The Leaders’ Summit

Transformed &

Transforming

Pursuing Wholehearted Leadership

October 12–14, 2026
Fort Myers, FL

Somewhere in the weight of ministry, the person doing the work can start to disappear.

Christ never loses sight of you. Not in the exhaustion. Not in the drift. You are transformed in him, and his grace is still transforming you. The Leaders’ Summit is simply a chance to remember that. To slow down long enough to let it be true again.

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What does it actually look like to lead from wholeness instead of wounds?

Most leadership culture rewards output. Results. Execution. And the leader learns, slowly, to outsource their soul.

But the damage done from the inside out is the kind nobody talks about at conferences. The slow drift. The shrinking interior. The way hurt begins to shape decisions that should be shaped by love.

There is another way. It begins with the whole person — body, mind, soul — in real communion with Christ. It looks less like striving and more like abiding. And it turns out, it produces more.

That's what we're gathering to explore. Not ministry as productivity. Ministry as formation.

Cost

$299 - 399

*We are offering a special ticket for lead pastors' wives who are attending. We also have scholarships available if the ticket price is prohibitive for your church.

Location

Summit Church University
19601 Ben Hill Griffin Pkwy
Fort Myers, FL 33913

Why now?

1

The world got harder & your soul didn't get bigger on its own.

We are leading in one of the most polarized, pressurized moments in modern history. The external noise is deafening. The leader who isn't actively cultivating an interior life will eventually lead from the noise — not above it.

2

This isn't just another topic — it's the culmination of a five-year journey.

Since 2021, Harbor Network has been walking its leaders through a deliberate arc of formation — one core value each year, building on the last. Wholehearted leadership is the fifth and final chapter. This gathering isn't a standalone event. It's the destination the whole journey has been pointing toward. Come mark the milestone with the people who've been walking it with you.

3

The next chapter of Harbor needs all of us in it.

We'll be casting a fresh vision for what's coming. For how God is calling our churches toward greater involvement, ownership, and investment. The future of thriving churches starts with the conversation we're about to have.

Schedule

Schedule

Monday
October 12

3:00 - 6:00 PM • Registration / Check In

6:00 - 9:00 PM • Welcome party w/ food trucks, fellowship

Tuesday
October 13

9:00 AM • Worship + “Why Wholehearted Leadership?” - Jamin Stinziano

10:00 AM • Plenary 1: John Starke

10:30 AM • Break 

10:40 AM • Panel: Wholehearted [Spiritual] Formation

11:15 AM • Plenary 2: Ronnie Martin

11:45 AM •  Reflection & Prayer

12:00 - 2:30 PM - Lunch (on own)

2:30 - 4:00 PM - Afternoon Workshops

Focus: Wholehearted Leadership for You

  • Leading in Weakness: The Clay Pot Conspiracy – Dave Harvey

  • When Leaders Hurt: Lament & Healing – Dr. Suzanne Bates

  • How Your Story Shapes Your Leadership – Jonah Sage

  • Leadership, Anxiety, and Our Bodies – Chad Lewis and Lisle Drury

  • Finances & the Whole Person  – Eddie and Kristen Evans

4:00 – 7:00 PM • Dinner (on own, Join your team or friends at one of the area's restaurants)

7:00 PM • Worship + Interview - Jamaal Williams and Rechab Gray

8:15 PM •  Plenary 3: Justin Giboney

8:45 PM • Prayer & Reflection

9PM • Dismissal

Wednesday
October 14

10:00 AM • Worship

10:45 AM • Plenary 4: Dave Owens

11:30 AM • Guided Prayer & Reflection

12:00 - 2:30 PM - Lunch (on own)

2:30 - 4:00 PM - Afternoon Workshops

Focus: Wholehearted Leadership for Your Church & Network

  • Wholehearted Leadership Development in Your Church Context (and beyond) – Charles Shannon and Dan Hyun

  • Healthy Systems, Healthy Staff – Sarah Greenslade and Kenny Lynch

  • Leading Wholeheartedly in Hard, Under-Resourced Places – Byron Cogdell

  • From Doctrine to Contextualized Ministry: Clarifying Your Church’s Theological Vision – Dave Owens and Rob Maine

  • Multiplication Movements – Ed Marcelle and Jesse Furey

4:00 – 7:00 PM • Dinner (on own, Join your team or friends at one of the area's restaurants)

7:00 - 10:00 PM - 15-Year Anniversary Celebration - Party and dessert trucks

Speakers

Speakers

Justin Giboney

Justin Giboney is an attorney, political strategist, and civic leader based in Atlanta, GA. As the co-founder and president of the AND Campaign, a Christian civic organization, Justin focuses on the intersection between faith and politics. He’s the co-author of Compassion (&) Conviction and the forthcoming book – “Don’t Let Nobody Turn You Around: How the Black Church’s Public Witness Leads Us out of the Culture War.” His work has been featured in publications such as including the New York Times and Christianity Today.

