A Day for Annual Conferences to Focus on
Leadership, Preaching and Evangelism

For the past 12 years, The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection’s annual Leadership Institute had been equipping, inspiring and encouraging pastors and local church leaders with practical ideas and leadership insights. Now you can bring Leadership Institute to your Annual Conference.

Adam Hamilton, founding pastor of The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, will be offering one-day leadership training opportunities to be held as a part of your Annual Conference.  The goal of this day-long event is to be a catalyst or launch-pad for those Annual Conferences that have made evangelism a priority for the coming year. By holding this event in the midst of the Annual Conference session, the conference has the opportunity to ensure that every pastor and lay member from every congregation is able to participate. 

Adam Hamilton

Adam and his wife LaVon started The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in 1990 with four people (Adam, LaVon and their two daughters, Danielle and Rebecca).  In 2009 the church averaged over 8.500 per weekend in worship, two thirds of whom were previously non-religious or nominally religious.  Adam is the author of 10 books published by Abingdon and four video based studies.  His newest book, Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity and Generosity, was released in February 2009.  Adam is the chairperson of the board of United Methodist related Saint Paul School of Theology.  He is a graduate of Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, where he received the B’nai B’rit Award in Social Ethics.