Registration
Campus Ministers/Regular Attenders
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$125 – Early Bird Registration (ends May 31)
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$150 – Standard Registration
Students & Spouses of Campus Ministers
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$75 – Early Bird Registration (ends May 31)
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$100 – Standard Registration
Partners
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$400 – Standard Registration (table, digital ad, and two registrations)
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$500 – Video Registration (table, digital ad, two registrations, and video played during a session)
Location
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Al
Hotel Options
Residence Inn Tuscaloosa
20 rooms w/ kitchen $137/night
Hampton Inn
20 rooms $149/night
Hotel Indigo: Downtown Tuscaloosa
10 rooms $172/night
Pre-Conference Sessions
DATE Thursday, July 23
TIME 9AM-3PM
LOCATION University Church of Christ, Tuscaloosa, AL
Lunch is provided - Please register ASAP
Schedule
(July 23-26)
Sunday
Morning Class
Bruce Bates, Allen Howell, Chris Buxton
“Levers for Movement Making” with Regional Group Discussion
Morning Keynote
“Every Student. Every Campus. Every Nation.”
Saturday
Morning Keynote
Steve Shadrach
“Every Nation.”
Breakout Sessions
Dylan Kirkland
“Equipping Students for Local and Global Evangelism”
Chris Buxton
“Taking Personal Responsibility to Raise Up Leaders”
Steve Shadrach
“Mobilizing Students to Reach the Nations” (Part 2)
Dr. Harold & Dalia Arnold
“Marriage as Witness: The Formation of Leaders for God’s Kingdom”
Saturday Night
Banquet at The Zone & Special Presentations (Bryant-Denny Stadium)
Friday
Morning Keynote
Preston Conder
“Every Student.”
Breakout Sessions
Preston Conder
“Do the Work of an Evangelist”
Austin Wadlow
“Getting Started in Collegiate Church Planting”
Steve Shadrach
“Mobilizing Students to Reach the Nations” (Part 1)
Anna Leigh Breedlove
“Short-Term Trips for Long-Term Impact”
Dr. Harold & Dalia Arnold
“Marriage as Witness: The Formation of Leaders for God’s Kingdom”
Evening Keynote
Austin Wadlow
“Every Campus.”
Thursday
PRE-CONFERENCE
Dr. Harold & Dalia Arnold
“Leading Through Your Marriage for Every Student, Campus, and Nation”
Chris Buxton
Student Leader Training
Evening Keynote
Manny Dominguez
“Every Student. Every Campus. Every Nation.”
Steve Shadrach
He is the Global Ambassador for Via (formerly Center for Mission Mobilization). Steve founded Student Mobilization (StuMo) ministries, created the Support Raising Solutions Bootcamp (now known as Via Giving), and authored both The Fuel and the Flame and The God Ask. He holds a DMin from Dallas Theological Seminary.
Manny Dominguez
He is the lead planter of Brave Church, a bi-lingual church launching in Brooklyn, NY in August 2026. Manny previously served on the youth ministry staff of The Hills Church and comes highly recommended by Rick Atchley.
Chris Buxton
Dr. Chris Buxton is a 23-year veteran of state university campus ministry. Before founding ULife, he served as director of Renew College Ministry at Arkansas Tech University from 1997-2009 and as founding director of Wolflife Campus Ministry at his alma mater, Arkansas State University, from 2010 to 2020.
In addition to his ULIfe work, Chris helped design and now leads a graduate-level campus ministry certificate program at Lipscomb University. At Harding University, he built an undergraduate campus ministry internship and teaches campus ministry and other courses.
He has trained numerous campus ministry leaders, including the team that planted Sojourn Campus Ministry at the University of Washington.
He serves on the board of the Campus For Christ organization that leads a national conference for campus/college ministries affiliated with Churches of Christ and Independent Christian Churches.
He holds a Master of Divinity degree, a doctorate in missional and spiritual formation, and a graduate-level certification in executive and workplace coaching.
He and Monica have been married for 28 years and have a married daughter and a grandson.
Preston Conder
He is the campus pastor for the Linton Hall campus of New Life Christian Church in the DC area. Preston previously served as an apprentice for Renew College Ministry (Russelville) and a campus minister at University Church of Christ (Tuscaloosa).
Anna Leigh Breedlove
She is a PA in Tuscaloosa and a member at University. She has done short-term and summer missions in Central/South America, Africa, and the Middle East. She has led multiple mission trips of REACH students to Turkey (including the prep training), and is the most significant lay “mobilizer” in our church.
Allen Howell
Alan Howell and his family served in Mozambique, Africa, from 2003 to 2018 as part of a mission team working among the Makua-Metto people. After returning to the U.S.A., he was the Visiting Professor of Missions at Harding University for 4 years, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of biblical studies, cultural competency, theology, and strategy.
In 2023 Alan joined Mission Resource Network as the Director of Church Relations and is excited to partner with churches and walk alongside them as they participate in the Mission of God! Alan has experienced how discipling, mentoring, and coaching conversations can make a huge impact for the Kingdom of God.
Alan graduated from Harding University with undergraduate degrees in Bible and in Business. He has a M.Div from Harding School of Theology and a M.A. in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Executive & Workplace Coaching.
Alan and Rachel live in Arizona and enjoy hanging out and hiking with their three daughters: Abby, Ellie, and Katie.
Dr. Harold & Dalia Arnold
They are the founders, president, and CFO of Eusebeia. Eusebeia is focused on Christian spiritual transformation in and through marriage.
Austin Wadlow
He is the lead planter and pastor of The Commons Church, near the campus of Michigan State University. Austin led a team of 54 people who moved to East Lansing in 2019 to plant the church, and the church has since grown to around 1,000, about half of which are students. This fall, The Commons helped plant a church at the University of North Texas, which baptized 16 just before Thanksgiving.
Dylan Kirkland
He is the campus minister at University Church of Christ, Tuscaloosa. He holds a PhD in Evangelism from Southwestern Seminary.
Bruce Bates
Since 2023 Dr. Bruce Bates has served as the Executive Director of Kairos Church Planting. Previously he served as the director of coaching for Kairos for more than ten years. He received his DMin from Harding School of Theology in 2009. Prior to working with Kairos Bates served as a church planter and preaching minister at Blackstone Valley Church of Christ in Cumberland, RI. He and his wife, Janet, ministered together in RI beginning in 1997.
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