EFCA Texas-oklahoma

2023 district

Leadership conference 

February 24-25, 2023

Austin Oaks Church | Austin, TX

MISSION & PURPOSE

Our mission is to equip and encourage churches to bring about the transformation of individuals and communities through Jesus Christ. Our mantra is “We’re Better Together,” because we know we can do more for Christ together than alone.

The Annual District Leadership Conference serves as an opportunity for EFCA Texas-Oklahoma District churches to unite and focus on this mission. Our goal is to come alongside church leaders by providing worship, speakers and breakout sessions that will inspire, equip and encourage all those who attend.

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CONFERENCE DETAILS

Theme: FOCUS: Minding What Matters

When: Friday, February  24, 2023 – Saturday, February 25, 2023

Where: Austin Oaks Church, 4220 Monterey Oaks Blvd, Austin, TX 78749 | Click here for directions

 

SCHEDULE

Friday, February 24, 2023

10:00am    Registration
11:30am    Affinity Groups Luncheon
01:30pm    Main Session I
02:30pm    Snack & Chat
03:00pm    Main Session II
04:00pm    Snack & Chat
04:30pm    District Business Meeting
06:00pm    Banquet Dinner
07:00pm    Main Session III

Saturday, February 25, 2023

08:00am    Doors Open
08:15am    Breakout Sessions
09:30am    District Vision Breakfast
10:45am    Breakout Sessions
12:00pm    Conference Concludes
AFFINITY GROUPS LUNCHEON

Friday, February 24, 2023 // 11:30am

  • Children’s Ministry Leaders (Children’s Bldg. Room 206)
  • Elders & Deacons (Room 208)
  • Executive & Associate Pastors (Room 207)
  • Lead Pastors (Room 105-107)
  • Lead Pastors Wives (Room 204)
  • Ministry Leaders Wives (Room 203)
  • Outreach Ministry (Room 102)
  • Small Groups Ministry (Room 104)
  • Student Ministry Leaders (Room 205)
  • Women’s Ministry Leaders (Room 103)
  • Worship Ministry Leaders (Room 211)
Vision Breakfast

MAIN SESSIONS

Main Session I: Focusing on our Walk with God

Cultivating our personal relationship with Christ

Speaker: Jaron Jones, Lead Pastor, Shine Bible Fellowship
Video Recording: Click here
Contact: Email Jaron

About Jaron

Pastor Jaron Jones is the Lead Pastor of Shine Bible Fellowship Church planted in 2016.  Along with his beautiful wife of 13 years, Eboni, he has the joy of parenting two precious little girls, Chloe and Kendal.  They long to see a church who is passionately pursuing deeper relationships with Jesus through practical and relevant biblical teaching and authentic relationships with others.  The end goal is to “shine brightly” to radically transform families, the community, city and beyond! 

Pastor Jaron is a former resident of the Houston Church Planting Network (www.HCPN.org) and served one year as a chaplain resident at the Texas Medical Center, in addition to his previous 15+ years of ministry experience.

 

Main Session II: Focusing on the work of God

Embracing our disciplemaking mission

Speaker: Drew Leaver, Lead Pastor, Northeast Bible Church
Video Recording: Click here
Presentation: Click here
Contact: Email Drew

About Drew

Drew Leaver is the Lead Pastor of Northeast Bible Church (NEBC) in San Antonio, Texas, where he has served since 2010. Prior to arriving at NEBC, he served as a Teaching Pastor in Dallas, where he earned a degree from Dallas Theological Seminary.

Having been poured into as a young pastor, Drew lives with a passion and commitment to do the same:  pouring into leaders, pastors and church planters and seeking to make disciples on mission in his local community in the northeast corner of San Antonio where he lives with his wife, Dawn, and their two children. 

Main Session III: Focusing on the word of God

Letting God’s Word guide us in all things

Speaker: Dr. Brent Burckart, District Superintendent, EFCA TX-OK
Presentation: Presentation
Contact: Email Brent

About Brent

In 2001, Dr. Brent Burckart planted Cornerstone Community Bible Church in Rosenberg, Texas, a multi-ethnic, multi-generational congregation which grew to about 500 people under his leadership.  Brent completed his Doctor of Ministry in 2020 with an emphasis in church health, multiplication, and leadership from Dallas Theological Seminary where he now serves as an Adjunct Faculty member in the Pastoral Ministries Department.

In his new role as EFCA TX-OK District Superintendent, Brent’s desire is to come alongside our pastors and churches to encourage and equip them to remain spiritually healthy, biblically grounded, missionally focused, and strategically connected in these challenging and changing times. Brent and his wife Elvie have been married for 31 years and have two children, Caryssa (26) and Bryce (24).

CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS