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Built to LastBuilt to Last
October 23–24, 2026
The Church is changing, but the mission remains the same.
Join pastors, clergy, church staff, ministry leaders, volunteers, and emerging leaders for the Stronger Churches Conference 2026, a two-day leadership experience designed to help churches build ministries that remain faithful, relevant, healthy, and sustainable across generations.
Hosted by FaithLearnThrive at Hood Theological Seminary, this year’s theme, Built to Last, is more than a conversation about survival. It is a call to strengthen congregational identity, develop leaders, deepen discipleship, expand community impact, and build ministry practices that can endure changing seasons.
The Complete Conference Experience
Friday | ChurchTalk LIVE Leadership & Networking Experience
Begin the weekend with a dynamic evening of leadership conversations, networking, ministry dialogue, sponsor engagement, and relationship-building with pastors, denominational leaders, community partners, ministry organizations, and emerging leaders.
ChurchTalk LIVE is designed to create meaningful connections, inspire fresh thinking, and open the door to future collaboration.
Saturday | Stronger Churches Conference
Saturday’s conference experience moves beyond inspiration into practical application. Participants will engage in keynote experiences, ministry labs, interactive conversations, networking, resource connections, and clear next-step planning.
Featured lab sessions include:
✔️Faithful Looks Different Now: Rethinking Attendance, Engagement & Discipleship
✔️Shepherd’s Collective Live
✔️Aging, Legacy & Congregational Futures: Leading Through Life Stages and Congregational Transition
✔️Building What Doesn’t Exist Yet: Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Ministry for a New Generation
✔️Beyond the Offering Plate: Building a Multi-Generational Culture of Generosity
✔️From Sunday Presence to Missional Presence: Becoming a Church Your Community Would Miss
✔️Raising Leaders for the Church We’re Becoming: Generational Discipleship & Leadership Development
✔️Spiritual Formation Intensive: The Art of Being With God
✔️Discipleship Beyond the Building: Designing Effective Online and Hybrid Formation
✔️Leading Without a Title: Influence, Innovation & Impact for Emerging Leaders
Whether you are leading a rural, urban, suburban, established, transitioning, or newly forming congregation, the Stronger Churches Conference is designed to help you identify practical next steps for the ministry God has entrusted to you.
Early Bird Registration Is Now Open
Experience the conference as it was intentionally designed—from the relationship-building and leadership conversations on Friday to the practical equipping and ministry strategy on Saturday.
Friday + Saturday Early Bird Bundle: $99
The Complete Conference Bundle includes admission to:
ChurchTalk LIVE on Friday
💫The full Stronger Churches Conference experience on Saturday
💫Leadership conversations and networking
💫Practical ministry labs
💫Keynote experiences
💫Exhibitor and resource connections
💫Actionable strategies for your church and ministry
The $99 Early Bird Bundle is the best value and is available for a limited time.
Register early to secure the lowest available rate, reserve your place, and begin planning for your ministry team to attend together.
All registration purchases will be completed through Zeffy, our secure registration platform.
Reserve your Friday and Saturday bundle today and join us as we build stronger churches that are Built to Last.
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Event venue
1810 Lutheran Synod Drive, Salisbury, NC, United States, North Carolina 28144
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