Immersion Streams

Clusters, Huddles and Missional Communities led by Lance Humphreys & Ken Primrose. Staff Team Development & Recruiting for Growth led by Steve Cockram. Cost: $250

Taster Streams

Leading a Church through Transition led by Walt Kallestad. Worship & Spiritual Formation led by Gareth Robinson. LifeShapes led by Eric Pfeiffer. Cost: $150

Walt Kallestad — Assigned to a tiny Lutheran congregation in Glendale, Arizona in 1978, Walt Kallestad quickly learned humility and value of strong communications: Within the first few months, the congregation had dropped by 50 percent, and the young idealist was faced with the challenge of rebuilding constituency or finding a new profession.

The challenge has obviously been met. Today, under Walt Kallestad's direction, the Community Church of Joy supports nearly 8,000 participants. In the Spring of 1998, this affiliate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), dedicated the first phase of a 187-acre campus which encompasses a Christian Preschool, Elementary and High School with sports fields, an International Leadership Discipleship Center, a Memorial Gardens, a Conference Center and a Christian Counseling Center.

As chairman of the Joy Company, Dr. Kallestad oversees this expansive project while he continues pastoral leadership of the Joy congregation. Under his direction, the Church has developed a Biblically based Evangelical Discipleship Community, which draws from all areas of metropolitan Phoenix. He has written several books, including The Everyday, Anytime Guide to Leadership; The Everyday, Anytime Guide to Prayer; Total Quality Ministry; Wake Up Your Dreams; Entertainment Evangelism; Christian Faith: The Basics; Be Your Own Creative Coach; Turn Your Church Inside Out, Entrepreneurial Faith and his latest books, Passionate Life and Passionate Church.

Dr. Kallestad, is a graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and Luther-Northwestern Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and received his doctorate at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He spends his leisure time with Mary, his wife and best friend, their grown children and grandchildren, pursuing interests in writing, music, golf and Harley riding.

Mike Breen — The landscape of the Church and our culture have blurred beyond recognition. Mike Breen is intimately familiar with these challenges facing the Church and society as a whole and as a result of wanting to have lasting, satisfying answers he developed Lifeshapes – eight biblical truths that transform churches and the lives of those people in them.

As rector and team leader of St. Thomas’ Church in Sheffield, Mike used Lifeshapes to grow the largest church in the north of England, 80 percent of who are under age 40. Now on staff at Community Church of Joy in Glendale Ariz. and as a teacher for Fuller Seminary in Calif., Mike helps church leaders in transition and coaches church planters on how to be effective in our contemporary culture. Mike has a passion for raising up the next generation. He has a great insight into contemporary culture and loves design and architecture. Mike is the author of The Apostle’s Notebook, Choosing to Learn From Life, The Circle and co-author with Walt Kallestad of The Passionate Church and A Passionate Life. Mike is married to Sally; they have three children: Beccy, Libby and Sam. As a family they enjoy traveling, movies, golf and eating roast dinners. 

Steve Cockram — Steve is a strategic change and leadership and specialist who brings unique insights from the worlds of education, faith, start-ups, small businesses and PLC companies. He has extensive experience coaching senior executives, mentoring emerging leaders, building leadership capability and helping teams function more effectively. He is a Myers Briggs and Firo B consultant. Steve is the Managing Director of 3 Dimensional Ministries. He is married to Helen and he has two girls, Isabel (5) and Megan (3).

Lance Humphreys — Lance Humphreys is the senior leader at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. The Bridgeway community is a networked church that is focused on equipping and releasing leaders to plant diverse, missional communities throughout Oklahoma City and "the nations." His passion is to see people transformed by intimacy with Jesus, authentic community and a missional lifestyle. Lance is married to Stacy and they have two children, Jake 11 and Emily 9.

Ken Primrose — Ken Primrose is a church planter from Norman, OK, USA. The church, Norman Community Church, is a network of missional communities focused on being disciples and making disciples by building spiritual families engaged in a lifestyle of prayer on mission with Jesus. Ken is married and has three children ages 7, 4, and 2 years old.

Gareth Robinson — Gareth Robinson is the Worship Pastor at Community Church of Joy in Glendale, Arizona. He is married to Lizzy and they have three children, Daisy, Lucy, and Toby. He took Biblical Studies at Sheffield University, trained as an elementary school teacher, and taught for five years before joining the church team at St Thomas' Church, Sheffield, where he worked under Mike Breen, leading the worship there, and for two years also led a congregation for young adults.

He started learning to play guitar aged 10, and played in Sunday School, youth group, home group, and eventually church. His desire in leading and teaching about worship is to help people become all God has made them to be, using all the Father has given them in Christ through the Holy Spirit. He has a passion for writing songs – songs that not only teach the people of God about their Lord but also engage them with the very heart of the Trinity as they sing; his influences range from Matt Redman to Brian Doerksen, from Delirious to Charles Welsey! He has released two CDs of his own songs in the UK through Kingsway Music.

Eric Pfeiffer — Eric Pfeiffer graduated from Fuller Seminary with an MAT focusing on biblical studies and leadership. He served as a worship pastor in California and currently serves as a pastor at Community Church of Joy. Eric is married to Kandi. Eric loves to spend time with his wife and chasing their two children. And in his very spare time Eric enjoys challenging Mike at golf.