A. Damian Curd
Formation Speaker
Where Faith Is Formed Before It Moves
Three keynotes for the work the field is actually doing
The Field Doesn’t Need Another Vision. It Needs a Way to Hold One.
60 minute keynote
The field of faith based community development does not suffer from a lack of vision. It suffers from an inability to hold what it learns long enough to mature. This keynote names the field holding problem directly and offers an operating system response. Built for executives who have funded great strategies that did not stick and want to understand why.
FORMATION Before Programming: A Practitioner’s Path Through The Rooted Path™
75 minute workshop · half day available
Most congregational initiatives skip formation and go straight to programming. The result is activity without depth. This workshop walks pastors and practitioners through the nine step framework of The Rooted Path™ and shows where FORMATION must come before programming if congregational work is going to last. Practitioner to practitioner. Not theory.
From Congregation to Network: How FORMATION Scales Without Losing Its Soul
60 minute keynote · half day available for cross sector engagements
Scaling faith based work usually costs the soul of the work. Programs travel. FORMATION does not. This keynote offers a different path. It draws from cross sector and international applications of The Rooted Path™ to show how FORMATION can scale across congregations, networks, and contexts without flattening into a program. For leaders ready to build movements that mature.
A formation posture, not a performance
The room slows down. Audiences arrive expecting another presentation about strategy or vision and instead find themselves in a different kind of room. One where the questions get sharper, the language gets clearer, and the work they are already doing comes into a different light.
Language they did not have before. A clearer name for the gap they were already feeling. A way to talk about FORMATION, scale, and sustainability with their boards, their staff, their congregations. The session does not hand out toolkits. It gives audiences a vocabulary that holds.
This is not a lecture. It is not a sales pitch. It is FORMATION work delivered at the speed of an event. The same posture that runs through The Rooted Path™ and Divine Assets shows up in every engagement. Honest, institutional, peer to peer.
Built by practice, not theory
A. Damian Curd is the Founder and CEO of Kingdom Assets LLC and the architect of The Rooted Path™, a nine step FORMATION framework now in use across faith based community development.
His first book, Divine Assets, was published April 2026 and is available on Amazon. The book builds the case for FORMATION as the load bearing principle of congregational work and introduces the framework that shapes every Kingdom Assets engagement.
Twenty five years across faith, corporate, and community contexts shape this work. He speaks as a practitioner, not a consultant. He brings what he has built, what he has learned, and what he has watched mature in real congregations and real organizations over real time.
Engage A. Damian for your next event
For inquiries about keynotes, workshops, or full day engagements, reach out directly. Books are available at the venue.
adamian@rootedpathglobal.comPlease include event date, audience, format, and location. A response will follow within two business days.
Speaking engagements quoted per inquiry.