21 Top Church Leadership Conferences You Should Attend in 2024

It’s that time of year again—time to pull out your calendar and begin planning which church leadership conferences you’ll attend in 2024. We’ve compiled a list of the top leadership conferences in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. 

There are plenty of the same conferences on the list this year, plus a few new names. You certainly can’t attend all of these events, but it’s a good decision to begin planning a trip to at least a few. That will continue your growth and development in 2024.

1. Disciple Making Summit

• January 26-27, 2024
• Sharpsburg, Georgia
• Cost: $30
• Hosted by Impact Discipleship Ministries

From its start in 2021, the Disciple-Making Summit has had a singular mission—calling disciple-makers, leaders, and pastors across the nation and around the world to come together to focus on our main purpose. This is a conference for everyone—yourself, your small group, your youth group, your church staff—you will leave inspired and more equipped to make disciples.

2. C3 Conference

• February 14-15, 2024
• Dallas, Texas
• Cost: $99
• Hosted by Fellowship Church

C3 Conference is a two-day experience for world-changers like you who desire to creatively advance the church and transform culture one life at a time. 48 hours of intentional community, coaching, creativity, and collaboration to do whatever it takes to show the world the hope of Jesus through the greatest entity ever established, the local church!

3. Courageous Pastors Gathering ’24

• February 20-21, 2024
• Wilmington, North Carolina
• Cost: $97 through 12-21-2023
• Hosted by Lifepoint Church

Put on by Shawn Lovejoy and his team, pastors will gain new confidence, catch fresh vision, and connect with leaders from across the country.  Whether you are a new church planter or have been leading for years, the two-day experience is designed to equip you to walk courageously into your best year of ministry yet and remind you that you don’t have to do it alone.

4. Engage Conference

• February 28, 2024
• Online
• Cost: Free
• Hosted by Text in Church

This free online conference presented by Text in Church is intended to help your church get ready for Easter. The speakers will share ideas for building attendance and volunteer strategies around this important time of year. By upgrading your ticket price your team can get access to recordings and an exclusive workshop.

5. Renegade Pastors Conference

• February 28-March 1, 2024
• Online via Zoom
• Cost: FREE (Normally $599) for a limited time!

Join this three-day pastor conference to help you make the most of 2024. Discover advanced leadership insights, practical tips to honor God in your personal life and ministry, and best practices for leading your church at the highest level to reach your growth potential!

6. Exponential Conference

• March 4-7, 2023
• Orlando, Florida
• Cost: $169
• Theme: Lost Cause: One Eighty, The Return to Disciple Making

Although making disciples is the clear mission of the Church, when asked, most churches say that making disciples who make disciples is still their biggest weakness. Join 5,000+ leaders and practitioners to multiply your insights and impact. 

7. The Outcomes Conference

• April 9-11, 2024
• Jacksonville, Fla.
• Cost: $849 for members; $1,049 for non-members
• Hosted by the Christian Leadership Alliance

Described as the premier training event for Christian nonprofit professionals, the Outcomes Conference includes six mainstage sessions, breakouts, leadership intensives, educational tracks, over 100 breakouts, and a full exhibitors hall.

8. Church Leaders Conference

• April 23-24, 2024
• Dallas, Texas
• Cost: $229
• Hosted by Watermark Church

Since 2016, we’ve had a blast every year welcoming church leaders, pastors, and ministers from all over the world for two days of strengthening, sharpening, and equipping. Senior pastor or Sunday School teacher, elder or A/V tech–if you serve Christ’s body, this is for you.

9. Orange Conference

• April 23-25, 2024
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Cost: $319
• Digital options available
• Theme: Keeping Faith Alive

Join the experience that delivers ministry leaders a breath of fresh air and an uncommon energy — bound to generate powerful momentum in your ministry. Gather with future-focused children’s and youth ministry leaders for an inspirational and wildly practical three-day event. Unlock insights and connections to maximize your impact and sustain your health in the year ahead.

10. Rethink Leadership

• April 23-25, 2024
• Atlanta, Georgia
• Cost: $319
• Hosted by Orange

Happening simultaneously with the Orange Conference (and conveniently close by), Rethink Leadership is for senior pastors. At the Rethink Leadership Conference, you will connect, learn, and create in a laser-focused environment with a limited capacity.

