t manage risk limit their potential and allow fear to guide decision-making. Participants get a risk management framework to navigate uncertainty, preserve integrity, ensure sustainability, and turn challenges into opportunities. Outcomes: 1) Explore enterprise risk management (ERM) principles for Christian organizations: risk, purpose, strategy, compliance, and resilience, 2) Be empowered with an ERM framework to manage financial, reputational, operational, and institutional risks, and 3) Apply practical steps for boards and administrative teams to turn uncertainty into opportunity.

FACULTY: Dr. Trevor Lui | President & CEO | Global Trust Partners

6. Legal & Tax Forum

Lawyers for churches and ministries will make short presentations on multiple issues, typically arising during the six months before the conference, with substantial time for open Q&A. Bring your questions! Outcomes: 1) Alert church and ministry leaders to recent developments they need to know about, 2) Obtain and apply answers (or direction for obtaining answers) to participants’ legal and tax questions, and 3) Utilize legal and tax information resources available to church and ministry leaders.

7. The Power of Multiply – Alternative Risk Financing

History and experience demonstrates the power of the paradigm shift from dependency on insurance (P&C, Benefits) to aligning with specialized professionals to create a profit center for ministry. We will consider both single ministry and groups of ministries that have taken control of these significant ‘expenses’. Outcomes: 1) Explore options beyond traditional dependency on insurance (P&C, Benefits), 2) Identify building blocks to a successful risk financing approach, and 3) Apply steps to examine feasibility, alone and with like-minded organizations.

8. UBIT: Close Calls and Traps

More than ever, nonprofit organizations are innovating to generate extra funding. The rules defining when those activities become taxable aren’t always clear. Explore common scenarios that fall close to the line. Outcomes: 1) New leaders: Know the tax code’s rules defining when a nonprofit’s activities become taxable. 2) Veteran leaders: Know how UBIT rules apply to common activities that are close to the line. 3) Apply practical tips for minimizing UBIT while encouraging good stewardship and integrity in IRS reporting.

FACULTY: John Wylie | Partner, /TAFT, and | Taylor Huse | Associate | /TAFT

People Management and Care

14 workshops

1. Business-based Talent Strategy

This workshop is designed to assist HR, talent, and organizational development professionals in developing their annual talent management strategies in such a way that is anchored in their organization’s mission, vision, core values, and strategic plan. Outcomes: 1) Create a talent management strategy anchored in your organization’s strategic plan, mission, vision, and core values, 2) Communicate the context of the talent management plan to senior management, and 3) Use a systematic roadmap to implement organizational transformation.

FACULTY: Karen McDonald | Executive Director, Employee Success and Leadership | Dallas Theological Seminary

2. Multiply Impact through Multigenerational Teams

Diverse ideas may cause tension. But when we thoughtfully combine the skills and passion of young innovators with the experience and vision of mature leaders, we multiply mission impact and team fulfillment, revitalizing organizational culture. Outcomes: 1) Explore findings on Intergenerational multiplication strategies from CEOs, volunteers, board members, 2) Apply biblical principles to value and engage each team member’s contribution, and 3) Design teams for greater missional impact, productivity, job satisfaction, and engagement.

FACULTY: Dr. Teresa Moon | Founding President/CEO | Institute for Cultural Communicators

3. Nonprofit Compensation Considerations

Nonprofit compensation can be complex. Ensure that your organization has a reliable approach to setting and maintaining compensation that supports your overall goals and provides executives and staff with value and clarity. Outcomes: 1) Know the purpose and need for consistent executive and employee compensation studies, 2) Recognize the importance of a comprehensive compensation philosophy and policy document for continuity, and 3) Consider how compensation shapes culture from the top down, including unique factors for founders.

FACULTY: Kelsey Helmick | Executive Compensation Program Consultant | CapinCrouse

4. Strategic Leadership: The Way of the Carpenter

The process by which Jesus learned and mastered the carpenter trade provided him with a practical model for growing and developing people. Learn to implement this model to multiply results as you manage and develop others. Outcomes: 1) Discover Jesus’ method of developing the disciples based on their level of readiness, 2) Examine four tools in developing others that will enhance relationships and multiply results, and 3) Practice proper skills in modifying leadership approaches to the development level of team members.

