The Reverend Reginald Wayne Sharpe Jr., serves as Senior Pastor of the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois. Sharpe is a proud native of Lithonia, Georgia, and a son of The Greater Travelers Rest Baptist Church ~ The House of Hope Atlanta.
RATES: A Group discount of 5% is available for the registration of 5-9 individuals and a discount of 7% is available for the registration of 10+ individuals with a single payment source. Each member of the group is required to have a separate and unique email address for registration.
PLEASE NOTE: For the Whova platform, each registrant receives a unique confirmation and attendance record; thus, EACH REGISTRANT REQUIRES A UNIQUE EMAIL ADDRESS.
REGISTER ONLINE: VIA REGISTRATION WEBSITE WITH CREDIT CARD
1. GO TO THE REGISTRATION WEBSITE (https://sdpconference.info/2025-conference/) –
Access GROUP registration page to register your group. GROUP Registration allows for registration of 5-9 individuals at a time (5% discount) or 10+ individuals (7% discount).
YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL February 3, 2025, TO UPDATE/FILL IN ALL REGISTRANTS.
* Documentation of the summary of the credit discount and notification of registrations will be sent to the primary contact email. Each registrant will also receive a registration confirmation to their email address.
REGISTER BY PAPER OR EMAIL – WITH CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORMS FOR EACH REGISTRANT AND PAYMENT VIA CHECK OR CREDIT CARD
1. Fill Out & return Registration form– Download the 2025 Registration Guide and print and complete one copy of the Conference Registration Form for each group member.
Please provide a cover page to include the following information:
Subject: Group Registration Discount Request Church/Organization Name Group’s Primary Contact Name and Email Primary Contact’s preferred phone number
List of group members (First and Last Name) and email addresses
2. SCAN/EMAIL OR FAX ALL REGISTRATION FORMS TOGETHER WITH YOUR PAYMENT– Return cover page, completed forms with credit card information, or check payable in one envelope/package to:
Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference
Attn: Conference Registration
4533 S. Lake Park Avenue
Chicago, Illinois. 60653
All registration documents must be returned together with payment to ensure that all individuals are charged the appropriate rate. Group registrations will not be processed until all documentation and payment are received. Upon receipt of this information, your group’s registrations will be processed.
*Documentation of the summary of the credit discount and notification to registrants will be sent to the primary contact. ach registrant will also receive a registration confirmation to their email address.
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Questions about Registration? If you have any questions or require additional information or assistance, please contact our Event Liaison, Divine Events, via email at SDPC25@divineeventsstl.com
Peace and Blessings
SDPC 2025 Conference Team
The Conference is 100% accessible to persons with disabilities. If there are accommodations that can make to ensure you have the best possible Conference experience, do not hesitate to let us know by emailing conference@sdpconference.info.
While traditionally, Conference guests choose to attend in casual or business casual attire for convenience, there is no formal dress code. We strive to make our Conference as comfortable and accessible as possible to all who attend.
Several options are available. Little Rock, Arkansas is accessible by car, bus (Greyhound and Trailways), train (Amtrak), or air (Clinton National Airport). Airline fares vary; search early for the best results.
Ride share and taxis are readily available and offer great pricing. Most, if not all activities, occur in the host hotel and Convention Center. The area around the hotel is extremely walkable, and the weather should be quite comfortable… especially for February!
Self-parking (both hotels) and valet parking (Marriott) are available. The Statehouse Convention Center has three adjacent parking decks and surface parking areas offering 1,850 spaces • Hundreds more spaces of on-street parking are available within blocks.
The Little Rock Marriott and the Little Rock Doubletree by Hilton, located in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas, has a special conference rate plus applicable taxes. Register: https://bit.ly/2025MarriottReservations (Marriott) and here: https://bit.ly/2025DoubletreeReservations (Doubletree Hotel by Hilton). The deadline for these rates are January 27, 2024 (Marriott) and January 31, 2025 (Doubletree).
If you work for a news organization and are interested in covering the Conference, we would be honored to have you. To get a Press Pass, email us admin@sdpconfeerence.info with your name, the organization, and the topics you’re interested in covering. Once on site, please check in as Press.
Cancellations and requests for refunds will be accepted through February 3, 2023. Requests should be sent in writing by fax or e-mail. The following fees will be charged for cancellation and refunds. 15% for requests received before December 31, 2022; 20% for requests received before January 14, 2023; and 30% after January 31, 2023. Please allow a minimum of 4 weeks for processing. Our fax number is 773-548-6699 or email conference@sdpconference.info.
It’s possible that the confirmation email was sent to your spam or junk email folders. Please check there for an email from conference@sdpconference.info.
The full cost of registration to the Conference is $475. However, if you register by October 31, 2023, you will receive a $125 early bird discount. There are discounted prices following; however – if you act quickly – you can register for the Conference for as little as $350!
Registration can be paid for by credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover are accepted). Your registration can also be paid by a check if you download your registration form and mail it into our offices, 4533 South Lake Park Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653.
Registration includes access to all Conference sessions, including plenary sessions, concurrent sessions, worship services, and networking events.
Yes group discounts are available. CLICK HERE to get Group discount and registration details and instructions
A limited number of exhibit tables are available on a first-come, first-served basis. To learn more about the opportunity to exhibit, download the Exhibitor Guide and contact our event management agent, Divine Events at SDPC25@divineeventsstl.com. Be sure to also send SDPC a copy of that email at conference@sdpconference.info.
Yes! Sponsorship package opportunities are available. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please download the Sponsor Guide and contact Jamar Boyd II, at jamar@sdpconference.info.
Established in 2003, The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. (SDPC) is heralded as an esteemed global network of diverse ecumenical faith leaders, seminaries, denominations, and non-profit organizations engaged in the work of justice across a myriad of prescient issues. Recognized by the United Nations as a non-governmental branch, SDPC engages the epicenters of equity, economics, and communal experiences through ‘education, advocacy, and activism’, and aims to treat people’s human needs as holy with vision, by faith, and through action.
The 2025 conference will be convened at the Statehouse Convention Center, Monday, February 17 – Thursday, February 20, 2025, in Little Rock, AR. Updates can be found at https://sdpconference.info/2025-conference/.
The Annual Clergy and Lay Leadership Conference through the power of prophetic preaching, informed teaching and social activism, clergy, and laity work together on behalf of the disenfranchised, vulnerable, and those most marginalized in the world. The 2025 Conference will include…
“There Is No End To Our Rising: Restoring Our Glory In The Age Of Erasure”
The Annual Clergy and Lay Leadership Conference is the The premier international gathering of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc. convenes faith, academic, philanthropic, nonprofit, corporate and media organizational leaders work together on issues of justice, democracy and equity. The conference draws upwards of 1200 attendees from all across the nation, including the foremost African American theological scholars, grassroots and political leaders, emerging leaders, and practitioners.
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