MARCH 2-3, 2026
WHAT IS MOVE CONFERENCE?
WHAT IS MOVE CONFERENCE?
MOVE Conference is a missions conference that brings together pastors, lay leaders, and ministry teams to learn how to engage in God’s mission and network with like-minded people and ministries.
This year, MOVE Conference is taking a new and exciting direction: A Missions Conference for the Whole Church, and we are starting with the Next Generation. Join us as we begin building a missions culture that spans every generation and corner of the church. The mission is global, and everyone has a part to play.
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
MONDAY, MARCH 2
Conference Day 1
9:00AM Registration
10:00AM Main Session 1
11:30 AM Breakout Session 1
12:30PM Lunch
1:30PM Main Session 2
3:00PM Networking Time
4:00PM Breakout Session 2
5:00PM Dinner
6:00PM Main Session 3
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
Conference Day 2
8:00AM Breakfast
9:00AM Main Session 4
10:30AM Breakout Session 3
11:30AM Lunch
12:45PM Breakout Session 4
1:45PM Main Session 5
3:00PM Conference Ends
PRICING
Early Bird
No Longer AvailableGeneral
Jan 17 - Mar 1, 2026Walk-Up
Mar 2-3, 2026Special Offers
We offer special rates for groups of 10 or more — this discount will automatically apply when you register.
We also offer special rates for college/seminary students and church planters! If you fall into one of these categories, please contact us at [email protected] to register.
MEET OUR MAIN SESSION SPEAKERS
MEET OUR MAIN SESSION SPEAKERS
Chris Clayman
Executive Director of Joshua Project
Meet Chris
Chris Clayman is the executive director of Joshua Project, an initiative that highlights peoples and places with the least access or response to the gospel so the Body of Christ can prioritize its prayer and mission efforts. He has been involved in pioneer mission work in West Africa and New York City among Muslim peoples, and he has initiated and helped develop numerous mobilization and outreach efforts focused on unreached peoples, including Global Gates, Heart for Muslims, Welcome Africans, and UPG North America. Chris is also the author of Superplan: a journey into God’s story and ethNYcity: The Nations, Tongues, and Faiths of Metropolitan New York. He lives with his wife Nichole and three children in New York City. Links to these initiatives and contact information can be found at linktr.ee/chrisclayman.
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Meet Amir
Hear stories about the persecuted church from a Muslim background believer.
Matt Markins
President & CEO of Awana
Meet Matt
Matt serves as the President and CEO of Awana, a global leader in child discipleship. As a researcher in child discipleship and children’s ministry, Matt has commissioned 14 research projects since 2013, including a study conducted by Barna Group called, Children’s Ministry in a New Reality . He’s a board member at large for the National Association of Evangelicals and is the author or co-author of six books, most notably Forming Faith, winner of a 2025 Christian Book Award, RESILIENT: Child Discipleship and the Fearless Future of the Church, and The Faith of Our Children: Eight Timely Research Insights for Discipling the Next Generation. He’s also the co-founder of the Child Discipleship Forum and D6 Conference. Matt and his wife Katie have been involved in children’s ministry for more than 25 years and spend their time in Nashville. They have two sons and a daughter-in-law. For more information go to www.ChildDiscipleship.com and www.Awana.org.
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Meet Heather
Heather is an associate teaching professor at Penn State, speaker, and author. She designs advanced writing curriculum for the English department and loves helping students thrive professionally. She has written eight books, including the bestseller Seated with Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison, and an award-winning book on evangelism (cowritten with her husband, Ashley Holleman) called Sent: Living a Life That Invites Others to Jesus. Her latest book, The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility (Fall 2022) helps fight the loneliness epidemic by inviting readers to enjoy better conversations.
Heather also serves with Faculty Commons, the graduate student and professor ministry of Cru. She has two daughters and three cats, and she blogs daily at heatherholleman.com. Her podcast is “The Verb with Heather Holleman.” When she’s not writing or teaching, Heather is growing a plum orchard, looking for turtles in the woods, or gathering with friends for dinner and a movie.
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Meet Edward
Edward Paz planted The Movement Church in Oakland, California in 2013. After 8 years of proclaiming the gospel, making disciples, and serving the city, Edward transitioned the leadership of the church to a new Senior Pastor, and took a role at Hope Church in Las Vegas as their Lead Pastor of Prayer and Teaching Ministries.
Edward has been married to his wife Rebekah for 18 years. His passions include creating/cultivating a culture of corporate prayer within a church, training the next generation of preachers, and encouraging pastors to be spiritually and emotionally healthy.
