Events & Gatherings
Online and in-person events are an important way for us to forge relationships, sharpen our Jesus-centred theology and paradigm, and be formed and equipped together for ministry.
We host a range of events, gatherings, and learning opportunities in various shapes and formats. Check back regularly to stay in the loop. We look forward to seeing you soon!
# Featured Event
Jesus Collective Regional Gatherings
Jesus Collective is going on the road! These in-person events will kick off late April.
# Online Learning Collectives
Jesus-centred Leadership Formation is one of our key areas of focus. We’re excited to be offering a series of Online Learning Collectives – six-week, cohort-based formation experiences featuring facilitated small group learning, weekly spiritual practices, live interaction with thought leaders, one-on-one coaching, interactive online forums, and curated learning resources.
Who are these for?
Lead/Senior pastors; leaders of Christian organizations; staff pastors or ministry leaders in multi-staff churches; youth, family, and discipleship pastors; new leaders to ministry; and leaders new to an “Anabapt-ish,” Jesus-centred approach to ministry and discipleship.
Featured Online Learning Collectives
At Jesus Collective, our number one priority as Christian leaders is to be intentional about our inner life and leading from our own transformation. Check out our cohort-based, relational learning experience and invest in your ongoing internal health to transform yourself and the people & communities you lead.
Want to experience an Online Learning Collective?
# Live Podcasts
These are relational, online learning and equipping hangouts – a safe space for like-minded leaders to wrestle with what Jesus-centred living and leadership means while learning from and engaging interactively with thought and practice leaders from this growing Jesus-centred movement.
In each live podcast, attendees can interact with our featured guest(s) and each other through a live discussion and Q&A time and join smaller break-out rooms to meet others and process the topic together. The content will be challenging and provide some practical equipping ideas that can make a difference in our everyday Jesus-centred life and leadership.
Featured conversations are listed below. Check back often for new additions! All of our online podcasts are posted to our podcast channel.
Have ideas for a podcast? Share ’em with us at connect@jesuscollective.com.
Featured Podcasts
A Jesus Centred Renewal Experience at Asbury & 24/7 Prayer with Pastor Keith Smith
Jesus Collective partner and pastor Keith Smith shares about launching a 24⁄7 prayer room at his Ohio-based church, and his recent experience of attending the outpouring at Asbury University. We chat about encountering God, doubts, skepticism, and the ability to recover a childlike sense of wonder and awe in the face of God’s mystery. Keith invites us into his journey of being Spiritually re-awakened on the other side of loss and pain.
# Regional Gatherings
Regional gatherings are an opportunity to learn more about Jesus Collective, cast vision together, meet new like-minded peers, and network relationally with people in your neck of the woods. They are informal, typically one-day events that also feature a focused development session with a thought leader centred on themes and topics of interest to this movement.
We’ve held events in cities in Canada, the US, and the UK. Check back regularly to see an updated listing, and give us a shout if you’d like to request a gathering in your area.
# Innovation Labs
We host online and in-person innovation labs that bring together like-minded church partners within our network to collaborate around current opportunities and challenges facing our churches and communities. These include focused, facilitated forums, best practice sharing, cross pollination of innovative Kingdom ideas, and mutual equipping and encouragement.
Innovation labs can be one or more sessions online or in person, and are custom designed to meet the needs of the participants.
Sample topics include envisioning the future of the church post COVID-19, ideas for effectively reaching spiritually curious people, being on mission in a post-Christian context, Jesus-centred discipleship frameworks and approaches, and church governance best practices.
If you’re Interested in proposing or joining an innovation lab, we’d love to talk.