Kingdom Leadership Summit

Join Reverend Matthew L. Watley, Senior Pastor of Kingdom Fellowship AME Church and Board Chair of the Kingdom Global Community Development Corporation as he hosts The Kingdom Network (TKN) Leadership Summit 2022 in Calverton, Maryland and online. Pastor Watley and an elite group of Kingdom leaders will share insight and best practices through their executive leadership experiences. Further, you will have multiple opportunities to network with like-minded leaders, learn innovative strategies for effective leadership, and hear insider tips for growing your organization in the Kingdom!

Who Should Attend

Pastors | Ministers | Ministry Leads | Church Leadership

Summit Attendance In-Person + The Kingdom Network Entry Level Access $300

Limited Access Leader’s Lunch
Two full days strategic leadership workshops; three evening of dynamic preaching and worship
LIVE networking with like-minded leaders across the country
In the days following the live event, you will receive a personal access link to watch previously recorded sessions on-demand.

Summit Attendance In-Person Only $150

Two full days strategic leadership workshops; three evening of dynamic preaching and worship
LIVE networking with like-minded leaders across the country
Complementary Catered Box Lunch
In the days following the live event, you will receive a personal access link to watch previously recorded sessions on-demand.

Virtual Summit Attendance (streaming) $99

Two full days strategic leadership workshops; three evening of dynamic preaching and worship
By joining us online, you can experience the TKN Leadership Summit from any convenient location.
Through your registration, you will receive a personal access live stream link via email, for you to experience the TKN Leadership Summit LIVE.
In the days following the live event, you will receive a personal access link to watch previously recorded sessions on-demand.

Seminary / Theology Students $50

Must show proof of enrollment in a college, university, or institution program and present your student ID.

Hotel Accommodations

$165 per night plus taxes & Fees

Host Council

Pastor Smokie Norful is a world renowned Pastor, award-winning recording artist, educator, author, and visionary who has a strong passion for saving souls and transforming the lives of others. He has reached the heights of success in both ministry and music, with over 25 years of preaching, 17 years of pastoring, and his music career spanning over two decades.

As an internationally known musician, music composer, producer, and singer, Norful’s 2002 solo debut release “I NEED YOU NOW” catapulted him to worldwide recognition.

Since that time, he has found commercial success with five Number 1 Billboard Albums and over 3 million albums sold worldwide. He has earned 2 Grammy Awards, 11 Stellar Awards, 5 Dove Awards, 1 Soul Train Music Award, 2 NAACP Image award nominations, and 3 BET award nominations.

In addition to his countless awards and honors, he is also an accomplished author with his first book, Take the Lid Off, an extraordinarily empowering compilation of his personal life stories and antidotes as well as biblical and practical insights to help every individual maximize their potential.

Pastor Norful is an educator at heart. Having received his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, in his ongoing pursuit of growth and development in leadership he also pursued a Master of Divinity from Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary and in May of 2018 received a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Trinity International University. Pastor Norful is currently enrolled at Concordia University in pursuit of a PHD in Organizational Leadership.

17 years ago, Pastor Smokie Norful and his wife First Lady Carla Norful, officially launched Victory Cathedral Worship Center, in Bolingbrook, IL on Sept. 20, 2005 - where he serves as Senior Pastor. Over the past 17 years, Pastor Norful and the Victory Cathedral Church Family have experienced extraordinary and unprecedented growth in the far western suburbs of Chicago. Victory Cathedral has connected with over 1.5 million worshipers, led 15,000 souls to Christ, and physically and spiritually assisted countless thousands of families over the course of 17 years.

Victory is now a multicampus ministry, including thousands attending weekly by way of the online Global Campus. The south Chicago campus was launched in 2007 and is known as Victory City Chicago. Victory City Birmingham was launched under the leadership of Pastor Brandon Knight, and now Victory City Atlanta will be launched in the spring of 2022!

