Events
NewThing + The Chicago Partnership = Chicagoland Movement Gathering
Join us IN-PERSON for a special Feb 20 Chicagoland Movement Gathering, 10 AM - 1 PM, in partnership with The Chicago Partnership! In fact, we are being hosted by Renewal Church of Chicago, Lead Pastor Derrick Puckett and President of The Chicago Partnership! We will also hear from Jon Ferguson, Derrick Puckett, Brian Dye, Rodrigo Cano and our special Guest Speaker: Michael Carrion.
Rev. Carrion serves as Vice President of Church Planting and Leadership Development at Redeemer City to City in New York City and is the regional coach for church planting and development for the Evangelical Covenant Church. Rev. Michael Carrion, is the founding pastor, and now Bishop of The Promised Land Covenant Churches in the North and South Bronx, and the founding chairman and superintendent of the Bronx Academy of Promise K-8 Charter School. He also serves on the board of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition and is currently on the Mayor’s Faith Sector Advisory Council.
NewThing Chicagoland Movement Gathering
Join us IN-PERSON October 17, 10 AM - 1 PM at Park Community Church (1001 N. Crosby St.) for our Chicagoland Movement Gathering! We will hear from Jon Ferguson, Network Leaders and our Guest Speaker: Will Plitt, Excutive Director, Christ Together.
As the Executive Director of Christ Together, Will and his team serve over 100 cities across North America. They help churches work together to reach every man, woman and child in any given city. We’ll get the opportunity to Will’s conviction of how we are better together, how there’s a path for us to work together and next steps we can take together. As someone who cares about the lostness of our city, you will not want to miss this important Chicagoland Gathering.
NewThing Chicagoland Movement REGIONAL Gatherings
Join us IN-PERSON May 22 - May 23 for our Chicagoland Movement REGIONAL Gatherings powered by Exponential!* We will hear from Jon Ferguson, Network Leaders and our Guest Speaker: Léonce Crump.
Léonce is an author, international speaker, and co-founder—along with his wife Breanna—of Renovation Church, author of Renovate: Changing Who You Are by Loving Where You Are and before committing his life to pastoral ministry, and civil rights activism, Léonce was a collegiate All American in wrestling and a professional football player.
We regionalized our May 2024 Movement Gatherings to make them more convenient for you, your staff and the churches you invite. Please take advantage of this REGIONAL Gathering and invite your friends on mission!
May 22, 9:30 AM-11 AM, Western Suburbs, Christ Church Oakbrook (501 Oakbrook Road) — FREE Breakfast! — REGISTER HERE.
May 22, 12:30 PM-2 PM, Northwest Suburbs, Vineyard Evanston (2495 Howard St) — FREE Lunch! — REGISTER HERE.
May 23, 9:30 AM-11 AM, Southside of The City, Moraine Valley Church (6300 W 127th St) — FREE Breakfast! — REGISTER HERE.
May 23, 12:30 PM-2 PM, Northside of The City, Moody Church (1635 N LaSalle) — FREE Lunch! — REGISTER HERE.
And for the first time ever, we will be holding an ALL SPANISH Regional Movement Gathering on May 18, 10AM-1PM:
REGISTER HERE: Reunión de NewThing Español en Chicago — FREE Lunch!
*We're thrilled to be partnering with EXPONENTIAL in 2024 as we prepare for our time together at EXPONENTIAL Central 2024.
NewThing Chicagoland Movement Gathering
Join us IN-PERSON February, 10 AM - 1 PM, for our Chicagoland Movement Gathering! We will hear from Dave & Jon Ferguson, Network Leaders and our Guest Speaker: Daniel Yang.
NewThing Chicagoland Movement Gathering
Join us IN-PERSON October 26, 10 AM - 1 PM, for our Chicagoland Movement Gathering! We will hear from Dave & Jon Ferguson, Network Leaders and our Guest Speaker: Hugh Halter.
Hugh Halter and Cheryl, as well as their children and truckload of grandchildren, all live in Alton Illinois. They have been missionaries in North America for more than thirty years. They’ve planted two churches and in 2016 founded Lantern Network in Alton, Illinois.
Lantern Network is a kingdom ecosystem committed to incubating good works and benevolent businesses to bless the city. Hugh speaks extensively across the globe, encouraging innovative forms of church, and when home loves to help Cheryl run Rí Beag Refuge, an equine therapy farm.
Hugh is a leading missional voice, authoring such books as The Tangible Kingdom, AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church, Flesh, and, most recently, the Life as Mission Series, which seeks to equip Christians to live the missionary life of Jesus in their everyday context.
Register you and your team today!
NewThing Chicagoland Movement Gathering
Join us IN-PERSON, at The Moody Church (1635 N La Salle Dr), for our May 18 Chicagoland Movement Gathering! We will hear from Dave & Jon Ferguson, have time for our Networks and hear from Dr. Ed Stetzer.
Ed Stetzer, Ph.D., is a professor and dean at Wheaton College where he also serves as Executive Director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six continents, has earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates, and has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He is Regional Director of Lausanne North America, is the editor-in-chief of Outreach Magazine, and is frequently cited in, interviewed by, and writes for news outlets such as USAToday and CNN. He is Founding Editor of The Gospel Project, a curriculum used by more than 1.7 million individuals each week for bible story. He serves as interim teaching pastor of Calvary Church in New York City and serves as teaching pastor at Highpoint Church.
NewThing + The Chicago Partnership: Chicagoland Movement Gathering
Join us IN-PERSON for a special Feb 23 Chicagoland Movement Gathering, 10 AM - 1 PM, in partnership with The Chicago Partnership! We will hear from Dave & Jon Ferguson, Derrick Puckett, Brian Dye, Network Leaders and our special Guest Speaker: Rob Wegner!
Rob Wegner leads NewThing North America, KC Underground and recently co-authored The Starfish and The Spirit with Lance Ford and Alan Hirsch.
Register you and your team here to receive a FREE lunch and book!