5. Ministry Transitions Without The Wreckage

Terminations, restructuring, and poor fit hires can wound entire ministries. This workshop gives nonprofit leaders a biblical, strategic, and humane framework to manage employment decisions while preserving unity, clarity, and purpose. Outcomes: 1) Identify key risks and blind spots in common ministry employment decisions, 2) Apply a redemptive process for releasing staff, and 3) Preserve mission momentum through relationally wise decision-making.

FACULTY: Matt Davis | President | Ministry Transitions

6. Multiply Resilience Amid Always-On Change

In this interactive session, based on Dr. Armstrong’s original research, participants will challenge outdated change models and discover how the Resilience Quad can multiply leaders’ capacity to navigate, sustain, and apply resilience amid always-on change. Outcomes: 1) Identify how outdated change models no longer meet the needs of leaders and teams, 2) Explain the Resilience Quad as a new, practical framework for navigating today’s environment of always-on change, and 3) Apply the Resilience Quad to your current organizational change environment.

FACULTY: Dr. Julie Armstrong | Founder and Principal Consultant | 3H Leadership Consulting, LLC

7. Psychological Safety for Trust and Courage

Explore the biblical foundations of psychological safety—truth in love, humility, and mutual care. Build high-trust, high-challenge teams where voice and correction are welcomed, and mission-driven accountability leads to effective and flourishing workplace cultures. Outcomes: 1) Explore the biblical basis for psychological safety, including trust, truth in love, and humility, 2) Recognize how safety fosters resilience, feedback, and voice without sacrificing challenge or accountability, and 3) Gain tools to assess and increase psychological safety and voice within your team culture.

FACULTY: Aimee Hodges | Consultant and Coach | Best Christian Workplaces

8. The 6 Types of Working Genius

The Working Genius model identifies six types of work essential to any project: Wonder, Invention, Discernment, Galvanizing, Enablement, and Tenacity. It helps individuals and teams maximize productivity by aligning tasks with natural strengths. Outcomes: 1) Identify your Working Geniuses to increase energy, productivity, and job satisfaction, 2) Diagnose team misalignment and reduce frustration by understanding all six types of Working Genius, and 3) Apply the Working Genius model to delegate tasks and lead more effectively.

FACULTY: Aaron Stroman | Senior Consultant | Stroman & Associates

9. Conflict Resolution: Multiply Peace, Not Problems

Learn and practice key principles in effectively resolving employee conflicts. As challenges and changes contribute to possible discord, our goal as leaders and HR professionals is to foster unity, hope, and joy. Let’s find paths to resolving and preventing conflict in our organizations. Outcomes: 1) Recognize common sources of conflict in ministry and the workplace, 2) Apply the five principles of resolving conflict: acknowledging, focusing, developing solutions, committing to resolve, and evaluating, and 3) Put the five principles into practice.

FACULTY: Joelle Peelgren | Principal / Consultant | DeGenaro Peelgren Associates

10. Ushering Staff Out the Door

Terminating staff in ministry can be difficult but can be necessary. It needs to be done with compassion and kindness. How can we avoid needing to have a termination conversation? Outcomes: 1) Recognize that pruning is necessary if staff become toxic, unproductive or commit egregious conduct, 2) Know how to have this difficult conversation with grace and love, and 3) Determine what can be done proactively to help eliminate the need to even have a termination conversation.

11.Leverage Personality Typing

There are many personality typing tools that can help you care for your team. We will discuss how to use them in a way that does not contradict the truth that we are all formed in the image of God and uniquely designed and known by him. Outcomes: 1) Appreciate the advantages of personality typing, 2) Explore and consider different personality typing tools. and 3) Apply solutions based on this exploration.

FACULTY: Jill Meador | CCNL | VP of Operations | Dare 2 Share

12. Mastering the Art of Feedback

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools in leadership. Jesus gave feedback with grace and truth. Learn a method from his example that can build trust, clarify expectations, enhance relationships and multiply results. Outcomes: 1) Create a culture of feedback for open communication, trust and growth, 2) Discover a model for delivering both complimentary and corrective feedback, and 3) Practice applying the feedback model in typical ministry leadership situations.

13. Multiplying Effectiveness through the Generations

This presenter-driven discussion with representatives from each generation in the workplace will give you the insights you have been desiring! Join us as they share their experiences and expectations. Outcomes: 1) Understand what each generation desires to obtain from their ministry/professional experience, 2) Discover how to utilize the best of each generation to make your team stronger, and 3) Consider how each aspect of your organization (communications, benefits, etc.) is received by generations differently.