With more campuses launching in the near future, the ministry continues by focusing on reaching the community and encouraging its members to live to be missed, not just remembered. Victory accomplishes this by adopting a heart of volunteerism, charity, philanthropy, and a priority toward evangelism and social engagement. These initiatives are an extension and reflection of the heart of Pastor Norful.

Pastor Norful is married to his beautiful wife of 24 years, Carla Norful, and they have three amazingly gifted and accomplished adult children, Ashley (Graduate Northern IL University, a corporate-fortune 500 logistics director), Tre’ (2nd year - Junior Morehouse College / Finance & Spanish), and Ashton (High School Senior with 4.4 GPA).

Reverend Sheleta Evette Fomby has a long and distinguished record of Kingdom service in the Body of Christ. She is currently the Co Founder and Co-Pastor of the New Life Church, Inc. in Laurel, Maryland, serving in partnership with Rev. Omari K. Hughes.

She formerly served in various multi-campus roles at Reid Temple AME Church under the dynamic leadership of Rev. Dr. Lee P. Washington and Rev. Dr. Matthew L. Watley. In this role, she held various executive leadership roles and responsibilities that benefited the membership, including Director of Discipleship and Development, Director of Church Life, Women’s Ministry, and Dir. Small Groups Ministry, Congregational Care Minister, Managing Minister of Evening Worship, and a host of other critical components within the life of the Reid Temple AMEC organization.

Reverend Fomby is the former Senior Pastor of the Hemingway Memorial AME Church in District Heights, MD, in the Second Episcopal District. Her historic appointment marked the first time a woman was elevated as pastor in this congregation. Under her leadership, the church has experienced a congregational revitalization and expanded kingdom witness.

Rev. Fomby is a native of Washington, D.C., and received a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources from the University of Maryland. She then completed her Master of Divinity at Wesley Theological Seminary, focusing on African American Church Studies. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary with an emphasis on risking faithfully to engage in the work of de-centering Whiteness and nurturing an anti racist community as Christian formation.

Rev. Fomby is currently a participant in the TMS Global Thrive Program. This cohort pairs African American and Ghanaian pastors for mutual growth and learning through cross-cultural dialogue and immersion experiences in each other's communities.

Rev. Fomby has been a collaborating participant in the Cultivating Courageous Resisters Organization. This national faith based project convenes socially conscious women of color. Through deep collaborative approaches, CCR shares collective justice engagement models, creating and curating resources, focusing on strategic methodologies for addressing current justice issues to serve the present age.

Rev. Fomby has nobly served her country; she is a 5-point military veteran of the United States Air Force, serving active duty during Desert Storm Shield. Upon completing my military service, she received an honorable discharge with various honors of distinction for decorated military service. Rev.

Fomby is the founder of Sequoia Ministries based in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Sequoia Ministries is a non denominational ministry dedicated to sharing the Gospel and extending the love of Jesus Christ through clear and relevant biblical preaching and teaching, worship gatherings, and Christian fellowship. Through this ministry, she has proven to be fully committed to liberating lives, encouraging hearts, and inspiring hope through the faithful
proclamation of God’s word.

Rev. Fomby received the Lord Jesus Christ at the age of 16 at the New Covenant Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., under Bishop A. Norris Smith. She received ordination as Itinerant Deacon in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church in April 2007 and Itinerant Elder orders in April 2009.

A gifted, creative, astute preacher, Rev. Fomby has been recognized as one of this generation's emerging voices. She has been privileged to proclaim the Gospel in churches, retreats, and conferences domestically and internationally. In addition, Rev. Fomby’s sermons have been included in These Sisters Can Say It, edited by Darryl Sims and Dr. Cynthia Hale. Rev. Fomby’s preaching gifts have garnered many prestigious invitations, including serving as the George A. Crawley Women in Ministry at the historic 102nd Hampton Minister’s Conference.