Co-Founder & President, AND Campaign

John Starke is the lead pastor of Apostles Church Uptown in New York City. He is the author of The Possibility of Prayer (IVP), The Secret Place of Thunder (Zondervan), and The Sabbath We Need (IVP). He and is wife Jena live with their children in Manhattan. 

Lead Pastor, Apostles Church Uptown

John Starke

Ronnie Martin

Director of Leader Care & Renewal, Harbor Network

Ronnie Martin is a pastor, author, songwriter, synthesist, and dessert enthusiast. He is Director of Leader Care and Renewal at Harbor Network and Pastor-In-Residence at Redeemer Community Church. He has written several books, including "In the Morning You Hear My Voice" (B&H), and is the host of "Rambles With Ronnie," a podcast. He and his wife Melissa have one daughter, a cat, and live in Bloomington, Indiana.

Jamin Stinziano

Central Lead and Teaching Pastor, Summit Church

Jamin Stinziano is the pastor of Summit Church, a church and a team of others planted in 2023 that has multiplied into three congregations in the SW Florida area. Jamin is married to Vicky, and they have six children, three coming through the foster system. Jamin serves on the board of Harbor Network, and he holds an MDiv from Denver Seminary and a DMin from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Dave Owens

Executive Director, Harbor Network

Dave Owens is the Executive Director of Harbor Network, where he has served since the network's founding as Sojourn Network in 2011. Under his leadership, Harbor has grown to a national network of over 125 churches across 30 states, committed to launching, leading, and multiplying thriving churches. Dave lives in Louisville with his wife, Anna, and their two daughters.

Jamaal Williams

Lead Pastor, Sojourn Midtown & President, Harbor Network

Jamaal is the lead pastor at Sojourn Church Midtown, and the president of Harbor Network. He is passionate about building a multi-ethnic kingdom culture in the church as well as discipling young leaders and training and equipping pastors for ministry. He is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Michigan State University. He has a DEdMin from SBTS. He is the author of In Church as It is In Heaven (2023) with Timothy Paul Jones. Jamaal and his wife, Amber, live in Louisville with their 5 children. 

Rechab Gray

Pastor of Preaching and Spiritual Transformation, New Creation Fellowship

Jamin Stinziano is the pastor of Summit Church, a church and a team of others planted in 2023 that has multiplied into three congregations in the SW Florida area. Jamin is married to Vicky, and they have six children, three coming through the foster system. Jamin serves on the board of Harbor Network, and he holds an MDiv from Denver Seminary and a DMin from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Breakouts

Breakouts

Note: the topics provide a desired, general direction. Subjects & speakers subject to change.

Leading in Weakness: The Clay Pot Conspiracy

Dave Harvey / President, Great Commission Collective

Paul didn't just tolerate weakness — he boasted in it. This breakout reframes vulnerability not as a liability but as the Christ-shaped posture that cultivates endurance, dependence, and surprising resilience in leadership.

When Leaders Hurt: Lament & Healing

Dr. Suzanne Bates / Assistant Professor of Counseling; Staff Counselor, New City Fellowship

Leaders carry grief they rarely name. This session explores lament as a biblical pathway to personal renewal — learning to honestly acknowledge pain so we can lead with wholehearted presence rather than emotional numbness.

How Your Story Shapes Your Leadership

Jonah Sage / Lead Pastor, Sojourn New Albany

Every leader carries patterns, triggers, and formative experiences that quietly drive decisions. This breakout helps you gain awareness of your own story so you can lead from insight rather than reactivity.

Stress, Anxiety, and Our Bodies

Chad Lewis / Lead Pastor, Sojourn Church North & Lisle Drury / Lead Pastor, Sojourn Church J-Town

Stress doesn't just live in your mind — it lives in your body. Discover practical rhythms for physical health, stress regulation, and embodied rest as foundational for sustainable, wholehearted leadership.

Finances & the Whole Person

Eddie & Kristen Evans, Elder and member at Sojourn J-Town, President/CEO of BMES, biomedical equipment services company

Money is one of the least talked-about pressures in ministry life. This session equips leaders with financial practices and rhythms that sustain ministry families, foster wholeheartedness, and align stewardship with calling.

Wholehearted Leadership Development in Your Church Context (and beyond)

Dan Hyun / Board Member, Harbor Network; Founding Pastor, The Village Church & Charles Shannon / Board Member, Harbor Network; Lead Pastor, The Mission Church

Healthy churches don't just develop programs — they develop people. Learn frameworks for equipping elders, lay leaders, and future planters with spiritual depth and missional alignment at every layer of your church.

Healthy Systems, Healthy Staff

Sarah Greenslade, Executive Director & Kenny Lynch, Lead Pastor of Brandywine Grace Chuch

Good intentions don't build healthy teams — good systems do. Learn practical tools for staffing, compensation, communication, and operational structures that sustain healthy churches of all sizes.

Leading Wholeheartedly in Hard, Under-Resourced Places

Byron Cogdell, Lead Pastor of Identity Church

Not every ministry context comes with margin, momentum, or easy wins. Gain encouragement and strategies for faithful, wholehearted leadership in complex, under-resourced, or spiritually resistant places.

