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JOIN US IN GRAND RAPIDS NOVEMBER 11-14, 2025!

We are truly facing the already and not yet. So much is uncertain and unsettling. Exhaustion and burnout are real personal and communal threats to resiliency. Yet, we still must continue in the movement of our faith. Join people from all across the Church at the National Gathering as we seek to move with courage toward transformation and change. Now is the time to live our faith out louder and stronger to disrupt the unhealthy patterns and actions before us.

Colorful geometric design promoting the NEXT Church National Gathering, "Already & Not Yet," in Grand Rapids, Michigan, November 11-14, 2025.

CHECK OUT INFORMATION FROM OUR PAST GATHERINGS

Dark soil background with text announcing "Next Church National Gathering: On The Ground" in Falls Church, Virginia, April 8-11, 2024.

Falls Church, VA

April 8-11, 2024

Artistic design featuring the words "Rest Restore" with flowing water lines, background in soft greens and blues, promoting relaxation and exploration.

Montreat, NC

May 16-18, 2022

Graffiti-style text reads "Breaking Blessing Building" with a profile silhouette of a person. Background features dense, grey text on brick.

Online

March 5-7, 2021

A pile of rocks with handwritten words "What do these stones mean?" and "witness power hope" on one. Background is plain.

Cincinnati, OH

March 2-4, 2020

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Seattle, WA

March 11-13, 2019

Text overlay on a desert rock background reads, "NEXT Church: The Desert In Bloom. Living, Dying, and Rising in a Wilderness Church."

Baltimore, MD

February 26-28, 2018

Abstract painting with geometric shapes, primarily blue, green, and white. The composition features intersecting lines and rectangles creating a modern, vibrant look.

Kansas City, MO

March 13-15, 2017

Event poster titled "Faith at the Crossroad," scheduled for February 22-24 in Atlanta, Georgia. Dark blue background with green and white text.

Atlanta, GA

February 22-24, 2016

A colorful guitar sculpture with fabric wings is suspended inside Washington National Cathedral, under its ornate ceiling arches and stained glass windows.

Chicago, IL

March 16-18, 2015

A table with bread, goblets, and a pitcher, surrounded by notes, set in a warm, indoor space with people blurred in the background.

Minneapolis, MN

March 31-April 2, 2014

A towering church cross rises against a bright, ethereal sky, casting shadows on the building below, reflecting an aura of tranquility and reverence.

Charlotte, NC

March 4-5, 2013

Bright cityscape of Dallas at night with illuminated skyscrapers and Reunion Tower, light trails from busy highway traffic in the foreground.

Dallas, TX

2012

The image displays the text "next" with a cross, and "February 28-March 1, 2011" on a green background strip above it.

Indianapolis, IN

February 28-March 1, 2011