Vision & Planning Conference is intended to share essential strategies to strengthen your ministry or business through planning and development.
Who Should Attend?
- Pastor’s
- Youth Pastor’s
- Deacon’s
- Ministry Leader’s
- Christian Business owners
What Topics Will The Session’s Cover?
- Staff / Volunteer Management
- Financial Management
- Facility / Site Planning
- Ministry Outreach Planning
- Vision & Goal Setting
- Servant Leadership
- Funding / Fundraising
- Engaging in Missions
- And More
Conference Speakers
Terry Munday
Terry Munday has been called the expert on teaching the foundational principles of fundraising. He served 20 years as Vice-President for University Advancement at Indiana Wesleyan University. While semi-retired, he continues to write and serve as a consultant to IWU, his local church, and other Christian non-profit organizations. He has helped over 100 organizations raise more than $250 million.
Charles Prescott
God has allowed me the privilege of working in the Financial Administration Field for over 40 years in
various roles, i.e., Former Bank President, Vice President-Chief Financial Officer, Dean of the School
of Business at The Crown College for the last 10 years and College Business Administration, Former CFO Crown College 2012-2023
Professor-Area Chair of Finance over 14 years at the University of Phoenix. Sunday School
Superintendent, Church Treasurer, Deacon, Adviser to the Pastor, Currently Associate/Administrative
Pastor,
The Lord has been gracious allowing me to work in full-time ministry helping Pastors in the Local Churches for the last 40 years. Married to my wife Charlene from West Virginia, blessed with three children, Charlene spent 30 years in preschools and Christian Day Schools.
Charles Prescott, M.S, M.Min., PhD
Associate Pastor Grace Baptist Church
CFO Crown College
Tim Cruse
Tim Cruse has been the pastor of Shining Light Baptist Church in Monroe, NC since March 7, 1990. He and his wife Rebekah have 10 children and 15 grandchildren. God has blessed the church with a staff of 52 co-laborers serving on a 225 acre multi-campus Christian school, children’s home, and preschools. The next step God is leading in is a college and seminary.
Scott Carsley
Scott Carsley along with his wife Jennifer founded The Edge Christian Camp in 2016, a year-round camp, conference, and retreat center, which sits on 283 acres in Spring Grove VA. Before then God has giving Scott the opportunity to work in the field of Project Engineering, Program Management, Financial Management, and Strategic & Master Planning. God has given Scott the opportunity in the past few years in supporting Pastor’s and business owners.
Byron Foxx
Byron Foxx was born January, 1964. He has lived most of his life in his hometown of Newport News, VA, where he currently resides. Brother Foxx was saved May 18, 1972. He received Jesus Christ as his Savior that night following a message preached about the crucifixion of our Lord. At age 12, Brother Foxx yielded to the call on his life to full-time Christian service. He began playing the piano for his church at age 13, and began preaching at age 15. He married his best friend on earth, Renee Parisher, July 9, 1983. They have two children: Micah and Rachel. He attended three Bible colleges, then served 12 years on staff at Bethel Baptist Church, in Hampton, VA. He started Bible Truth Music in 1987 and serves today as president/founder. Since Oct 21, 1994, Brother Foxx has worked full-time as an evangelist. He preaches about 500 times per year, being in 1-3 churches every week. The Foxxs’ are members of Calvary Baptist Church of Smithfield, VA. Their pastor is Brother Greg Gray.
John O’ Malley
John O’Malley was born in 1964 in Huntington, New York, to John and Barbara O’Malley. John surrendered to missions in 1975 at a missions conference. God began to direct his path to college. He attended college in Jacksonville, FL; Fort Worth, TX; and Atlanta, GA. John married Kimberly Trenton in 1986, whom he met at Trinity Baptist College. They served as Church Planters in Grenada, West Indies. The Lord allowed them to plant two churches that exist today. Each of those churches planted other churches since their departure. God brought them to the US in 1988, the same year as the birth of their son, John. Since their return, John has pastored in Alabama for five years.
In 1993, after leaving Alabama, John accepted the Lord’s call to return to mission work. He serves with World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions,
located in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. He is the President of World Wide New Testament Baptist Missions and a faith missionary. His ministry involves visiting mission fields to evangelize the lost, encourage missionaries, and seek places of service for new missionaries. He also speaks to churches to help them attain their mission goals and directs the mission office in serving churches efficiently.
- When: August 5-7
- Check-in Time: 10:00AM Monday
- Check-out Time: 11:00AM Wednesday
- Cost: $250 per registered guest (Includes six meals, overnight accommodations, and sessions with many resources).