Our plenary speaker for the conference is Jared C. Wilson.

Jared is the Director of Content Strategy for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Managing Editor of For The Church (and host of the FTC Podcast), and Director of The Pastoral Training Center at Liberty Baptist Church in Kansas City, MO.

Jared is not a catalytic “agent of change” or a visionary anything. He is a failed church planter and once made a mess of his marriage. He likes food too much and worries way too much about what people think, and he’s definitely not all that he’s cracked up to be. After 20 years of ministry, he’s mainly learned that he’s kind of a nincompoop. But he knows Jesus loves him.

The Imperfect Conference 2018 is based upon Jared Wilson’s book, The Imperfect Disciple. The book and the conference are for people who screw up, people who are weary, people who are wondering if it’s safe to say what they’re really thinking. For the believer who is tired of quasi-spiritual “lifehacks” and fuzzy “fortune cookie” spirituality, here is a discipleship book that isn’t afraid to be honest about the mess we call real life. With incisive wit, warm humor, and moving stories, Wilson shows readers how the gospel works through them and in them when:

• they can’t get their act together
• they think God is giving them the silent treatment
• they think church would be better without all the people
• they’re not happy with the person in the mirror

…and much more