Rethinking Evangelization: The First Commission We Forgot
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Rethinking Evangelization: The First Commission We Forgot

BySusan Windley-Daoust

Introducing a new keynote! This talk explores the forgotten “first evangelical commission” for clergy and lay leaders.

For decades, we’ve invested immense energy in “the new evangelization”—developing programs, movements, and initiatives designed to reach the unchurched. Yet affiliation continues to fall, and the baptized often remain unconverted in heart.

Perhaps we’ve overlooked the key that Jesus offered from the very beginning…the first commission, the first time Jesus says “go and tell”:

“Go home to your own people and tell them what the Lord in his mercy has done for you.”

Here, in this overlooked passage, we rediscover the original DNA of evangelization: healing, story, and relationship born of mercy.

Christ the Healer: The Jesus that Gen Zers (and the Rest of Us) Need
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Christ the Healer: The Jesus that Gen Zers (and the Rest of Us) Need

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How can the Church reach Gen Z?
Susan reveals that the answer lies in Jesus the Healer. Using studies, Scripture, and her own story, she shows how Christ’s healing love—physical, emotional, and spiritual—speaks directly to the wounds of a hurting generation and invites them into a living relationship with Him.

Group of hikers trekking on a rugged mountain trail in Oregon's scenic outdoors.
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You Are SENT: Apostolic Leadership for a Secular Age

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What does strong leadership look like in today’s apostolic Church? Many of the leaders who shaped us were formed in a different cultural era. Now, as Catholics called to share the gospel in a secular world, we need a new kind of leadership—missionary leadership. This talk explores how truly apostolic leaders embrace being sent: they proclaim good news, cast vision, empower others to take holy risks, and create communities of welcome for the lost.

Knowing the Next Move: How to Create an Evangelizing Parish That Lasts
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Knowing the Next Move: How to Create an Evangelizing Parish That Lasts

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Evangelizing parishes are joyful, thriving parishes! Drawing on her award-winning book, The Four Ways Forward, Susan explains the four emergent evangelization models and how adopting three of them will transform your parish from maintenance mode into a community of joyful disciples who confidently share Christ with the lost.