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香蕉影视’s Pastors & Leaders is an annual gathering of pastors and those who hold leadership roles in local congregations, chaplaincy contexts, regional churches, denominational settings, not-for-profits and community organizations.

We meet together to connect, worship, learn and be inspired for our ministries. Our gatherings reflect 香蕉影视鈥檚 Anabaptist orientation but are open to people from any denomination or no denomination.

Pastors & Leaders 2026 | Resistance, Resilience, Rest

Monday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., to Thursday, Feb. 26, 12:30 p.m. ET

How can we best prepare ourselves to accompany our communities through challenging times with courage and conviction? We need rested, resilient pastors and leaders who can lead resistance against the many forms of oppression and violence that exist around us.

At the same time, we know that much is asked of church leaders, and research* shows that pastors experience a high rate of burnout, secondary traumatic stress and spiritual distress, which negatively affect their health and well-being.

At this conference, we鈥檒l gain resources to care for ourselves and each other, looking to Scripture for wisdom, strength and inspiration.

Plus, Leadership Clinics will be offered Monday in person before the start of the conference.

_{*Hydinger, Kristen R., Xiaodi Wu, Laura E. Captari, and Steven J. Sandage. 2024. 鈥淏urnout, Trauma Impacts, and Well-Being Among Clergy and Chaplains: A Systematic Review and Recommendations to Guide Best Practice.鈥� Pastoral Psychology 73 (5): 587鈥�608. doi:10.1007/s11089-024-01150-x.}

Speakers

Drew G.I. Hart, PhD, an author, educator and speaker, is Associate Professor of Theology at Messiah University in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where he has directed the Thriving Together: Congregations for Racial Justice program since 2021. He co-hosts the InVerse podcast and is the author of Trouble I鈥檝e Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism (Herald Press, 2016), Who Will Be A Witness?: Igniting Activism for God鈥檚 Justice, Love, and Deliverance (Herald Press, 2020) and Making It Plain: Why We Need Anabaptism and the Black Church (Herald Press, 2025). He also co-edited and contributed to Reparations and the Theological Disciplines: Prophetic Voices for Remembrance, Reckoning, and Repair (Bloomsbury, 2023).

Dan White, Jr., MA, and Tonya White are pastors, counselors, authors and co-founders of The Kineo Center in the rainforest of Puerto Rico, where they designed an immersive one-week experience to help weary and wounded leaders recover from burnout. To date, the center has served more than 600 nonprofit and ministry leaders from 14 denominations. The Whites have been pastors for 25 years and hold degrees in marriage and family counseling. Tonya is a certified Enneagram Coach, and Dan is the author of Love over Fear: Facing Monsters, Befriending Enemies, and Healing Our Polarized World (Moody, 2019). Together, they are co-authoring The Mutual Marriage (forthcoming).

Preachers

Kristin Loeks Jackson, MDiv, has served on the pastoral team of Living Water Community Church in Chicago, Illinois, since 2009. She has been a member of the multilingual and multi-ethnic congregation since it began in the 1990s. She holds a Master of Divinity from North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago and a Master of Education from Loyola University Chicago. Before becoming a pastor, she worked for many years as a teacher.

Sunghyun Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Psychology at 香蕉影视, is also an ordained Methodist minister, pastoral caregiver and intercultural academic coach. She describes herself as a Christian care ethicist and scholar of pastoral care and counseling whose core value is grounded in empathy. Her current interdisciplinary research focuses on promoting moral and communal values of mature empathy, and on the use of anger as a moral resource for social, gender and racial justice.  

Worship leader

Rashard Allen, DWS, is Director of Music and Worship at Neffsville Mennonite Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He has 20+ years of experience in ministry, including in Presbyterian, Methodist and Mennonite congregations. In 2022, he was a member of the International Ensemble for the Mennonite World Conference Assembly in Indonesia. He holds a Doctor of Worship Studies from the Robert Webber Institute for Worship Studies in Jacksonville, Florida, and started a Global Worship Training ministry through Faith and Learning International.

