Helping Local Churches Rebuild Fruitful Kingdom Ministry Through Disciple Making
"...and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."
Matthew 16:18
our Annual summit
Hosting local church leaders in a three-day gathering for tactical learning, contextual application, prayer and intercession as well as life-on-life opportunities for a time of personal refreshing.
our Church Development Process
Providing a comprehensive developmental process for local churches in any ministry context with a thorough assessment, coaching, training and implementation to transform ministry paradigms toward far greater kingdom fruitfulness.
2026 Annual Church Development summit
May 18-20, 2026
Lodi, Ohio
Many churches have great preaching and programs but still struggle to produce mature and equipped Christ-followers who can lead others.
This year's Annual Summit, held May 18-20 in Lodi, Ohio, focuses on two our our CCCC Guiding Values: Healthy Disciple-making Pastors and Healthy Disciple-making Churches. The bottom line is that neither pastors nor churches are truly healthy by Jesus' definition if they are not actively fulfilling His Great Commission.
Keynote Speaker
Marc Gauthier,
CCCC Conference Minister
Our keynote speaker this year is our own Marc Gauthier, CCCC Conference Minister. Marc is passionate about spiritual formation, discipleship and leader development. His heart is to foster health in local churches through disciple making that produces more and better disciples for Jesus. Having served in both pastoral ministry and chaplaincy with the US Army for 36 years, Marc understands both strategy and implementation. His experience is now focused on helping our Conference churches to increase their disciple-making fruitfulness.
Marc has a relationship with the Life on Life Ministry developed by Pastor Randy Pope and Atlanta's Perimeter Church. In addition to the resources the CCCC already provides for effective disciple making, Marc will introduce us to Life on Life's approach as well.
John Kimball
Director of Church Development
About Us
The Nehemiah Summit is a ministry of the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference and its Ministry of Church Development. The CCCC Church Development Team exists to engage local churches and pastors in a life-giving developmental process that addresses their unique strengths and needs in order to improve their spiritual vitality, relational priority and ministry fruitfulness.