strategic leaders making space for the presence of God together

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The 2024-2025 Dwellings Cohort

The Dwellings Cohort is a 6-month collaborative journey designed to take you deeper in the mission of building communities centered around the presence of Jesus, based on the values of the early church. Along the way, you’ll hear from voices like Nicky Gumbel, Todd Proctor, Jennie Allen, Alan Hirsch, David Legge, Kathryn Maack, and many more, at our in-person or interactive virtual gatherings. Whether you are involved in a traditional church, a house church, or in some other ministry context, if you are someone who desires to create community around the presence of Jesus, we want you to apply. 

In the Dwellings Cohort:

  • You will connect with a relational network of like-minded pioneers and future friends on a shared journey.

  • You will participate in exercises designed to help you lead your community towards 3 discipleship shifts* (see button below) in a contextualized way.

  • You will be inspired with new ideas on how to use your unique giftings as you lead in your community.

  • You will hear case studies of leaders of house church movements, traditional church pastors that have moved toward a more decentralized model with house church DNA, and leaders of other movements that are creatively pioneering communities that invite God’s presence.

*The 3 shifts we are making in our communities are the movement from isolation to family, spectators to participants, and information to transformation. 

THREE LIVE GATHERINGS:

  1. Sedalia, Colorado, USA | Lost Valley Ranch | November 6-8, 2024

    The Presence of God in My Life We will start off our journey in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, meeting like-minded Kingdom pioneers, enjoying great meals, riding horses, and remembering how loved we are by God. This first gathering will help us personally center our lives back on the presence of Jesus. We will introduce the three shifts that we feel God calling us into: isolation to family, information to transformation, and spectators to participants. This gathering will be a pivotal one, as we forge relationships that will be the foundation of the cohort.

  2. London + Oxford, UK | Holy Trinity Brompton | January 20-23, 2025

    The Presence of God in the World Small but potent communities have been at the center of new movements in the church and the spark for revivals for centuries. On this trip we will spend time tracing stories of small communities through history, and also learn about some current movements in England that started with a few people seeking for more of Jesus together. We will learn from Nicky Gumbel and the crew that pioneered evangelistic communities through Alpha, and our imaginations will be stirred by some non-traditional strategies the traditional church in England is now using to reach their contexts. Finally, we will take a train to Oxford to trace the footsteps of CS Lewis, John Wesley, and George Whitfield, in the places they first built communities that would change the course of history.

  3. Little Rock, Arkansas, USA | Innovation Hub | April 25-26, 2025

    The Presence of God in our Communities We will go a step deeper in mapping out our unique plans to center the presence of God in our communities. During this gathering, we will collaborate around innovating for the sake of the Kingdom in ways that are contextual to the communities where we live. We will take time to enjoy Main Street in the Argenta Arts District, and we’ll have the option to create things with our hands inside the Innovation Hub’s MakerSpace studio. If you choose to stay over until Sunday, we will provide you with a host home and you are invited to participate with us in one of our local house churches.

FOUR ONLINE GATHERINGS:

  1. December 6, 2024 // 11:30am - 1:00pm CST

  2. January 10, 2025 // 11:30am - 1:00pm CST

  3. March 14, 2025 // 11:30am - 1:00pm CST

  4. Optional Individual Virtual Coffee with our team

FAQ:

  • The Dwellings Cohort is for leaders of communities within traditional churches, house churches, and other contexts. We are a diverse group of people, bound by the desire to cultivate communities centered on the presence of God, committed to an orthodox expression of faith. If you have a spouse who is involved in ministry with you, or if know of someone else who may benefit from this cohort, please email info@dwelling.info.

  • Around 50 people. These will be individuals looking to connect with others on similar journeys of seeking God’s presence, in order to bring renewal in their communities.

  • Included:

    In-person gathering at Lost Valley Ranch in Sedalia, Colorado, including all lodging and meals (November 6-8, 2024). The ranch is reserved for our group only.

    Cost for private transportation to Lost Valley Ranch from the airport

    4 Zoom meetings

    In-person gathering at Innovation Hub in Little Rock, Arkansas February 6-8, 2025 including some meals

    Materials

    Not included:

    Flight to Denver

    Transportation and lodging in Little Rock and London

    (Free host homes will be available in Little Rock for a limited amount of people who wish extend their stay through the nights of February 8 and 9, 2025.)

  • You could either:

    Ask your boss, pastor, or community to consider supporting you. We’ve made a form you can print for them HERE, that explains the benefits.

    Allocate this as part of continuing education for your work.

    Pay out of pocket as a personal investment.

  • The Dwellings team, led by men and women from the US and UK. Multiple other voices, to be announced soon, will be initiating conversations along the way. Because we are decentralized and collaborative, the cohort will take on a unique shape depending on the leaders who participate. We will all shape this journey.

  • Arrival time at the Denver airport (DEN) on November 6, 2024 should be between 10-11 am if possible.

    On Friday, November 8, the ideal time to fly out is 4:00 pm or later.

    We will have more information on Little Rock travel in the fall.

  • Yes. If you and your spouse are both accepted, we offer $700 off the cost for the spouse. You must both apply individually.

  • If your application is accepted, we will hold your spot for 48 hours. Your spot is confirmed when we receive payment. You are free to pay all at once or in three equal payments over 3 months, beginning at registration.

  • We desire for everyone in the cohort to come to two of the three gatherings, but if you can make all three you won’t regret it!

  • Yes. In fact, we want to make it accessible to you, so we are offering a limited number of discounted spots for $500 off if you are accepted to the Cohort.

Registration Price: $2100

Early Bird Cohort Price: $1900 (ends June 15)

Payments may be made in three installments.

  • "Dwellings is a place of encouragement, vision, hope and stretching. I met great friends, experienced God in powerful ways and was reminded of all I love about the global church. I would recommend this cohort to any leader who longs to see the church come alive in homes, churches, towns and cities across the world in a fresh and Spirit filled way"

    Amy Jones / Nottingham, UK

  • “There are few spaces to dream, lead, and learn together as we seek to explore what might be the next generation of church in the West. The Dwellings Cohort was not just that, but so much more.”

    Nic Othart / Bakersfield, CA

  • "My heartbeat is church done in smaller, more intimate ways. I loved that Dwellings focuses not only on mission (which so many organizations do) but also on the contemplative and reflective side of our faith."

    Doug Rumbold / Tremont, IL