Monday, October 12, 2026 at 4:00pm -Tuesday, October 13, 2026 at 3:30pm CDT
Mercy Hill Church
2842 S. 5th Ct. Milwaukee, WI 53207
You are invited to join us for the Advance Conference | Midwest on October 12 & 13. We will rally church planters, pastors, and ministry leaders around the beautiful calling of serving Jesus and planting churches. We hope this event will encourage pastors, inspire future planters, and spur collaboration in planting churches throughout the Midwest and beyond. Feel free to bring staff and any aspiring church leaders from your church!
SPEAKERS
Steve “Trike” Treichler is the Founding Pastor of Hope Community Church in Minneapolis and the A29 Area Director for the Upper Midwest. He has been involved in training hundreds of leaders for over 30 years and started the Leadership Development Institute (LDI) at Hope Community in 2000. His passion is to see churches planted from leaders that were developed at Hope and LDI. Trike and his wife have three adult children, two daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren. He loves remodeling projects, fly fishing, duck hunting, a good cup of coffee, a great pint and a Cohiba Siglo VI cigar!
Tommy Orlando is the Lead Pastor of Mercy Hill Church, a multi-campus church in Southeastern Wisconsin that he planted in 2007. With over 30 years of ministry experience spanning student ministry, church planting, and pastoral leadership, he has been involved in planting five churches and even served as an interim missionary in Italy. His passion is to see people follow Jesus wholeheartedly and to help build churches rooted in the gospel and engaged in their communities. Tommy is also a co-owner of Vendetta Coffee Bar, a growing group of Milwaukee-area coffee shops that reflects his commitment to gospel presence beyond the church walls. He and his wife, Elise, have been married since 1994 and have three sons — Tommy, Giovanni, and Sammy.
Brian Howard is in his fifth year as the President of Acts 29. Brian has coached thousands of leaders as the founder of Context Coaching and has worked as an organizational consultant across a wide range of industries. Brian holds a Master's degree from Talbot School of Theology where he is an adjunct professor. Brian has been married for 30 years, has four adult children, and lives in Southern California.
Noel Jesse Heikkinen serves as the Lead Pastor of Riverview Church, a multi-venue congregation in the Lansing, Michigan area, and as the Midwest Regional Director for Acts 29. He is passionate about helping churches and leaders multiply disciples, cultivate a culture of personal evangelism, and plant gospel-centered communities. Noel is also the author of Wretched Saints and Unchained, and has preached and trained church planters and pastors on six continents. He and his wife, Grace, have four adult children, two children in-law, and one granddaughter.