Christians for Impact 2026 DC
Conference Agenda
November 13-15 | Union City ChurchFriday 13 November
5:30 PM - 9:15 PM
Plenary sessions in bold
4:00 - 5:30 PM*
Volunteer Set-up and Rally (*volunteers only)
5:30 PM
Check-in Opens
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Dinner available - buffet-style
6:30 PM
Worship
6:45 PM
Opening Talk: How we as Christians can tackle the world’s biggest problems, with God’s help
with JD Bauman (CFI)
7:00 PM (2x parallel)
Speed Friending: Meet new people with 10-minute guided 1-on-1 chats
7:00 PM (2x parallel)
Talk: Indigenous Missions - from medical missionary to founding a church planting movement
with Ed Michaelson (500k India)
8:00 PM (2x parallel)
Talk: Christian Peacemakers in an AI age
with Kevin Cutwright (Institute for AI Policy and Strategy)
8:00 PM (2x parallel)
Fireside Chat: How Christians Can End Extreme Poverty
with David Beckmann (World Food Prize winner) and Elizabeth Hoffman (Executive Director of Bono’s ONE Campaign)
9:15 PM
End of day
Saturday 14 November
8:30 AM - 9:00 PM
Plenary sessions in bold
8:30 AM
Check-in Opens - Light breakfast available until 11:00 AM
9:00 AM
Intro Talk: Love Thy Statistic: An Introduction to Effective Altruism with JD Bauman
9:20 AM
Group Photo
9:30 AM (2x parallel)
Talk: Missions Metrics - What produces 30, 60, and 100-fold fruit in missions?
with Dominic McCarty (CFI)
9:30 AM (2x parallel)
Speed Friending: Meet new people with 10-minute guided 1-on-1 chats
10:30 AM
Plenary: Solving the World’s Greatest Problems: A Fireside Chat with Henry Kaestner
11:30 AM (2x parallel)
Talk: Sharing the Love of Christ in the Most Unreached Nation in the World
with Katie Bodine (Mission India)
11:30 AM (2x parallel)
Fireside Chat: From Protester to Builder: How to Change the World’s Biggest Climate Habit
with Bruce Friedrich (The Good Food Institute)
12:30 - 2:20 PM
Lunch available
12:30 - 1:20 PM
Community Lighting talks I
1:30 PM (2x parallel)
Discussion: For Such a Time as This: What Christians should do about AI
with Jeremy Kidd (Project Imago Dei)
1:30 PM (2x parallel)
Talk: Is EA too utilitarian for Christianity? / EA for Virtue Ethicists
with Paul Rezkalla (Assistant Professor at Columbia University)
2:30 PM (2x parallel)
Fireside Chat: How Should Churches Respond to AI? Reflections from a Pastor of Anthropic Employees
with Rev. Peter Levenstrong
2:30 PM (2x parallel)
Talk: From Wall Street to the Slums: Ending Ultra-Poverty Through the Local Church
with Dave Sutherland (International Care Ministries)
3:30 PM (2x parallel)
Community Lighting talks II
3:30 PM (2x parallel)
Talk: How to (actually) Land an Impactful Job
with Dominic McCarty (CFI)
4:30 PM (2x parallel)
Meetup: Effective Giving: Where do you give to and why?
4:30 PM (2x parallel)
Workshop: Creating a 5-Year Career Plan
with JD Bauman (CFI)
5:30 - 7:30 PM
Dinner available
7:00 - 7:50 PM (2x parallel)
Prayer Room
7:00 - 8:30 PM (2x parallel)
Giving Game
9:00 PM
Venue Closes
Sunday 15 November
9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Plenary sessions in bold
9:00 - 1:30 PM
Church services at 9:00 AM, 10:30 AM, and 12:00 PM
at Union City Church
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Lunch available
3:30 PM (2x parallel)
Workshop: 7 Tools for Radical, Effective, Christ-Like Generosity
3:30 PM (2x parallel)
Community Lightning talks III
4:30 PM (2x parallel)
Fireside Chat: Earning to Give
with Mike Morrell
4:30 PM (2x parallel)
Community Lightning talks IV
6:00 PM
Prayer and Worship
6:15 PM
Closing Talk
with JD Bauman
6:30 PM
Dinner available - END OF PROGRAM
9:00 PM
Doors Close