Event Location: New Horizon Church, 3002 W. Bloomington Rd., Champaign, IL 61822

Early Registration Group Deadline is Ten (10) Days before the event.

2024 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Kent Evans
Kent Evans is the Executive Director and co-founder of Manhood Journey, a ministry that helps dads become disciple-makers. After a twenty-year career as a business leader, he embarked on biblical Fatherhood ministry projects. He’s appeared on television, radio, web outlets and podcasts. He’s a Christian speaker often at parenting and men’s events.
He’s authored three books. The first, Wise Guys: Unlocking Hidden Wisdom from the Men Around You, was written to help men learn how to find mentors and wise counsel. The second, The Manhood Journey: Charting a Course to Biblical Fatherhood, aims to help dads not be good or great dads, but be godly ones. The third (coauthored with Eric Ballard), Bring Your Hammer, 28 Tools Dads Can Grab from the Book of Nehemiah, equips dads with practical fatherhood lessons from this famous Old Testament leader.
Kent’s life has been radically affected by godly mentors and his lovely wife, April. They have been married twenty-seven years and have five sons and one daughter-in-law. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
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Jamaal Williams
Jamaal had his life changed forever when, at the age of 9, he watched his father become a Christian. A few years later, his parents accepted a call to full-time ministry. In 2006, while attending Michigan State University and worshipping at Faith Fellowship Baptist Church, he accepted God’s call to preach.  After college, he moved to Louisville to attend The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He received his MA from the Billy Graham School of Missions in 2014 and my doctorate (DEdMin) in Black Church Leadership in 2018. In Louisville, he joined Forest Baptist Church, an African-American church more than 150 years old. At Forest, he served first as young adult pastor and then as lead pastor, from 2008-2015. In 2016, he accepted the call to become lead pastor of Sojourn Midtown. Midtown is now growing as a multicultural, multi-generational church that emphasizes reaching people with the gospel, building them up as the Church, and sending them into the world. The best decision he ever made was marrying Amber. They were married in 2009 and are the proud parents of five beautiful children
Jamaal is a co-author (with Timothy Paul Jones) of In Church as It Is In Heaven: Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture, published by InterVarsity Press.
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EQUIPPING SEMINARS

Equipping seminars will CONTINUE to be announced in the months ahead!

Please be praying for these men as the Lord assists them in preparing to build up and equip the men who attend our conferences.

Your Family As Ministry

Jamaal Williams • Sojourn Church – Midtown • Louisville, KY

Helping Fathers Choose Life

Matt Haviland • Alpha Grand Rapids • Grand Rapids, MI

Faith & Reason Made Simple

Rick McGough • Local Church Apologetics • Moline, IL

Becoming A Powerful Christian Man (Emerging Men Ages 13-19)

Ben Watt • Powerful Christian Men • Peoria, IL

Strong Men in Dangerous Times

Jim Ramos • Men in the Arena • McMinnville, OR

Starting An Outdoor Ministry with a Mission

Kurt Stewart • Kids Outdoor Zone • Smithville, TX

Bulletproof

Dan Fultz • Thrivent • Sullivan, IL

Followership: The Key to being a Successful Man

Ubi Ntewo • LoCK United • Evansville, IN

ANCHORED – How to Live On the Rock

Kent Evans • Manhood Journey • Louisville, KY

A God-Hearted Man

Nic Cook • Auburn, IL

How to Raise Not Just Good but Godly Kids

Andrew Linder • Godly Parent • Tremont, IL

Overcoming Temptation: 4 Steps to Spiritual Victory

Steve Etner • The Pure Man Ministry • Granger, IN

Dialed In: Reaching Your Full Capacity as a Man of God

Jim Ramos • Men in the Arena • Normal, IL

What is Celebrate Recovery?

Scott Kemp • Celebrate Recovery • Normal, IL

Discipleship vs Ministry

Tom Cheshire • RPM • Springfield, IL

No Quarter: How Can A Young Man Keep His Way Pure (Emerging Men Ages 13-19)

Coleman Reed • Fellowship of Christian Athletes • Springfield, IL