Evening General Sessions
Evening Worship Services are Sunday-Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and will feature messages from our keynote speaker, Kenny Morgan, from Crest Bible Church in Kansas City, Missouri
Morning General Sessions
General Morning Sessions are available to anyone Monday-Wednesday from 9 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. in the Auditorium and will feature speakers from our fellowship of churches.
Monday-The Necessary Evidence of a Leader in Ministry
Dan Reneau, Living Faith Lee Summit, Missouri
Tuesday-Identifying the Essential Work of Church Planting
Mark Schaffer, Living Faith Tampa, Florida
Wednesday-Discerning the Right Time and Place
Matt Braucher, Northside Baptist Church, Dublin, Ohio
Breakout Tracks from Beginner to Alumni
Want to learn more about growing a disciple-making church? Jump into one of our Foundational or Alumni Tracks, Monday-Wednesday from 10:30-Noon.
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'.
The Philosophy of Discipleship
Seth Keenum, Spiritual Development Pastor, Decatur Baptist Church, Decatur, AL
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?
The Seven Levels of Spiritual Growth
Austin Dutton, Student Pastor, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Moulton, AL
Learn from God’s word how believers grow through stages, and how we can develop disciples through the various stages of their growth.
The Goals & Tools of Discipleship
Larry Murphy, Pastor Intern, Oakland Heights Baptist Church, Cartersville, GA
Making disciples effectively requires biblical goals and doctrinal lessons. Discover how we use both to grow believers in the Lord.
Alumni Track
These sessions are for disciple makers, ministry leaders, or pastors, and include topics taught by pastors with ministry experience.
Keep It Simple
Randy Copeland, Pastor, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Moulton, AL
Establishing a simple process, clear expectations, and honest accountability that doesn’t impede God’s power.
The Pulpit and Discipleship
Alan Shelby, Lead Pastor, Harvest Baptist Church, Blue Springs, Missouri
The preaching ministry’s role in a disciple-making church.
Transitioning Leadership
Joe McKaig, Lead Pastor, Decatur Baptist Church, Decatur, AL
Passing the baton of pastoral leadership
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.
The Hampton Inn (5 minutes away) is offering a room rate of $120/night if you book by February 23. Just mention Oakland Heights Baptist Disciple Conf when you make your reservation.
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(closes Feb 26) you can customize your shirt design via pre-order at sewtothespirit.com/dc2025. 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 ($120/night) with them if booking before 2/23. Call the hotel directly and tell them you are with Oakland Heights Baptist Church.
Hampton Inn Cartersville
5600 Hwy 20 SE,
Cartersville, GA 30121
(770)382-8999
Host Homes
Our host home requests have reached capacity at this time. Contact Hampton Inn for discounted room rate.
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.