Join us for the inaugural Black Church Planting Summit!
Oct 28-30, 2025 • Castro Valley, CA
The Black Church Planting Summit is convening Black planters and leaders to build relationships and collaborate to start hundreds of healthy, reproducing churches. Too often church planters feel they need to leave the Black Church and get trained in majority culture spaces that don’t recognize their needs and gifts. Together we can release younger leaders and train them to integrate the rich heritage of the Black Church with pioneering new ways of reaching the next generation. Join us for a rich time of fellowship and Kingdom partnership!
Hosts: Exponential West & Multiethnic Collaborative
Dates: October 28-30, 2025
Cost: $148 (for conference + pre-conference)
Location: 3 Crosses Church, 20600 John Dr, Castro Valley, CA
Airport: Oakland International Airport (15 minutes from the church)
Who Should Come:
- Black Church Planters
- Black Bishops & Denominational Executives
- Black Entrepreneurs & Funders
What You’ll Learn:
- Developing Black Church planting ecosystems
- Creative Funding Models for Church Planting
- Hosting training cohorts for Black planters
- Building a Permission Giving and Leadership Development Culture
RSVP for the Summit
Register for Exponential West
This is the Registration form for the Black Church Planters Summit. Register to join us this October!
In order to register for Exponential West you must do so on their website!
This is the link to the registration for Exponential West. Register to participate in the Exponential Conference & pre-conference!
Schedule & Logistics
The Black Church Planting Summit is taking place as part of the larger Exponential West church planting conference. We are hosting many events (see below) specifically for Black planters and leaders of color.
Registration: Link to Exponential Conference here (hotels listed on website)
Schedule of Black Church Planting Summit Events (some times TBD):
- Pre-Conference, Oct 28, 9:00-11:30am
- Networking Lunch, Oct 29, 12-2pm
- Multiethnic Collaborative Dinner, Oct 29, 6-9pm
- 4 Breakout Sessions (Tu 2:30pm, Wed 8:45am, Wed 2:30pm, Thu 8:45am)
Main Conference Speakers:
Efrem Smith, Derwin Gray, Ed Stetzer, Christine Caine, and many others!
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