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5:30 pm Registration; 6:00 pm Dinner; 7:00 pm Conference Start Time
At our HPBC Church Health Conference, Practical Shepherding‘s Brian Croft and The Calvary Network of Churches‘ Mark Hallock will both address the reality that 70% of U.S. churches are either plateaued or declining (Lifeway Research). They will talk about how it relates to your church situation and help you develop a strategy to become healthy as a church.
If you are a pastor, a wife of a pastor, an elder, a deacon, or other church leader, this conference is for you. Our theme is Contending Together for Healthy Churches.
Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, in one accord, contending together for the faith of the gospel. Philippians 1:27
Come ready to be inspired, encouraged, and challenged toward a healthier church.
Schedule:
Friday, July 18, 2025:
5:30 pm – Registration
6:00 pm – Dinner in fellowship hall (below main worship center)
7:00 pm – Welcome and worship
7:15 pm – Brian Croft
8:00 pm – Interactive break
8:15 pm – Mark Hallock
9:00 pm – Evening session over
Saturday, July 19, 2025:
8:30 am – Refreshments in the Fellowship Hall
9:00 am – Welcome and worship
9:15 am – Mark Hallock
10:00 am – Breakout groups (2)
11:00 am – Gather back in the worship center and final teaching session with Brian Croft
12:00 pm – Lunch provided in the Fellowship Hall
1:00 pm – Question and Answer
2:00 pm – Group Debrief (optional)
3:00 pm – Sent out to Contend Together for Healthy Churches
Held at Olivet Baptist Church, 1775 S. Beretania St., Honolulu, Hawaii
This conference is hosted by the Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention and supported through a North American Mission Board grant. Your HPBC church has supported it through your church’s gifts through the Cooperative Program and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions.
Event Information
July 18 @ 5:30 pm
Olivet Baptist Church
1775 S. Beretania St
Honolulu, HI
Speakers
Brian Croft
Former Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, KY & Founder and Executive Director of Practical Shepherding, Inc.
Brian is also Senior Fellow for the Mathena Center for Church Revitalization and an Adjunct Professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has served in pastoral ministry for over twenty-five years, spending seventeen years as Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church. Brian is the husband of Cara and father of four children, son Samuel and daughters Abby, Isabelle, and Claire.
Mark Hallock
Lead Pastor of Calvary Church in Englewood, CO & President of the Calvary Family of Churches
Mark's great desire is to see the gospel transform lives and neighborhoods through the planting of new congregations, along with the revitalization of declining congregations, throughout the city of Denver and beyond. The Calvary Family of Churches is a group committed to planting and replanting churches for the glory of God. Mark's favorite hobby is hanging out with his wife, Jenna, and their two kids, Zoe and Eli.
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