Our goal is to use the key learnings we acquired from our church's "U-Turn" and provide space for your church to process where the Lord is calling you. Faith desires to be an avenue for churches to be trained with new and attractive methods for conducting their church's ministries. Our prayer is to see every church succeed in the mission that God has given them.
Teaching Faculty:
Bob Bouwer, Senior Pastor at Faith Church, Bob began his ministry here in 1990 with a passion for outreach. It is Bob's hope to be a part of the training of Godly, passionate, and faithful leaders for the next generation.
Kevin Harney, Teaching Pastor and Evangelism Champion at Faith Church. Kevin also serves on the teaching team of the University Chapel ministry at Grand Valley State University. From 1993 to 2006 Kevin served as the Lead Pastor at Corinth Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan during a season when the church grew from 300 worshipers to over 1,500 and shifted from being an inwardly focused church to a "Church for the World." Kevin is the author of several books including, Leadership From the Inside-Out.
Gene Appel, Served eighteen years as senior pastor of Central Christina Church in Las Vegas, a thriving congregation that grew from a few hundred to 8,000 attenders. Additionally Central was involved in church planting in the Vegas Valley. Former Willow Creek Pastor, Gene is currently speaking nationally and consulting with churches and is looking for the next long-term place God has for him.
Mindy Caliguire, Soul Care authority will be speaking on how to maintain a personal relationship with Christ and caring for your own soul while turning the church around. Mindy and her husband Jeff planted a church in the Boston area, where she served in a variety of leadership roles for ten years and launched Soul Care, dedicated to helping people restore health to their souls.
Breakouts Include:
Senior Pastors - Hear what it is like for your lay leaders and alos discuss with Pastor Bob the realities of being the senior leader through this process.
Lay Leaders - What is it like to be a lay leader through the U-Turn process? Hear how Faith's government structure has adapted to the U-Turn philosophy.
Worship - Hear how the change in our worship style happened and how we currently structure worship services from idea to execution.
Children's Ministry - See a demonstration of our Children's Ministry worship service!
Recent Learnings - For previous attenders of the U-Turn Church Conference, "Recent Learnings" will include news and information on the latest of Faith's ministries including the Next Generation (Catalyst) ministry, Multi-Site development, Mini-Churches, and more.