FACULTY: Vonna Laue | CCNL | Executive Director of Global Services/CFO | TEAM

14. Preventing Burnout and Retaining Staff through Soul Care

To retain a thriving staff team it is vital to address and prevent burnout. That’s where soul care comes in. Outcomes: 1) Recognize the Signs: Learn to distinguish between a thriving soul and one that’s merely surviving. 2) Embrace Rhythms of Receiving: Discover practical spiritual practices that shift you from constant output to intentional input, replenishing your inner self, and 3) Cultivate Sustainable Leadership: Develop consistent patterns of rest and reflection to lead from a place of wholeness and authenticity.

FACULTY: Kat Landa | Senior Vice President | Talent Solutions | DickersonBakker

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The Relationship Track

Connect generous hearts to ministry mission and purpose.

Resource Development

19 workshops

1. Test, Learn, & Grow: Direct Response Case Studies

This quick-paced session will highlight new test results and case studies in faith-based fundraising. Discover practical takeaways for your ministry to help improve donor engagement, boost response rates, and grow fundraising impact across channels. Outcomes: 1) Gain practical ideas for your organization to try or test, 2) Gain insight from how other ministries like yours are optimizing performance across channels, 3) Apply wisdom from how other faith-based organizations are communicating with donors and prospective donors to drive growth.

2. Generosity Reporting and Giving Trends

In this session, we will explore prevailing trends in Christian philanthropy and provide counsel on how to embrace them and position your ministry to benefit. Also, during shifting economic times, major donors tend to reduce the number of charities they support. Learn what matters the most in major donor retention. Outcomes: 1) Know the present state of US-based, faith-based philanthropy, 2) In light of these trends, determine the best path forward, and 3) Comprehend changes in the major donor landscape.

FACULTY: Bob Westfall | Founder / CEO | Westfall Gold

3. Using AI to Multiply Revenue

Learn practical AI tools and techniques to acquire new donors, engage existing supporters, and move people down the funnel to becoming monthly, midlevel, and major donors. Outcomes: 1) Gain hands-on experience with AI tools to create more personalized and effective donor experiences, 2) Apply practical advice from experienced fundraisers on how to increase staff productivity using AI agents, and 3) Use a roadmap to implement AI in your fundraising workflows, from email and donor research to campaign testing and segmentation.

4. You Had Me at Hello

What are the essential elements of donor communication? We will do group exercises to get us thinking about the difference between donor-centered and organization-centered communication. Outcomes: 1) Address essential elements of donor communication: Asking, thanking, and reporting impact, 2) Break down the why, how and what of our organizations, recognizing that donors are at the heart of it all, and 3) Build momentum toward understanding that behind every dollar is a donor with a heart and passion for God’s calling.

5. Legacy: In Fundraising and In Life

Everyone leaves a legacy. What’s yours? As fundraisers/ministry partners we want to have an impact. Explore strategies for equipping those around you to make a positive, purposeful, permanent difference through fundraising … and through life. Outcomes: 1) Discover what leadership legacy in fundraising really is, 2) Evaluate your current personal legacy aspirations, accomplishments, and gaps, and 3) Create a customized action plan designed to multiply your own impact substantially elevate your leadership legacy.

FACULTY: Kent Stroman | President, Stroman & Associates, and | Aaron Stroman | Senior Consultant | Stroman & Associates

6. Cultivating Good Soil Through Stewardship

Too many Christian organizations focus on fundraising tactics while neglecting the spiritual foundation that creates truly generous hearts. This session explores how diligent stewardship principles can transform giving patterns, creating “good soil” conditions where kingdom generosity naturally flourishes. Outcomes: 1) Know how to apply stewardship, 2) Recognize how to measure stewardship effectiveness, and 3) Apply how to create a culture of generosity grounded in biblical principles.

FACULTY: Victoria Mannoia | Vice President of Fundraising Solutions | DickersonBakker

7. Happily Generous: The Secret Cure to Everything

Everyone wants to be happy. Most want to be generous. But few appreciate the connection between the two. The key to honoring Christ, funding your vision, enhancing the wellbeing of your donors comes from living out the reality of Acts 20:35. Outcomes: 1) Understand that God is the Great Giver with endless manifestations of his generosity, 2) Discover why being made in God’s image changes everything, and 3) Overcome key barriers to generosity, stepping into life that is truly life.

