As part of the strategy to win another billion people to Christ, Billion Soul Network (Billion.tv) will host the Synergize 3! Pastors Conference January 17-19, 2012 in Orlando, Florida. World class leaders from every major denomination and Christian stream will gather to synergize efforts to double the size of the Global Church during this generation.
The Billion Soul Network, through the synergistic leadership of more than 200 CoChairs, has been meeting biannually since 2002 and has become the largest pastors network in the world, where presidents, general superintendents and overseers of the Christian denominations and fellowships gather to share relationships, research, reports, recommendations and resources.
Dr. Leonard Sweet states, “There is no finer venue anywhere in North America where a Church leader or a local pastor can attend and return with a greater understanding of the global Church than the Synergize 3! Pastors Conference (www.Synergize.tv).”
We will be sharing resources, finding out what really works, and talking with non-western leaders about how their churches are proliferating while US churches are largely struggling,” said Dr. James O. Davis, Billion Soul cofounder and CoChair/Global Networking. “This isn’t about the West going to the rest, but about the best in the world teaching the rest of us in the world what is working today.”
“We have enormous respect for the contribution to the global Church made by all leaders who are true Christ-followers, and look forward to networking with them, for the greater good of the entire Body of Christ,” said Dr. Glenn Burris, overseer of the Foursquare Church International, who is Cohosting with Dr. Davis, a strategic global forum with world leaders on the day prior to the conference.
In the past ten years, Billion Soul has gathered more than 45,000 key leaders in face-to-face meetings in strategic HUBS throughout the world, and now has leaders involved from more than 1,300 denominations and organizations, representing more than 400,000 churches worldwide. This conference will mark the 10th Anniversary of the Billion Soul Network.
“The investment in a pastor’s ministry that Billion Soul can make in just three short days is almost incalculable,” Church of the Nazarene Overseer Dr. Stan Toler said. “Whatever sacrifice it takes for a Church leader to attend, the take-away will be many times greater. We believe this conference will fill to the maximum this year with leaders eager to be about the Great Commission.”
“The Southern Baptist Convention is intently working toward the completion of the Great Commission in our generation” said SBC President Dr. Bryan Wright. “I am looking forward to hearing the plans of other Christian agencies, to see how we can greatly accelerate soul-winning during the next decade.”
“We believe Christ gave us a ‘Great Commission’ to tell the entire world about Him,” states Dr. Elmer Towns, Cofounder of Liberty University. “Billion Soul is helping the Church to learn methods used worldwide that empower us to shorten the time needed to finish the Great Commission.”
Sweet, Davis, Burris, Toler, Wright and Towns will be among the well-known speakers at the January event. Others included are Dr. George Wood, General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, USA; Dr. Tim Hill, First Assistant General Overseer of the Church of God; Dr. David Mohan, India General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Rev. Eddy Leo, Founder of Alba Ministries, Jakarta, Indonesia; Rev. Suliasi Kurulo, Founder of World Harvest Center, Suva, Fiji; and Dr. David Sobrepena, Founder of Word of Hope, Manila, Philippines. Each of these astute leaders have leaders who pastor churches and networks of churches that number in the tens of thousands of Christians.
Christian Healthcare Ministries, Cutting Edge International, and Christian Men’s Network are among the major sponsors of Synergize 3. “We are proud to be a part of a movement that is helping the leadership of the Body of Christ,” said Howard Russell, President of Christian Healthcare Ministries. “Our healthcare organization is all about helping people, whether from the pulpit or the pew, so we are right in step with this global vision.”
For exhibiting and sponsorship information, please contact Gregg Haldeman, CoChair/US Partners at 417-353-8000 or Gregg@Billion.tv.
Conference Details
The conference, to be held at Faith Assembly of Orlando, starts Tuesday, January 17, at 12 noon, and concludes Thursday, January 19, at 5p.m.
The Billion Soul Network began in 2002 as a resource for meeting the Church’s need for trained and equipped pastors. Dr. James O. Davis, cofounder, along with many world leaders wanted to provide pastoral leaders around the world with the best Christian leadership training available in the most efficient and affordable way possible, in order to complete the Great Commission. The Billion Soul Network is at the forefront of the movement to train millions of pastors and Christian leaders for the billion-soul harvest, all for a fraction of the time and cost of traditional education.
Note to Editors: Dr. James O. Davis and is available for interviews upon request. Please contact 417-861-9999 for interviews, credentials or broadcast information.