Daniel Yang
Director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Church Multiplication Institute
Daniel is the Director of the Billy Graham Centers’ Church Multiplication Institute (formerly known as the Send Institute). Prior to directing the institute, he planted a church in Toronto where he also helped recruit, assess, and train church planters through the Send Network and the Release Initiative. Daniel has served on various church staffs including Northwood Church, where he was trained as a church planter and involved in global and multi-faith engagement.
Ph.D. – Intercultural Studies
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (in progress)
M.Div.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.S – Computer Science
University of Michiagn
Eric Costanzo, Daniel Yang, and Matthew Soerens, Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP, 2022).
Daniel Yang, “The State of the Hmong Diaspora and the Hmong American Church”, Journeys of Asian Diaspora: Mapping Originations and Destinations, ed. Sam George (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2021).
“Framing Interreligious Dialogue in Evangelical Mission,” Evangelical Missiological Society National Conference, October 9, 2020
“How the Local Church Experience Influences How Young Adult LatinX Perceive Their Ethnic Identity,” Evangelical Missiological Society North Central Regional Conference, Deerfield, IL, March 17, 2018
“North American Church of the Future,” Saturate Online Conference, September 15, 2020
“Innovation Readiness,” Execute Conference for Church Planting Leaders, August 6, 2020
“Church Innovation Lab - How the Next Generation is Changing Their Approach,” Amplify Conference, Wheaton, IL, May 19, 2020
“Leading the Church in the Post COVID-19 Era,” Christian & Missionary Alliance, April 16, 2020
“Research on Church Responses to COVID-19,” Exponential/Send Institute, April 2, 2020
“Ready for the Rise of Latino and Asian Leadership” and “The Importance of Scaling Your Network for the Next Ten Years,” Exponential Conference, Orlando, FL, March 04, 2020
“Why Church Planting and Multiplication Matter,” CRU Church Movements, Kansas City, KS, November 21, 2019
“The State of Church Planting in North America,” Interchange Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, November 9, 2019
“Avoiding Tokenism and the Heterogeneous Leadership Paradigm,” Mosaix Multi-ethnic Church Conference, Keller, TX, November 6, 2019
“21st-Century Church Planting in North America,” NewThing Conference, Naperville, IL, November 4, 2019
“The Future of Hmong Churches in North America,” Yexus Communitas Conference, Deerfield, IL, October 31, 2019
“21st-Century Church Planting in North America,” Canadian Church Planting Congress, Montreal, QC, October 23, 2019
“The New Mission Field: Trends in Church Planting and Mission,” NewRoom Conference, Nashville, TN, September 25, 2019
“21st-Century Church Planting in North America,” Accelerate Conference, Wheaton, IL, September 10-11, 2019
“From Pools to Pipelines to Platforms,” NewThing Chicago Catalyst Conference, Chicago, IL, August 22, 2019
“Doing Theology From Emerging American Subcultures,” Legacy Conference, Chicago, IL, July 19, 2019
“A Timothy Generation: The Freedom Found Only in Christ to be American and Hmong,” SALT Conference, Wheaton, IL, July 15, 2019
“Missional Movements and Gospel Ecosystems,” Amplify Conference, Wheaton, IL, June 25, 2019
“The State of Church Planting in Chicagoland,” Chicagoland Church Planting Alliance, Naperville, IL, May 9, 2019
“The Future Church and Those Who Will Create It,” First Impressions Conference, May 7, 2019
“What Unites Us; How Innovation Today Attracts Church Planters of Tomorrow,”Exponential Church Planting Conference, Orlando, FL, March 4 and 7, 2019
“A Missional Church Built Around Diversity,” Redeemer City to City, New York City, NY, January 30, 2019
“Creating a Culture of Diversity Among A Mission Coalition,” NewThing Chicago Catalyst, Chicago, IL, January 11, 2019
“The Future Church and Those Who Will Create It; How University Churches Are Changing The World,” Power2Change Winter Conference, Toronto, ON, December 29, 2018
“Missional Narratives and the Arrival Church,” Exponential Chicago Equipping Labs, Naperville, IL, November 6, 2018
“Refugees in America: Behold, I Am Doing a New Thing,” Refugee Highway Partnership North America Round Table, Glen Ellyn, IL, October 24, 2018
“Missional Narratives and the Arrival Church,” Exponential Bay Area Equipping Labs, San Jose, CA, October 22, 2018
“Activating New Missional Narratives in North American Quickly Diversifying Cities; The Future of North American Cities (Plenary Panel w/Tim Keller),” The Gospel and Our Cities Conference, Chicago, IL, October 20, 2018
“Releasing and Empowering the Next Generation,” Chicago Ethnic Church Leaders Conference, Mt. Prospect, IL, September 29, 2020
“Activating New Missional Narratives in North American Quickly Diversifying Cities,”Houston Church Planting Network, Houston, TX, August 29, 2018
“Activating New Missional Narratives in North American Quickly Diversifying Cities,” Always Forward Conference: Anglican Church of North America, Denver, CO, August 17, 2018
“Best Practices in Church Planting Systems,” Church Planting Leadership Fellowship, Wheaton, IL, July 24, 2018
“Increasing the North American Church Planting Capacity,” National Church Planting Leaders Symposium, Wheaton, IL, July 23, 2018
“Church Planting, Race, and the Next 30 Years,” Legacy Conference, Chicago, IL, July 19, 2018
“The Arrival Church and Other Missional Narratives,” Amplify Conference, Wheaton, IL, June 26, 2018
“Refugees: Restoring the Years the Locusts Have Eaten,” World Relief Refugee Day, Naperville, IL, June 23, 2018
“21st-Century Trends in North American Church Planting,” Lutheran Church Planting Network, Chicago, IL, June 20, 2018
“Undivided: Your Church and Racial Reconciliation (Evening Plenary Panel),” Southern Baptist Convention, Dallas, TX, June 12, 2018
“Activating New Missional Narratives in North American Quickly Diversifying Cities,”Neopolis Church Planting Network, Chicago, IL, May 23, 2018
“Creating a Culture of Diversity Among A Mission Coalition,” NewThing Catalyst Community, Chicago, IL, May 2, 2018
“Activating New Missional Narratives in North American Quickly Diversifying Cities; Best Practices in Church Planting Systems,” Center for U.S Missions and NAME Conference, Concordia College, St. Louis, MO, April 29, 2018
“Activating New Missional Narratives in North American Quickly Diversifying Cities,” Send Chicago Least Reached Conference, Chicago, IL, March 15, 2018
“Best Practices in Church Planting Systems,” Exponential Conference, Orlando, FL, March 1, 2018
- Stadia Church Planting, Advisory Board Member
- Cru Church Movements, Advisory Board Member
- Movement Leadership Collective, Advisory Board Member
- Missiology
- Church planting
- Leadership development
- Multi-ethnic church
- Organizational change
Go To the Church Multiplication Institute webpage