Edward also enjoys writing. He published “Only God – A Supernatural Church Planting Story” in 2020 and has written extensively at edwardpaz.com.
Nicole Parks
Vice President at Cafe 1040
Meet Nicole
Nicole is a passionate advocate for the unreached and a lover of the word of God. She loves teaching and writing about God’s big story and His global purposes. Her personal mission statement is to educate, equip, and empower members of the American church to understand the Great Commission and find their unique role in it. She has a Bachelor’s degree in International Business and a Master’s degree in Global Studies. She has worked with Cafe 1040 since 2015 and is now serving as the Vice President of Mobilization and Strategic Partnerships. She is an active Perspectives instructor and speaks regularly at missions conferences and churches, both nationally and internationally. She is a published author in 3 languages, and sought-after Bible teacher. She also leads the missions effort at her church. Her love of travel and Jesus has brought her to over 30 different countries and counting. But her favorite role of all is full-time wife and mom to one Gen Z and two Gen Alpha children.
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Bekele Shanko
Vice President of Campus Crusade for Christ
Meet Bekele
Bekele was born and raised in Ethiopia. Before joining Campus Crusade for Christ, he worked for five years as a head of information management for the National HIV/AIDS Control Program in Ethiopia. Bekele holds a B.S. degree in Statistics and Mathematics from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, M.A. in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University, and a doctorate in Global Transformational Leadership from Bakke Graduate University. He joined full-time missionary work with Campus Crusade for Christ International in Ethiopia in 1993. Since then, he has held diverse leadership roles for the organization including National Director for Ethiopia for five years, Regional Director for Southern and Eastern Africa for 11 years, and Global Vice President since 2010. Bekele also serves as President of the Global Alliance for Church Multiplication (GACX), a global network of church-planting organizations, which he helped to launch in 2011; President of the Global Institute for Transformational Leadership (GITL), which he founded in 2008. He recently published Never Alone: From Ethiopian Villager to Global Leader. Bekele and his wife Shewa have four children and live in Orlando, Florida.
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Meet Heather
Heather is an associate teaching professor at Penn State, speaker, and author. She designs advanced writing curriculum for the English department and loves helping students thrive professionally. She has written eight books, including the bestseller Seated with Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison, and an award-winning book on evangelism (cowritten with her husband, Ashley Holleman) called Sent: Living a Life That Invites Others to Jesus. Her latest book, The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility (Fall 2022) helps fight the loneliness epidemic by inviting readers to enjoy better conversations.
Heather also serves with Faculty Commons, the graduate student and professor ministry of Cru. She has two daughters and three cats, and she blogs daily at heatherholleman.com. Her podcast is “The Verb with Heather Holleman.” When she’s not writing or teaching, Heather is growing a plum orchard, looking for turtles in the woods, or gathering with friends for dinner and a movie.
Dr. Clay Smith
Senior Pastor of Johnson Ferry
Meet Clay
Clay Smith is the husband of his high school sweetheart, Terrica, and is the proud dad of three daughters. The Smiths moved to Atlanta in 2019, wherein Clay became the Senior Pastor of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, a thriving, multigenerational church on the north side of the city. A native of Greenville, SC, Clay’s passion for ministry revolves around the Great Commission, with a focus on three major areas: evangelism, relational disciple-making, and text-driven preaching. Clay loves to help people understand the Word of God so that they might know the God of the Word. He received his undergraduate education at the University of South Carolina and is a two-time graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, holding a Ph.D. in biblical preaching. He has served the Southern Baptist Convention in various capacities, including his role as President of the Board of NC Baptists, as well as serving as a current trustee at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. When time allows, he loves to read, lift weights, fish, find the best cheeseburger in Atlanta, and hang out with his Boykin Spaniel, Waylon.
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Meet Edward
Edward Paz planted The Movement Church in Oakland, California in 2013. After 8 years of proclaiming the gospel, making disciples, and serving the city, Edward transitioned the leadership of the church to a new Senior Pastor, and took a role at Hope Church in Las Vegas as their Lead Pastor of Prayer and Teaching Ministries.
Edward has been married to his wife Rebekah for 18 years. His passions include creating/cultivating a culture of corporate prayer within a church, training the next generation of preachers, and encouraging pastors to be spiritually and emotionally healthy.
Edward also enjoys writing. He published “Only God – A Supernatural Church Planting Story” in 2020 and has written extensively at edwardpaz.com.
BREAKOUT SESSION FOCUS
Throughout the conference, you’ll have the opportunity to attend four breakout sessions across different time slots, each thoughtfully designed to meet you where you are and help you take your next step in mission.