FACULTY: Mike Kocolowski | Chief Stewardship Officer | Christian Financial Resources

8. The Essentials of Planned Giving

Planned gifts are powerful. They increase individual donor giving capacity, strengthen loyalty and generate new sources of ministry revenue. Get proven tactics for launching, sustaining and measuring success of a planned giving program. Outcomes: 1) Share insight with your board and senior leadership on the power of planned gifts to transform fundraising efforts, 2) Identify your target planned giving audience and incorporate planned giving messaging into your marketing, and 3) Determine staffing, resources, systems, and metrics required for long-term success.

9. Campaign Conundrums

Whether contemplating a campaign, starting one, finishing one, or looking back on one, you can resolve common pitfalls to ensure campaign success. This interactive workshop will equip you for a successful campaign to move your organization forward and deepen donor engagement for a lifetime. Outcomes: 1) Determine when conditions are ripe for a campaign, 2) Get ahead of potential roadblocks to campaign success as you plan and manage a campaign, and 3) Achieve campaign success without donor and staff burnout.

FACULTY: Dr. R. Mark Dillon | Senior Vice President/Founder | Generis Advancement, Generis Partners

10. Major Donor Game Plan

Eighty percent of your gift income needs can come from major/mega donors. Learn a time tested, biblical plan. This 6-step process is “moves management” made easy. Explore real life experiences from 45 years in the field with over 2,000 ministries. Outcomes: 1) Apply insight on research, relationship, request, recognition, recruitment and reporting, 2) Recognize that relationships are the key. A good plan, with each individual donor is a must, and 3) Apply insight on who, what when, where and how.

FACULTY: Patrick McLaughlin | Founder | The Timothy Group, PM

11. Engaging the Lost Middle Donors

There’s a loyal donor group hiding in plain sight—too engaged for mass marketing, not yet major givers. Learn to define, engage, and grow this “lost middle” of midlevel donors through a practical, customizable stewardship strategy. Outcomes: 1) Define and segment mid-level donors using their organization’s own data and behavioral insights, 2) Incorporate proven practices like proposals, check-ins, and intentional touchpoints to build donor trust, and 3) Track meaningful metrics to measure program success.

12. Accelerating Sustainable Giving Growth

Dave Raley, author of The Rise of Sustainable Giving, shares a proven 7-step blueprint to accelerate recurring giving. Learn to increase revenue, retention, and donor value by applying subscription economy insights to fundraising. Outcomes: 1) Apply a 7-step blueprint to grow recurring giving revenue and donor long-term value, 2) Leverage subscription economy insights to improve donor retention and monthly giving performance, and 3) Identify and activate one quick win to accelerate recurring giving results.

FACULTY: Dave Raley | Founder | Imago Consulting

13. Cows, Crypto and Other Creative Gifts

If your fundraising efforts focus on cash-based giving, you’re leaving the biggest potential gifts on the table. From livestock and land to stock and business interests, explore the wonderful and wildly strategic world of noncash assets. Outcomes: 1) Identify common non-cash gifts potentially appealing to your supporters, 2) Discover how to spot potential non-cash gift opportunities (donor conversations, life events, asset holdings), and 3) Recognize how the prevalence of donor-advised funds and recent tax laws make asset giving more attractive.

FACULTY: Cindi Riemersma | Director of Gift Administration | Barnabas Foundation

14. Grant Writing: Research to Results

Discover the basics of grant writing, what you need to get started, and how to research funders. Includes practical tools, a sample grant, and proven techniques to build successful proposals. Outcomes: 1) Understand the essential components needed to begin researching and writing effective grant proposals, 2) Identify funding sources that align with your mission using practical research tools and techniques, and 3) Analyze a sample grant to recognize structure, tone, and what funders look for.

15. Generosity through Transformational Philanthropy

Ensuring financial stability is integral for leaders. Start a giving program that emphasizes cultivating genuine, meaningful relationships with donors. Align with the strategic plan and faithfully care for donors. It will take time but will yield a flourishing and sustainable future. Outcomes: 1) Answer: Is fundraising biblical, and does that make it transformational? 2) Explore: The Theory of Change as we re-imagine philanthropy, and 3) Move: From a mindset of “charity” to one of change – special emphasis on major gifts.

