About Awaken


Awaken is more than a conference - it's a journey into the imagination of spiritual leaders like Erwin McManus, Bill Hybels, Wayne Cordeiro, Nancy Beach, Dan Kimball, Lee Strobel, Ralph Winter, Henry Cloud, Nancy Ortberg, Mark Batterson, and more.


You'll join a three-day conversation between leaders from uniquely different generations, and with distinct voices, styles, passions and perspectives. You'll find out what they've done that has worked, what they've done that has failed, what they've learned, what they know best, what they'd like to know, what they dream about, where they're going next, and how you can distill all this to make a difference in your ministry and the lives you touch or influence.


You'll learn from the Experienced, the Experimental, and the Experts:


Experience: Mentors with scars and victories under their belt, speaking out of who they actually are and what they've actually done.

Nancy Beach

Wayne Cordeiro

John Crosby

Bill Hybels

Nancy Ortberg

Lee Strobel

Experimental: Mavericks and cutting edge leaders who fail fast so others can succeed faster, and succeed so others will be inspired.

David Arcos

Mark Batterson

Dan Kimball

Erwin McManus

Paul Richardson

Kurt Vickman

Expert: Mavens in their own field, brilliant minds dispensing paradigm-shifting insights like cotton candy at a parade.

Dr. Henry Cloud

Emmanuel Katongole

Yvonne Latty

Mark Mittelberg


Stop thinking outside the box. Awaken is for spiritual artisans and cultural architects who are ready to erase the lines of the box and unleash imagination and possibilities. Awaken will challenge you, inspire you, shake you up, awaken your dreams and passions, and free you to create your future.