From Doctrine to Contextualized Ministry: Clarifying Your Church's Theological Vision

Dave Owens / Executive Director, Harbor Network & Rob Maine / Lead & Founding Staff Elder, Renaissance Church

Every church has theology — but does it have a theological vision? Explore Anchor & Compass as a framework to ground ministry in doctrine, align practices with identity and mission, and articulate a compelling "why."

Multiplication Movements

Ed Marcelle / Director of Church Planting & Multiplication, Harbor Network & Jesse Furey / Manager of Planter Development, Harbor Network

Church planting isn't just an event — it's a movement. Explore how residency pipelines, regional strategy, and a culture of multiplication turn one church's mission into a gospel movement that plants and reproduces.

Lodging

Lodging

Hilton Garden Inn
Fort Myers Airport/FGCU

Group Name: Harbor Network Leaders' Summit
Arrival Date: October 12, 2026
Departure Date: October 15, 2026
Cut-Off Date: September 12, 2026
Room Type: King or Two Queen Standard
Group Rate: $139 per night, plus 11.5% tax

Book Hilton Garden Inn

Homewood Suites by Hilton
Fort Myers Airport/FGCU

Group Name: Harbor Network Leaders' Summit
Arrival Date: October 12, 2026
Departure Date: October 15, 2026
Cut-Off Date: September 12, 2026
Room Type: King One-Bedroom Suite
Group Rate: $139 per night, plus 11.5% tax
*Rate includes daily hot breakfast buffet.

Book Homewood Suites

15

We have something worth celebrating.

Fifteen years of planting churches. Of coming alongside pastors in their hardest moments. Of believing that thriving churches aren't an accident — they're the fruit of patient, faithful, wholehearted leadership.

On Wednesday evening, we will close Leaders’ Summit 2026 the way you close fifteen years of anything worth doing: outside, together, with food and music and faces from all chapters of the story.

Bring your memories. Bring your gratitude. Come ready to laugh and tear up a little and raise a glass to the God who is not finished with any of us yet.

FAQs

FAQs

  • If you are traveling by air, you can fly into Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW). The church and the host hotels are within about 15 minutes of the airport and each other. 

  • We have reserved blocks at two local hotels that are offering great rates starting at $139/night, plus tax. 

    1. Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Myers Airport/FGCU, book here. 

    2. Homewood Suites by Hilton, Fort Myers Airport/FGCU, book here.

    However, you’re more than welcome to stay in an Airbnb, with a friend, or anywhere else!

  • The conference starts with check-in on Monday afternoon, October 12, followed by a low-key outdoor gathering in the evening. We will wrap up with a final evening session on Wednesday night and a 15-year celebration party after that. You can depart anytime Thursday morning, October 15). So you need lodging for October 12-15, 2026 (3 nights). 

  • Your registration includes access to all main sessions, worship gatherings, and afternoon breakout workshops. It also includes the Monday evening welcome party (food trucks on us), the Wednesday night 15-year anniversary celebration (desserts and drinks provided), and free coffee and water throughout the event. After the summit, we'll send you the audio from every main session at no extra charge.

    Lodging and most meals are on your own, but we build in generous time for lunch and dinner so you can connect with your team, friends, or regional partners. See our lodging section above for group hotel rates starting at $139/night.

  • There will be food trucks on-site during the welcome party on Monday evening, and Harbor plans to cover the food truck bill. We are still working on the details of what this looks like with each food truck, so more details to come.

    On Wednesday night during the 15-year celebration we’ll have desserts provided for you at no charge, and non-alcoholic drinks. 

    Other meals are on your own and we try to give you ample time for meals with your team, or with friends, regional connections, etc. 

    There will, of course, be free coffee and water at every main session and breakout.

  • We won’t be offering a digital ticket. However, we will send the audio of the main sessions to attendees for free after the conference.

  • Yes! Email Casey Smith if you’re interested in sponsoring! We have limited space and availability.

  • We have set aside scholarship funds to help get you there if cost is a barrier. Email Melissa Martin for more information on how to apply for these funds.

  • We love when churches bring teams. Ministry is better when leaders come together, so we’ve created a group rate for churches bringing 4 or more people to the Leaders’ Summit.

    When you register 4 or more general ticket attendees, you’ll save $50 per person.

    Harbor Network Member General Ticket
    Regular: $299
    Group Rate: $249

    Out of Network General Ticket
    Regular: $349
    Group Rate: $299

    That means a team of 4 saves $200, a team of 6 saves $300, and a team of 10 saves $500. We hope that is a meaningful help to you and your team!

    Lead Pastors’ Wives tickets will remain at the already-discounted rate of $99 and do not receive an additional group discount.

Still have questions?

You're welcome to reach out to our team. We'd be happy to answer any questions you have.

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The leader you want to be is still becoming.

Come be shaped. Come be known. Come be sent back into the work with something that nothing can take from you.

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