FACULTY: Erwin van Laar | Director Ministry Solutions – Development | The Great Commission Foundation

16. Multiplying Generous Stewards

This workshop will teach the four themes and 12 principles of biblical generosity. God is generous, disciples become generous, believers teach generosity, and leaders shape generosity. We will consider biblical texts and contemporary stories of generosity. Outcomes: 1) To understand the truth and implications that God owns everything and we are stewards. 2) To apply how to become generous like God, and 3) To know how to teach, live, and model generosity as leaders.

FACULTY: Ruthie Cristobal | Chief Partnership & Operations Officer | Global Trust Partners

17. Beyond the Pyramid: Rethinking Major Gifts in 2026

Donor behavior is changing. Are you adapting? The traditional giving pyramid is outdated. High-capacity donors offer ministry growth opportunity. Faith-based nonprofits will see nearly 50% of their revenues from less than 1% of donors this year. Outcomes: 1) Find where your next major donors are – donors that can make 5 and 6-figure gifts, 2) Discover how to use A.I. to create predictive models to target prospects, and 3) Ask without fear, knowing when, what and how much to ask for.

FACULTY: Dr. Candace Gregory | President/CEO | Open Door Mission, and | Roy Jones | Fit Fundraising

18. Breaking Through Your Giving Ceiling

Break free from the blind spots holding back your growth. Discover a proven formula to diversify revenue, deepen donor loyalty, and build a healthy donor pyramid—unlocking sustainable, scalable fundraising and the kingdom impact your mission was designed for. Outcomes: 1) Diagnose the core barriers to fundraising growth using the 17-blindspot framework, 2) Apply the V+S+SI+M = G4S2F™ formula to build scalable, sustainable growth, and 3) Design a high-retention donor experience that multiplies lifetime value and kingdom impact.

FACULTY: Bob Guittard | Founder & CEO | Guittard Growth

19. Faithful Giving and Donor Retention

Explore what inspires long-term generosity in Christian donors. Based on national research, this session unpacks spiritual motivators, common attrition risks, and strategies to foster lasting donor trust and connection. Outcomes: 1) Recognize how spirituality impacts donor loyalty, 2) Apply retention strategies rooted in faith, and 3) Identify what causes donors to lapse.

FACULTY: Jaclyn Jones | Chief Philanthropic Economist | Masterworks

Marketing and Communications

15 workshops

1. Crisis Communications for Christian Leaders

No organization is immune from crises. Preparation is the most effective way to lessen the ramifications. This workshop will equip leaders on learning vulnerabilities and teach best practices in crisis prep and management. Outcomes: 1) Spot and mitigate vulnerabilities, where mistakes are often made and can escalate quickly, 2) Recognize the steps to navigate a crisis effectively, with wisdom and structure, 3) Prepare well to apply the best crisis management tool – preventing one altogether.

FACULTY: Anna Hutsell | Communications Strategist | Guardian, a strategic communications agency

2. Build a Marketing Dream Team

How should nonprofits structure their marketing functions? This session unpacks internal, external, and hybrid models—helping leaders assess capacity, cost, and clarity to choose the right mix and scale for maximum growth and efficiency. Outcomes: 1) Compare internal, external, and hybrid models, 2) Recognize and understand the cost implications of each, and 3) Identify the right model for your growth.

3. AI Secrets for Creating Cinematic Content

Go behind-the-scenes with Max Bard to explore how AI transforms ministry content creation. Learn practical workflows for producing professional audio/video content at scale using cutting-edge AI tools and automation. Outcomes: 1) Understand AI-powered content production workflows from concept to distribution, 2) Identify cost-saving opportunities through AI automation in the media ministry, and 3) Evaluate tools and platforms for building AI-driven content operations.

FACULTY: Max Bard | Growth & AI Studio Executive, VP of Content | PRAY.COM

4. Social Media for Ministry Success

Learn how you can create successful brand presence and campaigns by leveraging social media best practices. We’ll break down actionable strategies to boost engagement, expand your reach, and multiply impact. Outcomes: 1) Use social media as a brand-building tool, 2) Apply best practices, strategies, and recommended tools for your content planning, and 3) Recognize ways to multiply reach through native tools and tailoring content to specific platforms.

5. Success Starts with Strategy

Create your own marketing plan for more impact. Learn our proven framework for creating an effective, research-based marketing plan and brand platform to help your organization make more impact. Outcomes: 1) Apply a proven framework to create a clear, research-based marketing plan from start to finish, 2) Define your brand platform to align messaging, attract support, and stand out with clarity, and 3) Walk away with a practical, actionable plan tailored to your mission, audience, and goals.

