Renegade Pastors Conference 2024

February 28 - March 1, 2024
Save Your Spot for THE Leadership Conference of the Year to Help You Abandon Average!
Enjoy 3 Packed Days with Your Fellow Pastors: Wednesday, February 28 (starts at 9:30am) – Friday, March 1, 2024 (last day ends at 12:30pm, making it easy to travel out)
TAMPA, FLORIDA
SIGN UP FOR THE GLOBAL GATHERING OF RENEGADE PASTORS!
Join the ultimate 3-day pastor conference that will help you make 2024 the BEST YEAR EVER! Discover advanced leadership insights, practical tips to honor God in your personal life and ministry, and best practices for leading your church at the highest level to reach your potential for growth!
What You'll Experience
Get ready to be equipped, encouraged and even entertained! Don't miss this energizing time with your fellow Renegade Pastors!
Don’t Miss These Three Days of:
Three days dedicated to helping you fulfill your calling as a pastor — to replenish your energy and focus for ministry!
New Speakers, New Giveaways, New Ways to Connect with Your Fellow Renegades — Now in Sunny Tampa!

You’re invited to join Nelson and special guests for a memorable and motivational special event completely focused on equipping YOU to abandon average!

Enjoy three packed days with your fellow pastors full of encouragement, fellowship and eye-opening training!

The Renegade Pastors Conference is Back Again In-Person in a New Location
— Shape 2024 into the Best Year Yet for Your Ministry!

You can now be a part of the ultimate event for pastors that will equip, encourage and motivate you to reach your maximum growth potential!

Ministry is challenging — now more than ever — but you don’t need to do it alone. Get the insights and inspiration you need to face those obstacles head-on and perform at the highest level as a Senior Pastor.

You will learn:

At the super-low rate available to you, you will not get this caliber of speakers anywhere else — you owe it to yourself and your leadership for 2024 to attend and NOT MISS OUT on the Kingdom-impacting content from this line-up (see below)!

Dear Pastor,
 
We continue to face new challenges in ministry and 2024 will add its own obstacles. But you are not alone and you are a click away from being a part of the most critical training event you could attend in 2024. This conference is strategically timed in the first part of the year to help you discover and implement leadership strategies that will position you to grow throughout the year.
 
Join us for a special 3-day pastor leaders conference completely focused on equipping YOU to abandon average.
 

Nelson Searcy
Lead “Renegade” Pastor
The Journey Church
 
P.S. I’m excited to lead this conference in a new location in sunny Tampa, Florida (yes, I will be there in person to see all of you LIVE in the room!).
Our 2024 Conference Speakers
You’re Invited to Join Nelson and Special Guests for a Memorable and Motivational LIVE In-Person Event Full of Encouragement, Fellowship and Eye-Opening Training for Our New Reality!
NELSON SEARCY
Founding/Lead Pastor, The Journey Church and Founder of RenegadePastors.com
KENNETH BOA
Writer/Teacher/Mentor and President of Reflections Ministries
TRACY LEWIS
Campus Pastor/Christian Counselor
JOEL EASON
Senior Pastor/Titanium Coaching Alum/Systems Practitioner
KERRICK THOMAS
Pastor/Exec Pastor of Groups,
The Journey Church
JASON HATLEY
Pastor/Exec Pastor of Worship,
The Journey Church
DEWAYNE HILL
Comedy Magician/Christian Entertainer
Plus, you’ll hear the latest from our featured elite partner:
James Seawell, from Churchteams
Don’t wait, this 3-day leadership event is in a NEW location in Tampa, Florida and will sell out!
Save big with Super Early Bird rates — while seats are still available!

100% NO-HASSLE, MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE

100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE – if you aren’t completely satisfied with the impact of this conference, just let Nelson know anytime before the end of Day 1 and you’ll be completely refunded.

Enjoy This Personal and Professional Retreat in the Tampa area in Florida!

You'll enjoy low Super Early Bird rates for you and your spouse — make plans to stay the whole time and even extend your trip to experience more of beautiful Tampa!

This 3-day event has everything you need to abandon average in 2024 — and beyond! Where else can you:

Ministry is challenging but you don’t need to do it alone. Get the insights and inspiration you need TODAY to face these obstacles head-on and perform at the highest level as a church leader.
2024 Renegade Pastors Conference FAQs
Meet Dr. Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. By God’s grace, he identified and developed the Eight Systems of a Healthy Church® that he has used to coach over 3,500 churches in the US and around the world to adapt those eight systems to their unique ministry fields, resulting in great health and growth.

Nelson regularly coaches pastors online and in-person through the Church Leader Insights and Renegade Pastors Network ministries that he founded. He also leads several annual pastor in-person conferences and online training events. In ministry for more than 25 years, Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.”

