🚨 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER… this Emerging Leaders Cohort is FREE. 🚨 If you’re a younger ministry leader (20s–early 30s), this is your invitation to stop trying to figure out multiplication alone. The Emerging Leaders Multipliers Learning Community is designed to help you: ✔️ Build a disciple-making culture ✔️ Think multiplication from day one ✔️ Learn alongside peers and practitioners ✔️ Grow as a healthy leader for the long haul And for the first time, tuition is completely FREE for the first 25 participants. 👀 Includes: 📍 Nashville gathering 💻 2 online gatherings 📍 Southern California gathering Spots are limited. Apply ASAP at exponential.org/emerging-app…

True happiness and resilience boil down to authentic relationships. Cultivating these connections starts with a tiny bit of vulnerability to build trust and go deeper over time. If you are ready to take a step in becoming a healthy leader who champions reproduction, join us this fall for our Fall National Conferences. You’ll hear from Danielle Strickland and other multipliers on how to lead with vulnerability. Register at exponential.org/events Check out this full session from our 2026 Global Conference at exponential.org/dap

Not every sabbatical actually produces health. In this #ExponentialNEXT article, Dhati Lewis explores four rhythms every ministry leader needs to consider: rest, restoration, replenishment, and reflection. If you’re exhausted, running on autopilot, or realizing your soul needs more than just a vacation, this article is for you. Read All Sabbaticals Are Not Created Equal: 4 Rhythms Every Urban Missionary Needs at exponential.org/articles

What happens when a church plant shifts from a physical location to a fully digital community? Join hosts Carrie Williams and Bill Couchenour as they talk with Justin and Janae Klatt, founders of Imagine Church Global in our latest Exponential NEXT podcast episode. Through creative risk-taking, they’ve built a model that reaches people where traditional churches often can't, from chemo chairs and hospital beds to those traveling for work in bands or RVs. This episode is a powerful reminder that God moves in unexpected ways to provide community to people exactly where they are. 🎧 Listen now: exponential.org/next-podcast…

If you’re a multisite church, we want to hear your voice. The Multisite Unpacked survey closes THIS week, and you don't want to miss your church being represented in the data. ⏱️ Takes just 12–15 minutes 📊 Completely confidential 🎁 Includes early access to findings resources Help shape the future of multisite ministry. Take the survey at research.net/r/ExponentialSR…

Church Development Network was one of the innovative ministry projects presented through NEXT Ventures in 2024. NEXT Ventures identifies and supports innovative leaders who are creating practical, actionable approaches to ministry and helping shape the future of the church. Today, Church Development Network is continuing to activate everyday people to plant churches in creative spaces and places, from homes and parks to gyms, campuses, and coffee shops. This latest Innovation NEXT article shares the heart behind the movement and the belief that more people are called to plant churches than we may realize. Read Church Development Network by J.R. Rushik at exponential.org/articles

Did you know that 39 of the 40 miracles recorded in the book of Acts happened outside the church? The Holy Spirit is moving in the workplace and in your everyday life. JD Greear reminds us that success in ministry is simply joining God in what He is already doing. This powerful moment was captured during our Global Conference livestream! Listen to the full interview at youtu.be/Y-CQ-gANQKc If you missed it, you have another chance to hear from JD Greear in person at our Central Conference this fall. Register for our fall national conference at exponential.org/events

The first 2026 Exponential Global Conference Resource Kits are here... and they’re FREE! This month’s kits include workshop audio focused on: • Church Planting • Discipleship • Evangelism All tied to this year’s theme: Multiplier: How Healthy Leaders Create Lasting Impact Perfect for listening on the go, sharing with your team, or revisiting conversations you missed. Access now at exponential.org/resource-kit…

Something is shifting in the church. Many leaders can feel it. The strategies and structures that once produced momentum no longer carry the same weight they once did. In this #ExponentialNEXT article, Patrick O’Connell explores what it might look like for the church to rediscover the relational, collaborative, and sending DNA of Antioch. Read The Antioch Mandate: Rediscovering the Church as a Relational Sending Network at exponential.org/articles