11. ARC Conference

• April 23-24, 2024
• Birmingham, Alabama
• Hosted by the Church of the Highlands
• Cost: $199

At the ARC Conference, the goal is for pastors, leaders, and future church planters to build relationships with one another and receive resources that will help the local church thrive. In addition to the main conference in Alabama, there are international conferences happening in Dublin, Ireland, Calgary, Canada, and South Africa during the year.

12. Drive Conference

• May 1-2, 2024
• Atlanta, Ga. 
• Cost: $275
• Hosted by Northpoint Ministries

The Drive Conference is two days full of inspiration, equipping, and an opportunity to refuel for your ministry road ahead. They share new ideas, lessons learned in the process, and practical tools to help your ministry be healthier and more effective.

13. Thrive Conference

• May 1-3, 2024
• Roseville, California
• Bayside Church
• Cost: $149

Ignite your passion. Recharge your leadership. Connect with other pastors and leaders, and learn Inspiring ideas to take home and share with your church. Experience over 70 breakouts and main stage sessions at the Bayside Church Aventure Campus in Northern California.

14. Leadercast Live

• May 8, 2024
• Hybrid attendance: watch in person or at a local host site
• Theme: Greatest Habits of All Time

For ages, humans have understood that our individual and collective habits dictate how we work, live, and play. Leadercast G.H.O.A.T. (Greatest Habits of all Time) will unearth the golden habits of proven leaders and give you positive, ancient habits to take your leadership next level.

15. Vous Conference

• June 20-22, 2024
• Miami, Florida
• Hosted by VOUS Church
• Cost: $189
• Theme: Future Glory

Designed to champion the cause of the local church, VOUSCon leads transformative conversations in faith, culture, and leadership. The three-day conference is led by VOUS Church pastors Rich and DawnChere Wilkerson with worship by the VOUS Church worship team.

16. S2 Conference East

• June 25-27, 2024
• Heartland Church
• Fishers, Indiana
• Cost: $169
• Digital options available
• Hosted by Converge

Come spend three days in Indianapolis, Indiana with your team for a time of intentional learning about how to multiply your influence and ministry. Come and hear from some of the greatest church leaders of our time at this powerful event. It’s organized by Converge—a 165-year-old movement of churches encouraging churches to work together.

17. BLDRS Conference

• July 9-10, 2024
• Union Church
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Cost: $99

Building a successful ministry can be daunting. Whether you’re on the journey for 10+ years or a couple of months, you’ve probably faced a few hurdles. Maybe you are looking to reach new heights but are having a hard time breaking a growth barrier, or inspiring your team and communicating strategically.

18. The Global Leadership Summit

• August 8-9, 2024
• South Barrington, Illinois
• Hybrid attendance: watch online or at a host site
• Cost: $179

The largest leadership experience in the world partners with local churches and businesses to deliver leadership messages around the world. Accessible in person or online, GL24 features speakers including Coach Mike Krzyzewski, Molly Fletcher, Amy Edmonson, and Craig Groschel.

19. Motion

• October 15-17, 2024
• Houston, Texas
• First Church of Pearland

Motion is a conference for all church leaders, including you. They strive to give you the tools and inspiration to be better at what you do. The content tracts include leadership, production, worship, kids ministry, administrative, and creative arts. Registration opens on March 1.

20. First Impressions Conference

• November 9, 2024
• Details To Be Announced
• Hosted by Greg Atkinson

You’ll hear from the leading experts inside the church and business world on how to connect with people and make them want to keep coming back.

Also, check out Greg’s EntreChurch Conference hosted the same week.  Click HERE to learn more.

21. S2 Conference West

• November 12-14, 2024
• Cornerstone Church
• Phoenix, Arizona
• Cost: $169
• Hosted by Converge

S2 brings together leaders from across the nation with a clear mission – to start and strengthen churches. For us, what matters most is making Jesus famous. We believe the local church is God’s plan to change the world, one city at a time, through the local church.

Other Conferences

There are plenty more church leadership conferences that will likely happen in 2024, but haven’t announced their dates or location yet. Check out these links to see when they announce their details for later this year.

• Lift Creative Conference
• Refuel Conference
• That Church Conference
• Right Now Conference
• Salt Creative Conference

What are you hoping to learn at a conference this year?

About Robert Carnes

Robert Carnes is former church communication and nonprofit marketing professional. He leads marketing strategy for GreenMellen, a digital marketing agency in Atlanta. He’s also the author of two books, including The Original Storyteller and The Story Cycle.