He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 19+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry, The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests Into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research.

He is a longtime student of church history, especially mastering the areas of evangelism and church growth. He divides his time between NYC and South Florida. He battled Stage 4 cancer and has been cancer-free since 2018, praise God! He has an amazing wife, Kelley, and a teenage son, Alexander, who continues to grow in so many ways.

City:
At the 2024 Renegade Pastors Conference, you’ll join Nelson Searcy and your fellow Senior Pastors LIVE in-person at a new location in the Tampa Bay area, Florida. (Yes you’ll enjoy beautiful weather in Florida, with easy access to lots of restaurants and entertainment.)

Venue and Accommodations:
The event will be held at a church hosted by one of our coaching members in a suburb of Tampa Bay, Florida.   

For privacy, security and quality concerns, the exact venue location is revealed only to those who are registered. 

Travel:
The host church and nearby hotels are within 35-45 minutes of the Tampa International Airport (TPA). You can also search flights at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) but that is an hour away.  

The Tampa Bay area is ride-share friendly with Uber and Lyft, so you won’t need to rent a vehicle to enjoy your experience, but plenty of rental car agencies are available.

The 2024 conference runs three days from Wednesday, February 28, starting at 9:30am, through Friday, March 1 at 12:30pm (making it easy to travel out the last day)

The 2024 Renegade Pastors Conference is a high-level leadership event open to Senior Pastors or Senior Pastors and Spouses. Plus right now for a limited time, enjoy a big Super Early Bird bonus: a FREE pass for your spouse (normally $99 each).

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at nelson@churchleaderinsights.com or call 561.921.8488, ext 2.

We will provide a full refund for conference cancellations up to 91 days prior to the event. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide refunds for Live Event registrations within 90 days of the event due to operational costs and event location and speaker contracts. Your spot also locks out another pastor from attending. However, your ticket may be transferred to another staff member without penalty.

In the event that the conference must be canceled for circumstances beyond our control (e.g. natural disaster, fire, terrorism, war, infectious disease, government travel restrictions, etc.) registrations are non-refundable. Much like when traveling on vacation or overseas, we recommend consideration of travel insurance to safeguard against loss.

The Renegade Pastors Network with Nelson Searcy provides a 100% Money Back Guarantee — if you aren’t completely satisfied with the impact of this conference after attending and engaging on Day 1, just let Nelson know anytime before the end of Day 1 and you’ll be completely refunded.

Super Early Bird Registration
Regular Registration
NOT A MEMBER YET OF THE RENEGADE PASTORS NETWORK?
This Conference is Technically for Renegade Pastors Only — But If You are Not Yet a Member, with Your Registration Today You Will Receive a Full Access Membership Pass Through the End of March So You Can Try Out the Network! (Plus Get $895.45 in Bonus Resources)
Your test drive includes a limited-time Renegade Pastors silver membership with all benefits and access. You'll have a private membership hub with access to ministry news and insights, live teachings from Nelson include two monthly coaching calls and over $895.45 of his best-selling church growth resources. PLUS you will get a FREE copy of Nelson’s book The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry.
Since technically this conference is only for Nelson's network members, you must maintain your membership to attend the Renegade Pastors Conference. After that you can cancel anytime. If you cancel your membership before the Renegade Pastors Conference, you may keep your sign-up bonuses, but you will forfeit your spot at the conference.
Sign up now to be a part of the ultimate leadership event for pastors during a critical time in our ministries — one that will equip, encourage and motivate you to reach your maximum growth potential!
SUPER EARLY BIRD BONUS
FREE Renegade Pastors T-shirt for You
New design for 2024. When you sign up below, just select your size and we'll save a shirt for you at the conference!

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Meet Dr. Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. By God's grace, he identified and developed the Eight Systems of a Healthy Church® that he has used to coach over 3,500 churches in the US and around the world to adapt those eight systems to their unique ministry fields, resulting in great health and growth.

Nelson regularly coaches pastors online and in-person through the Church Leader Insights and Renegade Pastors Network ministries that he founded. He also leads several annual pastor in-person conferences and online training events. In ministry for more than 25 years, Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.”

He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 19+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life and Ministry, The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and Fusion: Turning First-Time Guests Into Fully-Engaged Members of Your Church. Nelson is the recipient of the prestigious Donald A. McGavran Award for Outstanding Leadership in Great Commission Research.

He is a longtime student of church history, especially mastering the areas of evangelism and church growth. He divides his time between NYC and South Florida. He battled Stage 4 cancer and has been cancer-free since 2018, praise God! He has an amazing wife, Kelley, and a teenage son, Alexander, who continues to grow in so many ways.

