Church Leadership Workshops – Revitalizing Discipleship

Church Leadership Workshops – Virginia Beach, October 14, 2025

3 highly practical workshops in one day to help pastors and church leaders reshape church culture around disciple-making.

When & Where

📅 Tuesday, October 14, 2025

📍 Bayside Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, VA

Workshops

• Morning (9:30am–12:00pm): 12 Essentials for Every Pastor Leading a Disciple-Making Church
• Afternoon (1:30pm–4:00pm): The 3 Big Mistakes That K*ll Disciple-Making (and How to Fix Them)
• Evening (7:00pm–9:00pm): Disciple-Makers Playbook – A Step-by-Step Guide (Pastors & Leaders)

Tickets

🎟️ $25 per workshop

🎟️ $50 Full Day Pass (all 3 workshops)

(includes light lunch; optional dinner before evening session at own cost)

Why Attend?

• Get fresh encouragement and practical disciple-making strategies.
• Learn how to reshape church culture for lasting transformation.
• Connect with fellow pastors & leaders in the region.

...more detail:

Pastoral leadership is hard, and making disciples can feel even harder. On Tuesday, October 14th, join pastoral leadership and discipleship culture coach Michael Lin (Sydney, Australia) for a day of practical workshops designed to refresh, equip, and encourage you in building a disciple-making church.

Michael has spent the last 12 years helping pastors revitalize churches by reshaping culture around disciple-making. He brings an experienced but fresh perspective, grounded in real ministry challenges.

Morning (9:30am–12:00pm)

12 Essentials for Every Pastor Leading a Church that Makes Disciple-Makers

Quick-fire reflection on 12 vital areas of pastoral leadership that shape disciple-making culture.

Afternoon (1:30pm–4:00pm)

The 3 Big Mistakes That K*ll Disciple-Making in Churches

Learn the 3 reframes that turn mistakes into opportunities—without needing more time, more energy, or more leaders.

Evening (7:00pm–9:00pm)

The Maker of Disciple-Makers Playbook (Bring Your Leaders!)

A practical step-by-step guide for pastors and church leaders on what fruitful disciple-makers actually do, and how to multiply them.

• Fresh encouragement and practical strategies to re-focus on disciple-making.
• Learn how to reshape culture for lasting transformation.
• Take away concrete, usable tools for you and your leaders.
• Connect with fellow pastors in the region.

📅 Date: Tuesday, October 14th, 2025

📍 Location: Bayside Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, VA

🍽️ Light lunch included for day sessions; optional dinner before evening session (self-pay).

Info: Do you want to be more thoughtful, intentional, urgent, courageous, effective and fruitful as a disciple-making leader? How would that impact your church?

This workshop will get you tuned up for leading a healthy disciple-making church.

In this 2.5-hour practical workshop we will spend a quick-fire 12 minutes on each of 12 essential areas to help you reflect on the vitality of your church leadership. 
Church leadership is people leadership!

Info: These 3 big mistakes mean you have no time, no energy and no leaders!

How do you turn them around?

Learn the 3 big reframes that fix these mistakes and start growing a disciple-making culture in your church without needing more time, more energy or more leaders.

Discipleship is crucial in your church—it’s the mission!

Learn how to get going on discipleship when you and your people are busier than ever, more distracted than ever, more stressed than ever and more conflicted than ever!​
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This workshop will help you turn these 3 big mistakes into your 3 biggest opportunities to step forward and build disciple-making momentum in your church.​

Info: What do we expect our members to do when it comes to making disciples?

They know it is about growth and that means change. But how do we go about doing that with one another?

This very practical workshop will give participants the opportunity to learn, experiment with and practice hands-on disciple-making skills. 
The workshop is applicable for every leader in your church who is a maker of disciple-makers.

These maker of disciple-maker skills will be immediately usable.
This workshop covers:
What fruitful makers of disciple-makers do to facilitate change.
The 7-Step Playbook that guides your disciple-making conversations.
How making disciple-makers connects everything you do in ministry.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bayside Baptist Church, 1920 Pleasure House Road, Virginia Beach, United States