August 24 & 25, 2022
Wheaton College
This two-day workshop is critical for any denominational, associational, or network leader to understand how new churches impact the legacy of your organization. Whether you are a national, regional, or local church planting leader, you will gain a wealth of knowledge and practical insights.
8:30-9:00 – Check-in
9:00-10:15 – Session 1
10:15-10:30 – Break
10:30-12:00 – Session 2
12:00-1:00 – Lunch provided
1:00-2:30 – Session 3
2:30-2:45 – Break
2:45-4:30 – Session 4
9:00-10:15 – Session 5
10:15-10:30 – Break
10:30-12:00 – Session 6
12:00-1:00 – Lunch provided
1:00-3:00 – Session 7
Steve Pike is the Founder of Next Wave Virtual Community https://nextwave.community, an online community of church leaders committed to being with Jesus on His Mission in the challenging 21st Century context. He is also the President and Founder of Urban Islands Project https://urbanislandsproject.org, a national collaborative organization dedicated to increasing the presence of the Church the urban core of America’s urbanized communities. Additionally, Steve serves as an Executive Coach with Axelerate http://www.axelerate.org and is part of the coaching/consulting team at The Anser Group. https://tag.coach
Prior to taking on his current responsibilities, Steve was the Founding Director of the Church Multiplication Network https://churchmultiplication.net. CMN serves church multipliers to effectively equip, strategically fund and innovatively network new faith communities in America. Since its formation in 2008, CMN has assisted with the starting of over 4,000 new congregations in every region of the US.
Steve is the author of “Next Wave: Discovering the 21st Century Church” https://nextwave.community/book/ , the author of “Total Fitness For Your Church” https://www.amazon.com/Total-Fitness-Your-Church-Steve/dp/1936812266 and the co-author with Dr. Tom Nebel of “Leading Church Multiplication.” https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Church-Multiplication-Regionally-Nationally-ebook/dp/B00PRLVG3M
Steve’s passion for church multiplication began in 1989 when Steve and his wife, Cherri, pioneered a new church that became the catalyst of a church planting movement in the state of Utah that continues to this day. The Pikes make their home in Denver, Colorado. They are blessed to be the parents of Lindsy and Jeremy and the grandparents of Myles, Koen, Wesley and James. One more grandchild and they will have a basketball team!
Daniel is the Director of the Church Multiplication Institute at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. Prior to directing the institute, he planted a church in Toronto where he also helped recruit, assess, and train church planters through the Send Network and the Release Initiative. Daniel has served on various church staffs including Northwood Church, led by Bob Roberts Jr., where he was trained as a church planter and involved in global and multi-faith engagement. Prior to church planting, Daniel was an engineer for eight years. He earned an M.Div. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, and is currently a Ph.D. Intercultural Studies student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is also the co-author of Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church (InterVarsity, May 2022).