FACULTY: Justin Eklund | CEO & Chief Brand Strategist | Grove9

6. Marketing Readiness for Ministries

In this fast-paced session, explore the 10 factors in the Marketing Readiness Index and learn how gaps may limit growth and how top ministries improve alignment, messaging, and strategy to market more effectively. Outcomes: 1) Evaluate readiness using ten key factors, 2) Apply improvements to increase marketing impact, and 3) Align teams around brand clarity.

FACULTY: Seth La Tour | Director of Enterprise Growth | Masterworks

7. Stories That Stick: Why Narrative Moves People

How do you move audiences from content-informed to action-inspired? The power of story. Craft narratives that inspire generosity, deepen engagement, and invite people into God’s unfolding redemptive story. Outcomes: 1) Recognize how neuroscience and theology explain story’s unique power to engage hearts and inspire action, 2) Apply a practical framework for crafting compelling, emotionally resonant stories that reflect your ministry’s mission, and 3) Create compelling narratives of impact to mobilize donors, foster long-term engagement, and expand influence.

FACULTY: Shelley Komoszewski | Senior Director of Development | Sightline (formerly Josh McDowell Ministry), and | Brock Anderson, Vice President of Content, Sightline

8. Text-to-Grow: Engage, Expand, Give

Texting isn’t just communication—it’s conversion. Learn how to craft compelling messages that engage, grow your audience, and increase donor support with clear, actionable mobile strategies. Outcomes: 1) Unleash the power of SMS, MMS, and AI to skyrocket engagement with your audience, 2) Convert loyal supporters into recurring donors with proven text messaging techniques, and 3) Effortlessly fill volunteer gaps and build a passionate team of supporters.

FACULTY: Michael Cantrell | Senior Director of Operations | Powered By Text

9. Disrupt Someone’s Day

Disruption lies in breaking conventional formats. It sparks innovation and challenges norms. It reinvents and redefines what brands mean to people. In the nonprofit space it is transformative. Outcomes: 1) Discern how disruption begins with breaking what is expected, from branding to print campaigns, to digital strategies, 2) Apply insight on how disruption shows up in cultivation and relationship building that surprises constituents, 3) No fancy campaigns necessary, implement disruption in small details that rewire expectations.

FACULTY: Donna Lucas | Chief Marketing and Development Officer | Joni and Friends

10. How To Nurture Raving Fans For Your Mission Online

Learn how to use the ART of Engagement and StoryBrand to establish authority, demonstrate relevance, and build trust with the right audiences. Cut through noise and drive meaningful engagement in a rapidly changing digital culture. Outcomes: 1) Apply proven frameworks to increase digital engagement and drive action across donor and partner networks, 2) Create high-value lead magnets that grow your list and attract aligned ministry partners, and 3) Repurpose content and syndicate it across platforms with minimal effort.

FACULTY: Kenny Jahng | Founder & CEO | Big Click Syndicate & AIforMinistryLeaders.com

11. SEO in 2026: Optimizing for Google Search and AI

Explore cutting-edge SEO techniques for 2026, focusing on optimizing for both traditional Google Search and AI-generated results. Learn to future-proof content, enhance visibility, and adapt strategies for evolving search technologies. Outcomes: 1) Know how to optimize website content for visibility in both Google Search and AI-generated results, 2) Identify future-facing SEO strategies that align with evolving algorithms and AI-driven search technologies, and 3) Apply practical SEO tools and techniques to increase discoverability across traditional and AI-based platforms.

FACULTY: Dave Offord | Digital Campaign Specialist | Infinity Concepts

12. Live, Laugh, Give Even MORE

We debuted the coming comedic advertising trend for faith-based nonprofits at Outcomes 2025. And we’ve learned a lot more since last year. We’re sharing it during this session. Outcomes: 1) Get the inside story on comedic nonprofit ads in market, 2) Gain insight on what the latest data shows about how your organization can benefit from comedic advertising, and 3) It’s not just ads – apply the comedic journey moments that drive word-of-mouth sharing.

13. Narrative Clarity: Storytelling That Cuts Through

Your story deserves clarity. This hands-on workshop equips faith-based communicators to simplify messaging, remove noise, and craft narratives that captivate hearts and advance your mission with grace and urgency. Outcomes: 1) Use a gospel-rooted storytelling framework to sharpen your message, 2) Reduce cognitive friction by simplifying donor-facing content, and 3) Craft urgent, emotional narratives that increase audience engagement.

