For pastors & ministry teams
When the vision is clear to you, help your leaders see it too.
One gathering. Your next step.
EMERGE meets you in the vision you carry. Choose your path to see why this gathering matters for you.
01 / For pastors & ministry teams
When every decision comes back to you and your leaders pull in different directions, even a clear vision can stall. Bring your team to EMERGE for shared teaching, worship, and practical insight you can discuss and apply together.
Register your ministry team02 / For people of purpose
Whether you are raising a family, finding your direction, stepping into leadership, or rebuilding after a season of delay, your calling deserves attention. Come for biblical principles, worship, and encouragement to make your next move with intention.
Join us at EMERGEWhy be in the room
You show up for your ministry, your family, and the people who count on you. Make room to strengthen the person carrying that vision: you.
EMERGE brings believers together for worship, teaching, practical strategy, and conversations about the work God has placed in their hands. Give yourself three days to listen, connect, and consider what comes next.
01 / Invest in yourself
The people you lead, the family you love, and the work you feel called to do all depend in part on what you can see, decide, and sustain. When your calendar makes room for everyone except you, the work gets louder while your own perspective gets thinner.
An athlete trains before the game. A musician rehearses before the performance. Meaningful work asks its leaders to prepare with the same intention. Set aside these days to hear, pray, reflect, and face the decisions you have been postponing. Investing in your growth strengthens the capacity behind everything you lead.
02 / Build meaningful connections
There is strength in meeting other believers who are leading, building, serving, and reaching for more. You may meet a pastor working to align a ministry team, a volunteer learning to lead with confidence, or someone stepping into a new calling.
One thoughtful conversation can challenge an assumption, offer encouragement, or begin a lasting relationship. Come ready to share what you are building, ask a real question, and hear what others have learned along the way.
You can arrive with a vision and leave knowing you do not have to carry it alone.03 / Step into the environment
A book can sharpen your thinking. A podcast can spark an idea. A live gathering adds sustained focus, shared faith, and conversations you cannot have with a recording.
At home, even the best insight competes with messages, meetings, and the next urgent task. Set these days apart to listen without multitasking, worship with others, take notes, ask better questions, and consider what the message means for your ministry, your work, or your life.
Being around people who have also chosen to grow can widen your perspective. The time you protect gives an idea room to become a next step you are ready to take.
What to expect at EMERGE 2026
Whether you lead a ministry team or are discerning your own next step, EMERGE gives you room to hear, think, and connect. Expect spiritual perspective, seasoned wisdom, and practical ideas for reaching people in a changing world.
For every person of purpose
Make space to listen before you decide what comes next.
Apostle Joshua Giles
A new season can raise questions that familiar routines do not answer. Apostle Joshua Giles will bring prophetic perspective to help you think and pray about what is ahead, recognize what deserves your attention, and move forward with faith and discernment.
Pastor Bridget Hilliard
Begin the day with wisdom shaped by decades of spiritual leadership and ministry experience. During Morning P.O.U.R., Pastor Bridget Hilliard will speak to the person behind the assignment, helping you consider how to lead, serve, and keep growing while people depend on you.
For pastors & ministry teams
Bring your outreach questions. Leave with ideas to discuss and put into practice.
Pastor Justin Lester
Pastor Justin Lester, whose AI twin was featured by CNN, will help pastors examine how artificial intelligence is already changing ministry communication and engagement. Consider where these tools can support your team, where discernment matters, and how to keep people at the center.
Church marketing specialists
Hear practical strategy for outreach, branding, visibility, and growth from a church marketing team. Think beyond doing more activity: how clearly does your community understand who you are, whom you serve, and how to take a first step toward your ministry?
Dallas-area church social media director
Learn from a social media director connected with a major Dallas church. Explore how to create meaningful digital engagement, communicate with consistency, and carry your ministry's message into the spaces where people already spend their time.
Join us in Houston, October 20–22, for spiritual insight and practical conversations that speak to the vision you carry.
The collaboration of faith
A look back at some of the voices who have joined us for teaching, worship, and conversations that move vision forward.
Past appearances
Featured here as past speakers and guests; their inclusion does not indicate an EMERGE 2026 appearance.
If you are almost ready
You can stay busy and still postpone the decisions that matter most.
The calendar fills. The questions remain. And the people who count on you still need your direction. Make room to hear, reflect, and connect with other believers at EMERGE 2026.
The cost of standing still
When you never pause to sharpen and share the vision, decisions keep coming back to you. The ministry can stay busy while team alignment waits.
Work, family, and service all matter. Yet the question of what you are meant to build next can keep slipping behind everyone else's needs.
Let's be honest about the hesitation
Your concerns are real. Give them an honest answer before they make the decision for you.
The people who count on you will still need you after October 22. That is why your growth deserves a place on the calendar now. Decide what can be delegated, moved, or planned around so you can give the vision focused attention.
Registration, travel, and time are real costs. Weigh them against the cost of leaving the same questions unanswered. EMERGE offers worship, teaching, practical insight, and connection; review the current registration options and choose what fits.
Come with one specific challenge you want to think through. Listen for insight you can apply, start a conversation you would not have had at home, and decide on one next step. Arrive ready to participate, not simply to fill a seat.
Walking into a new room takes courage. But this gathering is built around the collaboration of faith. Bring the question you are carrying, introduce yourself to someone who is leading or building, and let a conversation begin.
Planning a trip takes effort, and being in the room may not work for every season. The event site also lists a virtual attendance path. Check the current attendance options before deciding you must miss it entirely.
Ask whether the reason to wait will actually change next year. If the need for clarity, connection, or renewed focus is present now, give it attention now.
Make the decision to show up
Bring the question you have been carrying. Join us for worship, teaching, and meaningful conversation with people ready to grow alongside you.
Register for EMERGE 2026 October 20–22, 2026 · New Light Church · Houston, Texas