From learning what matters, to planning wisely, to taking action, and staying faithful over time, each breakout centers on a shared theme and includes a variety of sessions led by different speakers, offering diverse voices and perspectives. Every breakout also features a session focused on the Next Generation, reminding us that mission isn’t just about today, it’s about who we’re raising up for tomorrow.
Missions Education: What to Know
These sessions are designed to equip you with core missions foundations you can live out wherever God has placed you,
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Missions Strategies: How to Plan
These sessions will help to equip you with tools and frameworks for sustainable mission strategies.
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Missions Practice: What to Do
These sessions focus on hands-on application and best practices for engaging in missions locally and globally.
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Perservering in Mission: How to Keep Going
These sessions are designed to sustain faithfulness, resilience, and spiritual health on mission.
See the Speakers!BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS
BREAKOUT SESSION ONE | MISSIONS EDUCATION: WHAT TO KNOW
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Sarah Nunnally
Author
Meet Sarah
Sarah Nunnally is an author and illustrator cultivating compassion through children’s books that center on loving God’s people around the world. As a wife, mother, artist, and missionary who lived and served in Southeast Asia, Sarah invites us to see the world through the eyes of those in other cultures and challenges the entire family to find their part in the Great Commission.
Kids and The Great Commission: Forming a Mission-Minded Generation
Missions isn’t only for adults—even the smallest in our communities can play a meaningful role in what God is doing around the world. In this breakout, Sarah Nunnally will equip families and leaders with practical tools and intentional strategies to confidently include the youngest generation in the Great Commission. From everyday moments to extraordinary impact, it’s never too early to learn that God’s heart is for all people and places.
Chris Clayman
Executive Director of Joshua Project
Phases of Engagement
This breakout session will walk through a tool Joshua Project developed in collaboration with multiple mission entities to better describe gospel progress among people groups and aid mission workers in strategic planning. It will walk through the phases of gospel progress among a people group, all the way from "waiting for engagement" to "sustained church presence." It will also walk through around a dozen accelerators that can help the mission work progress through the different phases. We have developed this framework to give much more definition to the status of engagement among people groups and to give a better picture of the work that is needed among unreached peoples.
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Justin Dodson
The Upstream Collective
Meet Justin
Justin serves as The Upstream Collective’s Field Network Director, building and leading their global Field Network in 20 countries and coaching its leaders while supporting sent ones and U.S.-based sending churches. Alongside his wife Jenna and their four children, he has spent the past decade serving in the French-speaking world through theological education, church planting, and community development. This experience fuels his passion to see the global church send and receive well, resulting in healthier disciples, leaders, and churches worldwide.
Not Imported, but Incarnated: Contextualization That Empowers the Local Church
This breakout casts a vision for sending churches to see the gospel take deep root across cultures, forming churches that truly belong to their people and place. Participants will explore how faithful contextualization that is grounded in Scripture and practiced with humility, leads to indigenous leadership and churches where the gospel is incarnated, not merely imported.
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Nicole Parks
Vice President at Cafe 1040
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BREAKOUT SESSION TWO | MISSION STRATEGIES: HOW TO PLAN
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Billy Bean
Christ Covenant Church
Meet Billy
Billy Bean serves as a pastor at Christ Covenant Church in Atlanta and as the Executive Director of Terminus Network, an initiative that resources churches in global cities. He is a graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Olga, have three children—two boys and a girl—and are expecting another soon.
Reimagining Missions in an Urban Age
God is bringing the nations of the world into the orbit of the great cities of the world, stitching together everyone from everywhere. The missiological currents we once chased 'abroad' from primarily Western Christendom are now rising in every global city. Like new 'Roman roads,' through ideas, migration, capital, and culture, our paths are converging into this connected network of cities. Join us as we consider this unique urban moment and the opportunity for churches to reimagine how they might engage cities with the gospel, providing answers to the spiritual longings of the age.
Matt Markins
President & CEO of Awana
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Logan Grantham
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church
Meet Logan
Logan lives in Marietta, Georgia, with his wife, Cara, their daughter, Mae, and their son, Beau. He is the Student Pastor at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church and has a burning passion to share the good news of Jesus Christ with the whole world. Over his time in ministry, Logan has preached in 10 countries, on 4 continents, and seen hundreds trust in Jesus to be their king. His life aims to faithfully live out his calling to preach the gospel, to pastor passionately, and to build God’s kingdom.
