Tue-Thu, 8-10 October 2024 at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland.

About Abide Conference

Laidlaw Centre for Church Leadership (CfCL) exists to bless, love, and serve the Church of Aotearoa New Zealand by providing her leaders with the tools, support, and guidance they need to flourish. 

Abide is one of the ways CfCL is outworking this aim by offering a distinctly Aotearoa conference – developed by and for Aotearoa's church leaders. As a national gathering point for church leadership teams, you can learn with and from each other about best practice amidst a wide range of church networks. 

We have more than 35 New Zealand pastors and leaders contributing to various sessions this year, along with our overseas speakers Pete Greig, Laura Barringer, and Mark & Trudi Sayers. 

During our keynote sessions we will be ministered to and led in worship by a team being brought together by Aaron Hardy (Te Rautini). More info on that to come! We are intentionally creating space in our keynote times to sit, to receive prayer, space to process and to connect with what it is God will be doing.

We can't wait to be all together!

Stream Offerings

There will be 5 streams on offer at Abide. Within each stream, 4 Elective sessions. You will be able to pick and choose which sessions you attend, and able to pre-register when the event app goes live in July. The 5 streams are: Presence, Formation, Mission, Leadership, and Te Ao Mārama.

Speakers

Pete Greig, Laura Barringer, Trudi Sayers, Mark Sayers, Amy Page Whiting, Anameka Paenga, Andrew Maude, Becs Green, Ben Mai, Beth Isaachsen, Charlotte Cummings, Clint Ussher, Dale Campbell, Dallas Harema, Emma Stokes, Fraser Hardy, Jonathan Dove, Julia Bloore, Kirsty Resink & Mark Johnson, Lucy Flatt, Lui Ponifasio, Mac Pier, Maja Whitaker, Matt Maslin, Michael Nicholas, Miriam Shilston, Neihana Reihana, Paul Milson, Roshan Allpress, Sam Bloore, Sam Harvey, Sam Turner, Steve Green, Te Karere Scarborough, Waiora Te Moni, Wendy Geerling, Zara Maslin.

See full programme, or register for Earlybird cost $269pp (Earlybird ends 15 August 2024. Sales end when sold out). Standard cost is $369pp after 15 August 2024.