Rev. Fomby has a heart for seeing people reach their full potential in Christ. She firmly believes that she has come this far by faith, leaning on the Lord. It is not clear all that God will do through her, but she is indeed a voice for such a time as this. She is encouraged daily by Philippians 1:6, “…being confident of this very thing that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

Reverend Doctor Nicole Martin was born and educated in Baltimore, Maryland. She graduated Magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a triple major in Human and Organizational Development, Educational Studies, and French.

Dr. Martin received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, where she was the recipient of the Jones Prize in Music and the Swink Prize in Preaching. During her time in seminary, she served as the Director of Evangelism at St. James AME Church in Newark, New Jersey, and spent a summer in ministry at Mandalay Baptist. Church in Cape Town, South Africa. She earned a Doctor of Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary with an emphasis on African American Redemptive Leadership.

Dr. Martin serves as the National Mobilizer with the American Bible Society, where she oversees scripture engagement work in cities across the US. She also teaches courses in Ministry and Leadership Development at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Charlotte. She is active in ministry at Kingdom Fellowship AME Church in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she supports the Discipleship Ministry.

Dr. Martin has been inducted into the prestigious Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Board of Preachers at Morehouse College. Dr. Martin is a gifted writer and author of the books, Made to Lead: Empowering Women for Ministry and Leaning In, Letting Go, a 2019 Lenten devotional through Chalice Press. Her writings have been featured in USA Today, Christianity Today, and The Charlotte Observer, which listed her among the “Top Seven to Watch in 2011.” She was also named one of the “Top 40 Under 40 for 2017” by the Charlotte Business Journal.

Dr. Martin has been selected to participate in a variety of ministries locally and globally, including serving as a representative for the Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering in Indonesia and as a co convener for the National Evangelical-Jewish Conversations. She is the newest member of the Board of Trustees for Gordon College and Executive Director of Soulfire International Ministries, which focuses on empowering others to reach their fullest potential in Christ.

Dr. Martin is married to her best friend, Dr. Mark Martin, and they have two beautiful daughters, Addison and Josephine. Above all, she has a passion for God, a contagious excitement for the Gospel, and an insatiable desire that God be glorified in her life and in the world.

Pastor R. Janae Pitts-Murdock, a native of Detroit, Michigan, and ordained into the gospel ministry at New Bethel Baptist Church under Rev. Robert Smith, Jr., is a lover of God and God’s people. She travels the nation inspiring people to live their best lives. Pastor Janae is a lifelong learner who believes that excellence honors God, and for her, anything less is unacceptable.

Pastor Janae is a graduate of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies, Carnegie Mellon University with a Master of Science degree in Public Policy & Management, United Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree, and University of Memphis with a Master of Business Administration. Pastor Janae has been featured in The African American Pulpit, a quarterly journal that served as a repository for the very best of African American preaching and provides practical and creative resources for persons in ministry. She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and served as Chaplain of the Southern Region which includes Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and the Bahamas.

Pastor Janae served in the U.S. Department of the Army as a U.S. Presidential Management Intern and later as a Logistics Management Specialist. She was employed at The Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 attacks. While grateful to have been on assignment and away from The Pentagon on that day, Pastor Janae mourns with those who lost loved ones. Pastor Janae served as Lead Pastor at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Memphis, TN under Pastor Frank A. Thomas. While at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Pastor Janae charismatically led transformation focused ministries into new models of ministry and spearheaded the church’s satellite campus launch. After Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Pastor Janae was employed by the City of Memphis as the Coordinator of Teen Services for the Memphis Public Library and Information Center where she was responsible for teen programming at 18 public library locations. In this role, she spearheaded the $2 million construction and development of a digital teen learning lab, CLOUD901, transforming Memphis youth from information consumers to information creators. Pastor Janae also served as Connections Pastor at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Rogers, Arkansas where she created systems to connect members to serving opportunities and improve ministry administration.

