T.D. JAKES’ 2012 INTERNATIONAL PASTORS & LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE TO TAKE TOP-DOWN APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Event to Outline Skills Needed to Lead at Every Level in an Increasingly Complex Church Environment
February 14, 2012, DALLAS – Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor at The Potter’s House, will address the most pressing needs of today’s church by hosting his well-received International Pastors & Leadership Conference this May 3-5, 2012 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. This intimate conference is aimed at Pastors and their wives, church executives and their administrative support staffs, and will present top-down strategies for balancing the business of church with the spiritual and practical needs of the congregation and community at large.
The International Pastors & Leadership Conference is a three-day event that features opening and closing sessions led by marquee caliber pastors, with specialized breakout sessions that address the infrastructure needs of the church from operational strategies to effective music ministries to specialized senior-pastors-only workshops and other forums that meet the holistic needs of churches of virtually any size. The event also enables pastors the rare opportunity to network with one another.
This year’s theme, “The Mission is Not Impossible,” speaks to the daunting challenges facing most pastorates today. Whether it is addressing a downturn in church revenues, moral failure among leaders, or succession planning; the main and breakout sessions are designed to buck up those pastors on the verge and to undergird those looking to take their organizations to the next level of development.
“Leadership is not just the exclusive domain of the senior pastor. Rather, it is a responsibility shared among those who lay a solid foundation to ensure a structure’s upward stability and proper functioning at every level,” said Bishop T.D. Jakes. “A well honed infrastructure allows every joint to supply and frees the senior pastor to attend to the ‘Call’ and not feel as though that task were impossible to carry out.”
A FOUNDATION OF SUCCESS
Since 1995, leaders from around the world have attended Bishop T. D. Jakes’ International Pastors & Leadership conferences with the goal of becoming equipped with strategies to succeed in ministry over the long term.
Last year’s conference drew nearly 6,000 leaders from 25 different nations and continents including South Africa, South Korea and South America to learn from subject matter experts on important topics such as surviving the recession, overcoming a real estate collapse and what do to do when a crisis hits. The conference also brought approximately $6.5 million in economic impact to the metro-Orlando area through direct spending over the three-day period in 2011, according to the visitors’ bureau.
ABOUT THE 2012 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS:
- Bishop T.D. Jakes, senior pastor of The Potter's House, a global humanitarian organization and 30,000-member nondenominational, multicultural church located in Dallas and named "America's Best Preacher" by Time Magazine.
- Mrs. Serita A. Jakes, executive director of The Potter’s House women’s ministry, WoMan-to-Woman and founder of the much-acclaimed God’s Leading Ladies Life Enrichment program for women and The Potter’s House’s Debutante Program for teenage girls. She is the author of three books, including her first novel, The Crossing, a current bestseller.
- Dr. Cynthia James, A Christian psychologist who pastors two congregations in Oakland, California, and brings an intellectual yet fervent approach to ministry. Dr. James also provides oversight for the credentialing, counseling, and pastoral care of approximately 140 pastors and ministers serving 60 Church of God congregations in Northern California, Northern Nevada, and the Hawaii.
- Joel Osteen, Senior Pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, TX and referred to by many as a voice of hope, Joel Osteen reaches one of the largest audiences in the U.S. and across the globe. Tens of millions of people worldwide are inspired through his weekly television broadcasts, his New York Times bestselling books, his popular weekly podcast, and his sold-out worship events in arenas and stadiums across the US and abroad.
- Bishop Tudor Bismark, an Apostle to the nations and has a passion to see people empowered and awakened to their God-ordained destiny. He has served as apostolic covering for ministries all over the world since 1989. He and his wife, Pastor Chichi Bismark, serve as the senior pastors of New Life Covenant Church in Harare, Zimbabwe.
- Bishop Noel Jones, Known for thinking “outside of the box,” and forcing us to think beyond traditional views of God and spirituality, Bishop Jones is a theologian and scholar who has been labeled “eclectic; a maverick, and a preacher’s preacher.” His gospel message seeks to address religion’s inability to offer real relevance to the changing climate of the times and pushes the envelope to make us question our conventional approach to problems that we face daily.
FEES: To register for the conference, registration and fee structure, or for more information please visit: http://www.pastorsandleaders.org/
B-ROLL OF 2011 CONFERENCE AVAILABLE
Contact:
Zakiya Larry zlarry@tdjakes.org, 469-230-5171
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About The Potter’s House
Located in Dallas, The Potter’s House is a 30,000-member nondenominational, multicultural church and humanitarian organization led by Bishop T. D. Jakes, twice featured on the cover of Time magazine as “America’s Best Preacher” and as one of the nation’s “25 Most Influential Evangelicals.” The Potter’s House has five locations, The Potter’s House of Dallas, The Potter’s House of Fort Worth, The Potter’s House of North Dallas, and The Potter’s House of Denver and a Spanish language church, Casa de Fe. www.thepottershouse.org
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