Redefined Conference

Now is the time to GO BIG! People are looking for effective and innovative ways to do fitness. And- despite what you may hear and what you may assume, people are longing for passionate faith that makes a difference. So, now is not the time to be discouraged or fearful. It’s sure not the time to be timid and lack focus.

GO BIG with the fitness you deliver and the faith you live. Your business will thrive and the ministry you do will grow beyond what you can hope for. You don’t have to do it alone. Be part of a community that will equip you to GO BIG. – Brad Bloom, Publisher, Faith & Fitness Magazine

KEYNOTE SPEAKER AND SESSION HOST, Patricia Lowery: Get all the foundational details from our Keynote speaker Patricia Lowery. She brings 50+ years of first hand insights, perspective, experience and God’s leading to this truly historic session. She will help you look at what has happened historically in the faith and fitness culture, understand how that should inform how you shape the future and challenge you to make faith central to all you do.

Tim Cheux, is the founder of Free And Fit NYC. He is originally from England and thus brings an additional historical perspective to this foundations session. His knowledge of spiritual direction coupled with his passion to lead others to Christ through fitness will invite you to consider how delivering the core principles of the Christian faith can be thoughtfully woven into your business mission.

Laura Monica is the founder of WholyFit a biblically based stretching, strength & flexibility fitness system that strengthens body, mind and spirit. With over 20 years of experience innovating faith-centered fitness programming she is eager to help you stretch your faith in pursuing the vision God has for your fitness business and ministry.

Billy Weatherall is the Founder of Christ Fit Gym, in Bossier City, Louisiana. The homepage on his website says the gym is a non profit, “Non profit meaning it will cost adults and children nothing to participate in the classes that Christ Fit Gym offers. Christ Fit Gym holds daily Bible Devotions, prayer groups, Bible studies, and holds an after school program for teenage boys and girls. This is a local ministry that gives all the Glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” Billy helps people get clarity on just how easy it is to make the basic tenants of the Christian faith central to business and the customer experience.

SESSION HOST, Sean Garner: Sean Garner is the founder of EntreFit.If you’re a fitness professional, Sean has a special message to share just with you. As a fitness professional, you’re passionate about helping others get fit and become healthier versions of themselves. Yet, you yourself are hurting and in need of additional ways to make income. Sean has been in this industry for almost 10 years. He says, “I have multiple revenue streams in the industry. And just from social media brand deals alone, I make what I used to make working 80 hours a week in the gym.” Sean and the faculty of this session will help you create a sustainable career in fitness and stand out amongst your peers as a leader in the industry.

De Bolton of FaithFueled Mom started her online venture as a blog. Today she’s grown it into a mobile app that reaches people with her wide range of certifications and services.

You might think that people who started a fitness business before the Internet existed would be slow to adapt. Laura Monica saw the potential for going online early and has been doing it ever since. She’s had plenty of successes, failures and more and wants to help you Go Online to start maximizing your fitness ministry for Christ.

SESSION HOST, Karla Medina: If you’re like Karla Medina Founder of Sudor Taino Group Fitness you are passionate about your business and know exactly what you want clients/members to experience. To get that result you have to lead well. Karla leads our group of presenters to help you “be licensed” to lead your team. Karla hasn’t just built her team, she prays with them, puts them into God’s hands and empowers them to discover all that God wants to do through them.

Debbie Brown, Associate Director of Recreation & Fitness at Fitness @ Houston’s First has been leading a team of staff, volunteers and members at one of the nation’s most established and innovative church fitness facilities. She’ll talk about hiring, training and creating a culture that honors God, nurtures spiritual growth and makes faith key to a healthy, whole and fulfilled lifestyle.

Sam Kuhnert, founder of NubAbility Athletics is a 2019 Fitness Ministry Award recipient. When you work with limb different youth like Sam and his team you face a lot of challenges from the very beginning – not just physical but psychological, emotional and spiritual. To create a culture of love like they do requires a trained and cohesive team to share the same values and use strategies and practices that you know work. That’s why they use the word ‘family’ over team. He currently has over 160 coaches in 30 states and 3 countries who train in the NubAbility model, get specifically matched with the youth and then work closely with Sam, staff and community.

Stephanie Gibson is the Christian Mission Director at the Frank P. Phillips YMCA. The Y throughout the U.S. and the world is one of the largest and longest established non-profit organizations. That size and history has both strengths and weaknesses that shape the dynamics of how the Y does “team”. Stephanie offers insights into how she and others in Y associations across the country navigate and shape the member experience, corporate culture and community relations – all of the teams at the Y. The interactions she has with each of these teams is strengthening the Christian mission of her association and others around the world.

Brad Bloom, Publisher of Faith & Fitness Magazine will breakdown the 5 qualities of a fitness ministry so you can consider ways your business can grow in each. Then examine opportunities for expansion and growth. We’ll identify outcomes that are markers of God-sized “big”. All of that in just the first 30 minutes! The second half of this session you’ll break into small groups and develop your own personalized Go Big vision and strategies. Use these as you ask questions of our faculty in Session 5 and contribute ideas.

We really want this conference time to be a catalyst for you to seek and hear from God on how you can go big. So in your 1-on-1 consultations today with our faculty plan to share your vision and strategies and be sure to make them part of your ongoing conversations with Faith & Fitness Magazine and your entire Redefined Conference network.

SESSION HOST, Brad Bloom: The theme for this year’s conference is also the focus of this track and session. Brad Bloom, Publisher of Faith & Fitness Magazine hosts this culminating session with a team of presenters that want to help you GO BIG by innovating, nailing your purpose, delivering transformative leadership, building member/client loyalty and passion and redefining results for your community. Be ready to explore the depths of your fitness ministry and create new opportunities for your business.

Scared to GO BIG? Billy Weatherall was too. Serving in the military in Afghanistan and Iraq prepared him for challenging and demanding situations. Business success gave him confidence and capacity for growth. God wanted more than all of that. Billy is here to help you GO BIG by learning how to continually be completely dependent on God.

One of the most overlooked markets in the fitness industry is the family. De Bolton will help you to think about how you can GO BIG by equipping your existing client base to have a strong family.

Monica O’Rourke is on the Board of Directors for Christian Society for Kinesiology, Leisure and Sport Studies (CSKLS) and is a Professor of Kinesiology in the College of Health Science at California Baptist University. She brings a perspective to “GO BIG” that especially looks at the who, where and what of faith and fitness as it relates to those 18-30 and particularly those in college. She’ll help us consider how what we do can not only shape this market but in turn plant seeds that could shape higher education and thus the entire fitness industry for future generations.

This year Faith & Fitness Magazine’s Redefined Conference is located in the Recovery Zone Pavilion in booth # 14083 of the Athletic Business Show EXPO. The tradeshow is over 160,000 square feet with 250+ exhibiting companies so you can find the products and services you need to effectively manage and equip your programs and facilities like a champ. Join us there, Thursday/Friday noon – 5pm as we provide solutions tailored to help professionals meet the wide spectrum of spiritual needs of their customers including their recovery.