CONFERENCE 2025 | Oct. 21-22
1317 Pleasant Ridge Rd.
Greensboro, NC 27409
WHAT TO EXPECT?
What is Breaking Barriers About?
Breaking Barriers is a conference for like-minded churches to come together and push themselves to honor the Lord by doing everything in their power to grow their churches. When Pastor Andrew Hopper was 28 years old, he planted Mercy Hill Church. He had a goal of seeing that church grow from 30 to 3,000. He didn’t know if it would happen and assumed it would take 30 years if it did. By God’s grace, it took 7. As a result of that growth, Mercy Hill is now able to multiply at a sustainable pace. Multiplication is the goal, but that happens as the Lord adds to the number of those who are being saved. We want to share what we’ve learned and network with other churches that desire to grow and go. This conference is less about ministry philosophy and more about ministry practice.
2025 Theme: Manufacturing Momentum
Forget the ivory tower, idealistic theories that don’t change anything. At Breaking Barriers, we give answers and help solve problems. through real-world application. Extremely pragmatic, the conference drills down on practical steps your church can take to see real growth right now. This years Conference is focuses on manufacturing momentum. Your church wants to grow, and there are several days in your year when it is trying to grow. Leaders either stifle that growth or throw gasoline on it. Breaking Barrers Conference 2025 will help you identify those days and leverage them to maximize momentum.
Conference
Breaking Barriers Conference - Oct. 21-22- Gather with 100s of like-minded leaders
- Multiply strategic connections
- Learn how you and your church can grow to go
- Ministry-specific Breakouts
- Church-size specific Breakouts
- Practical & Actionable
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
SCHEDULE
Conference Day 1
Tuesday 10/21
8:00 — Check-in
8:30 — Doors Open
9:00 — Session 1: Manufacturing Momentum (Jonathan Yarboro)
10:00 — Session 2: Flywheel (Bobby Herrington)
11:00 — Ministry-specific Breakouts
12:00 — Lunch
1:00 — Deep Dive Breakout #1
2:00 — Deep Dive Breakout #2
3:00 — Break + Networking
3:45 — Session 3: Pain of Momentum (Andrew Hopper)
5:00 – Send Out
5:30 — Dinner With Your Team
7:00 — Offsite Hangout (optional)
Conference Day 2
Wednesday 10/22
8:30 — Doors Open
9:00 — Session 4: Getting Them to Stick (Jeremy Dager)
10:00 — Session 5: The One Thing That Will Crush Your Momentum (Skip Allen)
10:30 — Q&A: Jonathan, Andrew, Bobby, Skip Allen
11:15 — Collaborative Workshop
12:00 — Prayer Time + Send Out
12:15 — Lunch
TUESDAY BREAKOUTS
Day 1 – 10/21
Ministry Breakouts | MH Ministries
We’ll break everyone out based on your ministry team and go through what a plan looks like for a Big Day at Mercy Hill—specific to the ministry you serve in.
Deep Dive Breakout #1
We’ll run these breakouts 2x so that you can attend more than 1!
Adding Services to Accelerate Momentum | Bobby Herrington
Making the Multi-site Jump | Andrew Hopper *Only during breakout 1*
Staff Culture that Drives Momentum | Tom Howe + Jonathan Yarboro
Designing Worship Services that Move the Church | Randy Titus
How Getting People to Leave Grows Your Church | Bryan Miller
Deep Dive Breakout #2
We’ll run these breakouts 2x so that you can attend more than 1!
Adding Services to Accelerate Momentum | Bobby Herrington
Staff Culture that Drives Momentum | Tom Howe + Jonathan Yarboro
Designing Worship Services that Move the Church | Randy Titus
How Getting People to Leave Grows Your Church | Bryan Miller
WEDNESDAY BREAKOUT
Day 2 – 10/22
Collaborative Workshop | Based on Size
We’re getting practical here… Have you ever been to a conference, got a ton of great ideas and had them swirling around in your head, but then you get back to the office and never do anything with it? That’s what we want to change. In this breakout, we’ll break you up by church size and work through an exercise designed to give you a road map for exactly what you need to do, and who needs to do it to actually implement change. It’s going to be epic!
Church Size Breakdowns:
Under 200
200 – 500
500 – 1,000
Over 1,000
TUESDAY DINNER RECOMMENDATIONS
(Click the name for the link!)
Crafted The Art of the Taco
220 S Elm St. Greensboro, NC 27401
Nazareth Bread Co.
4507 W Market St. Greensboro, NC 27401
Sticks & Stones
2200 Walker Ave. Greensboro, NC 27403
Lindley Park Filling Station
2201 Walker Ave. Greensboro, NC 27403
Pho Hien Vuong
4109 Spring Garden St. Greensboro, NC 27407
Dame’s Chicken & Waffles
301 Martin Luther King Jr Dr. Greensboro, NC 27406
Hops Burger Bar
2419 Spring Garden St. Greensboro, NC 27406
San Luis Rastaurant
4207 W Gate City Blvd. Greensboro, NC 27407
Listen to the Breaking Barriers Podcast
New Episodes Every Monday
Listen to the Breaking Barriers Podcast where we are reshaping the conversation around church growth and sending. Here you will gain practical insights, strategies, and success stories that will reshape your church’s growth journey as well as your own leadership!
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PS: Why haven’t you registered for the conference yet?!
FAQ
Where is this conference located?
Breaking Barriers is being hosted the Ridge Campus of Mercy Hill Church in Greensboro, NC.
1317 Pleasant Ridge. Greensboro, NC 27409
How much is the conference?
The 2025 Breaking Barriers Conference coosts just $99.
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