This conference is for anyone interested in being equipped and inspired in their Christian walk.
Registration
Individual ($150.00) Early Bird Rate (before April 1)
Includes all Sessions, Workshops, Consultation Services, and On-Demand archives after the conference for an individual.
Married Couple ($275.00) Early Bird Rate (before April 1)
Includes All Sessions, Workshops, Consultation Services, and On-Demand archives after the conference for a married couple.
Group of Five Discount ($600.00)
Your fifth registrant is FREE! You must select “Group of Five” for each registrant to receive the discount of $150.
Virtual Access ($50.00)
With Lifetime On-Demand Access: During and after the conference, all main sessions and one workshop are free to watch on-demand.
One Day Pass ($80.00)
One Day Only Pass! Choose your day in the drop-down menu.
What’s Included?
In-Person
- 9 Keynote Speakers!
- 12 Workshops! Six 90-minute gatherings per day on two consecutive days! Forty-five minutes of instruction followed by 45 minutes of a roundtable discussion.
- Children’s Ministry! Children ages five to fifteen will enjoy faith-building instruction and fellowship through a curriculum and program provided by Child Evangelism Fellowship. There will also be a nursing mom’s room available.
- Spanish Translation: Available in the Main Sanctuary and online, during and after the conference.
- Consultation Services!
- Discounted Registration for your whole team! Save 20% when you register five individuals.
In-Person Continued
- On-Demand Archives: After the conference, archives of all main sessions, panels, interviews, and workshops are free to watch on-demand.
- Free Coffee and snacks all week! Speciality coffee available for purchase.
- Sunday Evening Worship and Dinner Sunday, June 23, at 6:00 pm!
- “CGN Family Feast” Sit down dinner, on Monday, June 24, at 5:00 pm!
Virtual Access
- All Main Sessions and Two Workshops will be live-streamed to our virtual audience. (Spanish Translation will be available online and in person).
- On-Demand Access: During and after the conference, all main sessions and two workshops, are free to watch on-demand.
Event Schedule
Sunday, June 23
5:00 – 6:00 PM Check-In
6:00–7:00 PM Meet & Greet Dinner
7:00–9:00 PM An Evening of Worship
Monday, June 24
8:00–9:00 AM Check-in
9:00–10:30 AM Session #1: Wayne Taylor “A Living Hope”
10:30 AM–12:00 PM Session #2: Justin Thomas “The Call to Holiness”
12:00–2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00–3:00 PM Panel Discussion
3:00–4:30 PM Free Time/Networking
4:30-5:00 PM Meet with your Team! Unpack what you have learned!
5:00–7:00 PM Dinner “CGN Family Feast”
7:00–8:00 PM Session #3 Dan Kimball “A Worshiping and Witnessing People”
8:00–9:00 PM Extended Worship
Tuesday, June 25
8:00–9:00 AM Morning Prayer with Wayne Taylor
9:00–10:30 AM Session #4: Rafael Manzanares “Christ Our Example
10:30 AM–12:00 PM Session #5: Phil & Joy Metzger “Heirs of the Grace of Life”
12:00 PM–2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00-3:00 PM Panel Discussion
3:00–4:30 PM Workshops
4:30-5:00 PM Meet with your Team! Unpack what you have learned!
5:00–7:00 PM Dinner Break
7:00–8:00 PM Session #6: John Dickson “Suffering for Righteousness”
8:00–9:00 PM Extended Worship
Wednesday, June 26
8:00–9:00 AM Morning Prayer with Wayne Taylor
9:00–10:30 AM Session #7: Ed Stetzer “Life in the End Times”
10:30 AM–12:00 PM Session #8: James Meeks “Shepherding the Flock”
12:00–2:00 PM Lunch Break
2:00–3:00 PM Panel Discussion
3:00–4:30 PM Workshops
4:30-5:00 PM Meet with your Team! Unpack what you have learned!
5:00–7:00 PM Dinner Break
7:00–8:00 PM Session #9: Brian Brodersen “Your Adversary the Devil”
8:00–9:00 PM Extended Worship
Main Session Speakers
Check out our lineup of 2024 speakers featuring leaders from around the world. Click on an image to learn more.
Wayne Taylor is the founding pastor of Calvary Fellowship Seattle, where he was the lead pastor for 41 years. (It’s now called Mountlake Church.) Over time, God used the church to help plant over 50 churches, about half locally and half globally. Recently, Wayne transitioned to the roles of itinerant Bible teacher and support Missionary to many global Calvary churches. He is the author of 4 books: “The Civil War Within,” “The Unsearchable Riches of Christ,” “He Dwelt Among Us,” and “Tidings of Great Joy.”
Rafael Manzanares, originally from the island, pastor Rafael became a Christian in the USA and attended Calvary Chapel Bible College in Austria. He then served with pastor Brian Brodersen in a church plant in London, where he met his wife Loretta. They sensed the Lord leading them to move to Mallorca in 2001 and took over the pastorate of SPCC in 2002. They opened a Calvary Chapel-affiliated Bible College in 2005, and they trained many students and interns in love for the Word and service in local churches as well as the mission field for ten years. They continue to serve the church mainly through Bible teaching and are now working on a long-standing vision to open a Christian school on the island.
John has held a variety of teaching and research positions before moving to Wheaton College, including in the Ancient History Department at Macquarie University (2002-2015), the Jewish and Biblical Studies Department at Sydney University (2011-2021), Ridley College Melbourne (2019-2022), and the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford (2015-2023). A busy public speaker, he lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife Elizabeth and the youngest of their three children.
