Compelling Preaching Conference 2026

Preachers and ministry leaders are invited to join us for a day of diving into the Preacher’s Process and navigating the challenges and opportunities of Preaching in a changing world!

Register by March 31 using Discount Code 2025FRESH for Early Bird Price of $49.

Check out our recap video from Compelling Preaching Conference 2025!

Why Come to our Preaching Conference?

Each year, the Institute for Faith, Leadership, and Service provides an authentic space on Azusa Pacific University’s campus for preachers from a variety of denominational backgrounds, ethnicities, and traditions to be encouraged and equipped in their preaching. Our hope is that participants can be empowered in the art of preaching in today’s world in light of the rapidly changing technology, people’s shrinking attention spans, and the development of AI as well as blessed as ministers by this unique experience.

Save the Date: Compelling Preaching Conference

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026 Time: 9am-3pm Cost: $49 (if you register before 3/31!) Location: Azusa Pacific University
Participants will have the opportunity to learn from inspiring speakers, engage in relevant workshops, worship, and be encouraged together amongst other ministers and preachers of God’s Word.
Youth Pastors Lunch

Compelling Preaching Conference Keynote Speaker

Rev. Eugene Cho

Rev. Eugene Cho

President/CEO, Pastor, Author

Rev. Eugene Cho’s many passions involve leadership, justice, the whole Gospel, and the pursuit of God’s Kingdom here on this earth. Eugene is the President/CEO of Bread for the World and Bread Institute, a prominent non-partisan Christian advocacy organization urging both national and global decision makers to help end hunger – both in the United States and around the world. He is also the founder and visionary of One Day’s Wages (ODW) – a grassroots movement of people, stories, and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty. Eugene is the founder and former Senior Pastor of Quest Church – an urban, multi-cultural and multi-generational church in Seattle, Washington.

For his entrepreneurial work, Eugene was honored as one of 50 Everyday American Heroes and a recipient of the Frederick Douglass 200 – included in a list of 200 people around the world who best embody the spirit and work of Frederick Douglass, one of the most influential figures in history. Eugene is the author of two acclaimed books, Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk: A Christian’s Guide to Engaging Politics (2020) and Overrated: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World? (2014).

Past Speakers

Dr. Janette Ok

Dr. Janette Ok

Associate Professor of New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary; Pastor, Ekko Church, Anaheim

Pastor John Hansen

Pastor John Hansen

Lead Pastor, Centerpoint Ministries & Filled to Flow Ministries

Noemi Chaavez

Pastor Noemi Chavez

EntreChurch Espanol, Lead Pastor, Revive Church, Co-Founder Brave Global

Pastor Jon DeCuir

Pastor Jon DeCuir

Lead Pastor, Victory Bible Church

Rev. Matu Taylor

Rev. Matu Taylor

Executive Director, Stars Pasadena

Alexander James

Pastor, Poet, Spoken Word Artist

Thank you for joining us for our Compelling Preaching Conference. We hope to see you there!