Registration Opens for Worship Facilities Conference & Expo Charlotte

August 12, 2009

Source: WFX

Pastors, Tech Directors and Facilities Teams Representing Hundreds of Churches Expected at Exclusive Conference Featuring Tools and Technology for House of Worship Industry

Worship Facilities Conference & Expo (WFX), the leading event where church leadership teams connect with tools and technology to create meaningful places and powerful experiences, announced registration is now open for WFX Charlotte, scheduled to take place October 27-30, 2009 in North Carolina.

Now in its fifth year, WFX is hosted by Church Production and Worship Facilities magazines and EH Events. The event brings together over 3,500 church and industry leaders and over 200 exhibitors from around the world to guide facilities and technology investments and opportunities for houses of worship.

This year’s event will deliver on its theme, “WFX Gets You There,” by offering attendees a newly updated Conference, dynamic keynote presentations, packed expo floor, networking opportunities, and tours of some of the most successful and innovative churches in the Charlotte area. Designed for decision-making teams from churches of all sizes, the goal is to deliver exceptional learning opportunities and showcase state-of-the-art products and services designed to help churches achieve their ministry goals.

“The WFX Charlotte program is designed so attendees can research opportunities and options in just three days that would otherwise take them months to achieve independently,” says Brian Blackmore, founding editor of Church Production and Worship Facilities magazines.

“This program offers such a wide-range of tools and information that an entire church staff can benefit from attending. From pastors and church business leaders to technical directors and technical teams to worship space design and operations teams, this conference works for everyone.”

The WFX Conference program offers over 60 sessions (85 percent are new for Charlotte) taught by dozens of new presenters in five distinguished tracks: Designing Building and Upgrading Facilities; Your Facilities: Optimizing Functionality; Tech Essentials: A/V & Lighting Technologies; Church Websites & Social Media; and Professional Development & Team Building.

These sessions, many of which are taught by church leaders and their representatives, will address the needs of small, medium, and large houses of worships. Each track will provide the core education to design, create and manage technology, facilities and growth needs. In addition, attendees will gain firsthand experience through Hands-On Training Sessions.

Attendees will gain even more insight from five uplifting keynotes presented by church visionaries who will share their inspiring experiences, sponsored by Charlotte-based Audio Ethics.

This year’s keynote presenters include:

- Rick Bezet, Senior Pastor of New Life Church, Arkansas
- Dino Rizzo, Pastor of Healing Place Church, Louisiana
Claude Alexander, Bishop of The Park Ministries, North Carolina
- Chris Hodges, Senior Pastor of Church of the Highlands, Alabama
- Mark Batterson, Lead Pastor of National Community Church, Washington, D.C.

The WFX expo experience has been designed to go beyond the trade show booth. In addition to learning about the latest tools and technologies showcased by over 200 exhibitors on the expo floor attendees will interact directly with new products in Exhibitor Offered Training Sessions, and preview groundbreaking architectural projects in Design Central. The popular Social Media Lounge will also return to WFX Charlotte to showcase how ministries can benefit from the integration of popular social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook.

Attendees will have an opportunity to see how all the pieces come together in exclusive behind-the-scenes church tours. Elevation Church in Matthews, NC will open its doors to conference attendees to showcase how they have embraced multi-site technology in their newly renovated facility. A second tour will also be offered to highlight how one church best utilizes its facilities.

While WFX Charlotte offers education and training for the entire church team, this year’s event will offer specialized programming for specific team members.

The Pastors Program, co-presented by XPastor.org, Church Solutions Group, and Cornerstone Knowledge Network, will help pastors and church leaders learn and develop strategies on how to identify, plan, and achieve ministry and growth opportunities for churches of any size. This programming will also offer the latest research on trends that should steer planning, and help strengthen stewardship of technology and facility investments.

In addition to the Pastors Program, WFX will offer a Tech Director Retreat for those eager to dig deep into technical ministry with like-minded peers. Led by experienced technical directors, this workshop features panel, roundtable, and breakout discussions to help attendees address their most pressing concerns.

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