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Ben Connelly is a pastor, author, & equipper.
He is honored to serve everyday disciples, ministry leaders, and church planters across the world through The Equipping Group, and to help lead Salt+Light Community and Plant Fort Worth in Fort Worth, TX.
Ben has written/contributed to several books, workbooks, articles, and publications, has overseen church planting efforts for multiple organizations, and has also taught university and seminary classes. He and Jess have three children and at times, host short-term foster kids too.
You can find Ben at @connellyben on various social media platforms… or better yet, fill out the ‘contact’ form below to get in touch.
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Upcoming Training & Events
The Equipping Group, in partnership with other networks & orgs, has developed multiple year-long residency processes to serve you! Whether you are trying to discern your call and fit for ministry, whether you’ve recently stepped into a new role, or whether you are a veteran minister looking to grow God’s people into developed, disciple-making disciples. We’re honored to partner with various organizations, denominations, networks and churches, to provide training for ministry and planting!
Free monthly lunches for ay existing or emerging church leader: gather in community, pray with other leaders, & help move your church toward multiplication!
The Young, Emerging Leader Cohort aims to inspire you to redefine success in your church by focusing on three key objectives: Leading churches that make disciples, mobilizing all people into daily mission, and building a lasting legacy through the establishment of new churches.
Join us for an interactive workshop designed to help ordinary believers recognize God's activity around them and participate more naturally in the Holy Spirit's mission every day.
Through in person training, cohort learning, and personalized coaching, Sending Cohorts help churches discern, develop, and deploy leaders for gospel centered ministry and church planting.
Through in person training, cohort learning, and personalized coaching, Sending Cohorts help churches discern, develop, and deploy leaders for gospel centered ministry and church planting.
Through in person training, cohort learning, and personalized coaching, Sending Cohorts help churches discern, develop, and deploy leaders for gospel centered ministry and church planting.
Join us for a workshop designed to help church leaders understand today's shifting cultural landscape and engage it with both conviction and compassion.
In a city that once echoed with Paul’s bold proclamation of the Known God, Acts 29 invites you to gather where history, theology, and mission meet—Athens. From 28–31 October 2026, church-planters from across Europe and beyond will come together to pray, connect, and reflect on how to proclaim Christ in a culture full of unknown gods. If you long to see gospel-rooted, theologically robust, and culturally engaged churches multiplied across our continent, the 2026 Acts 29 Europe Conference is for you!
The Multipliers Learning Communities were created to help forward-thinking leaders engage in peer-to-peer learning about the future of the church. Exponential’s Multipliers Learning Communities has served hundreds of diverse Kingdom leaders over the last decade guiding them to the critical paradigm shifts to embrace their vision and purpose to:
1. Lead churches that make disciples,
2. Mobilize their church into daily mission, and
3. Build a legacy of lasting Kingdom influence through starting new churches.
4. Learn what it means to be a Multiplier, a healthy disciple making leader who champions reproduction.
Join us for a workshop designed to help church leaders shift from gathering-centered ministry to sending-centered discipleship, equipping every believer to see themselves as a missionary.
Request Training
Ben is honored to participate in occasional events, and at times Jess is too. Whether an event or church gathering, consulting, or a training for a your leaders or organization, click the button to request Ben or Jess (or another trainer that fits your needs) through The Equipping Group.
While we prayerfully consider each request, travel is limited and typically books ~4 months in advance.