FACULTY: Caitlin Curry | Client Success Manager | Infinity Concepts

14. Donor-Focused Digital Campaign Strategy

Your donors don’t need clever—they need clarity. This session will help you craft consistent, cross-platform content that builds trust, drives belief, and delivers value in every digital touchpoint with your donor base. Outcomes: 1) Evaluate messaging from a donor-first point of view, 2) Integrate content across email, social, and web, and 3) Build trust through consistency and transparency.

15. Multiply with Amazon KDP Self-Publishing

Learn how to self-publish with Amazon KDP. I’ll guide you through the simple steps to create books, journals, or fundraising tools at low cost and with limitless possibilities for ministry and impact. Outcomes: 1) Identify practical ministry and educational uses for Amazon KDP self-publishing, 2) Discover how to design and format a PDF manuscript using tools like Canva, and 3) Complete the Amazon KDP submission form with confidence and clarity.

FACULTY: Dr. Brittany Kretz | MOL Program Director, Associate Professor | York University

Internet and Technology

6 workshops

1. Outsourcing Technology Development & Support

Although technology outsourcing is a financially attractive option for any organization, it is complex. This workshop will share reasons for outsourcing, common concerns, how to overcome challenges, gather and communicate requirements, and select vendors. Outcomes: 1) Determine with confidence if outsourcing is the solution for the technology needs of your organization and evaluate alternatives, 2) Be able to create an informative and comprehensive Request for Proposal (RFP), and 3) Develop criteria for selecting an outsourcing partner.

FACULTY: Joseph Vijayam | Founder and CEO | Olive Technology Inc.

2. Vibe Coding for Good

Build a rapid prototype with AI-based development tools like Lovable, Bolt or Replit. We’ll go from idea, to prompt, to launch during this session. Outcomes: 1) Perceive capability and build proficiency with chat-based, no-code tools, 2) Build a working prototype of a tool or website during the session, and 3) Lay a solid foundation for future concepts and builds.

FACULTY: Michael Lukaszewski | Founder and CEO | Hopeware

3. AI for Ministry Leaders

Join Ryan to discover practical AI applications transforming ministry operations today. From pastoral care to community engagement, learn actionable strategies for leveraging AI while maintaining authentic ministry relationships. Outcomes: 1) Identify immediate AI implementation opportunities within your ministry context, 2) Navigate ethical considerations when deploying AI in spiritual contexts, and 3) Build a roadmap for phased AI adoption across ministry functions.

FACULTY: Ryan Beck | CTO | PRAY.COM

4. Deplatforming Risks – 10 Year Horizon

Deplatforming risks are evolving as rapidly as technology and culture and even vary by region. This workshop will provide a 10-year horizon (2036) framework for managing deplatforming risks. Outcomes: 1) Determine risk categories (cloud, identity/directory, networks, CRM systems, etc.) and futures, 2) Consider a proposed framework for a 10-year plan to manage deplatforming risk, and 3) Apply insight on debanking as an adjacent area and ministry call to action.

FACULTY: Tad Brockway | Chief Technology Officer | Bible Study Fellowship

5. Multiplying God’s Seed Through AI

This session explores how Christian leaders can use AI tools to cultivate, grow, and deliver God-given ideas – transforming inspiration into impactful books, sermons, events, and resources that multiply kingdom influence. Outcomes: 1) Recognize how AI can help develop and expand God-given ideas, 2) Apply practical ways to use AI to cultivate God-inspired thoughts into actions, and 3) Discern the importance of stewarding divine inspiration to completion.

FACULTY: Tirrell Howell | Vice President of Information Technology | Columbia International University

6. Digital Giving Strategies That Deliver

Discover the latest donor research in online giving trends among faith-based nonprofits. Learn actionable strategies to improve conversion rates, engage digital donors more effectively, and grow your impact through smarter, data-informed online fundraising practices. Outcomes: 1) Get a pulse for the state of online fundraising today for faith-based nonprofits, 2) Discover ways to improve performance of donation forms and monthly giving asks, 3) Evaluate ‘upsell’ methods to determine whether they’re a good fit for your organization.

