Roman Oben
NFL Director of Youth & High School Football, Super Bowl XXXVII Champion
It’s the question every great leader asks himself or herself. Building a hospitable culture can make or break an organization, and it doesn’t happen on accident. It takes a plan, hard work, and we would suggest, an invitation. We call this comprehensive approach Hospitable Leadership, and it’s proven to be transformational, relational, and results-oriented.
For the last 27 years, The Life Christian Church (a growing & diverse church in the NYC metropolitan area) has been on a journey to create environments of welcome. We’ve seen revolutionary results, and we can help you learn how to do this, too. Once you learn to practice Hospitable Leadership, you will see your ability to impact your sphere of influence multiply exponentially. What was true 2,000 years ago is still true today: When people feel genuinely welcome, they will give you the opportunity to lead them.
Using the “5 Welcomes” from Pastor Terry Smith’s book, The Hospitable Leader, as our guide, we will offer you the tools for creating environments where people and dreams flourish.
NFL Director of Youth & High School Football, Super Bowl XXXVII Champion
NFL Director of Youth & High School Football, Super Bowl XXXVII Champion
Producer, The Today Show & NBC News
Producer, The Today Show & NBC News
Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
Associate Professor, College of Staten Island/CUNY, and Author of Postmemory in Contemporary Ethnic American Women's Fiction
Associate Professor, College of Staten Island/CUNY, and Author of Postmemory in Contemporary Ethnic American Women's Fiction
Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Fortune 500 Company
Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications, Fortune 500 Company
Head of Global Enterprise Partner Management, Facebook AR/VR
Head of Global Enterprise Partner Management, Facebook AR/VR
Director of Turin Exports for Mars, Incorporated
Director of Turin Exports for Mars, Incorporated
Producer, Boardwalk Empire, Nurse Jackie, etc.
Producer, Boardwalk Empire, Nurse Jackie, etc.
Senior Pastor of Christ Tabernacle (Queens, NY)
Senior Pastor of Christ Tabernacle (Queens, NY)
Lead Pastor of Heartland Church (Texas) and member of contemporary Christian music group “Phillips, Craig and Dean”
Lead Pastor of Heartland Church (Texas) and member of contemporary Christian music group “Phillips, Craig and Dean”
Senior Pastor of Love Gospel Assembly (Bronx, NY)
Senior Pastor of Love Gospel Assembly (Bronx, NY)
Learn to create environments – like Jesus did – where people’s hearts are warm and more open to being influenced to true, good, and beautiful things.
Explore the need, and exponential power, of welcoming strangers. These are people who are strange to you in some way, and to whom you seem strange. When we welcome strangers, we can multiply our influence through an ever-expanding diversity of people.
Model being hospitable to the dreams of those you lead while also inviting them to engage in the mission of the Church and to help actualize God’s dreams for the world.
Hospitable leaders are hospitable communicators. Like Jesus, our words are full of grace and truth and ultimately bring transformative results.
Jesus came to fulfill the most important mission in the history of the world, yet He said that He came “enjoying life.” Discover how leaders must learn to feast in the context of a life of purpose and how their leadership effort can feel like a feast to their followers.
Thursday, July 18 from 6-9 pm (Check-In at 5:30pm)
Friday, July 19 from 9am-5pm (Breakfast & Check-In at 8:15am)
Friday Night NYC Experience at 5pm - NY Yankees Game & Party Suite or Broadway Musical "Wicked"
We invite you to add-on an iconic New York City Experience on Friday Night, July 19th at 5pm. Limited Space Available. Broadway is sold out; NY Yankees tickets are still available.
Each Friday Night Experience includes dinner and transportation to and from The Life Christian Church.
Fly into Newark International Airport (25 minutes), John F. Kennedy International Airport (1.5 hour), or La Guardia Airport (1 hour)
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