Building a Missions DNA: How to Strategically Form Students Who Love the Nations
Our goal isn't to simply take students on mission trips, but to see them develop a heart for the nations. We want them to move from mission trips to missional living. But how do we build a mission DNA in student ministry? In this breakout, we will cover strategic steps that you can implement right now for your students to help form a heart for the nations.
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Larry Ragan
Founder of CULTURELink, Inc.
Meet Larry
CULTURELink‘s founder, Larry Ragan, has served in forty-six nations, both long-term and short-term. After completing studies in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Tech and earning M.A.'s in Cross-Cultural Ministries and Christian Education at Dallas Theological Seminary, Larry served as the World Missions Pastor in two Atlanta area churches, as a long-term missionary in Budapest, Hungary, and as a Teaching Pastor for eleven years in Kennesaw, Georgia.
In 2010, Larry founded CULTURELink, whose mission is to make disciples of those who make disciples of all nations. His team has equipped over 3000 short-term team leaders who, in turn, have trained, discipled, and mobilized thousands of servants into over 140 nations.
Larry and his wife, Karen, now spend 50% of each year overseas in the toughest-closed-to-Christianity regions of the world. While there, they conduct spiritual life conferences, retreats, and national pastoral training. Holding certifications in life coaching, counseling, and trauma care, Larry provides global worker counseling to those serving in this area. In addition, he is an itinerant speaker, an instructor for the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement courses, and is available to serve as a keynote speaker.
When in the USA, the Ragans live in Marietta, Georgia. Their son, Luke, lives and serves full-time in North Africa and the Middle East. Their daughter, Cameron, is on the staff of The Navigators, discipling college students who are maneuvering today’s social and cultural challenges.
Understanding Worldview: It's impact on Cross-Cultural Communication
In this seminar you will experience a portion of CULTURELink's overall training program. You will leave with an understanding of what worldview is, how Jesus influenced those He touched through their worldview, and how you can improve your cross-cultural communication skills impacting those around with the love of Christ.
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BREAKOUT SESSION THREE | MISSION PRACTICE: WHAT TO DO
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Special Guests
Johnson Ferry Sent Ones
Stories from the Field | Panel
Hear a panel of mission leaders share stories of kingdom advance, along with "the good, the bad, and the ugly" of serving on the front lines of ministry.
David Anderson
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church
Meet David
David is the Pastor of Adult Disciple Making at Johnson Ferry and is part of a team of disciple makers who work together to reach a local university with the Gospel. He is passionate about the local church finding ways to make disciples that can make disciples. In this breakout, he will be joined by other members of a college campus disciple-making team.
Building a Disciple-Making Team on a College Campus
We will tell stories & unpack methods of engaging college students with God's Word using simple reproducible tools. We'll also cover some of the challenges of being on campus with other religions and cults. The goal is to emphasize why college campuses are so important to disciple-making and how they can advance the disciple-making culture of your church.
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Lipok
No Place Left
Meet Lipok
Lipok, married to Asangla for 23 years, has one son and eight adopted children. He has been planting churches for 22 years and training other networks and partners all across South Asia and recently Southeast Asia. His vision is to see "No Place Left" without the gospel of Jesus Christ. His teams have been passionately engaging more than 500 Unengaged Unreached People Groups.
Simple Disciple-Making Tools from the Field
Learn simple ways from Scripture how to enter into pioneering fields, share the gospel, make disciples, form churches, develop leaders and release the work to local leaders.
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Pamela Vandewalker
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church
Meet Pamela
Pamela Vandewalker earned Magna Cum Laude undergraduate and graduate degrees from Houston Baptist University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, respectively. She has served at churches in Missouri and Georgia, guiding and creating worship as well as overseeing the children’s music program and worship programming.
Mrs. Vandewalker is the author of more than 100 articles, 47 books and pedagogical resources, 6 musicals, 100 original children’s songs, 27 curriculum resources, and received a Dove-Award for “God Made Me Special.” (Word Music) but what she likes best is praying for others.
Teeny Tykes & Tunes: A Framework to Build Connections with Preschoolers and Their Families
Learn tried and true strategies to reach preschoolers and their families through creative and innovative ways to gather groups for music, movement, Bible stories, Scripture, and prayer.
Tools for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers will be shared to connect in ESL situations as well as with special needs friends, along with Spanish and English speakers. Additionally, using the framework offers a clear plan to reach preschoolers in any language.
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BREAKOUT SESSION FOUR | PERSEVERING IN MISSION: HOW TO KEEP GOING
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Graham
Operation Mobilization
Meet Graham
Graham has been involved in international missions for over 40 years in many different countries. Special focus over the last 15 years has been the Muslim World.
