About
What is Gather Movement?
We are a group of people who are passionate about working together to see our places improved socially, culturally, environmentally and spiritually. We are involved in bringing the Christian community together in over 150 cities and towns as a network of networks to work alongside the wider community.
We may be leaders of churches and charities; we may work in education, business or the arts, however, we all share a common vision: to see our city/town be transformed.
We stand with each other across the nation as one Gather Movement to support one another and share best practice.
We are also part of an international movement called Movement Day that links over 300 cities across the world in a similar vision.
This movement we are part of is a paradigm shift from independent, silo-based thinking towards a more expansive, interdependent, strategic and orchestrated approach to city transformation.
what are our Values?
We are going to focus on our places because cities and towns matter.
- We are going to do this together because relationships matter.
- We believe nothing is beyond God’s love because everything matters.
- We are utterly dependent on the power of God because prayer matters.
- We are going to do things differently because innovation and creativity matter.
- We are in this for the long haul because those who stay for generations matter.
- We will be honest and grounded in reality because measuring the impact matters.
- We will create a new culture of humility because egoless leadership matters.
- We will release the 99% of Christians in the spheres of life, because they matter.
WE PLANT
We will seek to seed the vision for unity-based city transformation, in places where unity needs to grow. We will actively connect with city leaders, inspire them to begin a city unity
movement and support them in getting started.
WE BUILD
We will help unity groups to build on their existing work though training, resources and
connections with the wider network. We will share best practice, support leaders pastorally, teach, train, inspire and pray with them.
Examples of this include unity group audits, learning communities, annual Summits and
resources such as the 5Ds of Community Transformation and Connecting Social Action and Faith Sharing.
WE CONNECT
The Gather Movement central team acts as a conduit connecting national and regional
opportunities with towns and cities to further town and city transformation.
Examples of this include connecting unity groups with Metro Mayors, civic leaders,
opportunities with national Government and with national partners to tackle specific
challenges.
History
How did all this begin and what are the main moments in our story?
Strategic Partnerships
The Gather Movement partners with a range of organisations to help church unity groups think through and deliver social, cultural and spiritual change in their locality. We presently have a small number of strategic partnerships:
Bible Society
The Bible Society exist to help bring the Bible to life. In collaboration with them, we are exploring how the Bible can help us explore values and vision for the future of our towns and cities.
Evangelical alliance
We work with a range of denominations and church streams but it was the Evangelical Alliance who helped birth the Gather Movement. They continue to support the Movement as we bring churches together to serve their towns and cities.
Kintsugi Hope
We’re delighted to partner with Kintsugi Hope, striving to make a difference to peoples mental wellbeing. We want to see a world where mental and emotional health is understood and accepted, with safe and supportive communities for everyone to grow and flourish.
MOVEMENT DAY
Movement Day is a global partnership of movements, similar to Gather Movement, based in India, East Asia, South Pacific, Europe, Africa, North and South America. We are united in our values and vision to see over 2,000 cities across the world have a mature, functioning expression of unity for mission movement.
Palau Association
For 70 years the Luis Palau Association has sort to proclaim the Good News, unite the church and impact cities worldwide. As partners in the Gather Movement, we are exploring how churches can effectively work together to bring about the spiritual and social transformation their areas desperately need.
Tearfund
Over the years Tearfund have pioneered an asset based approach to development. We are working with them to see how their learning can shape our thinking in terms of the transformation of our places.
national organisations
The Gather Movement also connects with a range of national organisations that offer valuable services and resources to our city unity groups:
