35th Anniversary Conference – BREAKTHROUGH!

Deeper Walk’s 35th Anniversary Conference, held live in Indiana on October 5-7, 2023, was a transformative event focused on helping attendees experience breakthrough in key areas of their lives. Dr. Marcus Warner taught from his book, Breakthrough!: 5 Essential Strategies for Freedom, Healing, and Wholeness, offering practical insights for lasting spiritual and emotional growth.

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The Breakthrough Conference 2023, held live in Indiana on October 5-7, marked Deeper Walk’s 35th Anniversary with powerful teachings designed to help individuals experience true spiritual and emotional transformation. Featuring Dr. Marcus Warner and a lineup of impactful speakers, this event provided practical tools for overcoming obstacles, deepening intimacy with God, and finding freedom, healing, and wholeness.

Conference Overview

Everyone faces areas in life where they long for breakthrough. Whether struggling with emotional wounds, spiritual warfare, or unhealthy thought patterns, the teachings from this event offer valuable strategies to navigate these challenges.

Dr. Marcus Warner led attendees through key insights from his book, Breakthrough!: 5 Essential Strategies for Freedom, Healing, and Wholeness. His teachings, along with sessions from other trusted speakers, provided both theological depth and practical application, equipping individuals to experience personal and spiritual growth.

Teaching Sessions

  • Session 1: Breakthrough! Overcoming the Obstacles to a Deeper Walk
    Identifying and removing the barriers that hinder spiritual growth.
  • Session 2: Two Hours to a Breakthrough – Spiritual Warfare & Listening Prayer
    A practical approach to spiritual warfare, breaking strongholds, and engaging with God through listening prayer.
  • Session 3: God’s Hour – Listening Prayer Practice
    A guided experience in listening prayer to deepen connection with God.
  • Session 4: Body & Beliefs – Dealing with the Physical & Mental Engines that Drive Our Emotions
    Understanding the mind-body connection and how beliefs shape emotional and spiritual well-being.
  • Session 5: Bonding & The Brain – The Hidden Power of Attachment and How the Brain Processes Pain
    Exploring the neuroscience of attachment and the impact of relational bonds on healing and growth.
  • Session 6: Panel Q&A
    Engaging discussion with speakers, answering questions on breakthrough, healing, and transformation.

Breakout Sessions

  • The Spiral of Growth – Dan Rumberger
    A model for sustainable spiritual growth and discipleship.
  • Helping Real People with Real Problems – Dawn Whitestone & Greg Neumayer
    Practical tools for ministry leaders and individuals seeking to walk alongside others in healing and transformation.
  • Your Next Steps to a Deeper Walk – Nik Harrang
    Guidance on how to integrate these teachings into daily life for ongoing personal and spiritual development.

Why These Teachings Matter

Breakthrough is not just about learning new concepts—it’s about real, lasting change. These sessions provide not only inspiration but also practical strategies to implement in daily life. Whether working through personal struggles, growing in leadership, or seeking a deeper connection with God, these teachings serve as a valuable resource for those on the journey toward wholeness.

By engaging with these sessions, individuals can take intentional steps toward experiencing greater freedom, healing, and spiritual depth in their walk with God.

Videos

Session 1: Breakthrough! Overcoming the Obstacles to a Deeper Walk

Session 2: Two Hours to a Breakthrough: Spiritual Warfare & Listening Prayer

Session 3: God's Hour: Listening Prayer Practice

Session 4: Body & Beliefs: Dealing with the Physical & Mental Engines that Drive our Emotions

Session 5: Bonding & The Brain: The Hidden Power of Attachment and How the Brain Processes Pain

Session 6: Panel Q&A

Breakout 1: The Spiral of Growth - Dan Rumberger

Breakout 2: Helping Real People with Real Problems - Dawn Whitestone & Greg Neumayer

Breakout 3: Your Next Steps to a Deeper Walk - Nik Harrang

Speakers

Deeper Walk International President

Marcus Warner has served as president of Deeper Walk International since 2006. Marcus earned three degrees from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School – M.Div., Th.M. Old Testament, and D.Min. He has written numerous books including his most recent title, Breakthrough! 5 Essential Strategies for Freedom, Healing, & Wholeness. An in-demand speaker, Marcus has spoken for both ministry and corporate groups across the country and around the world. A Bible teacher at heart, Marcus has taught Old Testament and Theology at the junior high, high school, college, and seminary levels. His passion is taking complex topics and making them practical and accessible for everyone.

