Seattle Evangelism Summit 2024
Proclaiming the good news of Jesus together
Friday, October 18th 2024
Highlands Community Church
10:30AM-3:30PM
*Lunch and materials included with registration
We are inviting all pastors, ministry leaders, business leaders, and anyone eager to take seriously the Great Commission during these challenging times. Catch an inspired message from our keynote Josh White, from Door of Hope Church in Portland OR, a church planter who has seen a large percentage of his plant come from new believers as he and his team have intentionally sought to bring the good news of Christ to the hurting and lost Rose City. Brainstorm approaches for the Greater Seattle area in a workshop fashion with other key leaders like yourself in the region. Develop next steps for your organization while being joined by an expert panel of local ministry leaders who are reaching unbelievers with the good news of the Gospel in the unique ways in the Greater Seattle area.
It is our hope that we develop creative thinking around evangelism, a greater desire to bear witness to the good news of Christ, and some practical avenues of engagement as we seek to introduce everyone in our region to Jesus.
Keynote Speaker:
josh White
Door of Hope
Josh White is a speaker, recording artist, author of ‘Stumbling Toward Eternity’, and founding pastor of Door of Hope, a thriving church community in the heart of Portland, Or. Josh is a self proclaimed ‘amateur’, a lover of learning and though everything interests him, above all he is serious about Jesus, obsessed with grace, and holds tenaciously to the centrality of the cross. In May of 1996, Josh met his wife Darcy at the now defunct Satyricon nightclub in Portland. They have two beautiful children and have been back in the city where they fell in love since 2007.
Facilitator:
Chris gough
Saturate the
sound
Chris is a Seattle native who worked in college & pastoral ministry in North Seattle for a decade and then with Seattle's Union Gospel Mission for his second decade of work. At SUGM he started working with and developing city networks throughout the greater Seattle area, and was a part of creating local church school partnerships, a foster care network, and a homelessness coalition. Now at Saturate the Sound, Chris continues to pursue a calling to see every city in the Cascadia region have a collaborative thriving gospel network! He also wears a city network role with the Palau Association where he helps networks across the US raise the temperature of Evangelism. Chris just celebrated 21 years of marriage to his wife Rebekah and has four great kids.
Facilitator
Aaron Bauer
Issaquah Christian Church
Aaron Bauer is the adoptive father of 6 kids now in their early adult years. Married to Heather for 28 years, Aaron is the Pastor of Issaquah Christian Church and is most excited about multiplying disciple makers with The Timothy Initiative which is planting a multiplying church every 11 minutes worldwide. Serving on the National Leadership Team of TTI USA has given him a look into disciple making movements around the world and the work that it will take to see this happen in the USA.
Joined by a panel of Local practitioners:
Ashley Bailey MomCo
Ashley Bailey serves as the Pacific Network Manager on the Church Engagement team at The MomCo (formerly MOPS International). A passionate advocate for mothers, she believes moms are a powerful force for evangelism and discipleship in their homes, churches, and communities. Ashley’s heart is for every mom to feel loved and supported by both her community and Christ, empowering her to shape future generations.
A mother of three active children (ages 6, 8, and 10) and wife to Austin, the lead pastor at Pine Lake Covenant Church in Sammamish, Ashley’s family life is full of adventure. When she’s not involved in ministry, you can find her outdoors, hiking, biking, or swimming in Lake Sammamish, or camping across the stunning landscapes of the Pacific Northwest.
Originally from the east coast and a dual citizen of the US and Canada, Ashley is grateful for where God has led her family during this season of life. She often finds herself marveling at the beauty of their surroundings and the community they've built.
Roy Chang School Connect WA
Reverend Roy Chang is the Executive Director of School Connect WA. He founded the organization in 2022, building on the community development efforts of the Seattle Chinese Alliance Church in serving Pan-Asian immigrants in Beacon Hill and South Seattle. His leadership has been central to the creation and expansion School-Church partnerships in Seattle that connect local churches, businesses, and community stakeholders with neighborhood schools to close educational gaps and support underserved communities.
