One of the exciting opportunities highlighted during the Summit was the City Leaders Training Programme – a new Gather initiative designed to equip and support leaders serving unity movements, churches, and collaborative initiatives across towns and cities.
Launching in September 2026, the programme will bring together emerging and experienced leaders from across the UK for monthly online training, mentoring, coaching, and in-person connection.
Most sessions are online, meeting together once a month for 90 minutes of engaging content and discussion with contributors from across the global, who all have experience and passion for city transformation. There’s also the option to join a 2-day in-person session in Manchester.
Participants will explore key themes, specifically tailored for unity-based city transformation leadership, including:
Participants will explore key themes including:
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leadership skills
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civic engagement
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governance
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social action, faith sharing
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theology of city transformation
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developing a practical long-term vision
The programme is aimed at leaders serving unity movements, churches, and collaborative city initiatives, helping strengthen those navigating the opportunities and challenges of place-based leadership today. |
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Summit Videos Now Available
We’ve uploaded videos of the talks, panels, interviews, and arts on our YouTube Channel.
Check out the playlist here |
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Lessons from St Luke's
Let me take you to St Luke's Church, Blackburn Community Partnership Lunch - I was super-impressed!
Jason and Rachel Gardner showed me how you can maximise your mission and ministry with community partners to build impactful partnerships but also share faith so positively which clearly leads to visitors deciding this place is worth coming back to on a Sunday. |
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This October, churches across the British Isles are coming together for National Week of Prayer 2026: 10–18 October.
They’re inviting the whole Body of Christ - wherever you are, however you pray - to be part of it. To register your event or find one you can join head over to www.nationalweekofprayer.uk for more details. |
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Our Vision is to see a unified Church working together across every city and town, to see social, cultural and spiritual transformation across the UK. We are grateful to God for how far the Movement has come but we still have a long way to go.
Could you, or your unity group, help us to deliver this vision by becoming a Gather Movement Supporter?
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