Every year I get about 200 inquiries from ministries and Gathering participants asking to talk about the possibility of their organization or their favorite ministry making a presentation at The Gathering.  While The Gathering is not a grant making foundation it does have one asset that is valuable to ministry leaders: exposure to present and potential funders.  The opportunity to be visible with those who attend the annual conference is a rare one and I understand that.  As well if a ministry is doing it’s development job right ” it will have Gathering participants asking me and the program committee to invite them to speak – whether it is…