Over 1,000 Christian leaders set for Global Church Systems Confab in Lagos

…Daystar’s Sam, Nike Adeyemi lead charge

More than 1,000 pastors, church administrators and ministry leaders from across Africa and beyond will converge on Lagos from July 16 to 17, 2026, for the inaugural Global Church Systems Conference (GCSC), a two-day summit designed to equip churches with structures for sustainable growth and long-term impact.

The conference, which will hold at Daystar Christian Centre, is themed: “Building Sustainable, Scalable, Spirit-Led Church Systems” and is anchored on the belief that while vision drives ministry, effective systems are essential to preserve and expand that vision.

Leading the summit are the founder and senior pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, and co-founder, Pastor Nike Adeyemi, alongside other ministry leaders and facilitators.

According to the organisers, the conference is built around more than three decades of organisational experience developed at Daystar and packaged into an eight-part framework known as the S.H.E.P.H.E.R.D. Model, covering key areas including governance, leadership development, people management, technology, operations and succession planning.

Pastor Sam Adeyemi, who is the convener of GCSC, said many ministries struggle with sustainability because their structures are unable to support their growth.

“Growth is a blessing, but unmanaged growth becomes a burden. Too many ministries are still personality-dependent. When the leader is gone, the structure goes with him or her. This conference exists to change that,” he said.

Adeyemi explained that the summit was not designed as another inspirational gathering but as a practical platform where church leaders can develop systems that will strengthen their ministries beyond individual personalities.
“We’re not here to inspire people for two days and send them home. We’re here to help them build something that outlasts them,” he added.

Pastor Nike Adeyemi said the conference would focus on balancing organisational structure with the human side of ministry.
“Systems without people are cold, and people without systems are chaos,” she said, stressing that effective church structures should create room for people to belong, grow and receive care as ministries expand.

Unlike conventional church conferences built mainly around speeches, GCSC will operate as an interactive working session, using a Teach → Reflect → Discuss → Share approach. Participants will engage in small table groups to assess challenges within their ministries and develop practical solutions.

Organisers said every participant will leave with a personalised 90-day implementation plan to apply lessons from the summit.
The two-day programme will cover areas such as vision, governance, finance, staffing, technology, leadership development and action-planning sessions, targeting senior pastors, general overseers, executive church leaders and ministry operations teams.

Registration is currently open through globalchurchsystems.org, with seats limited and allocated on a first-paid basis. Scholarship opportunities are also available for student pastors.