Join Executive Director Ed Walsh as he shares an encouraging look at how God has been moving throughout the Eastern Region over the past year. From growing ministries and new leaders to stories of faith, renewal, and lives being changed, hear how God is working through EFC-ER churches and communities. This report is a celebration of God’s faithfulness and a reminder that He is still at work among us.

Kyle Reynolds is the Lead Pastor at Friends Church: Willoughby Hills. He’s passionate about teaching God’s Word with conviction and relevance because no one has ever left a church because it was too relevant! His heart is to help people see how Scripture speaks into real life and to lead a church that’s deeply rooted in both truth and grace.

Kyle shared a challenging message on the “Ministry of Inconvenience” during the final session of the Evangelical Friends Church–Eastern Region Yearly Meeting Conference.

Evangelical Friends Church - Eastern Region's guest speaker, Dr. James Choung shares a spirit-filled message at their Yearly Meeting Conference.

Dr. Choung serves as Vice President of Strategy & Innovation — overseeing evangelism, discipleship & leadership development, planting, global engagement & justice, multiethnic initiatives, and the Creative Labs — at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA.

Evangelical Friends Church - Eastern Region's guest speaker, Dr. James Choung shares a spirit-filled message at their Yearly Meeting Conference.

Dr. Choung serves as Vice President of Strategy & Innovation — overseeing evangelism, discipleship & leadership development, planting, global engagement & justice, multiethnic initiatives, and the Creative Labs — at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship USA.

Christians find many ways to identify themselves as believers. But did Jesus have something else in mind for his followers? How did he teach and train his team of 12? His method is still realistic, relevant, and required: being disciples must precede making disciples. This workshop will examine the “what," “why" and “how” of Christian discipleship.

Description: Though we usually think of revivals as occurring within the past 2-300 years, God has been about reviving His people for all of redemption history. Come along as we explore a truly old-time revival that took place during the reign of Josiah, King of Judah, noting one major, common thread that runs through revivals of all time.

There is a direct connection between the Lord reviving and sending His people. Simply stated, He sends the revived, all of them. This is how the church multiplies. This workshop explores the reviving and sending connection. Acts 1 & 2 will be our launching point. We will also hear from a family that was revived and now preparing to go (sent) to the Persian Gulf States!

This workshop examines God’s call to love the stranger through tsedakah—righteousness expressed in covenant faithfulness and justice. Participants will learn to discern where God is already at work among marginalized people and join Him, moving from fear and abstraction to faithful presence. We will also consider how to lead the church into the turbulent and often transient world of the “stranger.”

What happens if God answers your prayers for revival? This workshop equips churches to steward momentum well by understanding when guests are most likely to come, what they need when they arrive, and how to help them move from first-time visitors to connected members of the church family. Learn practical systems, cultural shifts, and pastoral strategies that prepare your church not just to attract people—but to shepherd them well.

A call beyond complacency and apathy is on the Church. How can we lead our people to hunger for a move of God? What does it look like to guide our churches through prayer and fasting? As God moves across our nation, this session will challenge and equip you to lead with passion and intention—creating space for Him to work in ways that bring transformation both deep and wide.