Jesse Crock Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Born and raised in Issaquah, Washington, I had the privilege to play Soccer for Northwest University where I received a BA in Business and an MA in International Community Development. I bring over 17 years of experience in Christian non-profit work to see lives transformed in the name of Christ all over the world. Along with my amazing wife Terra and two children, Kaden and Kisa, I'm thrilled to bring my energy & passion in service to the Pacific Northwest and currently serve as the WA State Director for Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
In 2024 the cultural winds are blowing strong. There is a huge lack of spiritual leadership and the majority of our coaches and athletes are more confused than ever about their identity, purpose and calling.
The solution: give them someone to follow that’s following Jesus. This discipleship process is more than teaching coaches and athletes the right knowledge about God. A disciple models him or herself after someone. Making disciples of Jesus goes beyond teaching facts about Jesus. It means teaching people how to know and be like Jesus — to obey God and seek His best for their lives. FCA exists to develop leaders, through a process called discipleship for the purpose of partnership in the Kingdom. Leadership – Discipleship – Partnership. This is what we DO!
Christian Downs
Alpha USA
Christian is in his ninth year of serving on Alpha USA staff. He is currently the National Training Director and previously was the Network Director for WA State. He came back to faith on Alpha in 2012 after a dark period in his life and has a passion to see others invited into that same opportunity. He met his wife of 9 years at Alpha and they both actively serve in their local church on Alpha and prayer teams. He loves seeing church culture shift through intentional efforts of Invitation, Hospitality, Listening, and Dependance on the Holy Spirit.
(Editor’s note: He will also crush you on the golf course!)
Brian Chandler
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission
Currently I am the Director of External Affairs for Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission where I have served for 15 years in a vast variety of leadership positions. My past is made up of business start-up, Church planting and business management for multi-million dollar organizations. Also held board positions in the non-profit sector as well as a number of volunteer positions in a vast array of rescue Missions throughout the Midwest, since 1993. I currently am serving as the Chair for the City of Covington Human Services Commission as well as serving as a co-chair for human services commissioner for Kent and Board of Directors for Covington Chamber of Commerce. Most importantly I am married to the most wonderful wife of 38 years, the father of three amazing children and 5 outstanding grandchildren as well as my best friend our border collie, Blue. I am so excited to serve my community and utilize my years of experience to continue to support efforts to best support our homeless neighbors throughout King County.
Morgan Pylant
Try Praying
Morgan Pylant has led evangelistic projects for over 26 years. In 1999, he and his wife began moving annually as part of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in setting up large evangelistic stadium events in 14 cities, both domestically and internationally. He also served as a pastor for 11 years. Morgan has a wealth of experience to help with church-wide, city-wide and state-wide evangelistic campaigns for North America.
Morgan believes he has found an outreach/evangelism tool & method that we’ve all been looking for!!! He is currently the North American Director for TryPraying. He also serves on a Luis Palau City Gospel Movement Evangelistic Team where he lives in Seattle.
Morgan looks forward to telling you about the HUGE DOOR of opportunity that is now open to reach the unchurched/lost adults, students and children in our communities! He wants to pray, explore, and team-up with you to develop a plan to reach the people in your world that are desperately waiting for help to find Jesus!
Morgan Pylant holds an undergraduate degree in Retail and Consumer Science with a Master of Divinity in Missions and Evangelism.
Speaker:
Jesse Bradley
Evangelist
Grace Auburn
Jesse Bradley is the Co-Founder of Just Choose Hope and the author of much of the course materials for the initiative.
He serves as the lead pastor of Grace Community Church, a multigenerational and multicultural church family in the greater Seattle area.
He is a speaker, author, evangelist, and former professional athlete. Jesse was an atheist who came to know Jesus through a religion class at Dartmouth College.
He desires to see families and local churches thriving as we abide with Jesus daily. Jesse encourages and empowers people to receive and give hope where they live, work, learn, and play.
His new book is called The Power of the Second Thought, and covers how God renews our minds with indestructible hope. Jesse and his wife, Laurie, have four children and a patient dog named Bella.
We hope you and your co-laborers will join us!