Director of Operations - Deeper Walk International

Nik has an Masters in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary and helped plant a church and new college ministry in Seattle, where he served in pastoral ministry for 16 years. Nik currently resides in Northern California with his wife, Kristy, and four children. Nik’s passion is helping people grow in emotional, relational, and spiritual health.

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For over 20 years Chris has been testing, creating and practicing brain-based solutions to make relationships work. While Chris is highly motivated to develop practical resources, Chris enjoys spending time with Jen and their two sons, Matthew and Andrew. The Coursey’s enthusiastically pass on the skills they missed growing up to their sons.

In addition to building joy on the home front, Chris spends most of his time teaching, training, developing materials, fostering relationships, exercising and equipping God’s people to mature, so they live according to their faith and values.

Chris is a published author with seven books in print including his latest, Transforming Fellowship: 19 Brain Skills That Build Joyful Community which is now translated into Korean. Chris travels the world equipping couples, ministry leaders, and churches in relational brain skills.

Chris earned a B.A. in Sociology from Eastern Illinois University and then started working as a counselor working with children and families with severe trauma. Chris completed his Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from a Messianic Jewish Yeshiva called MBI, or Messianic Bible Institute, out of Virginia. Chris is also an ordained minister.

Author, Tiny Habits® Coach

Juni Felix is the author of the book You Are Worth the Work: Moving Forward from Trauma to Faith. She is a member of the Stanford Behavior Design Lab Teaching Team, a C.S. Lewis Institute Fellow, speaker, podcast and radio host. As a Tiny Habits® Coach who has long used the method to help others to transform lives and relationships with God, Juni has gone on to be a leader in the church, and through her speaking, broadcasting, and podcasting ministries, an encourager to people around the world.

Deeper Walk International Board Member

Judy Dunagan is the author of The Loudest Roar: Living in the Unshakable Victory of Christ. A wonder seeker of God and His Word, Judy is passionate about discipleship and making God’s Word and prayer come alive in everyday life. She is a speaker and Bible teacher and an acquisitions editor of women’s Bible studies and books at Moody Publishers. And she serves on the Board of Deeper Walk International, the ministry her father Mark Bubeck founded. Judy and her husband, Rick, live in Colorado and are the joyful grandparents of five grandchildren. Connect at: judydunagan.com

Director, Deeper Walk School of Ministry

Dawn Whitestone (MA, LMHC) serves as the Director of the Deeper Walk School of Ministry. She is also the Founding Partner & Chief Growth Catalyst at WhiteStone Professionals. Her passion is growing people and organizations into their full potential.

Dawn has served as an executive coach, strategic planner, and training designer. Her unique approach to following God’s purposes and plans is captured in the book Strategic Business Prayer and its companion workbook.

Dawn’s zest for joyful living is rooted in a strong family, vibrant faith, and familiarity with suffering. Her personal experiences with divorce, grief, and family illness give her a compassion that undergirds her love for life and passion for people. Dawn fills her joy bucket loving her husband, volunteering in her church, and spending time with friends in Lakeland, Florida.

Deeper Walk Associate

Greg Neumayer (MATS, M.Min) is a gifted communicator who has been leading and teaching Heart-Focused Discipleship principles since 2015. As a local church pastor he has used Deeper Walk materials for small groups, bible studies, relational discipleship, and pastoral care as well as personal and organization retreats around the country. In 2021-22 Greg played a key role in launching our School of Ministry and then led Cohorts 2 and 4 as Senior Instructor. As a part of the Speaking Team he’s been honored to present for groups like local churches from The Brethren in Christ, Missionary Church, Lutheran-Missouri Synod, and Evangelical Free denominations along with regional and/or national leadership teams from the Evana Network, The Salvation Army, and others. Greg’s passion is helping your people discover their unique calling and fuel it with joy and belonging in the Lord’s epic story.

PsyD, Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Rumberger has been a licensed psychologist since 1982. He lives and practices in Colorado and also retains his license in Iowa, where he helped establish ICBC (the precursor of Deeper Walk) in 1988, serving on its staff for many years. Our founder, Mark Bubeck, dubbed him the “Rare Bird”, due to his holding a doctorate in Psychology while having a biblical worldview that embraces the reality of spiritual warfare. The oldest (in any sense of the word!) Deeper Walk Board member, Dan established a robust legacy of ICBC/Deeper Walk biennial conferences that, for the first time, brought together many of the likeminded ministry partners who continue to serve the Body of Christ alongside Deeper Walk International. He and Susanna have been married for 50 years.

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