MARCH 17-18, 2025
(EXPONENTIAL IS MARCH 18-20)
CONFERENCE
REGISTER FOR THE GCRN CONFERENCE
AND YOUR TICKET TO EXPONENTIAL IS INCLUDED
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ABOUT THE 2025 CONFERENCE
This year's conference theme will be
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"NEXT GENERATION DISCIPLESHIP".
Each year, the GCRN conference is held in conjunction with the Exponential Global Conference. The GCRN conference will go from Monday morning on March 17 until Tuesday midafternoon on March 18, when Exponential Global kicks off and will run through March 20.
Your ticket to the GCRN conference will include both conferences.
Both conferences will be held at First Baptist of Orlando. The address is 3000 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, Florida, 32805.
2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Daniel Yang is the National Director of Churches of Welcome at World Relief. Previously he served as the director of the Church Multiplication Institute at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, a think tank for evangelism and church planting. He has pastored and helped plant churches in Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth, Toronto, and Chicago. He is the co-author of "Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church" with Eric Costanzo and Matthew Soerens, and "Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders" with Adelle Banks and Warren Bird.
Billy McMahan has 15 years of experience building, designing, and leading ministries to reach the next generation. He has served in church and parachurch ministry and has also spent time as a missionary in Indonesia. Billy currently serves as the Southwest Mobilizer with Africa Inland Mission. He seeks to walk with people, cast vision, and call people towards the Great Commission. He holds a BA in Intercultural Studies from Biola University and an MA in Evangelism and Leadership from Wheaton. He is working toward a DMin in Organizational Leadership at Asbury Theological Seminary. Billy is also the current vice president of the Great Commission Research Network.
"THE STATE OF THE CHURCH AND THE FUTURE OF MISSION"
SPECIAL GUEST PRESENTING
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is the Dean and Professor of Leadership and Christian Ministry at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He also serves as Distinguish Visiting Scholar at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University, where he teaches twice a year. Stetzer has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches; trained pastors and church planters on six continents; earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates; and he has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is Regional Director for Lausanne North America, is the Editor-in-Chief of Outreach Magazine, and regularly writes for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. His national radio show, Ed Stetzer Live, airs Saturdays on Moody Radio and affiliates. Stetzer serves his local church, Mariners Church, as Scholar in Residence & Teaching Pastor.
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
1:00 pm- 1:15 pm Welcome
1:15 pm- 2:00 pm Keynote 1: Daniel Yang
2:00 pm- 2:15 pm Break/transition
2:15 pm- 3:00 pm Breakout 1
Room 1: 40 Years of GCRN
Room 2: James Park
3:00 pm- 3:15 pm Break/transition
3:15 pm- 4:00 pm Keynote 2: Billy McMahan
4:00 pm- 5:00 pm State of The Church: Ed Stetzer
5:00 pm Break
5:30 pm Welcome to Banquet
5:45 pm Dinner
6:30 pm GCRN History​: Gary McIntosh
7:00 pm Awards and Recognitions
7:30 pm Incoming President’s Address
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TUESDAY
8:00 am- 8:05 am Welcome
8:05 am- 8:50 am Keynote 1: Daniel Yang
8:50 am- 9:30 am Breakout 2
Room 1: Seversen/Dunaetz
Room 2: Tracee Swank
9:30 am-9:45 am Break/transition
9:45 am- 10:30 am Breakout 3
Room 1: Eddie Moody
Room 2: Jay Moon
10:30 am-10:45 am Break/transition
10:45 am-11:30 am Keynote 2: Billy McMahan
