Ernest Benjamin: From Disciples to Teachers

Glenn Colley: Case Studies in Shepherding: Presentation of Solutions
Problems presented and small-group discussion.

Jaime Harper: Understanding the Addicts in Your Congregation, and Some Ideas for Helping Them Reach Heaven
This class will help the leaders of the congregation understand the needs of those in their congregation who are suffering from addictions and life struggles. The presentation will take you ...

James Horton serves as one of the ministers of the Beech Hill congregation near Ripley, Mississippi, a rural congregation of about 200 members.

Jamie Harper: How to Set up Group Sessions for Those Struggling with Pornography or Other Addiction
This session will focus on the fundamentals of setting up a support group in your congregation.

Keith Hovis: How to Shepherd Your Flock in a Politically Charged World

Some ideas we are trying at the Bryan/College Station Church of Christ (a congregation of about 140 located in a metropolitan area of 250,000).

Jason Rollo: Tough Questions: How Can Leaders Create/Encourage a More Reverent Atmosphere for Worship in a Lax Culture?

Jeff Archey: Tent-Makers: Reapers and Keepers.
A class to remind us of reaping souls (the lost and erring) and how to be “keepers” of souls.

Jeremiah Burkhart discusses how to improve your visitation ministry by skillfully using questions, and understanding the listening process. He covers encouraging, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Ken Gardner: Evaluating Mission Works

Kevin Daughrity: The GROW Ministry
There are six categories in our GROW Ministry, with leaders overseeing each one: Visitors, Prospective Members, Absent Members, New Members, Widows, Sick & Shut-in. Once we identify which of our members belong to what category, we ask everyone to take a GROW car...

Kevin is an elder and a police officer.

Michael Grooms: Joy Seminar: Dealing with Difficult Members of the Church
Leaders within congregations need to be prepared to deal with negative people and situations wisely and in a scriptural manner. In this session, we will look to the scriptures for guidance and seek practical ways to address...

Mike Benson: When Elders/Shepherds have Conflict (in their meetings)
How do elders work through a fuss? This session will look at Acts 6 and Acts 15 and include a discussion of how the evangelist can help his shepherds work through their conflict.

Mike Bonner: Here's What We Do; It Might Work for You
Some ideas we are trying at 9th & Main Church of Christ (a congregation of about 130 located in a metropolitan area of 115,000).

Mike Vestal: The Seven Deadly Sins of Leadership

Randall Evans: When Tragedy Strikes Your Congregation. What do you do when the unimaginable happens?
"What do you do when the unimaginable happens? What do you do when the nation’s spotlight falls on your congregation at a time of crisis? In 2014 an elder and his wife were murdered while returnin...

Robby Eversole: Hot Button Issues: Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

Ron Williams: Cancer: What Churches Need to Know
This class will deal with information that a congregation needs to have in dealing with their members who have cancer. Sadly, we sometimes fail to "weep with those who weep and even rejoice with those who rejoice" in dealing with cancer. Ideas will...

Stan Stevenson: Here's What We Do; It Might Work for You
From a church of about 75 members

Stephen Rogers: Things Church Leaders Need to Know (and Do) during Preacher Transitions
Your preacher resigns! Or leaders ask a minister to leave! What now? This lecture will investigate what Church leaders need to know and what they should do during preacher transitions and what can be done to m...

Steven Hodgin: ​Making the Difficult Things Easy
We make the difficult things easy (i.e. church discipline and evangelism) by not doing them at all, by not doing them correctly, or by not doing them consistently.

Westley Hazel: Church: Where Everybody Is Somebody