The Equipping Group, in partnership with other networks & orgs, has developed multiple year-long residency processes to serve you! Whether you are trying to discern your call and fit for ministry, whether you’ve recently stepped into a new role, or whether you are a veteran minister looking to grow God’s people into developed, disciple-making disciples. We’re honored to partner with various organizations, denominations, networks and churches, to provide training for ministry and planting!

MINISTRY DISCERNMENT LAB:

EVERYONE HAS A ROLE IN GOD’S KINGDOM, LET US HELP YOU FIND YOURS. This is a collaborative, experiential nine-month training that considers aspects of spiritual life and family, personal leadership, and giftings through the lens of God’s mission and your specific fit for the kingdom.

CHURCH PLANTING LAB:

START A CHURCH THAT FITS YOUR UNIQUE CONVICTIONS, LEADERSHIP, & MISSION FIELD. This collaborative, experiential 10-month training equips you in practical areas of starting a gospel-centered, Spirit-led, multiplying church. You’ll learn, discuss, practice, and glean from many trainers in a cohort of peers, as your spiritual confidence and ability is bolstered in time-tested church planting/leadership competencies.

“EARLY YEARS” PLANTER COHORT:

CHURCH PLANTING CAN BE HARD; YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO IT ALONE. TEG’s Early Years Cohort is for leaders in your first three years of a church plant. Nine months of coaching, peer learning, and relationships (which start and end with overnight retreats) walks through spiritual and practical realities unique to the early years of starting a gospel-centered, Spirit-led, multiplying church.

Fall 2024-Spring 2025

The Multipliers Learning Communities were created to help forward-thinking leaders engage in peer-to-peer learning about the future of the church. Exponential’s Multipliers Learning Communities has served hundreds of diverse Kingdom leaders over the last decade guiding them to the critical paradigm shifts to embrace their vision and purpose to:

1. Lead churches that make disciples,

2. Mobilize their church into daily mission, and

3. Build a legacy of lasting Kingdom influence through starting new churches.

4. Learn what it means to be a Multiplier, a healthy disciple making leader who champions reproduction.

One Eighty - The Return To Disciple Making

Are you concerned about the state of discipleship in the American church? Join us for a transformative event where we will tackle the pressing issue of why disciple making is struggling in today’s church landscape. Discover the five crucial shifts that will revolutionize your disciple-making strategy and propel you towards making disciples who not only follow Jesus but also impact the world around them.

Every church has a role to play in God’s plan for multiplication!

Dave Ferguson (Exponential US) will lead Plant Fort Worth’s 2025 conference as we explore a church’s vision, culture, time-tested steps, and tangible ways to multiply disciples, multiply leaders, multiply groups, and multiply churches... all of which multiply the good news of Jesus and his kingdom.

Main sessions, breakouts, prayer, processing, stories, food, and more: join us in Fort Worth, Jan 14 - 15, 2025.

God’s glory has filled the earth - have you felt it?
Right now, the earth is filling up with the presence of Jesus - can you feel it?
The entire earth will be filled with the people of God on the mission of God for the glory of God - will you join it?

From creation to Abraham’s promise to Old Testament prophets to Jesus’ incarnation to the Holy Spirit coming on Pentecost to the present day Church… the earth has been filling up with the glory of God. We are part of this grand story - this mandate to all nations - so together we cry, “Let the earth be filled with name of Jesus - from every nation, tribe, and tongue!”
The earth will be filled, and we’re invited to witness it on the frontlines.

Will you join this World Mandate?

You Belong—We Are Soma

He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.
Ephesians 4:16

Leadership in the New Testament was based on teams of coworkers rather than exalted individuals. These teams were made up of men and women and they valued various giftings.

Leadership in the New Testament was based on service rather than lording over others. The New Testament shied away from title and privilege, and focused instead on role and mutual honoring.

Soma believes that leadership should be team-based, include men and women, value various giftings, and look to serve the church rather than gaining status or privilege.

Therefore, we are inviting leadership teams in existing Soma churches, church plants, and adoption cohorts to be strengthened and equipped in community at the 2025 Soma Retreat. Our hope is to bring content that will benefit local church staff, MC leaders, deacons, worship teams, and financial personnel.

“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” – John 14:12

Jesus Wants Us To Experience The “Greater Things”

Experience the “greater things” Jesus has in store for us – a life beyond good, aiming for greatness. Following Jesus’ mission leads to a flourishing life, not just settling for the ordinary. Let’s move beyond mere growth to creating a multiplying movement, building God’s Kingdom together. Jesus calls us to embrace the extraordinary and resist the temptation of building our own empires, focusing solely on advancing His Kingdom.