Turning Point USA Faith’s first Pastors Summit of the year will be hosted at Pastor Jentezen Franklin’s Free Chapel church in Gainesville, Georgia, on March 18-20.
The summit is titled Faith Forward and will feature Charlie Kirk, Lucas Miles, Jentezen Franklin, Dr. Ben Carson, Matt Walsh, John Bevere, Samuel Rodriguez, Eric Metaxas, Riley Gaines, John Amanchukwu, Allen Jackson, Rob McCoy, Megan Basham, Virgil Walker, Joshua Broome, Lorenzo Sewell, Billy Hallowell, Ryan Helfenbein, Lance Wallnau, and others.
“We want to continuously provide pastors with resources to help keep them sharp on the issues of the time,” Miles told ChurchLeaders, “helping to make sure that the church takes advantage of the current time our country is living in, that we use that for the sake of Christ, and that we see a golden age of the church until Christ returns.”
Miles serves as the lead pastor of Nfluence Church and is the senior director of TPUSA Faith. He shared that TPUSA Faith’s Faith Forward Pastors Summit is for all denominations. He said that the speakers at the summit are pastors, leaders, and influencers who are on “different sides of the spectrum on certain secondary issues, but we’re finding unity over primary doctrines.”
“We’re trying to help find unity, not just for unity’s sake, but unity around the truth of the gospel, and standing strong together,” he added.
“We’re collectively coming together to really establish where we are at, biblically speaking, on these issues,” Miles said. He expressed that TPUSA Faith’s goal is to cultivate a likemindedness approach “so that we can move faith forward into this new year.”
Miles shared that he is grateful that President Donald Trump won the 2024 election but said that “laws don’t change human hearts.”
“We could win the conservative war,” Miles said. “We could have everybody in the nation be conservative. But if they’re godless conservatives, one, it’s not going to last. And two, there’s no saving power in that.”
“So we have to recognize the church’s job is not about election cycles. The church’s job is for the Kingdom,” Miles continued. “And if we are doing what we’re supposed to be doing for the kingdom, we’re not gonna have to worry about elections that much.”
