The 2025 Climb Conference is quickly approaching! We’re looking forward to hosting you at the Lansing Area Church of Christ during the Midwest’s beautiful fall season. The conference will begin on Wednesday evening, October 1st and conclude on Friday evening, October 3rd, although participants are welcome to stay all weekend.
What is Climb?
Climb is a small church leadership conference in the International Churches of Christ. If you’re an evangelist, women’s ministry leader, campus leader, teacher, elder or core group member of a church or ministry of 150 members or smaller, then this conference is for you!
The first conference, held in 2019 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin was a breath of fresh air for hundreds of small church leaders. In 2021 and 2023 we held the conference in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and doubled our attendance. For the 2025 edition, we’re going back to our small church roots hosted by the Lansing Area Church of Christ in Michigan.
Why should you attend?
For the 2025 edition of this conference, we’re taking our inspiration from Isaiah 43:19 which says, “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.“
Together we’re asking for God to reveal to us the new things that he wants to do in us and through us. You will be inspired and encouraged alongside other leaders as we collectively focus on helping our churches grow in health and number. Past attendees have received great hope and wisdom from the classes and fellowship.
To help inspire us, we have an amazing lineup of speakers!
- Rob Skinner (Tucson/Boston) – YES! YES! YES!
- Ben & Melina Hutchins (Virginia) – Leaders for the Long Haul
- Kurt Flinchbaugh (Pennsylvania) – Radical Growth & Radical Faith
- Chris Schwartzenberger (Spokane) – Church Building Workshop
- Sean St. Jean (Vancouver) – Navigating Conflict
- Paul Smith (Ireland) – Spiritual Formation
- Tom Nuelle (Madison, WI) – Church Building Workshop & Effective Media Outreach
- Glenn Neargarder (North Carolina) – Leadership Groups, Boards, Finances
- Joel Peed (Eau Claire, WI) – Character/Skill Development and Calling
- Chip Mitchell (Philadelphia) – Inspiration and Faith for Small Church Leaders
- Joshua Lutz and Kyle Eastman (Michigan) – Worship and Devotionals
- Christy Peed (WI) and Stephanie Sullivan (Illinois) – Women’s Program – Listening for the Spirit
- David de los Santos (Phoenix/Eastern Europe) – Lessons from Leading in Hungary
- Joel Nagel (Lansing) – Creativity and Innovation
- Valdur Koha (Boston) – Family, Teaching, and Global Perspective
And more to come!
Still not convinced? Listen to what Kurt and Christina Flinchbaugh (Lehigh Valley Church, Pennsylvania) have to say about why they will be attending Climb 2025. WHY CLIMB?
Register today!
Are you ready to do a new thing? Come climb with us! Signing up now helps us plan the best conference possible.
(Discount code ends August 31st: 25OFF for $25 off each registration.)