What if your church could fight hunger AND fuel your soul? In this episode of the Church Expressions Podcast, Carrie Williams and Bill Couchenour sit down with Carl Johnson and Scott Woller to explore entrepreneurial church planting and what it looks like to embed churches into the heart of a community through coffee shops, grocery stores, workforce development programs, and more. If you’re rethinking what church can look like in your city, this conversation is for you. Listen now at exponential.org/next-podcast

Option 1 for Exponential Global 2027 is officially SOLD OUT 🙌 In 2027, we’re doing something we’ve never done before. Two Conferences. One Week. One Mission. Thousands of leaders from around the world are already planning to gather in Orlando next March around this year’s theme: Never Alone: Becoming Friends on Mission But here’s the good news: Option 2 is still available. 📍 March 18–20, 2027 at First Baptist Orlando If you’ve been thinking about joining us, now’s the time to grab your spot before remaining seats begin to disappear. Register now at exponential.org/2027

The next generation isn’t looking for perfection. They’re looking for authenticity, understanding, mentoring, and depth. In this #ExponentialNEXT article, Chip Taylor shares four realities church leaders can’t afford to ignore if we want to reach the next generation well. Read 4 Realities We Can’t Ignore About the Next Generation at exponential.org/articles

🎥 The Spiritual Gauge webinar is now available on demand. In this Multiplier Webinar Series conversation, Will Chung and Dave Ferguson unpack why spiritual health is the core of multiplying leadership—and how intimacy with Jesus fuels everything else. If you’re feeling stretched thin, spiritually dry, or simply wanting to lead from a healthier place, we believe this conversation will encourage you. Watch now at exponential.org/webinars

What if “on earth as it is in heaven” is more than a prayer... it’s a calling? In this #ExponentialNEXT article, Mark DeYmaz explores what Jesus’ parables reveal about the Kingdom of God and why the multiethnic church is not just nice, but necessary. Read What the Kingdom of God is Like at exponential.org/articles

This fall at Exponential National Conferences, we’re gathering leaders from across the country around this year’s Multiplier theme: How Healthy Leaders Create Lasting Impact Speakers are confirmed for our Central Conference happening in Naperville, IL on November 10–12! Join Carey Nieuwhof, Dexter Harris, Tara Beth Leach, Paco Amador, Will Chung, Ted Coniaris, Derwin Gray, J.D. Greear, Noemi Chavez, Aubrey Sampson and Dave Ferguson. Right now, registration is still available at the $99 rate, but that deadline ends this week on May 28 at 11:59 p.m.

What does it really look like to multiply ministry into more places? 🎙️ We’re revisiting this conversation with Christy Gibas, Lead Pastor of The Table Church, as she shares the vision, strategy, and lessons learned from leading a multisite church. Whether your church is exploring multisite ministry or simply thinking about multiplication differently, this conversation offers practical insights and encouragement for the journey. This expression is also featured in our free resource, The Atlas, at exponential.org/atlas. Listen now at exponential.org/next-podcast

Most pastors aren’t asking whether AI is powerful. They’re asking whether it’s personal, ethical, or even helpful for ministry. In this #ExponentialNEXT article, Kenny Jahng explores what happens when pastors actually test those assumptions and why AI might create more room for the things that matter most. Read 3 Things Every Pastor Assumed About AI That Turned Out to Be Wrong at exponential.org/articles

Jesus called us to make disciples, not just believers. If you are ready to lead a church that prioritizes its true mission, join us this fall for our Fall National Conferences. Register at exponential.org/events Check out this full session from our 2026 Global Conference at exponential.org/dap

Ready to mobilize new leaders... but don’t know where to start? 🎙️ Join Sarah Jackson and Dave Ferguson for our next Multiplier Webinar Series session: Mobilizing New Leaders Together, we’ll explore: • How to recognize leadership potential in others • Why multiplication happens through relationships, not just programs • Practical ways to give people real responsibility and support 🗓️ June 4 | 2:00–3:00 PM ET Save your spot at exponential.org/webinars

Not everyone can access a traditional church building... but everyone still needs community. In this #ExponentialNEXT article, Justin and Janae Klatt share how launching Imagine Church Global, a collective of communities established in 2017, led them to explore new expressions of the “table” for people who couldn’t access traditional church spaces. Read The Digital Table at exponential.org/articles