Perseverance in Prayer for Breakthrough
If our faith is to be a real, deepening, conversational relationship with the living God, we must discover how to pray and find joy in persevering in prayer for the nations. In this breakout, Graham will share stories and creative prayer strategies for a closed Middle Eastern country.
Stephen Bennett
Cafe 1040
Meet Stephen
Stephen Bennett serves as the President and CEO of Cafe 1040, a missions organization focused on leading the next generation to tell the story of Jesus where it has never been told. He has worked with young adults interested in missions for two decades, helping them navigate the complexities of reaching the mission field. He has a passion for reaching the unreached and has a unique gifting to help young adults find their role in that task of making disciples of all nations.
On Fire or Flaming Out? How to Help Young Adults Continue Their Missions Journey After Short-Term Trips
If you ask a long-term missionary when they first sensed a calling to the mission field, a short-term trip is almost always the answer. Short-term trips are an amazing way to remove the distractions of everyday life, experience different cultures, and hear from God in a powerful way. Many young adults come back from short-term trips fired up to give their lives more fully to Christ and are dreaming of a life on the mission field. Yet, a few months later, that fire has disappeared, the call forgotten, and life has carried on like normal. This breakout session will focus on helping church leaders provide opportunities for short-term participants to maintain the fire they come home with and avoid flaming out as they settle into life's routines.
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Nicole Bush
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church
Meet Nicole
Nicole served on the mission field for seven years in East Asia and Southeast Asia alongside her husband, Adam, and their three children. During this time, she worked alongside local believers to advance the gospel and support long-term ministry efforts, while experiencing firsthand the joys and challenges of serving cross-culturally as a family.
Currently, Nicole serves in Global Sending at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, equipping and sending individuals and teams to serve in short-term, mid-term, and long-term capacities. A primary focus of her work is providing holistic care for missionaries sent out by Johnson Ferry, walking with them through every stage of their journey, from pre-field preparation to on-field support, and through furlough and reentry.
Nicole is passionate about seeing missionaries thrive spiritually and emotionally, as they faithfully serve around the world.
Missionary Care on the Field and Upon Return
Scripture states we are to send missionaries "in a manner worthy of God" (3 John 6). Learn practical ways to do so, regardless of the size of the church or budget. Breakout will examine principles of care from Scripture, practical tips, and will include group discussion of real-world case studies.
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Dave Childers
The Upstream Collective
Meet Dave
In his role as Upstream’s Sending Network Director, Dave takes the lead on mentoring mission pastors and leaders, cultivating community among leaders, and recruiting new churches for more and better global sending. He also helps lead our Upstream cohorts.
Before Upstream, Dave served for eight years as the Global Outreach Pastor at Park Community Church, a multi-site church in Chicago. Under his leadership, Park sent out numerous members long-term, primarily to the least-reached peoples in the Muslim world. Beforehand, Dave was the missions pastor at two different churches in the Seattle area and served in mobilization and church partnerships for a US-based mission agency.
Dave is married to Glenda, and they have two grown daughters and seven grandchildren.
Abiding with Christ as a Missions Leader
Jesus said that "Apart from me you can do nothing." Even with all the right plans and strategies, and as hard as you work, unless we are abiding in Jesus, it is futile. Learn how to stay deeply abiding in the Vine in the middle of your busy schedule.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who should attend?
MOVE Conference is a missions gathering for the whole church, and it starts with the next generation. Join us as we build a lasting missions culture that reaches every generation and corner of the church. MOVE Conference is for anyone passionate about sharing the gospel locally, nationally, and globally from pastors, church staff, college students, and leaders eager to grow in missions.
How do I pay my conference fee?
Payments are made through credit or debit cards during the registration process.
Can I cancel my registration?
We understand that plans sometimes change. While we cannot guarantee a refund, we will do our best to work with specific situations. All registrations are transferable to another individual. Please contact [email protected] for any questions about registration.
What is included in my registration fee?
Registration for this in-person conference includes access to all main and breakout sessions, MOVE swag, four (4) meals, and digital access to all sessions for 90 days after the conference.
If I attend Johnson Ferry, what part of the conference can I attend?
There are several ways you can be a part of the MOVE Conference. You can register for the full mission leaders conference or be a part of the JF family events. Contact [email protected] for more information.
How is the MOVE Conference connected to Johnson Ferry?
The MOVE Conference is an exciting part of Johnson Ferry’s annual MOVE missions week.
Don’t See Your Question?
Please contact us at [email protected]; we would be glad to help answer all your questions.