Registration

• The early registration cost for in-person attendance is $215 USD when you register by Jan. 26, 2026. The in-person registration cost after Jan. 26 is $265 USD.
• The early registration cost for online attendance is $150 USD when you register by Jan. 26, 2026. The online registration cost after Jan. 26 is $200 USD.
• The final registration deadline is Feb. 16, 2026.

For details on discounts and refunds, see the 鈥�Other information鈥� section below.

Schedule

More information coming soon.

Workshops

We are looking for creative proposals for workshops connected to the theme: “Resistance, Resilience, Rest.” Workshops might explore questions such as: 

• How are congregations and communities putting resistance into action? 
• What spiritual practices help to build resistance amidst ongoing crises? 
• What does true rest look like for pastors and leaders? 

Can you lead a spiritual practice or facilitate a Bible study? We are interested in offering many workshops that practice rest, resilience, and resistance. Our vision is for workshops to be creative, life-giving spaces for participants to learn as well as experience resistance, resilience, and rest.  

All workshops this year will be offered in person. Each day, two workshops will be livestreamed for online participants.

The deadline for submissions is Nov. 1.

Leadership Clinics

Leadership Clinics will take place in person on Monday, Feb. 23, before the start of Pastors & Leaders.

Other information

Registration fees and discounts

In-person registration is limited to the first 200 paid registrants.

Register before Jan. 26, 2026, to save $50!

• Individual in-person: $215
• Individual virtual: $150
• Married couple in-person: $330
• 香蕉影视 student: $10

Registration after Jan. 26, 2026:

• Individual in-person: $265
• Individual virtual: $200
• Married couple in-person: $410
• 香蕉影视 student: $10

Registration closes on Feb. 16, 2026.

Discounts 鈥� save money!

• First-time attender鈥檚 discount: If this is your first time attending an 香蕉影视 Pastors & Leaders conference, not including times you may have attended as an 香蕉影视 student, you are eligible for a 25% registration discount. (Not applicable with other discounts.)
• Shoulder-tapping discount: Bring a friend who has never attended an 香蕉影视 Pastors & Leaders conference and receive a 25% registration discount. (Not applicable with other discounts.)
• Scholarships: Financial assistance is limited to registration costs. If you need financial assistance, please include with your registration form a paragraph explaining your need. Costs for meals, housing and transportation are the responsibility of the registrant. Deadline for requests: Jan. 26, 2026.

Meals (nonrefundable)

More information coming soon.

Transportation

Transportation requests must be made by Jan. 26, 2026.

• South Bend Airport (to or from 香蕉影视): $50
• Elkhart Amtrak Station (to or from 香蕉影视): $17

Lodging

香蕉影视 guest houses

Lodging at the 香蕉影视 guest houses is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

You can also find lodging at the local hotels listed below.

Local hotels 

Refunds

Event registration fees will be refunded, less $25, for cancellations prior to Jan. 26, 2026. After this date, registration cancellations will be granted credit, less $25, toward Pastors & Leaders 2027 registration fees. Refund credits should be requested within 24 hours of the event. Registration cancellations after Jan. 26 due to emergencies will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.

Meals are nonrefundable.  

Before Jan. 26, campus lodging fees are refundable, less $25. After Jan. 26, campus lodging fees are nonrefundable. Lodging cancellations after Jan. 26, due to emergencies will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.

Before Jan. 26, transportation fees are refundable, less $25. After Jan. 26, transportation fees are nonrefundable. Transportation cancellations after Jan. 26 due to emergencies will be addressed on a case-by-case basis.

Continuing Education Units

Participants attending all Pastors & Leaders plenary and workshop sessions can obtain 1.2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for $15. Please indicate if you would like to receive CEUs when you register, and pick up your CEU certificate when leaving the final session on Thursday afternoon.

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Past Pastors & Leaders conferences

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