CLS 2026 · Sept 14–16 · Jacksonville

2025 Church Leaders Summit

The Playbook

Session replays, presentation slides, and practical resources from the 2025 Church Leaders Summit — hosted by The Church of Eleven22.

Every main stage message and ministry lab summarized into actionable guides you can bring back to your team today.

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Main Sessions

Culture of One More

Joby Martin opens the 2025 Church Leaders Summit with a powerful message on building a culture obsessed with reaching one more person for the Kingdom.

Pastor Joby Martin

main session evangelism
Main Sessions
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Culture of Repentance

Matt Chandler delivers a convicting and hope-filled message about why repentance isn't a one-time event but a lifestyle that transforms church culture from the inside out.

Pastor Matt Chandler

main session repentance
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Culture of Momentum

Ryan Britt shares practical insights on how to build and sustain momentum in your church.

Pastor Ryan Britt

main session momentum
Main Sessions

Culture of Authenticity

Lysa TerKeurst speaks vulnerably about leading from a place of authenticity — how honesty about your own struggles creates space for others to experience real healing and community.

Lysa TerKeurst

main session authenticity
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Culture of Belonging

Jay Pathak explores what it takes to build a church where people truly belong — not just attend — and why belonging is the gateway to transformation.

Pastor Jay Pathak

main session belonging
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Culture of Sending

Vance Pitman makes the case for why every healthy church should be a sending church.

Vance Pitman

main session missions
Main Sessions
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Culture of Generosity

Joby Martin closes the Summit with a message on generosity — not just financial giving, but a posture of openhandedness that transforms how a church operates and impacts its community.

Pastor Joby Martin

main session generosity
Outreach & Care
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How to Build a Care Team that Loves People Well

A practical guide to building a lay-led care team that extends pastoral care through the ministry of presence, drawn from The Church of Eleven22's model of training over 1,000 care team members to listen, love, pray, and point people to Jesus.

Jesse Manning, Kim Ferttita & Jessica Talacki

counseling outreach
Growth & Multiplication
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How to Build a Healthy Board of Elders & Governance

Glenn Doyle and fellow elders from Church of Eleven22 share a practical framework for building a healthy board of elders, covering biblical qualifications, honor culture, covenant relationships, and the critical role elders play in protecting the lead pastor and the health of the church.

Elders Glenn, Barry & Petey

church polity growth
Kids & Students
Member

How to Build a Thriving Student Ministry

Identity begins with salvation, but does not stop there.

Bo Behenna & Kendal Gast

student ministry youth
Worship & Communication
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How to Communicate Clearly Inside and Outside Your Church

Every communication piece should be an opportunity for discipleship, or for someone to take a next step.

Paul Orgunov & Jay Owen

worship
Kids & Students
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How to Create Effective Large-Group Worship for Kids

As a host, you serve as the “emcee” of large group, guiding a child through the experience.

Courtney Clark

kids-and-students children
Kids & Students
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How to Create Meaningful and Discipleship-Focused Kids Ministry

Amber Hicks and Lori Newell of Church of Eleven22 share a proven framework for building a discipleship-focused kids ministry around three pillars: gospel-centered curriculum, disciple-making volunteers, and intentional family partnerships.

Lori Newell

children kids ministry
Outreach & Care
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How to Create a Sending Culture in Your Church

BJ Chandler of the Church of Eleven22 shares four practical ingredients for building a sending culture — clear vision, clear pathways, strategic partnerships, and empowered senders — demonstrating how mission can become the operating system of a church rather than a siloed department.

BJ Chandler

outreach
Operations
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How to Create and Stick to a Healthy Church Budget

Anna Orgunov of the Church of 11:22 shares a practical framework for building and maintaining a healthy church budget, covering four budgeting approaches, benchmark ratios for staffing and facilities, the "Future Yes" principle for sustainable growth, and the tools and timeline that keep a multi-campus church financially healthy.

