VOL. 01
ORLANDO, FL
11 / 05 / 26
Sixty leaders. Five hours. One question: what does faithful innovation look like when the church actually needs it to work?
The most creative work happening in ministry is being carried by isolated people with no one to compare notes with. Frontier Commons built this Summit to change that — one curated room, one day, and 90 days of shared work after.
01 plenary · 15 min
07 lightning · 7 min
02 panels
07 partner case studies
+ 6 cohort spots after
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THE PROBLEM
The most creative work happening in churches, ministries, and mission agencies is being carried by isolated leaders with no one to compare notes with. The wheel is being reinvented everywhere, and most of it won't survive the person who started it.
THE BET
Put the right sixty people in a room for five focused hours — worship, honest stories, tools that actually work — and then keep them walking together for 90 days. What begins as a conversation in Orlando can become shared work that serves churches long after the day is over.
→ COME
→ GOOD TO KNOW
01
One thing you'll actually do.
Not a list of takeaways. One concrete commitment your team can test before December.
02
People you'll still call in February.
Two or three peers working on adjacent problems — matched, introduced, and worth staying in contact with.
03
A seat in the cohort.
Six spots for leaders ready to build something together over 90 days — with support, accountability, and real peers.
Doors & coffee
Opening & worship
Josiah
Plenary — Ted Esler
Missio Nexus · the state of mission innovation
Lightning I · Reach & Digital
REACHCONF → Christians in Tech
Partner case studies
Jesus Film · GodTools · Phos Creative
Panel I — Encouraging church and ministry innovation
Moderated · 4 panelists
Break
Lightning II · Campus & Global
GACx · Autumn (IFI Partners) · Andrew (Frontier Commons)
Partner case studies
Cru · Pioneers · Wycliffe · PrayVine
Lunch & matched intros
Pre-assigned table of 6 by problem area
Lightning III · Movements & Church
Weijing (BAM Portals) → Matt Chan (WeAreChurch) → Liam (OneHope)
Panel II — What's next for ministry innovation
Jared · Sam Kim · + 1 TBD
Closing + cohort commissioning
Six 90-day cohort spots for those with capacity and a heart for collaboration
Not sponsors. Conveners — organizations that are putting their people, stories, and credibility into the room because they believe this matters.
Nov 5 opens six cohort spots. Six leaders who leave with a commitment, not just a memory. A shared project in progress by December. Something churches can actually use by February.
The cohort is a Frontier Commons initiative — built on the same model IFI has used for 47 years to walk alongside leaders from first conversation to lasting impact. The Summit is the door. The cohort is what's on the other side.
WEEK 1
Commit together.
Name the one thing your team will build or test. Get matched with two peers working on something adjacent. Start that week.
WEEK 2–12
Stay in motion.
Biweekly check-ins. Monthly office hours with convenor leaders. Real accountability from people who understand what you're building.
FEB 2027
Show the work.
Reconvene virtually. Share what was built, what broke, what the church now has because six people didn't stop after November 5.
60 seats. Every person in the room was put there by someone who knows them and vouched for their presence. That's the filter. It's what makes the room worth being in.
IF YOU WERE INVITED
Check your email. A confirmation link from a convenor org is already on its way.
IF YOU WEREN'T
Ask someone from one of the convening orgs to put your name forward — or write to us directly and tell us why you belong in the room.
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