NELSON SEARCY
Founder of RenegadePastors.com

Dr. Nelson Searcy is the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. By God’s grace, he identified and developed the Eight Systems of a Healthy Church® that he has used to coach over 3,500 churches in the US and around the world to adapt those eight systems to their unique ministry fields, resulting in great health and growth.

Nelson regularly coaches pastors online and in-person through the Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network ministries that he founded. He also leads several annual pastor in-person conferences and online training events. Nelson is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 19+ books, including The Renegade Pastor, The Difference Maker and The Generosity Secret.

He’s also an avid country music fan, church history buff and New England Patriots supporter. Nelson divides his time between NYC and South Florida. He battled Stage 4 cancer and has been cancer-free since 2018, praise God! He has an amazing wife, Kelley, and a teenage son, Alexander, who continues to grow in so many ways.

KENNETH BOA
Writer/Teacher/Mentor and President of Reflections Ministries

Dr. Kenneth (Ken) Boa equips people to love well (being), learn well (knowing) and live well (doing). He is a writer, teacher, speaker and mentor, and is the president of Reflections Ministries as well as the Museum of Created Beauty. Dr. Boa holds a B.S. from Case Institute of Technology, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, a Ph.D. from New York University, and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford in England. He has authored over 60 books, including Recalibrate Your Life, Conformed to His Image and Handbook to Leadership. He also co-leads Conformed to His Image discipleship coaching with Nelson Searcy. And on a local level, he teaches four weekly Bible studies in the Atlanta area. Dr. Boa does an extensive amount of speaking and teaching through conferences, as well as numerous written, audio, visual, and video resources.

TRACY LEWIS
Campus Pastor/Christian Counselor

Tracy Lewis is a Christian therapist at the Spanish River Counseling Center and currently serves at the Pentecostals of Cooper City (Florida) on the pastoral team in various roles, including counseling and campus pastor in Coral Springs. His areas of specialization include couples counseling, ministerial/pastoral, pornography addiction, anxiety and more. He is a 30+ year ordained minister with experience in student, associate and senior pastor roles. Tracy is a graduate of Texas Bible College and Palm Beach Atlantic University. Married for 38 years, he lives with his wife and son in South Florida.

JOEL EASON
Senior Pastor/Titanium Coaching Alum/Systems Practitioner

Joel Eason is the Founding Pastor of Bridgeway Church in Tampa, Florida, which has over 1,000 people in attendance each weekend. Joel is also a long-time member of Nelson Searcy’s Renegade Pastor Network, as well as Titanium Coaching alum. Back in October of 2000, Joel and his wife, Carolee, moved from Dallas, Texas to Tampa, to plant Bridgeway. The church grew while meeting in portable and rented facilities and then moved into their own building in 2012. He previously served in youth ministry for 10 years. Joel has a Bachelor’s degree from Dallas Baptist University and a Master’s from Tyndale Theological Seminary. He and his wife have four grown kids.

KERRICK THOMAS
Founder of Renegade Executive Pastors Network

Kerrick is the Executive Pastor at The Journey Church and leads The Journey’s largest location — The Journey NYC in Manhattan. He has co-authored Launch: Starting A New Church from Scratch and Activate: An Entirely New Way of Doing Small Groups. Kerrick has been at The Journey from its launch in New York City in 2002. By 2014, The Journey had grown to over 1,300 attending each Sunday with 1,400+ in small groups. Kerrick leads church systems seminars all over the country and regularly leads coaching networks for Executive Pastors, Church Planters and Small Group Pastors.

JASON HATLEY
Founder of Renegade Worship Pastors Network

Jason leads The Journey Church location in Boca Raton, FL. He helped launch The Journey in New York City, directing the programming of their worship services. He invests in Worship Pastors around the country through interactive coaching networks and worship planning resources. He has been a featured break-out speaker at the National Worship Leader Conference, Willow Creek Arts Conference, The Purpose Drive Worship Conference, as well as seminars around the country. He is the co-author of Engage: A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship Services and Revolve: A New Way to See Worship as well as over a dozen worship leader personal and ministry growth resources.

DEWAYNE HILL
Comedy Magician/Christian Entertainer

Comedy Magician Dewayne Hill performs his 100% G-rated act all over the nation for churches, Fortune 1000 companies, conferences and corporate events. Dewayne got his first official gig at a church many decades ago. Since then he has been featured on the Food Network, The Travel Channel, ABC, NBC, and Fox Sports Net. In 2021 and 2022, Dewayne was nominated and voted Family Entertainer of the Year and Best Magician. He will be featured in a film that will air on a streaming platform in 2023 and has two TV shows in development.