D•Conference 2019

 DISCIPLE-MAKING TOGETHER

The D•Conference is for ministry leaders who want to BE a disciple-maker, BUILD a healthy disciple-making ministry and develop practical skills to BEGIN a disciple-making movement.  Awaken a renewed passion to follow Jesus’ model and make disciples as He did. 

Portland, OR  D•Conference
When: May 2-4, 2019  
Where: Village Church, 330 SW Murray Blvd, Beaverton, OR 97005

Welcome

If it's your first year or your third, we are excited to join with you to be equipped and inspired to multiply our lives into others! We have simplified the D•Conference registration and provided you a recommended pathway for your first year, second year and beyond.

First Year

TRAINING TRACK: STRATEGY

Sonlife’s core leadership training looks at disciple-making through the lens of the Life of Christ.

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS

4 CHAIR DISCIPLING
Available in Spanish & English
Designed to help believers understand the process Jesus used for developing disciple-makers.
Also available at Pre-Conference:
"How to Train 4 Chair Discipling"
"How to" includes a starter pack of training manuals and trainer resources.

FOUNDATIONS
Designed to help ministry leaders and their teams understand and implement six foundational priorities of Jesus’ ministry.
Also available at Pre-Conference:
"How to Train Foundations"
"How to" includes a starter pack of training manuals and trainer resources.

Second Year

TRAINING TRACK: LEADERSHIP MULTIPLICATION

Training focused on how Jesus developed His apprentice leaders to grow a global disciple-making movement.
Pre-requisite: Strategy Seminar

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS

4 CHAIR DISCIPLING
Available in Spanish & English
Designed to help believers understand the process Jesus used for developing disciple-makers.
Also available at Pre-Conference:
"How to Train 4 Chair Discipling"
"How to" includes a starter pack of training manuals and trainer resources.

FOUNDATIONS
Designed to help ministry leaders and their teams understand and implement six foundational priorities of Jesus’ ministry.
Also available at Pre-Conference:
"How to Train Foundations"
"How to" includes a starter pack of training manuals and trainer resources.

REVERB
Designed to help disciples of all ages live out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission:  Love God•Love People•Make Disciples. ReVerb is an all-day seminar offered during the Pre-Conference that includes a "How to Lead" a ReVerb. Includes a starter pack of manuals and Leader kit.

And Beyond

TRAINING TRACK: ADVANCE

Participants will choose two of the 5 Phases of Movement Building from the Life of Christ to focus for sharpening and encouragement.
Pre-requisites: Strategy Seminar and Leadership Multiplication

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS

REVERB
Designed to help disciples of all ages live out the Great Commandment and the Great Commission:  Love God•Love People•Make Disciples. ReVerb is an all-day seminar offered during the Pre-Conference that includes a "How to Lead" a ReVerb. Includes a starter pack of manuals and Leader kit.

General Sessions

Our general sessions will encourage your team and strengthen your disciple- making vision. We’ll dive deeper into best practices and share in a peer-learning environment that will bring greater clarity to the disciple-making process.

SPEAKERS
• Mike Silva, President of Mike Silva International
• Dr. Jeff Wells, Senior Pastor of WoodsEdge Community Church
• Doug Holliday, Executive Director of Sonlife

Schedule

THURSDAY OPTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE 
7:30-8:30am / Pre-Conference check-in
8:30am / 4 Chair Discipling, 4 Sillas para Discipular, Foundations and Reverb seminars
12:30pm / Lunch provided for pre-conference participants
1:30pm / How to Train 4 Chair Discipling, Foundations, and Reverb
3:00pm / Pre-conference concludes

THURSDAY MAIN CONFERENCE
2:30pm / Main D•Conference check-in opens
3:30pm/ Disciple-Making Labs
4:30pm / Break (dinner not provided)
7:00pm / Main Gathering

FRIDAY 
8:00am / Prayer Room open
9:00am / Main Gathering
11:00am / Strategy, Leadership Multiplication and Advance Training Tracks
12:30pm / Lunch provided
1:30pm / Training Tracks continue
3:00pm / Break
3:30pm / Training Tracks continue
5:00pm / Free evening to gather with your ministry team

SATURDAY 
8:00am / Prayer Room open
9:00am / Strategy, Leadership Multiplication and Advance Training Tracks
10:00am / Break
10:30am / Training Tracks continue
12:30pm / Lunch provided
1:30pm / Main Gathering
3:00pm / Conference concludes

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING //

/ "The conference has caused me to sharpen my focus in youth ministry.  I am evaluating how I need to shift the ministry moving forward to a focus on making disciples who are mature enough to make disciples.  I've already incorporated some of the materials into my teaching.  I look forward to attending next year." /

/ "My husband (youth pastor) and I attended last year, and again this year. We've signed up for next year and are excited to come and bring others with us. … Yes, the training was invaluable and we are excited to pass it along to our youth staff (my husband plans to get certified soon), but the time spent interacting with other men and women of God was such a boost for our spirit." /

/ "So many times I have felt alone in making disciples. It seems church staff feels intimidated when the issue of making disciples the way Jesus made disciples comes up. It was refreshing to spend a couple of days together with like minded people who are passionate about obeying the Everyday Commandment. The conference has given me fresh fuel to live out the command to make disciples." /

/ "To loosely paraphrase Dann Spader during the conference & to communicate my 40 + years of 'church' experience: There are plenty of preachers & teachers around. What we are in dire need of is equippers. I agree wholeheartedly with this! Sonlife is equipping the body of Christ to BE equippers." /