Connect and be refreshed.

The Cairn Church Leaders’ Conference is a one day cross-denominational conference. Church leaders are invited to come for a refreshing and edifying experience. Be encouraged by a message of ‘Strength in Weakness’ by our keynote speaker, Dr. Kent Hughes, while also connecting with other area church leaders.

Dr. Kent Hughes, Senior Pastor Emeritus of College Church in Wheaton, IL

Dr. Hughes's thirty-five years of ministry divides evenly into ten years as a youth pastor, five years as a church planter, and twenty years as senior pastor of College Church in Wheaton, IL. He is the author of more than twenty-five books, among which are Disciplines of a Godly Man and Liberating Ministry From the Success Syndrome. He is in the midst of a life-long project of completing the Preaching the Word commentary series of the entire New Testament, and is the editor of the Old Testament for the same series. College Church is noted for its world-wide missions outreach, because half of its total budget goes to world missions. The Hughes are the parents of four children and fourteen grandchildren.

Pastor Hughes ministers at several conferences each year. He is a Staley lecturer, and in addition speaks at spiritual emphasis weeks for many Christian colleges and universities. Pastor and Mrs. Hughes speak regularly at pastors' conferences.

Pastor Hughes has served on the Board of Americans United for Life (the legal arm of the pro-life movement), the Board of Trustees of World Radio Missionary Fellowship (HCJB), and the board of Operation Mobilization. Presently he is a member of the Board of Crossway Books.

Dr. Hughes is also a Former senior editor of Christianity Today.