Keynote Speakers

Daniel Yang
Daniel Yang serves as the National Director of Churches of Welcome for World Relief. Prior to that he was the director of the Church Multiplication Institute at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. Daniel has been a pastor, church planter, engineer and technology consultant. He has planted churches in Detroit, Dallas, Toronto, and Chicago, either as the lead planter or through recruiting, training, assessing, and mentoring church planters. Daniel is a sought-after conference speaker, missional strategist, consultant, and co-author of Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church (InterVarsity, May 2022) and Becoming a Future-Ready Church: 8 Shifts to Encourage and Empower the Next Generation of Leaders (Zondervan, October 2024).

Tim Crouch
Tim serves as the Vice President for Alliance Missions of The Christian and Missionary Alliance. Prior to this position, Tim and his wife, Shelly, served as Alliance international workers (IWs) in Russia from 1995-2009, and were involved in theological education, youth ministry, evangelism, and church planting. For seven of those years, Tim was the field director for the Alliance there. In 2009, he completed a D.Min. degree from Gordon-Conwell Seminary. That same year, he and Shelly began to explore opportunities for new Alliance ministries in other former Soviet states. When the Alliance created the new North and Central Asia Region to provide leadership and coordination for work in this part of the world, Tim and Shelly were appointed the regional leadership couple. Tim and Shelly reside in Columbus, OH. They have four children—Anna, Joshua, David, and Michael.

Breakout Sessions - Wednesday, October 1

Leading Forward with Daniel Yang
How can the church respond with both truth and love in an increasingly diverse and divided world?  In this session Daniel invites us to explore the Church’s role in amplifying marginalized voices and bearing faithful witness in a changing cultural landscape.

Lay Delegates Certificate
Forms must be submitted to the District Office by September 12, 2025.
To complete the fillable PDF form, please download the form first and then open in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Article II, Section 1.,  A. 3) a) (p. 6 District Bylaws) Each accredited church of The Christian and Missionary Alliance shall be entitled to send two lay delegates, in addition to its official workers. If the voting membership (as reported in the last annual report of the church) is 150 or more, another lay delegate may be sent for each additional 100 voting members or fraction thereof. The church shall appoint and certify lay delegates as specified in the local church bylaws. 

Service Awards
Below are the individuals who will be recognized on Tuesday evening for their years of service and those who are retiring. Please plan to join us to celebrate and congratulate those who have helped to spread the gospel in the WPA District.

Location:
Community Alliance Church
800 Mercer Rd.
Butler, PA

Lodging:
Everyone is responsible for their own lodging arrangements. There are 2 hotels in Butler that have rooms blocked for people attending District Conference. If all rooms are booked, you will need to make other accommodations.

• Hampton Inn Butler: 610 Butler Crossing, Butler. Cost is $120 per night plus tax. Register online at: Hampton Inn Booking Link or call 724-431-2400 and reference WPA District Conference.
  Book by September 1, 2025

• SpringHill Suites Butler: 125 East Jefferson St., Butler. Cost is $119 per night plus tax. Register online at: Spring Hill Suites Booking Link or call 724-256-9844 and reference WPA District Conference.
  Book by September 5, 2025