Following the Way of Jesus and His Apostles

The Desire to Make Disciples

As Christians, we want to help others come to faith in Jesus, grow in Christian community, and learn to help others follow him. Some of us are just beginning; others have years of ministry experience. We want to contribute to healthy churches that reach people with the gospel, strengthen believers, and develop leaders who carry this work forward.

The Challenge of Moving Forward

Yet we often lack a clear plan for sharing the gospel, discipling believers in community, and developing new leaders. And we may also struggle to see how these efforts fit together and how we can teach others to do the same. Without a clear way forward and ongoing support, we can feel stuck or exhausted, unsure what to do next. We want to contribute more to Jesus’s mission, but we need help turning that desire into faithful action.

How The Gathering Network Helps

The Gathering Network helps Christians put the principles and practices of Jesus and his apostles into action. We provide a clear plan for sharing the gospel, discipling believers in community, and developing new leaders. We also show how these efforts reinforce one another to start, strengthen, and multiply churches. Through practical resources, coaching, and ongoing relationships, we help you put this connected plan into practice alongside others.

What is The Gathering Network?

We are a community of Christians working together to make disciples of all nations.

Our Vision

Our vision is to start, strengthen, and multiply churches in homes, across cities, throughout regions, and ultimately among all nations. We see this pattern throughout the first century as the apostles and those they equipped carried out Jesus’s mission.

Our Mission

Our mission is to make disciples of all nations. The risen Jesus sends us to go, proclaim the good news of his death and resurrection, call people to repentance and faith, baptize new believers, and teach them to obey everything he commanded.

Our Strategy

We pursue this mission and vision through what we call The Apostolic Cycle: reaching non-Christians, strengthening Christians in community, and developing leaders. As these priorities continue, people come to faith, believers mature, leaders develop, and churches are started, strengthened, and multiplied.

Our Approach

We help ordinary believers put this mission into practice through a simple, repeatable pathway of disciple-making. At the center, we seek to love God and love others through the Word, prayer, and obedience. We continue identifying our natural networks of relationships and praying for ourselves and others as we move through five interconnected movements: Serve, Seek, Invite, Gather, and Equip.

Our Invitation

The Gathering Network helps ordinary believers and leaders take their next step in this work. Whether you are learning to share the gospel, strengthening believers, developing as a leader, or helping start and strengthen churches, we invite you to learn, practice, and grow with us.