As you know the Orange Conference is full of great speakers and workshops. Recently a decision was made to add some BONUS WORKSHOPS to the conference. These will be at 4:30p on Wednesday, right after registration and before the first session.
One of the workshops will be led by David Lyons, founder of MinisterSearch. Minister Search is the oldest and most successful pastor search firm. David and his team have worked with hundreds of churches all over the US and Canada in helping them with their pastor search process. He has asked Josh Whitehead, Executive Pastor of Faith Promise Church to join him in the discussion on pastor searches and retention. As many of you know, Faith Promise Church is the church where Gina McClain serves as Children’s Ministry Guru. When Josh first started, the church had less than 800 in attendance on 1 campus. They are now pushing 4500 on 4 campuses. Josh attributes a lot of this to having hired and retained the right team.
David and Josh will be talking about the best way to hire and retain staff from the pastor search firm perspective and Josh will speak from the church staff leadership position. This information will be helpful for ANYONE who hires and/or leads ministry staff.
There is no registration necessary for this workshop, so if you have a few minutes to spare before dinner on Wednesday and want to learn more about the pastor search process, please stop by and see what you think.