Paul Williams & Anna Orgunov

stewardship finances
Leadership
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How to Disciple Leaders and Build Healthy Church Culture

Practical guidance on how to disciple leaders and build healthy church culture from the 2025 Church Leaders Summit.

Joby Martin & Ryan Britt

leadership
Leadership
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How to Have (Lead) an Effective Executive Team

What does the church and team require from the Exec Team?

Ryan Britt, Paul Williams & Shawn Maxwell

leadership
Leadership
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How to Have an Effective Executive Team

Practical guidance on how to have an effective executive team from the 2025 Church Leaders Summit.

Ryan Britt, Paul Williams & Shawn Maxwell

leadership
Growth & Multiplication
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How to Help New Attenders Get Connected and Involved

SERVE | Something we want FOR you, not FROM you Make room for OneMore This is how you make friends Move from a consumer to a contributor Join GOD in what he’s doing here

Jesse Manning, Greg Knapp & Trey Brunson

growth
Operations
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How to Keep Your Church Safe and Secure

Kristen, a CPA and risk management leader at Church of 11:22, and insurance partner Chip Green from Hub International walk church leaders through a practical framework for identifying, assessing, and mitigating the legal, financial, and operational risks that every church faces.

Nathan Theus & Victor Meza

operations
Operations
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How to Lead Big Building or Renovation Projects

Steve Betz and Helena Helms of The Church of 11|22's real estate ministry team share a practical framework for leading church building and renovation projects, drawing on their experience across 14 campuses and project types ranging from tenant improvement build-outs to 62,000-square-foot ground-up facilities.

Helena Helms & Steve Betz

operations
Kids & Students
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How to Lead a Kids Ministry Across Multiple Campuses

Lori and Amber Hicks from Church of Eleven22 share how they built a highly centralized kids ministry model across 14 campuses, covering curriculum alignment, volunteer training, communication structures, and navigating the tensions that come with multi-site growth.

Lori Newell

multi-campus children
Leadership
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How to Lead and Develop a Healthy Church Staff Team

What is our hiring process and how do we vet for culture in it?

Chris Brooks & Trey Brunson

leadership
Worship & Communication

How to Make Disciples Using Your Website, App, Socials and YouTube

Use each platform to move people toward community, not just content.

Jay Owen, Apollos & Church.Tech

technology systems
Operations
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How to Manage Church Facilities and Property Well

Facilities Operations IS Ministry and Provides Discipleship Opportunities in Every Action and Interaction

Erick Groleau & Leah Linton

facilities technology
Operations
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How to Manage the Church Calendar and Events Effectively

Who Do You Tend to Forget to Loop in? How Could You Build in Reminders?

Dawn Hendryx

planning events
Worship & Communication
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How to Plan Sermon Series and Worship Services

Practical guidance on how to plan sermon series and worship services from the 2025 Church Leaders Summit.

Jonathan Vinke & Ali Parsons

music worship
Worship & Communication
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How to Plan Worship with Music, Tools, and Tech

We believe our services exist for the glory of God, and the benefit of His people.

Mitch Beauman

technology systems
Growth & Multiplication
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How to Recruit and Keep Great Volunteers

What is the culture & lifestyle of the people you are reaching out to?

Eilea Van Scoy & James Hall

volunteers technology
Operations
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How to Run IT Systems That Actually Help Ministry

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.”

Kevin Bush & Victor Meza

technology systems
Operations
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How to Run Tech and Production with Excellence

Andrew Hofstetter and Adam Skidmore share a practical framework for leading church tech and production teams across multiple campuses, organized around four pillars: people, vision, planning, and execution.

Adam Skidmore & Andrew Hoffstatter

systems technology
Growth & Multiplication
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How to Run and Grow Your Small Groups Ministry

Greg Knapp, Disciple Groups Director at Church of Eleven22, shared a comprehensive framework for building a thriving small groups ministry, covering how to create a groups-first culture, make joining seamless, and continuously raise and send new leaders.

