App Sessions

Here are some of the incredible App Sessions we have planned for All Access 2012. Keep watching for more to come!

Building Buzz — How to Get Your City Talking About What God is Doing in Your Church!

Matt Keller — Lead Pastor of Next Level Church in Fort Meyers, Florida

We have all had the experience of going to a restaurant in our town that had great food, top notch service and yet was nearly empty on a Friday night? It leaves us thinking, “Why doesn’t anyone know about this place?” Unfortunately for many churches, this is the case as well. God is moving & lives are being changed but nobody knows. What are they missing? The answer is Buzz – people positioned to have positive conversations about what God is up to in their church. In order for our churches to reach their full potential, it takes Buzz. In this session, Matt Keller will unpack the components of Buzz, give real time examples and show you how to integrate them into your context in practical and inexpensive ways. God is moving in your church. Isn’t it time your community knows about it?

Equipping Your Church for Marriage Ministry

Jimmy Evans — Founder of Marriage Today

We’ve all heard it said that marriages are under attack. Far too many statistics confirm this for us to ignore such a great need in the lives of people in our churches and communities. We have a tremendous opportunity and responsibility to effectively minister to marriages. Regardless of your church size or budget, you can build a dynamic marriage ministry to the couples in your church, and to those in your community. Jimmy Evans will teach how to understand the issues affecting today’s couples and how you can build a comprehensive and effective marriage ministry where you are.

ARC Women Connect

ARC Women

If you’re a pastor’s wife, you already know there are joys and challenges special to your calling. That is one of the greatest reasons ARC has formed the ARC Women Community – to give you the opportunity to connect and grow and encourage with other pastors’ wives. Hear from a panel of ARC Women in this special app session custom-designed for you to be able to share and learn together.

Developing Women Leaders in Your Church

ARC Women

If your church reflects the demographics of the rest of the country, roughly half of your church is women. Consider this: How would your church be impacted if that half of your church was intentionally developed and released to lead and serve at a new level? In this app session, you will be challenges with new ideas and learn many of the ways you can develop female leaders in your church. You’ll hear from women who are leading the way in ministry to women in our era and doing it successfully. And, we’ll make sure there is plenty of opportunity for you to ask questions that apply to your particular context.

How to Get Your Church Finances to the Next Level

David Crank — Lead Pastor of Faith Church in St. Louis, Missouri

Church finances. We all want to see our church grow financially and in the stewardship of the resources God entrusts to us. David Crank will share the story of how his church went from a $700K budget to $8 million, and how you can get to the next level, too. He’ll talk about how to connect to and relate with the millionaires in your church, as well as provide some creative sermon ideas on finances. Plus, everyone will be given a free CD on tithing.

Unity, Team Culture, and Care

Rob Ketterling — Lead Pastor of Apple Valley, Minnesota in Apple Valley, Minnesota

Everyone wants to have a team of unity, but how do you really make it happen? What can you do to cultivate and maintain a team culture of unity and make your team feel valued? How do you correct and confront those that are not “all-in”? How can you make sure the spouses and pastors’ kids love being part of the team? Rob Ketterling will teach this and more in this app session.

Unstuck — Principles for Breaking Growth Barriers

John Siebeling — Lead Pastor of The Life Church Memphis, Tennessee

For any pastor that is passionate about reaching as many people as possible, growing church attendance is a top priority. In the life of a church, there are many natural attendance barriers – points at which the church seems to reach a certain size and then stops growing. Not only can these be some of the most challenging seasons for any pastor, they can be some of the most defining seasons for the life and future of the church. In this session, we’ll look at these attendance barriers and identify specific principles that will help churches remove the lid and continue to grow. In his fifteen-year journey as Lead Pastor of The Life Church (Memphis, TN), John has seen these principles at work first hand. In the last five years, The Life Church has more than tripled in size, adding two campuses in the mid-South area and another in Durban, South Africa, reaching several thousand people in weekend services.

Blue Water Church

Joe Champion — Lead Pastor of Celebration Church in Austin, Texas

Consider the fact that as much as 90% of your city does not attend a life-giving church. How should that affect your strategy for outreach to your community? There are still many places where you can reach out where there isn’t yet a significant impact being made for the cause of Christ. In this app session, Joe Champion will teach why you should be fishing in blue water.

Funding The Vision

Randy Bezet — Lead Pastor of Bayside Community Church in Bradenton, Florida

To lead a church, you’ve got to be able to dream big. Chances are, you already have a vision that is far beyond anything you could do without it requiring more finances than you currently have. But, the vision doesn’t go away – you know it is what God has for you. In this app session, Randy Bezet will share from his own experience about how you can raise the provision that will equal your vision.

Opening the Front Door, Shutting the Back Door

Herbert Cooper — Lead Pastor of People’s Church in Oklahoma City

If your church isn’t growing, there are two problems you could be facing. You might have an attraction problem – limiting the number of people who come in the front door of your church. Or, you might have a retention problem – people sliding right out the back door without finding their place in your church. Either way, there are solutions to the problem, and there’s none better on the subject than Herbert Cooper.

One Church: Fantasy or possibility?

John Gray — Young Adult Ministry Leader at Northview Christian Church in Dothan, Alabama. Film Producer, director, singer, and comedian.

Before Jesus ascended to the Father He prayed a prayer that has yet to be realized. “Make them one”. Can the church put aside differences in worship styles, theological discrepancies and cultural divides in order to unify the Church?

Launching a Men’s Movement in your church

Matt Fry — Lead Pastor of C3 Church in Clayton, NC

The definition of Warrior is “a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier; a person who shows great vigor or courage.” Matt Fry, Lead Pastor of C3 Church just outside of Raleigh NC, began praying a few years ago that God would raise up the men of his Church to be true Warriors for Christ. He began taking steps to intentionally reach out and invest in the men of his church. C3 has a passion for strong families and recognized it begins with the men. The steps they took ignited a men’s movement in their church and now have nearly 200 men meeting twice a month to gather for prayer and Bible Study. In this App, Matt will share with you the steps he took and the results of having a church full of Warriors!

Creating a culture of leadership and generosity

Keith Craft — Lead Pastor of Elevate Life Church in Frisco, TX

Leadership is essential in growing a church, we all know that. How you create and develop a culture of leadership that leads to generosity is the tricky part though. This app session will give you the tools you need to help lead your you, your staff and your church in the area of leadership and generosity.