New Leadership Community Forming

What is the next iteration of innovative ministry for our church?

What are other pastors like me doing to create a new future for churches in their communities?

What is Leadership Network seeing out there that we need to know about at our church?

What are the creative ways that churches are reinventing ministry for a new day?

These are the questions we are hearing from our best clients and we want to help answer them through the What’s Next? Leadership Community.

”There are a lot of things that we do in churches where we are growing, trying to create and figure out and invent and problem solve, and so the opportunity to get in the room with people that are your peers, hear your ideas, share your ideas… is really, really, powerful.”
Matt Williams, Senior Pastor, Grace Church

“One of the most important tasks for leadership teams is to think always over the next hill not the current hill. Our new Leadership Community is designed for teams wanting to think creatively about the next big things for their church as it impacts its sphere of ministry.”
Dave Travis, CEO, Leadership Network

Identify the Next Chapter in Your Church’s Story

To be honest, we don’t know what that looks like for your church or any church. And we do know that it will look different for every church. We believe our process of gathering peers to help each other out along this journey of transition, along with input from Leadership Network Directors and Resource Advisors, will help your church identify, launch and implement “What’s Next?” in your church’s story.

Each of the four gatherings will be interactive working sessions designed with your church in mind. You will be exposed to new ideas from the Church and other sectors including business, science and the arts. You will build models of what the future may look like and then rebuild them for your church based on the feedback from other teams. You will engage in conversations with senior pastors that are truly your peers. And you will develop measurable plans that will lead to real results for your church. In short, your team will move from creative ideas to actionable implementation leading to powerful impact.

Dates and Information

The dates for our What’s Next? Leadership Community are:

Meeting One October 30-November 1, 2013 (Location TBD)

Meeting Two April 2-4, 2014 (At Leadership Network in Dallas)

Meeting Three October 1-3, 2014 (At Leadership Network in Dallas)

Meeting Four April 20-22, 2015 (At Leadership Network in Dallas)

Participation Criteria

We are looking for leaders that are actively thinking about the next chapter of their church’s ministry. They realize that no matter how well things are going now or how strong their current ministry approaches are, they must constantly be thinking about the future.

The ideas and plans that will be explored and developed will be central to the direction of your church requiring involvement of the Lead/Senior Pastor and a minimum of four additional senior level decision-makers at each gathering.

Leadership Network "alumni" are pre-qualified for this event but anyone is welcome and encouraged to request contact or apply for an interview.

Participation Fees and Benefits

The participation fee, including all meeting facilities, resource speakers, and participant materials for a team of five participants, is $12,000 (travel/lodging excluded).  If fees are paid in full prior to the first onsite meeting in Dallas, TX, a 10% discount will be applied.  Churches may also arrange to make monthly payments of $1,000 during the first year of the two year experience.

Participation in this exclusive Leadership Community also includes enrollment in LN Prime Advantage for one year, which adds the following benefits:

• DISCOUNTED PROGRAM RATES.  Receive a 20% discount on all additional Leadership Community and InnovationLab participation fees throughout the next year.
• QUARTERLY INNOVATION BRIEFINGS. You and your teammates will be invited to participate in a series of exclusive Innovation Briefings on the latest transformational inititatives by some of the most effective churches in America.
• FREE MINISTRY JOB POSTINGS.  Post three ministry position openings per year in our Leadership Network Advance email publication or in another Leadership Network special publication sent to our mailing list of over 50,000 church leaders. This is a feature offered exclusively to PRIME ADVANTAGE members.
• CUSTOM COMPENSATION OPINION REPORT.  Receive a custom compensation opinion report, written by our staff on your specific church, based on our compensation survey of hundred of megachurches.
• ACCESS TO ALL FUTURE AND PAST ONLINE CONFERENCES.  

Additional information:

For additional information and to request contact, complete the contact form and we will get back with you soon.

If you are ready to join the conversation and be a part of the "What's Next" Leadership Community, please fill out the What's Next Leadership Community Application.

Click Here to listen to the the "What's Next" conversation with an online dialogue that featured Michael Slaughter of Ginghamsburg Church and Bob Roberts of Northwood Church, as well as Leadership Network's CEO, Dave Travis.