Words That Move People

Charlie Mitchell has been preaching, teaching, and speaking to audiences of all kinds for over twenty years, from small-group devotionals to national conferences, from urban church planters to business leaders, from teenagers at youth camp to an 80-year-old man who said it was the best sermon he’d ever heard.

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Charlie is one of the rare communicators that can relate his speaking to anyone in the room listening! He can connect to multiple generations and cultures in such an easy and endearing way that makes every one lean forward to listen. - Brek Cockrell (BC Leadership Co)

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Charlie Mitchell is an outstanding preacher and teacher. I've had the privilege of learning from him for the last decade, and I must say, his ability to deliver powerful sermons and engage his audience is remarkable. When he speaks, you can't help but be captivated by his passion and authenticity. - Dr. Ernest Grant II (Accelerate Church)

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My church loves it when Charlie preaches. He reads deeply, but wears it lightly. He thinks carefully, but is still accessible. He knows when to bring the energy and when to bring the empathy. He pays attention to city, to community, to context. But most importantly, Charlie’s character backs up his preaching. - Pastor Ian McFadden (St. Moses Church)

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Charlie has a gift for connecting biblical truth to practical living. He is one of the few pastors I have seen preach complex gospel concepts in a way that multi-age groups and demographics can comprehend. - Pastor Matt Richard (Citygate Church)

Topics & Themes

Charlie speaks across a wide range of topics, from the theological to the deeply practical. He moves comfortably between the pulpit and the podium, the retreat center and the boardroom.

Urban Church Planting

The theology, strategy, and grit required to plant churches in hard places. Charlie has lived every part of this conversation from Camden to Baltimore to Southwest Florida. He speaks to planters, denominational leaders, and sending organizations who want honest, experience-grounded insight.

Scripture-Based Teaching Series

Charlie has preached through entire books of the Bible — James, Exodus, Titus — and developed multi-week series on the habits of Jesus, identity, and what it means to be truly known and loved. He is available for weekend series, church residencies, and teaching intensives.

Soul Care for Ministry Leaders

The inner life of a leader is the most neglected variable in the sustainability of ministry. Charlie speaks from personal experience, planting a church while managing kidney disease, leading through loss, and learning to care for his own soul so he could continue caring for others. This is not a wellness talk. It is a theology of survival.

Courageous Leadership

Built around the life of Abraham and developed through Charlie’s men’s retreat series, this content challenges leaders to stop managing fear and start moving in faith. Applicable to pastors, business leaders, and anyone in a season of significant transition or decision.

Men’s Retreats

Charlie has designed and facilitated men’s retreats and conferences across the country, from Bonita Beach to Wyoming to Charleston. These are not inspirational weekends. They are structured experiences built to do real work in men’s lives.

Faith & Culture

Charlie speaks at the intersection of faith and culture. Bridging theological depth and hip-hop culture, Black church tradition and evangelical spaces, urban context and suburban audience with fluency in all of them. He speaks on what it means to hold faith and culture together without flattening either one.

Who Charlie Speaks To

Audiences

  • Pastors and church planters

  • Ministry leadership teams

  • Men’s conferences and retreats

  • Youth camps and student ministries

  • Denominational and network gatherings

  • Conference and panel discussions

  • Business and organizational leaders

  • Community foundations and nonprofits

  • Small groups and church devotionals

Formats

  • Solo keynote address

  • Weekend or multi-week sermon series

  • Conference panel participant

  • Workshop facilitation

  • Retreat design and facilitation (solo or co-led)

  • Men’s retreat weekend (full program)

  • Youth camp speaking series

  • Small group or leadership team teaching

Recent & Notable

  • Times 12 / Sent Network — pastor and church planter training

  • Backstage Soul Care Conference

  • Spanish River Church, Fort Lauderdale

  • Salem Chapel, Winston-Salem, NC

  • Summit Men’s Retreat — Alva, FL

  • Greater Ministerial Interdenominational Alliance — Fort Myers

  • Youth camps and student conferences

  • Habitat for Humanity and community organization leadership events

  • Maroon House Soul Care Retreats — Charleston, Bonita Beach, Wyoming, and beyond

  • Epiphany Fellowship, Philadelphia and Brooklyn

  • Thriving Conference, Philadelphia (panel)

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Whether you’re planning a conference, a church weekend, a men’s retreat, a leadership event, or something in between, Charlie is available for engagements throughout Southwest Florida and across the nation.

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