Covenant Keepers 2022 Jan. 31-Feb. 1
Covenant Keepers 2022 will take on a new look as a panel of speakers will be a part of the program Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2022.
Organizers are planning for both a virtual and an in-person event since a decision has not been made as to whether it will be possible to host the meeting in-person. Time for the event will be from noon to 5 p.m. Jan. 31 and from 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 1.
Utilizing the theme Called to Holy Excellence, based upon Philippians 4:8-9, speakers will address the issue from a variety of perspectives.
Speakers
Rev. Dr. Jaqui King, IGRC’s new Director of Ministerial Excellence, will be one of the keynote speakers. King, who began work with the IGRC Sept. 16, brings a wealth of experience and expertise that will benefit IGRC clergy leaders.
“Bold leadership is needed now to encourage relevant community engagement and outreach in every ministry setting,” King said. “As a coach, I focus on contextual tools to help lay and clergy leaders to expand their processes for reaching and connecting people virtually through new faith experiences. Through deep listening, I encourage people to embrace their gifts. I never meet a stranger nor miss an opportunity to pray.”
Rev. Dr. Curtis Brown and Rev. Dr. Bener Agtatrap, authors of Ready, Set, Plant: The How and Why of Starting New Churches, will share learnings from their new book. When one reads through the New Testament, it's evident that the practice of planting churches began two thousand years ago. Today's culture, community, and connections differ greatly from the churches Peter and Paul helped build. Even in the past 20 years, those factors have dramatically changed the ministry of church planting.
The authors will provide tools for planting churches--looking at the spiritual, social, and economic aspects of the process. Creating new church bodies requires redefining priorities and practices while God’s mission doesn’t change.
Agtarap is an ordained elder of the California Nevada Annual Conference. Currently, he is serving as Executive Director, Community Engagement & Church Planting/ Path1, and Director, Connectional Mobilization at General Board of Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church.
His life and ministry began in the Philippines, continuing to the United States in the upper Midwest, the South, and on to the West Coast. He is a pastor, church planter, and a disciple-making movement multiplier that makes him uniquely qualified to lead our denomination’s efforts to create new places for new people in Jesus’ name.
Rev. David Neckers, Northeast District Superintendent in the Indiana Conference, will also speak on coaching.
Rev. Neckers has extensive experience as a consultant for the purpose of revitalization of existing churches. He is an “Out of the box” thinker and strategic planner to help struggling churches discover God's hopeful future.
As a coach, he has provided leadership development for pastors seeking to lead their congregation as the church of the 21st century by implementing new models of church growth including vital mergers, take overs, and multi-site campuses.
