Keynote Speaker
Joe McKaig, Lead Pastor
Decatur Baptist Church, Decatur, Alabama
Joe’s heart for and fruitful experience in pastoring a disciple-making church will be highly edifying. Based on 3rd John, he will teach on the Balance in Discipleship.
General Morning Sessions
These sessions are available to anyone Monday-Wednesday from 9 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. and will feature speakers from our fellowship of churches.
Monday - Relationship
Cultivating a Teacher-Disciple Relationship
Code Blaise, Pastor, Downtown Baptist Temple, Ocala FL
Tuesday - Instruction
Applying God’s Word to Real Life
Tony Godfrey, Pastor, Harvest Baptist Church, Iola, KS
Wednesday - Fellowship
Involving the Disciple in Ministry
Lee Ridings, Pastor, Greater Hope Baptist, Dallas, GA
Alumni Track
These sessions are for disciple makers, ministry leaders, or pastors, and include topics taught by pastors with ministry experience. Session breakouts are 10:30-Noon Monday-Wednesday.
Monday
STRUCTURING A LEADER EQUIPPING MINISTRY
The Ministry’s Role in Equipping People For Leadership
David Allred, Portland Gospel Church
Tuesday
DEVELOPING LEADERS INTO PASTORS
The Ministry’s Role for Developing Pastors
Brandon Briscoe, Midtown Baptist Temple, Kansas City
Wednesday
CONTINUING TO GROW
The Need for Pastors to Keep Growing
Troy Stogsdill, First Baptist of New Philadelphia, Ohio
Foundations Track
Start here! If you are new to discipleship or want to learn more about our philosophy of making disciples, these sessions will be 'foundational'. Sesson breakouts are 10:30-Noon Monday-Wednesday.
Monday
The Philosophy of Discipleship
The word ‘disciple’ is used a lot in Christian circles, but what does it look like for a church to have a biblical philosophy of making disciples?
Larry Murphy & Justin Thomas, Oakland Heights Baptist Church
Tuesday
The Process of Spiritual Growth
Learn from God’s word how believers grow through stages, and how we can develop disciples through the various stages of their growth.
Chris Allred & Josh Starr, Oakland Heights Baptist Church
Wednesday
The Goals & Tools of Discipleship
Making disciples effectively requires biblical goals and doctrinal lessons. Discover how we use both to grow believers in the Lord.
James DeKoker & Daniel Cochran, Oakland Heights Baptist Church
FAQs
It is for everyone! Whether you are growing personally in your walk with the Lord, you are discipling another person, or you are a pastor interested in a discipleship ministry – Disciple Conf is for all.
No celebrities here. We want to feature pastors and leaders that are actually making disciples and equipping their people to do the same. Typically, they are from the Living Faith Fellowship.
Admission is absolutely free! From our church to yours, we want to be a blessing and encourage you to make disciples. We have dinner in the evenings before the service for $5/person.
We offer host homes, if you’d like to stay with another family from our church, or you can book a room at a local hotel.
Yes! For evening worship services we will have trained and equipped believers ministering to children 0-5th grade.
Morning sessions will have an overflow room available for family use.
Absolutely. Cartersville has 3 family-friendly museums (Booth, Tellus, Savoy), several coffee shops, dozens of restaurants, and multiple parks.
You are welcome to attend any of the sessions. If you are new we highly suggest our ‘Foundations’ track, as it will lay the foundation of our philosophy of personal discipleship.
Shirts and other items will be available for purchase at the conference. For a limited time you can customize your shirt design via pre-order. Ordered merch will be picked up at conference.
Where To Stay
Conference Hotel
You can stay at a nearby hotel. We recommend the Hampton Inn and have a discounted rate of $120/night if booking before 2/27.
Hampton Inn Cartersville
5600 Hwy 20 SE,
Cartersville, GA 30121
770-382-8999
Holiday Inn Express
5628 GA-20
Cartersville, GA 30121
(770) 606-0309
2026 Conference Sessions
All of our conference sessions are recorded! And everything is livestreamed except for the Foundations track. Check out the full playlist on YouTube.
2025 Conference Sessions
All of our conference sessions are recorded! And everything is livestreamed except for the Foundations track. Check out the full playlist on YouTube.
