Think Like Christ Youth Conference - Cedar Rapids 2026 - April 18, 2026
Come join us for the Think Like Christ "Entrusted With the Gospel" Youth Conference
Saturday, April 18th, 9AM Check-in. Conference Kick-Off at 9:30. Conference ends at 5PM
Youth conference will include Apologetics, Music, Workshops, and Games. Lunch will also be provided. Youth Conference is for 6th-12th grade youth. Youth sponsors and parents are also invited to attend.
Our theme this year will be focusing on the Gospel. This will include apologetic teaching on what is and what isn't the Gospel and breakout sessions for evangelism training.
Pre-register by April 4th to receive a Think Like Christ Youth Conference t-shirt.
Keynote speakers: Joel Willoughby - Brains and Bibles and Eric Groezinger - Dare 2 Share
Evangelism Training: Think Like Christ/Solid Rock Staff
Additional workshop speakers: Justin Lancour - Youth for Christ
Through Brains and Bibles, Joel strengthens churches by helping better equip them for evangelism, discipleship, and Bible study through training, speaking, podcasting, and writing. He hosts the “Brains, Bibles, and Beyond!” podcast with Nate Day, available on YouTube and every podcast platform.
Eric Groezinger has been involved in local church student ministry for the past 25 years, helping students and adult leaders be equipped and mobilized with the Gospel, most recently as Pastor of Student Ministries at a local church in Cedar Rapids, IA. He has seen how the Gospel and the Gospel Advancing values have transformed his students and the ministries he has led and desires to equip and support other youth leaders and ministries similarly. Eric has also led his local youth worker network, transforming it to become a network of Gospel Advancing youth leaders that focus on collaborating in his city to advance the Cause of “every teen, everywhere hearing the Gospel from a friend.” He is passionate about the local church, mentoring and training youth leaders, and seeing teenagers be part of the greatest Cause ever – making disciples that make disciples. He and his wife, Jill, have 4 kids (3 of them are teenagers!) and live in Cedar Rapids, IA.