Useful, Clear, and Transparent: Missional Priorities as an Evangelistic Imperative
Post-Boomer generations are less and less likely to imagine church membership itself as valuable for spiritual flourishing — their own or the world’s. How can the church recover its own sense of purpose, the why of our fellowship, beyond our drive to survive? How can we communicate a Spirit-driven focus that deserves our attention, resources, and gifts, such that new generations of Jesus-followers will discover the beauty of a church that blesses the world God still loves?
- Friday, February 20, 2026
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10:10 - 11:00 AM CT/
11:10 - 12:00 PM CT - Classroom #C-208
- Breakout Session IA/IB
- Included with Exhibits Registration
Rev. Dr. Katie Hayes brings more than twenty years of pastoral experience and innovative ministry leadership to this master class. After serving in traditional small-church settings, she planted Galileo Church in 2013 in the Fort Worth area, where she continues to serve as Lead Evangelist. Galileo is a “next church” congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Galileo seeks and shelters spiritual refugees, especially LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse folx who have experienced “regular” church as exclusionary. She occasionally teaches courses on evangelism and entrepreneurial ministry at Brite Divinity School; and is the author of four books, including God Gets Everything God Wants (Eerdmans 2022) and Family of Origin, Family of Choice: Stories of Queer Christians (Eerdmans 2021).
Rev. Dr. Katie Hayes
Founder & Lead Evangelist
Galileo Church - Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)