INNOVATION SUMMIT — ORLANDO REQUEST ACCESS

VOL. 01

ORLANDO, FL

11 / 05 / 26

Innovation
Summit.

Sixty leaders. Five hours. One question: what does faithful innovation look like when the church actually needs it to work?

01 plenary · 15 min

07 lightning · 7 min

02 panels

07 partner case studies

+ 6 cohort spots after

DAYS

000

HOURS

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MINUTES

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SECONDS

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00 / WHY NOW

The tools are
here. The church
needs them used
well.

THE PROBLEM

The most creative work happening in churches, ministries, and mission agencies is being carried by isolated leaders with no one to compare notes with. The wheel is being reinvented everywhere, and most of it won't survive the person who started it.

THE BET

Put the right sixty people in a room for five focused hours — worship, honest stories, tools that actually work — and then keep them walking together for 90 days. What begins as a conversation in Orlando can become shared work that serves churches long after the day is over.

I / WHO THIS IS FOR

This room is
for people who
do things.

→ COME

  • —You believe the church has something the world genuinely needs right now
  • —You're building something real — a tool, a model, a ministry — and you want it to actually land
  • —You carry real responsibility: a budget, a team, a community counting on you to figure this out
  • —You're tired of conferences. You want a room where the work continues after the day ends
  • —You want peers who pray, push back, and build with you — not just business cards

→ GOOD TO KNOW

  • —60 seats. No general admission, no brand stands, no keynote theater
  • —Everyone in the room was put there by someone who vouched for them
  • —The posture is service — you'll be asked to give something, not just receive
  • —The best conversations will be around things that aren't finished yet
  • —Bring your real questions. Leave the polished deck at home
WHAT YOU LEAVE WITH

01

One thing you'll actually do.

Not a list of takeaways. One concrete commitment your team can test before December.

02

People you'll still call in February.

Two or three peers working on adjacent problems — matched, introduced, and worth staying in contact with.

03

A seat in the cohort.

Six spots for leaders ready to build something together over 90 days — with support, accountability, and real peers.

II / SCHEDULE

Five hours,
built for action.

0009:00

Doors & coffee

30m
0109:30

Opening & worship

Josiah

20m
0209:50

Plenary — Ted Esler

Missio Nexus · the state of mission innovation

15m
0310:05

Lightning I · Reach & Digital

REACHCONF → Christians in Tech

20m
0410:25

Partner case studies

Jesus Film · GodTools · Phos Creative

20m
0510:45

Panel I — Encouraging church and ministry innovation

Moderated · 4 panelists

30m
0611:15

Break

15m
0711:30

Lightning II · Campus & Global

GACx → Autumn (IFI Partners) → Andrew (Frontier Commons)

25m
0811:55

Partner case studies

Cru · Pioneers · Wycliffe · PrayVine

25m
0912:20

Lunch & matched intros

Pre-assigned table of 6 by problem area

40m
1013:00

Lightning III · Movements & Church

Weijing (BAM Portals) → Matt Chan (WeAreChurch) → Liam (OneHope)

30m
1113:30

Panel II — What's next for ministry innovation

Jared · Sam Kim · + 1 TBD

25m
1213:55

Closing + cohort commissioning

Six 90-day cohort spots for those with capacity and a heart for collaboration

5m
III / CONVENED BY

Convened by
ministries already
in the work.

Not sponsors. Conveners — organizations that are putting their people, stories, and credibility into the room because they believe this matters.

REACHCONF
Frontier Commons
Cru
Christians in Tech
WeAreChurch
Pioneers
BAM Portals
+ CONVENE
WITH US
IV / AFTER THE SUMMIT

The summit
is not the point.

Nov 5 opens six cohort spots. Six leaders who leave with a commitment, not just a memory. A shared project in progress by December. Something churches can actually use by February.

WEEK 1

Commit together.

Name the one thing your team will build or test. Get matched with two peers working on something adjacent. Start that week.

WEEK 2–12

Stay in motion.

Biweekly check-ins. Monthly office hours with convenor leaders. Real accountability from people who understand what you're building.

FEB 2027

Show the work.

Reconvene virtually. Share what was built, what broke, what the church now has because six people didn't stop after November 5.

V / ACCESS

Invite only.

60 seats. Every person in the room was put there by someone who knows them and vouched for their presence. That's the filter. It's what makes the room worth being in.

IF YOU WERE INVITED

Check your email. A confirmation link from a convenor org is already on its way.

IF YOU WEREN'T

Ask someone from one of the convening orgs to put your name forward — or write to us directly and tell us why you belong in the room.

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