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Pastor Renewal Retreat

Pastor Renewal Retreat: Preaching Boldly in a Broken World

with Jim Henry

Worship Leaders, Niah & Allisha Merrill
June 30-July 2, 2025
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Submit this form to apply for assistance to attend this Pastor Renewal Retreat. If you need immediate help, please call 828-771-4800.

Please Note: Applicant must be actively serving in a current ministry role as a lead/senior pastor or associate pastor.* Resource assistance will cover Pastor Renewal Retreat meals, as well as 2 night’s lodging, for pastor and spouse. (Note: Lodging assistance is limited to those living outside of Buncombe and Henderson counties.)

A materials fee of $30 per person ($60 per couple) is required.

*While we welcome Senior and Associate Pastors to our Pastor Renewal Retreats, we realize these events can be of great benefit to others serving in various areas of pastoral ministry. For this reason, we want to provide the opportunity for these individuals to attend these events, providing that space is available .

Because funding has been designated specifically for Senior and Associate Pastors, others wishing to attend will be responsible for paying their own way (The Cove Experience Off-Property guest rate of $142). No application form will be required for these individuals, since they will not be receiving resource assistance.

To inquire about registering additional ministry staff from your church, please contact our Reservations department at 828-771-4800 after May 30th.

Heroes throughout Scripture were attacked for their beliefs but did not give in to the corrupt and irreverent society around them. Refusing to compromise the truth sometimes cost them everything. Take a closer look at their courageous examples and be inspired to speak “the word of God boldly” (Acts 4:31, NIV). Help lead your community to stand for what is right in a broken world.

Jim Henry

Jim Henry is an author, a conference and special events speaker, an adjunct professor at seminaries, and pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church of Orlando—where he served for 29 years. He invests his life in encouraging churches, pastors, and believers in conferences and interims, and is a consultant to churches about personnel and procedures. Henry has served as a trustee for the International Mission Board, for the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and for Criswell College. He has pastored churches in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee and served for two terms as president of the Southern Baptist denomination. Henry has written nine books: Heartwarmers; The Pastor’s Wedding Manual; Keeping Life in Perspective; In Remembrance of Me; The Two Shall Become One; A Treasury of Funeral and Memorial Messages; Dangerous Intersections; Son of a Gunn, his autobiography; and his latest, What Now?: Hope and Help for Caregivers, Family and Friends of Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients. Jim and his first wife, Jeanette, had three children; they were married for 60 years before her passing in 2019. Jim later married Kathy Ann Siegel, a longtime family friend.

Niah & Allisha Merrill

Niah and Allisha Merrill are musicians with a passion to see lives changed by the power of the Gospel. Since 2016, this married duo has been traveling in full-time music ministry, sharing God’s love across the USA and abroad. Niah and Allisha both sing and play several instruments in an uplifting blend of modern and timeless styles.

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