Greg Knapp & Jesse Manning

small groups growth
Operations
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How to Run the Day-to-Day Operations of Your Church

To allow Pastors to focus on people, not logistics.

Shawn Maxwell & Nathan Theus

operations
Outreach & Care
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How to Start and Run a Successful Prison Church Service

How are you? Good, how are you? So, yeah. So, we know why we're here. This is the lab to, talk about how to launch a prison ministry or launch church services in prisons. So, my name is Greg Farah.

Greg Farah

prison ministry outreach
Operations
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How to Support Church Leadership as an Admin Team

Our role is not just administrative—it’s missional. We free up our leaders to lead.

Valerie Howard & Steph Ramirez

leadership support
Outreach & Care
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How to Support the Church with Behind-the-Scenes Ministries

We take the position that every member of our staff is a minister of the gospel. This includes Finance, HR, Facilities, IT, ETC…

Erick Groleau & Nathan Theus

systems technology
Operations
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How to Track What Matters with the Right Systems

The data analytics team at Church of Eleven 22 walks through how to choose, implement, and maintain church analytics systems that align with mission rather than just collecting numbers. Using a practical three-system stack of Rock RMS, Church Metrics, and Power BI, they demonstrate how churches of any size can track what matters most, automate follow-up with lapsing members, and turn raw data into actionable ministry insights.

Vlad Karelson & Victor Meza

technology systems
Worship & Communication
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How to Use Stories and Video to Show What God Is Doing

A practical guide to producing compelling testimony videos in the local church, covering the three-act story structure, a five-month production timeline, interview techniques, and how to care for the people whose stories you tell.

Kelly O'Quinn & Henry Mullis

storytelling video
Growth & Multiplication
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How to Launch a Campus That Thrives

Church of Eleven22's multi-site team shares a battle-tested playbook for launching thriving campuses, covering vision alignment, centralized operations, staffing models, launch timelines, and the post-launch rhythms that keep every location feeling like one unified movement.

Justin Todd & Andrew Hoffstatter

multi-campus church planting
Kids & Students
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How to Lead a Kids Ministry That's Aligned and Effective

Bo and Lori Nowell share the alignment tools, core values, and measurement strategies that keep kids ministry anchored to the church's mission across every campus, turning what could become just another program into an engine for real discipleship.

Bo Behenna & Lori Newell

kids ministry alignment
Worship & Communication
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How to Prepare and Deliver Better Sermons

A panel of seasoned preachers — Joby Martin, Matt Chandler, and Matt Carter — pull back the curtain on weekly sermon prep, finding your own voice, escaping the comparison trap, and preaching as a shepherd who goes first.

Joby Martin, Matt Chandler & Matt Carter

preaching sermons
Worship & Communication
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How to Create Meaningful Weekend Worship Experiences

Two worship pastors from The Church of Eleven22 unpack the three convictions that shape every weekend service — the glory of God, the purity of the offering, and discipleship as the win — plus how to build worship teams that belong, partner with your lead pastor, and honor the production team.

Vinky Iype & Mitch Bryant

worship weekend services
Leadership
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How to Stay Healthy and Whole in Ministry as a Woman

Lysa TerKeurst (Proverbs 31 Ministries) and Ally Parsons (Service Programming Director, The Church of Eleven22) talk with Evan Toholsky about boundaries, the myth of balance, why control is fear disguised as strength, how to handle influence without losing yourself, and how to speak to divorce with theological care.

Lysa TerKeurst, Ally Parsons & Evan Toholsky

women in ministry boundaries
Leadership
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How to Lead Through Rapid Church Growth

Joby Martin, Ryan Britt, and Vance Pitman trade hard-won lessons from stewarding rapid church growth — why motive matters, how to prepare for the people God's about to send, pre-deciding your triggers, the pain nobody warns you about, diligence over excellence, and caring more about how your people are doing than what they're doing.

Joby Martin, Ryan Britt & Vance Pitman

church growth leadership