2026 Annual Gathering: Partnering for Fruitfulness 🍇
Description
Register Today for Our Annual Gathering!
This year’s theme is Partnering for Fruitfulness, and we’re looking forward to gathering together with churches from across the Brazos Valley Baptist Network!
The BVBN Church Health Conference is our annual gathering, designed to strengthen the churches of our network by equipping, encouraging, and energizing pastors, staff, and lay leaders. It’s also a special opportunity for our churches to draw closer together as we worship our Savior and celebrate that we are united in Christ and united for Christ.
Join us as we explore ways churches can grow healthier and become more effective at making, maturing, and mobilizing disciples of Jesus.
🤝 Strengthen Partnerships
This year’s conference will feature breakout sessions led by pastors and lay leaders from within our Network, offering practical encouragement and opportunities to learn from one another as we pursue greater church health together.
🎪 Ministry Fair
Connect with ministries and organizations serving the local church and discover resources designed to encourage and equip your church.
We’re grateful for your ongoing support of the mission of the Brazos Valley Baptist Network and look forward to gathering with you!
Register today and join us for the 2026 BVBN Annual Gathering!
Thank you to this year's Platinum Sponsors!
Pylos
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KingsCover: Dominion First Insurance Services
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And to this year's Gold Sponsors!
Hope Pregnancy Center
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Mission: Dignity
We are on a Mission to provide Dignity to retirement-aged Southern Baptist ministers, workers and their widows.
Shepherds Theological Seminary
Equipping Servant-Leaders for Life and Ministry
Breakouts
Keep the Fire Burning- The hustle and bustle of a multi-vocational pastor. Jackson Huynh, Fellowship at Field Store
Discover essential strategies for bi-vocational pastors to balance ministry and secular work without burning out. Learn to ground your identity in Christ, stay authentic, and prioritize growth while mastering time management, nurturing relationships, and protecting your mental and physical health.
Leading A Church Through Change Scot Stolz, Parkway Baptist Church
Leading a church through significant change may be one the most difficult endeavors you will ever be a part of in your ministry. This session will confront the issues related to that effort head on and offer practical tools to help you biblically navigate your steps.
Leadership Lessons That Seminary Didn't Teach Me Kris Kelso, Cross Roads Cowboy Church
Seminary prepared me to preach, teach, and shepherd—but what happens when the mission requires leading people somewhere we've never been? This breakout explores the difference between working harder at what we know and leading through challenges that demand real learning and change. The mission hasn't changed—but the territory has.
Reigning Together: Equipping Ministry Leaders for A Christ-Exalting Engagement and Marriage Counseling Ministry Tom and Nancy Baber, Emmanuel Baptist Church
This workshop equips pastors and lay leaders with a turn-key workbook featuring eight lessons, clear meeting instructions, practical homework, and real case studies. Drawing from 30+ years of marriage and 20 years of counseling experience, Thomas and Nancy Baber help busy ministers strengthen marriages and families in their local church.
Gifted But Not Aligned: Partnering Across Personalities for a Fruitful Mission Jay Raines, Central Church
Gifted teams don’t always work in harmony. Join coach Dr. Jay Raines to explore how different personalities can become a source of strength in a shared mission. Discover practical ways to build understanding, strengthen collaboration, and align your gifts for fruitful ministry.
Artificial Intelligence: Biblical Wisdom in a Digital Age Katie Frugé, Texas Baptists
This workshop equips ministry leaders to engage artificial intelligence with theological clarity and practical wisdom. Participants will explore how AI works, how it challenges truth, human identity, and community, and how to use technology faithfully—as a ministry resource, not a substitute for human discernment, meaningful work, or genuine relationships.
Colaboración en el Ministerio Gamaliel Claudio, First Baptist Hempstead En Español
Descubre cómo reconocer las fortalezas únicas de personas, grupos, ministerios e iglesias para formar alianzas con propósito y servir juntos de manera más eficaz.
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