The 2026-2027 Dwellings Cohort details will be posted here soon!
Applications open in February.
The 2025–2026 Dwellings Cohort is a 6-month journey—from November 2025 to April 2026—for those who want to join a relational network of leaders cultivating communities around the presence of Jesus, modeled after the values of the early church. This is our premiere offering as a ministry, for those serious about pursuing a new way ahead.
Whether you’re leading in a traditional church, a house church, or you’re wanting to start a community in your living room or dorm—if you're longing for inspiration around the new things God is doing in the Church, and a group of traveling companions to grow alongside . . . this is your invitation to apply.
Who This Is For:
House church leaders
Leaders seeking to make shifts in their traditional church
College students building community in a dorm or apartment
You don’t have to be in vocational ministry to be part of this - God is using ordinary people to shape this movement.
This Isn’t Just Training. It’s a Global Movement.
In a culture where many feel isolated, where information doesn’t always lead to transformation, and where church can feel like a spectator event—we believe there’s a better way. At the heart of the Dwellings Cohort are three simple but radical shifts. We are moving from isolation to family, from information to transformation, and from spectating to participating.
Centered on the presence of Jesus, these shifts shape everything we do—and everything you’ll experience.
When You Join the Dwellings Cohort, You’ll Receive:
Traveling companions – a transatlantic relational network of like-minded pioneers and future friends. A network of relationships of trust is what is causing this movement of God to multiply.
Stimulating ideas – from house church leaders, traditional church pastors making decentralizing shifts, and marketplace believers starting something new. As we build unique and contextualized ways forward in our own communities, we our imaginations will be stirred around about the future church.
Practical tools – you’ll complete our Dwellings Training Circle online course (12 hours of content plus an additional 6 hours of bonus content and two optional companion courses) included in the price of the cohort. You will learn a dozen simple frameworks that will give you everything you need to start your own community or house church and equip others around you to do the same. In our live gatherings, we will have a chance to practice these things together.
THREE LIVE GATHERINGS:
We have three live gatherings over the year and we ask that cohort participants commit to at least two of the three. If you can come to all three, they will all be significant for our journey together.
Sedalia, Colorado, USA | Lost Valley Ranch | November 5-7, 2025
The Presence of God in My Life We will start off our journey in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, meeting like-minded friends, 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.
London + Oxford, UK | various churches in London and Oxford, and Stampwell Farm | January 26-29, 2026
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 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. Next, we will take a train to Beaconsfield, England, to visit Latimer Minster at Stampwell farm. Latimer Minster itself is an independent church with a strong emphasis on community, innovation, and faith in action. From this farm small and innovative expressions of church have been inspired across the world.
Last, we will end this gathering in Oxford, hearing from some inspiring modern day voices in the Church while tracing the footsteps of CS Lewis, John Wesley, and George Whitfield, in the places they first built communities that would change the course of history.
Little Rock, Arkansas, USA | Innovation Hub | April 10-11, 2026
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. 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.
TWO ONLINE GATHERINGS:
Thursday, December 11 // 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST / 5:30 - 7:00 PM GMT
Thursday, February 12 // 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM CST / 5:30 - 7:00 PM GMT
Scroll through to see what Dwellings Cohort participants are saying:
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“We needed to not just bump shoulders, but actually lock arms with people who were doing the same thing we were doing, building organic and authentic community in living rooms."
Erin and John Olinger // Launching a new House Church in St Augustine, FL
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“It’s going to be really interesting to look back in five years and think about all of the dominoes this cohort started.”
William Crockett // Worship + Community Leader in Conway, AR
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"I met great friends and was reminded of all I love about the global church. I recommend this cohort to all who long to see the church come alive in homes, churches, and cities across the world in a fresh and Spirit filled way."
Amy Jones // Curate leading Community Life at Trinity Church in Nottingham, England
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“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. This experience has informed the way we do community and life differently than ever before.”
Nic Othart // Community + House Church Leader Riverbend Church in Bend, OR
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“Dwellings has given me insight into gifts that were dormant in myself or others… that hadn’t been utilized to their full potential.”
Kris Hanna // House Church Leader + Elder in Portadown, NI
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"What I love about Dwellings leadership is that they heard our story and it wasn't met with control. Our unique dreams were supported as we were brought into this family."
Turner Moore // House Church Leader in Maumelle, AR
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"What I found was this beautiful belonging . . . I didn't realize how lonely I had been in this longing for God to do something, even in my living room."
Christy Nockels // Worship + Community Leader in Franklin, TN
FAQ:
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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.
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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.
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You could:
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. If you’re planning on raising support, please email us at ashley@dwellings.info so we can get you up to speed on a payment plan and a specific code to use at registration.
Allocate this as part of continuing education for your work.
Pay out of pocket as a personal investment.
If you have thought through these options and still need financial assistance from us, email us at info@dwellings.info.
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Yes. If you and your spouse are both accepted, we offer half off the cost for the spouse. You must both apply individually.
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Included:
In-person gathering at Lost Valley Ranch in Sedalia, Colorado, Nov. 5-7, 2025 including all lodging and meals. The ranch is reserved for our group only.
Private shuttle transportation to Lost Valley Ranch from the airport is included
2 online gatherings
In-person gathering in the UK Jan 26-29, 2026
In-person gathering at Innovation Hub in Little Rock, Arkansas April 10-11, 2026
Not included:
Flight to Denver
Transportation, meals, and lodging in London and Little Rock, though we can offer a host home in Little Rock
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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.
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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 the first of three equal payments over 3 months, beginning at registration. If you are raising support for this or have special circumstances, you can contact us at info@dwellings.info to set up a plan that works with your circumstances.
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While there are three in-person cohort gatherings scheduled, participants are asked to come to two out of the three.
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Yes! Our Gen Z leaders are growing!
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Arrival time at the Denver airport (DEN) on November 5, 2025 should be between 10-11 am if possible.
On Friday, November 7, the ideal time to fly out is 4:00 pm or later.
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We will gather in London on Monday, January 26, 2026, in the afternoon. If you are traveling from outside of the UK, you would benefit from coming a day or two early. The Dwellings team arrives on Sunday, January 25. We will finish our gathering on Thursday, January 29 at 4 pm. Please schedule your return travel for either Thursday night, January 29 or Friday, January 30.
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LONDON - Stay the nights of Jan. 26 and 27. The Dwellings team is staying at the Hub by Premiere Inn in London Westminster, St. James’s Park Hotel. Feel free to reserve a spot there.
OXFORD - Stay the night(s) of Jan. 28 an Jan. 29 (optional depending on when you fly out of London.) The Dwellings team is staying st the Courtyard Oxford City Centre - 4 Star Hotel Near Oxford Castle. Feel free to reserve a spot there.
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The LR Gathering starts at 9 am on Friday, April 10 and ends on Saturday, April 11 at noon. (We know many of you have church responsibilities to get home for by Sunday morning.) However, Saturday afternoon there is an optional teaching from David Legge for those who can stay.
If you would like to stay and come to house church in Little Rock on Sunday, April 12, please do. It is from 9:45 am - 11:30 am.
This Isn’t Just Training.
It’s a Global Movement.
