Georgia Baptist Mission Board invites Baptist Resource Network churches to its national training event

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DULUTH — A move to fully online won’t be the only change for Go Georgia, the annual church leadership training event sponsored by the Georgia Baptist Mission Board.

“We are very excited about the new name of the event,” said Scott Sullivan, director of the conference and Discipleship catalyst of the GBMB Church Strengthening team. “With the move to online due to coronavirus concerns and the conference’s reach beyond Georgia, a name change was needed.”

On Aug. 28 videos of keynote speakers and breakout sessions will be time-released throughout the day for individuals, churches, or associations who register prior to that date at TheSparkConference.com. Those who register before Aug. 28 will have free access to content from Aug. 29-Sept. 22.

Three keynote speakers will be featured at the training. They are International Mission Board President Paul Chitwood, Senior Pastor Robby Gallaty of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., and Tyronne Barnette of Peace Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga., plus over 50 session leaders! Breakout sessions will cover areas such as discipleship, evangelism, children, students, women, worship and music, missions, culture, and pastoral wellness. Specific topics of those sessions can be found at TheSparkConference.com.

A spark for ministry through flexibility in format

The Georgia-hosted annual training event is anticipating churches from its six partnership state conventions to take advantage of the resources. Those conventions, announced last month, are New York, New England, Pennsylvania/South Jersey, Michigan, Utah/Idaho, and Puerto Rico.

Sullivan pointed out that the conference’s format allows the flexibility for groups to use as it best suits their needs.

“Individuals can register and view the sessions on their own. Associations can host a live, face-to-face event for their churches or leaders or simply provide the content to their churches without hosting an event. Local churches can use it for their leaders. The videos can be accessed for a one-day event, provide training for bivocational leaders to best suit their schedules, or even spread out over several weeks.

“You can choose to use all the breakouts or only select ones. The point is,” he stressed, “you can develop your training that best fits your needs!”

All the sessions and keynote sessions will be pre-recorded, Sullivan added, with a live Q&A taking place on Aug. 28 among keynote speakers.

Can’t view on August 28? No worries! The BRN has made the videos available to you, at no cost, at a date that is best for you and your church. Simply contact the Helpdesk and they will give you the credentials to view the content. We are here for you and are constantly striving to provide resources like these so we all have greater Kingdom impact!