JANUARY 21 - 22
iLLINOIS bAPTIST sTATE aSSOCIATION BUILDING
BUILDING FUTURE READY CHURCHES
Leadership in the last 5 years has evolved significantly.
We want to help.
ILLINOIS LEADERSHIP SUMMIT is a chance for you to connect with other leaders and share what they’re experiencing as well as hear from leaders who specialize in preparing churches for the future.
SPEAKER
DANIEL YANG
Daniel Yang is the National Director of Churches of Welcome at World Relief. He has pastored and helped plant churches in Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth, Toronto, and Chicago. He earned degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and the University of Michigan. He’s been an engineer, pastor, church planter, and missiologist. He is also the co-author of the books Becoming a Future-Ready Church 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders and Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church. He lives with his family in Aurora, IL.
SPEAKER
KELLY KANNWISCHER
Kelly Kannwischer’s passion is to empower leaders to unleash their hidden potential, transforming it into a driving force that sparks genuine motivation and impactful action. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Richard. Their older daughter is a student at the University of Georgia and their younger daughter is a student at Trinity University. When not coaching or optimizing non-profit strategy and operations, she’s on the golf course and enjoying the outdoors.
SPEAKER
PAUL COOPER
SPEAKER
TYLER STERCHI
Tyler Sterchi has served in pastoral ministry for 17 years at New Hope Church, a multi-site church with campuses in Effingham, Jasper, and Shelby Counties. He became the Lead pastor at New Hope in 2020. New Hope has a vision and commitment to seeing a greater movement of Jesus in each new generation. This has shaped their team and ministries to be intentional about empowering and equipping the next generation of leaders and disciples. He lives in Effingham, IL with his wife, Lindsay, and his twin ten-year-old daughters, Addison and Felicity.
Schedule
Day 1 Tuesday, January 21 (2 main, 2 breakout)
1:00 pm Registration Opens
2:00 pm Main Session 1
Worship & Keynote Speaker:
Kelly Kannwishcher
3:30 pm Break Out 1
4:30 pm Break
4:45 pm Break Out 2
5:45 pm Dinner Break
7:00 pm Main Session 2
Worship and Keynote Speaker:
Tyler Sterchi
8:15 pm End of Day
Day 2 Wednesday, January 22 (2 main, 1 breakout)
8:30 am Doors open
9:00 am Main Session 3
Worship and Keynote Speaker:
Daniel Yang
10:15 am Break Out 3
11:15 pm Main Session 4
Worship and Keynote Speaker:
Paul Cooper
12:30 pm Dismiss for day
- Q&A with Kelly Kannwischer
- Develop More Leaders (Leadership U Strategy)
- Nuts & Bolts of Building a Future Ready Church
- Reaching the Next Generation of Students
- Developing Buy In (Multi Level Vision Casting)
- Gauging Your Church’s Readiness to Change
- Three Shifts Toward Becoming a Future Ready Leader
- How We Are Seeking to Reach the Next Generation
- Navigating Change
- Nuts & Bolts of Developing a Future Ready Church
- Reaching the Next Generation of Students
- Future Churches Communicate Effectively
- Gauging Your Church’s Readiness to Change
- Embracing New Worship Strategies
- Q&A with Daniel Yang
- Navigating Conflict in a Healthy Way
- Growing Younger (To Reach the Next Generation)
- Building a Future Ready Kids Ministry
- Three Shifts Toward Becoming a Future Ready Leader
- Taking An Honest Assessment of Your Church
- Navigating Change