FACULTY: Amy Sewell | Douglas Shaw & Associates, and | Larry Cardarelli | Senior Partnerships Success Manager | Fundraise Up

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Forum, Summits, and Fast Track

1. CEO Forum: 5-hour

Breakthrough Leadership Principles and Practices

Everyone knows that no organization rises above the level of its leadership. This CEO Forum equips leaders to understand and leverage their strengths while identifying and addressing the constraints that hold them back. Participants will learn to become AWARE of their patterns, ALIGN behaviors with desired outcomes, and ACCELERATE their credibility and influence across their organization. Applying these principles can help participants to lead their organizations to MULTIPLY impact for God’s kingdom.

Lyle Wells, President of Integrus Leadership, Author of The 5 Day Leader & Easy to Follow. He serves on the Christian Leadership Alliance board. (Integrus Leadership ™ provides expertise in behavioral leadership to help you lead yourself, lead your team and lead your organization to maximize its impact for God’s kingdom.)

Separate Registration Required: Session designed for CEO’s/Presidents/Executive Directors/Senior/Lead Pastors

FACULTY: Lyle Wells | President | Integrus Leadership

2. AI Summit: 3-hour

AI for Ministry Leaders in 2026

Are you utilizing AI wisely today to “Multiply” the impact of your Christian nonprofit? Join us for a dynamic NEW Outcomes Conference AI Summit led by Kenny Jahng. In this two-part interactive AI Summit, you will discover frameworks, best practices, innovative insights, and ideas you can apply right away. Outcomes: 1) Discover how to lead AI adoption with biblical wisdom and practical confidence, 2) Implement cutting-edge AI tools with direct ministry application, and 3) Gain confidence for how AI fits into your organization’s future.

FACULTY: Kenny Jahng | Founder & CEO | Big Click Syndicate & AIforMinistryLeaders.com

3. Movement Ready Church Summit: 5-hour

Movement Ready Church Summit

Are you Movement Ready? Built from Movement Ready Church: A Blueprint for Making Disciples by Dr. Robby Gallaty and Vick Green (B&H Publishing Group. March 2026,) this 5-hour Summit will train church and nonprofit ministry leaders on three essential elements to lead a disciple-making movement and create a personalized plan to get started. Outcomes: 1) Identify the three essential elements for leading a multiplying ministry and assess your church/nonprofit’s strengths and weaknesses, 2) Train leaders on how to create a long-term vision and develop rhythms that enable everyone to lead from that vision, and 3) Identify areas where your communication needs improvement.

4. Multiply: Fast Track: 5-hour (Big Idea Talks)

At The Outcomes Conference 2026 we are inaugurating a NEW experience – FAST TRACK TALKS. These nine 13-minute big idea talks will address some of the most pressing issues facing Christian nonprofit leaders today. After each address we will host an interactive table discussion on that topic. It’s a great place to explore big ideas while connecting with your peers as you discuss and reflect.

FACULTY: 9 FAST TRACK TALK PRESENTERS

Relationship Track

Donna Lucas, Chief Marketing and Development Officer, Joni and Friends
Tirrell Howell, Vice President of Information Technology, Columbia International University
Nathan Jones, CEO, Youth for Christ Foundation

Leadership Track

Dr. Rob McKenna, CEO + Founder, WiLD Leaders
Kate Williams-Whitley, President and CEO, Radiant Global Insights
Daphne’ Houston, CCNL, Director of Programs, Christian Community Action

Stewardship Track

Stewart Severino, Head of Innovation, The Navigators
Tom Beck, Chief People and Culture Officer, Compassion International
Dr. Teresa Moon, Founding President/CEO, Institute for Cultural Communicators

Leadership Roundtables

These fast paced, interactive, 1.5 hour roundtables are an opportunity to connect with peers, collaborate and explore vital trends impacting Christian nonprofits. They are a terrific way to connect with peers who share your interests and expertise. We are offering three roundtables this year. Outcomes: 1) Recognize and discuss key trends, 2) Apply shared insights on ways to MULTIPLY Christ-honoring impact, and 3) Connect while growing your leadership acumen. Most are led by Alliance board and advisory council members.

1. Leadership Roundtable: Financial Management

2. Leadership Roundtable: People Management and Care

3. Leadership Roundtable: Marketing and Communications

Hosts: Dr. Lorie Lee | Partnership Manager | Compassion International, and | TBD |

Special Events

Women’s Luncheon / Men’s Luncheon / Special 50th Anniversary Events

Details to come…

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Outcomes Conference

April 28-30, 2026 Dallas, TX