Conference Information
2025 IMPACT XXV Annual Conference
Houston, Texas
Pre-Conference Workshops Feb 24 through Feb 26
Conference Feb 27 and 28
Location – Bayou City Fellowship - Cypress 12715 Telge Road, Cypress, TX. 77429
Schedule – see below
You should consider going if you desire to
Meet face to face with team members who have seen over 100,000 Muslims surrender to baptism and are currently involved with rapidly multiplying small group Bible studies
Learn how God is using various forms of media to reach Muslims
See the key roles played by Prayer, Member Care and Bible translation in planting churches
Learn how to share your faith with Muslims
Learn how your church and members can be strategically engaged with a Muslim UPG (Unreached People Group) both short and long term
Connect with other intercessors and receive in person field updates for prayer
Airport Information
George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Highly Recommended)
3500 N Terminal Rd, Houston, TX 77032
William P. Hobby Airport
7800 Airport Blvd, Houston, TX 77061
Arrive | HOU (HOBBY) AIRPORT | Houston Airport System
Lodging – Lodging fees are discounted at these three hotels, so you should register as soon as possible
Courtyard Houston 23930 NW Freeway Cypress, TX 77429
Tru by Hilton 27204 US HWY 290 Cypress, TX 77433
Holiday Inn Express 21410 Fairfield Place Drive Cypress, TX 77433
Meals - Pre-Conference Workshops and Conference include snacks and lunch
Registration Fees - Fees are for pre-conference workshops and conference only. Lodging and Airfare are separate and the responsibility of the registrant
BCF members - please note that your registration is to be completed directly with the church
Pre-Conference Workshops - $150 standard, $125 early bird
Pre-Conference Evening Sessions - $50
Conference - $175 standard, $150 early bird
Pre-Conference and Conference - $300 standard, $275 early bird
Ministry Display Table (Conference dates only) - $300
Early bird rates valid through Jan 15, 2025
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Disciple Making Movements (DMM) Level 1
Training for both men and women, with male/female team of trainers/coaches.
“We know from Scripture that there will be a final generation. Will we be the final generation?”
-Steve R. Smith, Movement Catalyst, Beyond.org
Steve R Smith, a Movement leader, has stated the pertinent question which compels our hearts as disciples of Jesus, when it comes to the fulfillment of the Great Commission, “We know from Scripture that there will be a final generation. Will we be the final generation?”
This training is an opportunity to gain understanding of the biblical patterns of Jesus, which when implemented in dependence upon the Holy Spirit and God’s Word, are leading to these movements of reproducing house fellowships of disciple-makers.
DMM Trainers:
Rhonda and James serve with Beyond.org (SEAsia Regional Leaders, DMM catalysts). She and her husband are engaged in Disciple Making Movements among 3 Muslim UPGs, as well as serve in coaching roles for movement efforts among various other UPG Clusters.
Recommended video and reading prior to this training:
Read through the gospel of Luke. Make notes: What did Jesus do? What did Jesus command the disciples to do?
Watch the following video on Disciple Making Movements overview:
Resources recommended (optional) prior to DMM intro training:
Watch Finishing the Task video on Women in Movements
Stubborn Perseverance by James Nyman, available at https://stubbornperseverance.org
(Follows the story of DMM implementation among IndoMalay Muslims)
Bhujpori Breakthrough: A Movement that Keeps Multiplying
Movements vs Tradition Approach Debate: Missio Nexus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5cvuFg1VVE&t=7267s
Sending Movement Servants - The Changing Role of External Workers in Movements
An intermediate DMM support course from members of the Focus on Fruit (FoF) team, Dono and Karina.
As God continues to answer our prayers and begins to release movements in many UPGs, (foreign?) field workers with a few or with many small groups of believers start asking new questions:
1. What is the most effective use of foreign workers in places where movements have already been started by nationals?
2. How do we help very fruitful nationals who have too many groups to lead on their own?
3. How do we help very small movements grow into bigger movements?
4. How do we help hundreds or thousands of believers who have no mother tongue scriptures?
5. How do we mobilize people who weed and water and fertilize movements, not just people who want to plant one?
6. How can we use media and tech skills to empower movements for discipleship as well as evangelism?
Join us for three days exploring the new roles of movement servants that need to be sent out by agencies and churches to multiply the harvest once the "first fruits" have been won. Learn direct lessons from Karina, the mentor of a women's movement, and Dono, a trainer and movement servant.
We will walk through issues faced during the first six years of a women's movement that grew during and after Covid-19, and now includes men.
We will examine roles of movement servants in multiple nations and contexts.
Our learning time will draw on the experience in the room, and include significant field stories and experiences.
Making Disciples of Oral Learners
Did you know that approximately 80% of the world’s population are “Oral-Preference Learners”?
Mark 4:33-34 Jesus used many similar stories and illustrations to teach the people as much as they could understand. In fact, in his public ministry he never taught without using parables…
Is your ministry hitting the brick wall of literacy and culture? Are you willing to adapt your communication style to match that of your target audience as you “become like” those you are reaching (1 Cor 9:19-23)?
“Oral-Preference Learners” prefer to share and pass information, knowledge, and history through oral communication. Many of them cannot read or write, while others simply prefer non-print forms of communication.
Jesus was a storyteller! Join us for a 3-day training where you will learn how to use Bible Storytelling and other Oral Strategies to reach the unreached. SIU’s Bridges training will focus on understanding Oral Cultures and how to use Jesus’ own strategy to enter new areas, evangelize, disciple, plant churches, and train leaders all through storytelling and oral methods. You will experience the power of God’s Word in a new way and learn practical skills that are highly reproducible in the states and overseas.
Scriptures in Use equips and empowers local, indigenous leaders to reach their own communities and nearby people groups with the Gospel in their native language. The Bible stories come to life for entire communities through Bible storytelling and discussion, drama, music, dance, and poetry. Disciple making and church planting movements are organically starting and growing as believers memorize and share these Bible stories (2 Timothy 2:2).
Scriptures In Use has been a leader in the field of orality since the 1980s, and by the grace of God, our indigenous partners have planted 110,000+ churches in 75+ countries using these Orality Strategies.
Any 3 CPM Practicum
Jesus left His disciples with one core task: disciple all nations and 3 steps to get there. Going, baptizing, and teaching to obey. To-date this movement of Jesus continues through Church Planting Movements. Join this 3-day interactive practicum to develop your team, country strategy, or take your first steps in engaging the lost and starting a church planting movement locally.
Participants in the past have gone on to reproduce this training for the planting of new multiplying churches in the US and among the unreached. You will learn a gospel dialogue called "Any 3" that has led to one of the largest movements among Muslims; however, this tool has proven to be effective with a variety of works-based religions. Furthermore, you will develop a plan of action for what to do with those seekers who want to hear more about Christ, and how to develop a healthy reproducing church.
You will be invited to practice these movement methods in the local community outreach each day. You will receive counsel for developing your own team or adapting your current team strategy.
We will reflect on case studies and the experiences of multiplying disciples and churches in the world.
Reading or listening to the following may aid in preparing for this training:
Read Acts 13-20 and note Paul's use of evangelism, discipleship, church planting, and leadership development.
Podcast with Mike Shipman, author of “Any 3”.