About the Conference

Four Days.
Four Experiences.
One Transformation.

Ascend Conference is Influential Church’s annual leadership, empowerment, and transformation conference. It is built for leaders, professionals, ministers, entrepreneurs, and anyone who is serious about growth. This is not a typical church conference. There are no vague inspirational sessions. Every day has a clear objective, a practical structure, and a defined takeaway

Four Days.
Built with Intention

Every session is structured, timed, and designed to deliver something specific. Here is what is planned for each day.

15
Jul 2026
Influential Center, 154 School Street, Yonkers, NY 10701
Ascend Advisory

Book Your One-on-One Advisory Appointment

Ascend Advisory is a private, confidential consultation experience reserved for registered conference attendees. Each appointment is twenty-five minutes with a credentialed advisor matched to your area of focus. This is one of the most requested features of the conference, and appointments are limited. Intake forms are reviewed in advance to ensure every session is prepared, not improvised.

BOOK YOUR ADVISORY APPOINTMENT
Advisory Categories

Ministry & Leadership Guidance

Entrepreneurship & Business

Financial Direction

Career Development

Spiritual Formation & Pastoral Counsel

Calling & Strategic Direction

Personal Development

Relationship Guidance

Vision Execution & Leadership Growth

Prayer & Deliverance Ministry

How to Register
1.
Register for the conference.
2.
Select your advisory category below.
3.
Complete the pre-session intake form to help your advisor prepare.
4.
Receive your confirmed appointment time before the conference begins
5.
Arrive at the Advisory Room on July 15 for your session.
1.
Register for the conference.
2.
Select your advisory category below.
3.
Complete the pre-session intake form to help your advisor prepare.
4.
Receive your confirmed appointment time before the conference begins
5.
Arrive at the Advisory Room on July 15 for your session.

All advisory conversations are private and confidential. Advisors operate under a signed confidentiality agreement. No session content is shared beyond the room.

Registration

Reserve Your Seat at Ascend 2026

Ascend Conference 2026 runs July 15 through 19 in four programmed days of advisory, instruction, community, and commissioning. Attendance is open to all who are ready to invest in what they are building. Registration covers access to all general conference sessions. The Ascend Advisory appointment and Black-Tie Banquet are booked separately.

What Registration Includes
  • Access to all general conference sessions: July 15 Evening, July 16, and July 19.
  • Eligibility to book a private Ascend Advisory appointment (July 15 Morning).
  • Conference materials and printed program.
  • Access to the conference networking environment
  • Pre-conference communication, schedule updates, and attendee resources.
Register Here

    No walk-ins. Registration closes when capacity is reached. All confirmed attendees receive a preconference preparation email.

    Ticket Tiers
    general

    Get General Here
    Advisory

    Get Advisory Here
    All Access

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    Annual Black-Tie Banquet

    An Evening Worthy of the Work You Have Done

    The Annual Black-Tie Banquet is the peak gathering of Ascend Conference 2026. Held on Saturday, July 18, it is a formal evening built around excellence, professional connection, leadership recognition, and vision. The program includes a red carpet reception, a plated threecourse dinner, curated awards, and a closing vision address. The standard for the evening is set above what most professional events deliver.

    Experience Details

    DATE

    Saturday, July 18, 2026

    Reception

    Cocktail hour begins 45 minutes before dinner is seated

    Dinner

    Plated three-course dinner. No buffet service.

    Programs

    Awards, leadership recognition, and a vision address

    entertainment

    Live music during arrival and program transitions

    Dress code

    Red carpet step-and-repeat with professional photography

    The banquet is one of the year’s most intentional networking environments. Round tables of eight to ten keep conversation close. The room is designed for guests to see one another, engage one another, and leave with connections that extend well beyond the evening.

    This is a formal evening. Black tie is required for all guests. No exceptions will be made at the door.

    PURCHASE BANQUET TICKETS

    Seating is limited. Tables are assigned upon purchase.

    Individual tickets and full-table reservations available.

    Banquet ticket is separate from general conference registration.

    Are You Ready?

    This Is Your Moment to Build.

    Ascend Conference 2026 is four days of clarity, instruction, strategy, and transformation. You will sit with real advisors. You will learn from practitioners. You will be in a room with people who are building the same things you are. And you will leave with more than notes. You will leave with a direction.

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    BECOMING

    Is not something that happens to you.

    It is something you choose, day by day, decision by decision.

    BOOK AN ADVISORY APPOINTMENT
    PURCHASE BANQUET TICKETS