In August 2019, Pastor Janae began her tenure as the Interim Senior Pastor at Light of the World Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Indianapolis, Indiana. During that period, the church experienced healing, revitalization, and renewed strength. Under her leadership, Light of the World has launched a leadership development strategy that nurtures church leaders quarterly, faith formation strategy that trained Sunday School and Small group leaders, and initiated numerous virtual ministries like daily prayer calls, online meditation, wellness groups and growth groups to aid members during the COVID-19 global pandemic. She accomplished all of that while being a candidate for the Doctor of Philosophy in African American Preaching and Sacred Rhetoric at Christian Theological Seminary. In November 2020, Light of the World Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) elected Pastor Janae to be their sixth Senior Pastor and first female Senior Pastor in their 154-year history.

Pastor Janae is united in holy matrimony to the one she calls, “God’s embodiment of divine love,” Jeffrey Allen Murdock, PhD, who is Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education and Associate Director of Choral Studies at the University of Arkansas. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Together they parent two sons, Jeffrey III and John Patrick, and a goddaughter, Jasmine.

The Reverend Dr. Marcus D. Cosby, the third child born to the late Mr. Rogers Cosby and Mrs. Bobbie J. Cosby, serves as the Senior Pastor of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. A proud native of Chicago, Illinois and a product of Emmanuel Baptist Church where Dr. L.K. Curry served as pastor, Cosby received the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion and English from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, the Master of Divinity Degree in Homiletics and Christian Education from the Morehouse School of Religion at the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC) in Atlanta, Georgia and the Doctor of Ministry Degree in Homiletics from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lombard, Illinois.

Dr. Cosby is married to his high school sweetheart, Mrs. Audrey Marie Cosby, and they have been blessed with three beautiful daughters, Adrienne Marie, Ashley Marie and Aliyah Marie and two sons, Marcus D., II and Matthew D. Cosby.

As the successor to the Founding Pastor of Wheeler Avenue, Dr. William A. Lawson, Pastor Cosby has been blessed to continue the ministry of this intentionally intergenerational congregation in the inner city of Houston, Texas since 2004, having served as Associate Pastor since 1998. With four Sunday worship services and a membership of more than 15,000, he has led the congregation to ensure its impact both on and far beyond the church campus with the inception of the Wheeler Avenue Christian Academy, serving children from 6 weeks old through the second grade; by opening a transitional housing facility for homeless single mothers in the Third Ward community of Houston; through cultivating a missional outreach in multiple villages in South Africa; and maintaining a passion for creatively impacting the lives of the forsaken and forgotten wherever they may be found.

As a consequence of his passion for qualitative preaching, Dr. Cosby has committed himself to equipping preachers for the work of the ministry. In addition to training the more than 100 ministers who comprise the Clergy Team of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, he serves as Adjunct Professor of Homiletics at Houston Graduate School of Theology and has taught the same at the Houston extension program of the ITC. In 2008, he was inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. And in 2013 he became the Founder and CEO of Preaching with Power and Authority Ministries, a corporation committed to the pedagogy and promotion of relevant biblical preaching for the 21st Century.

Additionally, Dr. Cosby is a member of the Board of Trustees of his beloved Alma Mater, Fisk University, where he serves as the Chair of the Academic Excellence and Student Engagement Committee; as well as a member of the General Alumni Association of the University. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Home Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, the Samuel Dewitt Proctor Conference, the African American Pulpit, the Houston Area Urban League, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston, the Texas Commission for Community Service and Volunteerism, and as an Advisory Board Member of The Gardner C. Taylor Preaching Archives and Listening Room in Atlanta, Georgia. He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity and a Life Member of the NAACP. Among the gifts and talents with which God has blessed Pastor Cosby, none are more meaningful and fulfilling to him than preaching and teaching. He has been blessed to carry his ministry across the country and on the Mother Continent of Africa. He has lectured, preached and taught in numerous and varied settings, including conferences, conventions, retreats, revivals and on university and seminary campuses. Finally, Dr. Cosby seeks to encourage and empower all humanity through the timeless and transformative truths found in the Word of God.