Northshore Baptist Association presents
Church Health Conference
A full day equipping pastors, ministry staff, and lay leaders across the Northshore with practical, biblically grounded resources for congregational health.
Register today
Join leaders from across the Northshore
Three plenary sessions, two workshop rounds, lunch, and fellowship – all focused on healthy churches.
Online through Sept 9
$10
$10
At the door
$15
$15
Lunch and refreshments included with registration.
Why this day matters
Healthy churches do not happen by accident.
On September 12, the Northshore Baptist Association is inviting church leaders of every kind for a day built around three emphases essential to the health of any congregation: Organizational Health, Relational Health, and Discipleship Health.
Three plenary sessions with worship, two rounds of practical workshops, lunch together, and a day of fellowship with leaders from across the Northshore and beyond.
Three emphases
Relational. Discipleship. Organizational.
A day structured around the three dimensions of congregational health every church needs to pursue with intention.
Relational Health
How a church prevents, engages, and resolves conflict is a direct indicator of its health. Dr. Ogea opens the day with a biblically grounded treatment of relational health, including preparing congregations relationally before conflict ever comes – grounded in a biblical vision of unity, peacemaking, and restoration.
Dr. Reggie Ogea
Discipleship Health
Church health is inseparable from the health of individual Christians. Mark Hallock addresses the fundamental questions of discipleship: What is a disciple? How do you make a disciple? And how do you know when you have made one?
Mark Hallock
Organizational Health
What does a healthy church actually look like? Brandon Langley closes the day with a focus on the biblical portrait of the church.
Brandon Langley
Who this day is for
For the whole leadership of the church
If you carry responsibility for the life of your church, this day is for you. Bivocational leaders, whose Saturdays are precious, will find the day designed to deliver maximum practical value for the time invested.
Pastors & ministry staff
Sessions aimed at the health of the congregation you serve.
Deacons & lay leaders
For those who carry responsibility for the life of the church.
Teachers & small group leaders
Practical, biblically grounded resources for congregational health.
Bivocational leaders
Designed to deliver maximum practical value for the time invested on a precious Saturday.
Featured speakers
Three emphases, three voices
Each speaker leads both a plenary session and a practical workshop so you leave with content and tools.
Plenary Session 1
Dr. Reggie Ogea
Relational Health
Reggie R. Ogea, Th.D., serves as Director of the Jim Henry Leadership Institute and Professor of Leadership and Pastoral Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he has taught since 2003. He pastored Louisiana churches for two decades, served as Director of Missions from 1999 to 2003, and has served as interim pastor of seventeen churches, including FBC Pineville, FBC Zachary, FBC Lafayette, FBC Kenner, and FBC Baton Rouge. His areas of expertise include pastoral leadership, church governance, conflict resolution, church revitalization, and strategic leadership. He and his wife Vicki have three children and six grandchildren.
Also leads the Relational Health workshop
Plenary Session 2
Mark Hallock
Discipleship Health
Mark Hallock serves as the Lead Pastor of Calvary Englewood in Colorado. He also serves as President of the Calvary Family of Churches, a family of churches committed to planting and replanting churches for the glory of God (thecalvary.org). His great desire is to see the gospel transform lives and neighborhoods through the planting of new congregations, along with the revitalization of declining congregations, throughout the city of Denver and beyond. He has written a number of books including Leading Church Revitalization, Replant Roadmap, and The Relentless Encourager. Mark is married to Jenna, and they have two kids, Zoe and Eli.
Also leads the Discipleship Health workshop
Plenary Session 3 – Closing
Brandon Langley
Organizational Health
Brandon serves as the lead pastor of St. Rose Community Church, a church re-plant in the New Orleans Metro Area that he helped establish in 2016. He is a grateful husband to Anne Marie, and a proud father of Owen and Amelia. Brandon holds a B.A. in Christian Studies from Truett-McConnell University, an M.Div. from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Doctorate of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Brandon authored Devoted Together: How to Find and Join a Church and contributed chapters to Churches Planting Churches: A Guide for Multiplying Churches. He also serves as the Associate Director of Regions for The Pillar Network.
Also leads the Organizational Health workshop
Workshops
Workshops: Tools for the Toolbox
Each speaker also leads a workshop that turns his plenary emphasis into practical application – concrete, usable tools leaders can carry back to their congregations. All three workshops run in each of the two workshop sessions, so every attendee chooses two of the three tracks. Workshop titles will be announced soon.
Schedule for the day
Saturday, September 12, 2026
7:45 AM – 4:30 PM – First Baptist Church, Ponchatoula. Meals and refreshments included.
7:45 AM
Doors open
8:30 – 9:45 AM
Plenary 1 – Relational Health
9:45 – 10:00 AM
Break
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Workshop Session 1
11:00 – 11:15 AM
Fellowship transition
11:15 AM – 12:00 PM
Lunch
12:15 – 1:45 PM
Plenary 2 – Discipleship Health
2:00 – 3:00 PM
Workshop Session 2
3:15 – 4:30 PM
Plenary 3 – Organizational Health
Registration
Reserve your spot
Online registration is open through the end of day on September 9, 2026. Walk-ins are welcome at the door for $15.
Online registration
$10
Per person – through Sept 9, 2026
At the door
$15
Per person – day of event
Your registration includes
Coffee and light breakfast as doors open at 7:45 AM
Full lunch at midday
Refreshments at breaks
Three plenary sessions with worship
Two practical workshop sessions
Fellowship with leaders across the Northshore
Hosted by the Northshore Baptist Association.
First Baptist Church of Ponchatoula
325 E. Pine St.
Ponchatoula, LA 70454
Contact us with questions:
Ready to invest in your church's health?
Register online for $10 through September 9, or join us at the door for $15. We look forward to a day of encouragement and practical equipping with you.