The Equip Conference is designed to encourage, empower, and resource pastors and volunteer leaders to fulfill their purpose within the local church. All of this, in order to develop a network of quality Christian leaders and healthy faith communities.

Mark your calendars for the Equip Conference, April 25-26, 2025 at Cedar Valley Church in Bloomington. To reach our goals of encouragement and empowerment, the Equip Conference offers dynamic main session speakers, powerful worship experiences, multiple breakout sessions, and opportunities for networking. We provide this so that we can spur fellowship among volunteers, pastors, and ministry leaders from all over Minnesota.

ASL interpretation is provided for District Council & Equip main sessions.

Cedar Valley Church
8600 Bloomington Ave. S.
Bloomington, MN 55425

Friday, April 25
1:00pm  Check-In Begins
3:00pm  Main Session 1 with Dr. Linda Seiler
4:30pm  Breakout Set 1
5:45pm  Break for Dinner
7:30pm  Main Session 2 with Pastor Rob Ketterling

Saturday, April 26
9:00am  Main Session 3 with Dr. Allen Tennison
10:00am  Breakout Set 2
[11:00am-2:00pm  Food Trucks Open and Available]
11:15am  Breakout Set 3
12:15pm  Break for Lunch
1:15pm  Breakout Set 4
2:30pm  Main Session 4 with Dr. Linda Seiler
4:00 pm  Conference Ends

Rob Ketterling is the founding and lead pastor of River Valley Church, a vibrant and generous church with 10,000 people attending each weekend at 12 campuses across the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area and Vancouver, Canada.

Dr. Allen Tennison served in pastoral ministry for over 15 years in Kentucky, Missouri, and California. He worked in higher education for over 20 years as both a professor and dean in California and Minnesota. He is currently serving as a theological advisor to the national leadership of the Assemblies of God in Springfield, MO. Dr. Tennison and his wife Rhonda have been married for 14 years and have one ten-year-old son, Steele.

Dr. Linda Seiler is an ordained Assemblies of God minister and a National Chi Alpha (XA) missionary and the executive director of ReStory Ministries. For decades, Linda felt like a male trapped in a female body and was exclusively attracted to women. Today, she is content in a female body and wholly attracted to men, offering a
unique, compassionate perspective as one who has struggled with her own sexuality and
gender identity.

ASL Interpreting services will be provided