Louisville, Kentucky | July 8-9
Immanuel Baptist Church
The Sending Church Summit aims to assist local churches in their mission to send qualified and equipped missionaries to the ends of the earth. The Summit will include a Preview Day with Reaching and Teaching as well as plenary sessions and breakouts designed to assist and equip local churches in the area of missionary pre-field preparation, strategy, and missionary care.
Main Session Speakers
Aaron Menikoff
Missions-Centered Church
Aaron is the Senior Pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He and his wife, Deana, have four children: Rachel, Jonah, Natalie, and Tori. They moved to Atlanta from Louisville, Kentucky after Aaron completed his Masters of Divinity in Biblical and Theological Studies and his Ph.D. in American Church History from Southern Seminary.
Jonathan Leeman
Church-Centered Missions
Jonathan is the editorial director for 9Marks, and the co-host of Pastors Talk. He has a Masters of Divinity and a Ph.D. in Theology. He has written for a number of publications and is the author or editor of a number of books. He lives with his wife and four daughters in a suburb of Washington, DC, and serves as an elder at Cheverly Baptist Church.
Breakout Speakers
Pre-field Preparation
Raymond Johnson | Senior Pastor Christ Church West Chester
How Internships Can Be Used for Missionary Preparation
Chip Bugnar | Global Pastor The Church at Brook Hills
Building and Maintaining a Missions Pipeline
Brian Pate | Reaching & Teaching Global Worker
Preparing with Intention
Missions Strategy
Jeffery Timmons | Assistant Pastor Missions Mount Vernon Baptist Church
Strategic Decision Making on the Elders Board
Riley Barnes | Associate Pastor Missions Capitol Hill Baptist Church
How Local Churches Can Consider Strategic Priorities in Missions Sending and Giving
Ryan Robertson | President Reaching & Teaching
Being Both/And in an Either/Or World
Missionary Care
MENA J | Reaching & Teaching Global Worker
What Workers Need from their Sending Churches While on the Field
Shawn Wright | Pastor of Leadership Development Clifton Baptist Church
Visiting Workers on the Field
Tom Scott | Elder Immanuel Baptist Church
How to Bring a Missionary Home Well
Schedule
Monday, July 8th
9:00-5:00 PM | Preview Day
6:30 PM | Dinner & Discussion with Ryan Robertson
Tuesday, July 9th
9:00 AM | Main Session: Missions-Centered Church
10:00 AM | Main Session: Church-Centered Missions
11:00 AM | Panel Discussion
Noon | Lunch Break
Breakout Tracks: Pre-field Preparation, Missions Strategy, Missionary Care
1:00 PM | Breakout I
2:00 PM | Breakout II
3:00 PM | Breakout III
4:00 PM | Q&A with Speakers
Attendee Information
Location: Immanuel Baptist Church
Hotel Accommodations: AC Hotel Louisville Downtown
Bookstore:
Add-Ons:
- Preview Day
- Monday, July 8th
- A one-day deep dive into the DNA of Reaching & Teaching
- Free to attend with Summit Registration.
- Held at Immanuel Baptist Church.
- Dinner & Discussion
- Monday, July 8th at 6:30 PM
- Attend with other Summit attendees and guests.
- Cost is $10 per person.
- Features a conversation with Reaching & Teaching President, Ryan Robertson.