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Send Network Arkansas Day | September 5, 2025

Experience a day of prayer, worship, and collaboration to multiply disciples and churches for God’s Kingdom.

Send Network Arkansas will hold a local, one-day event designed to inspire and equip planters, pastors, and Jesus followers to join in God’s activity of expanding God’s Kingdom through church planting. Through prayer, worship, learning, and collaboration, participants will discover practical tools and fresh vision for multiplying disciples and churches in their community. Join together with others from our state as we come together to see how God can move when His people unite for the Great Commission.

Date: September 5, 2025
Time: 10AM - 3PM
Location: Geyer Springs FBC | 12400 I-30, Little Rock, Arkansas 72210

George Ross Regional Director, South Send Network

Keynote Speaker

George Ross serves as the Send Network South Regional Director, Ministry Based Faculty at New Orleans Baptist Seminary, and one of the replant elders at Lakeshore Church. He is married to Joy and they have 6 children: Isaac, Hannah Ruth, Abigail, Jeremiah, London, and Reuben.

Breakout Sessions

Click on a breakout below for more details about the speaker and topic.

Send Network Overview

Led by Chanson Newborn & Jonathan Johnson

Overview of both the church and church planter side of planting a new work. Chanson will be talking through the Church Mobilization process, helping churches decide on their best next steps in engaging in church planting. Jonathan will share about the process of becoming a church planter from his own journey.

Engaging your Community through Outreach Events

Led by Nick Hendren | Siloam Springs Campus Pastor, FBC Rogers

Outreach events are one of the most effective ways to reach your community with the gospel. This breakout will provide you with practical tools to make these events even more effective, while also removing stress from you and your team along the way.

Replanting in Arkansas

Led by Greg Vandell | Associational Missionary, North Pulaski Baptist Association

Gain a practical overview of the church replanting process. From understanding what qualifies as a replant, to guiding churches through the decision to replant, to connecting with partners and replanters—this session will walk through the key steps to renewing church vitality in Arkansas.

Church Planting Wives

Led by Sarah Bowen & Cherie Estes

A candid, discussion-driven session created for church planting wives. Join Sarah and Cherie as they lead a conversation around the unique challenges, roles, and support needed for women walking alongside their husbands in the planting journey.

The Nations—Near and Far: People Group Discovery & Engagement

Led by Steve Ellis | Executive Pastor of Missions & Church Planting, FBC Rogers

The Nations have come to us! We will explore God’s Big Vision and His heart for the nations. We will see how His foundational promise in Genesis 12:1-3 is being fulfilled through Great Commission obedience and ultimately leading to the heavenly vision of Revelation 7:9-10. We can advance the Kingdom together as we engage in the missionary/church planting task! We cannot do that without understanding our mission field: researching your local context, mapping and surveying, and developing strategic plans to impact lostness among these peoples and places.

Hispanic Church Planting

Led by Julio Arriola | Missions Pastor, Cross Church

This session will be in Spanish for Hispanic Church Leaders & Planters. Discover how to foster a culture of multiplication within your church. This session will focus on identifying, developing, and sending out church planters from within your congregation to reach Hispanic communities more effectively.

Event Schedule

10:00 am – Welcome + Prayer + Worship
10:30 am – Main Session One: George Ross
11:15 am – Prayer for Planters
11:30 am – Lunch
12:00 pm – Breakout Sessions
1:00 pm – Worship
1:15 pm – Main Session Two: George Ross
2:00 pm – Response Time, Worship + Prayer
2:15 pm—Next steps + Dismiss

Whether you’re a pastor, church leader, planter, or a faithful Jesus follower, you’ll be:

Encouraged for the mission
Equipped with tools to deepen your devotion
Challenged to think about multiplication
Prepared to engage your city with the gospel

Join us at a Send Network AR Day and step into God’s mission to expand His kingdom.

Have Questions? Reach out to our team.

Tim Wicker Send Network Arkansas Director

Email: twicker@namb.net