Reverend James T. Meeks is the founder of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago, which has been recognized as one of the fastest growing megachurches in the United States. Starting with 125 members in 1985, under Reverend Meeks’ leadership, Salem has grown to a congregation of 9,000 members around the country.
In 2005, Pastor Meeks led Salem in the building of the House of Hope, 10,000 seat community and worship center on the South Side of Chicago. Throughout his life, Pastor Meeks has served the needs of the people whether it was through his work as an Illinois State Senator, community organizing events in the streets of Chicago or from the pulpit every Sunday morning. He is the author of two books, “How to Get out of Debt and Into Praise,” and “Life-Changing Relationships”.
In January of 2023 Pastor Meeks retired as Pastor of the Salem Baptist Church and became CEO of the Hope Center Foundation, a Non-profit that is helping residents of the Urban Chicago community to successfully transition out of poverty to living wage and into generational wealth. In May of 2023 Pastor Meeks graduated from Wheaton College with his Master’s Degree in leadership development. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Theology from Moody Bible Institute.
After serving two decades as a missionary and church planter in Hungary, Phil and Joy are now back in Southern California where Phil is the lead pastor of Calvary San Diego. While in Hungary, Phil was the lead pastor of Calvary Chapel Budapest as well as the ministry director of Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Phil oversees Calvary Church plants throughout Eastern Europe, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. Their heart and ministry is focused on making disciples and seeing the church impact the world for Christ. They would love to see more and more churches planted in order to bring the Word of God to the lost. Phil and his wife Joy have four beautiful children: Niki (married to husband Rio), Karina (married to husband Jamie), Judah and Hannah. Phil and Joy have one grandson, Ezra
Workshops
Forty-five minutes of instruction followed by 45 minutes of a roundtable discussion. The “roundtable” portion of the gatherings includes a question and answer time or a dialogue with the facilitators and participants.
Tuesday, June 25
- Ministry Team Building with Dan Jarrell
- “Why should I care?” Caring For Your Soul with Jeff Gipe, Billy Almaguer, Daniel Williams
- Calvary Chapel 101 with Bruce Zachary and Brian Kelly
- Trauma Informed Ministry with Lu Wing & Peter Voorhees
- We’re All Apologists Now with Bobby Conway
- Executive Pastor with Ted Leavenworth
Wednesday, June 26
- Preparing A Sermon with Brian Brodersen
- Growing Your Church with Ed Stetzer
- Making Sense of Christianity for Gen Z with Bobby and Dawson Conway
- Trauma Informed Ministry with Lu Wing & Peter Voorhees
- Intentional Relational Leadership Development with Bruce Zachary
- Executive Pastor with Jordan Taylor
Workshop Speakers
Check out our lineup of 2024 workshop speakers featuring leaders from around the world. Click on an image to learn more.
Bobby Conway is the lead pastor of Life Fellowship Church near Charlotte, NC. He is a Dallas Theological Seminary and Southern Evangelical Seminary graduate and the author of “Hell, Rob Bell, and What Happens When People Die?” Bobby is also the founder and host of the One-Minute Apologist (www.oneminuteapologist.com). In addition, he and his wife, Heather, serve on the FamilyLife Weekend to Remember® marriage conference speaking team.
Pastor Lu Wing is the Associate Pastor at Olive Branch Christian Fellowship. He graduated from San Francisco University with a BA in Cell Biology (1980) and completed his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland (1992). Lu, his wife Pam, and their family of four have lived in the San Diego area for 32 years. Pastor Lu is also currently a toxicology consultant in the biopharmaceutical industry with Cardinal Health in San Diego. He effectively brings his background into his Bible teaching.
Helpful Information
Discounted Hotels
CGN has arranged a discounted rate (before the cut-off date) with each hotel below.
Ayres Hotel Costa Mesa/Newport
325 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
800.322.9992 (Ask for the Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa rate)
Deluxe Guest Room $130 (single or double occupancy)
Cut Off Date: 06/02/24
COMPLIMENTARY AMENITIES:
Parking & Wi-Fi
Shuttle to/from John Wayne
Cookies in the lobby each evening
Shuttle within a 3-mile radius
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Ayres Hotel Fountain Valley
17550 Brookhurst Street
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
714.861.5170
Deluxe Guest Room $179 (single or double occupancy)
Cut Off Date: 5/24/24
COMPLIMENTARY AMENITIES:
Free Breakfast
WiFi & Parking
Campus Map
A map of the conference facility.
Book List
A curated list of books suggested by our conference speakers and CGN leaders.
Media Packet
Promotional graphics to help you promote the conference with your church.
Registration
Event Location:
Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
3800 S. Fairview Rd.
Santa Ana, CA 92704
Calvary Global Network – CGN
CGN is a family of churches working together to proclaim the Gospel, make disciples, and plant churches.
We work collaboratively for Gospel-centered renewal, providing leaders with relationships and resourcing as we follow the way of Jesus. We’re committed to being a part of something bigger than just one church. We’re a family consisting of churches and ministries across national and denominational borders.
Together, we strive for the renewal of all things through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We believe the best way to do this is through providing relationships that will help disciples of Christ serve together and resources that will help disciples serve well.
Our mission is rooted in the core Great Commission emphases, which are the chief ways the church participates in the Missio Dei (mission of God). These emphases are: Proclaim the Gospel, Make Disciples, Plant Churches.
We work together for Gospel-centered renewal, providing leaders with relationships and resourcing as we follow the way of Jesus.
Want to know more? A great place to start is the CGN Mission and Methods Podcast.