What is the Gathering Network?

Our Approach to Ministry

These documents outline our holistic approach to ministry. Vision expresses our desire for the future—to start, strengthen, and multiply churches in homes, cities, regions, and across the world. Mission, Core Values & Purposes, Strategy, and Implementation explain how we pursue that vision. Gathering in Homes, Apostolic Alignment, Core Concepts, and Church Planting Movements provide additional details regarding how we seek to follow the way of Jesus and the apostles.

Our Leadership Development Process

Our Training Resources

All Network Documents

The categories below reflect our holistic vision. The first section—Network Leadership and Administration—contains key documents that define our overall approach to ministry. The remaining categories follow the rhythm of The Apostolic Cycle, which shapes the mission and practices of the network.

• Core Commitments – clarifying the foundational convictions of the early church that define and sustain all ministry activity.

• Evangelism – engaging unbelievers, proclaiming the gospel, and guiding new believers to repent, trust in Jesus, and be baptized.

• Discipleship – nurturing believers toward maturity through devotion to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking bread (the Lord’s Supper), and prayer.

  • Sound Doctrine (which is an essential part of discipleship) – summarizing key truths of the apostles’ teaching that strengthen and unify the church.

• Leadership Development – identifying, equipping, and commissioning leaders to start and strengthen churches.

Together, these categories form a unified framework for advancing Jesus’s mission in the world—to make disciples of all nations.