Abundant Opportunities for Fellowship, Worship, and Learning

By Rick Cherok

Within Restoration Movement churches, academic institutions, and organizations, the upcoming months of spring 2025 offer an abundance of opportunities for fellowship, intellectual advancement, and worship that goes well beyond your normal church activities. Among the many gatherings listed below are some specific to ministers, genders, or cultures, but others are open to all who may wish to attend.

Participation in these conferences and gatherings will not only enable you to connect with other followers of Christ, but will also provide stimulating occasions for intellectual and spiritual growth. And, while Christian Standard does not endorse one conference over another, we do encourage your participation in those gatherings that are most available and appealing to you.

Sadly, the listing provided here does not include international conferences and has only a sampling of regional church-camp offerings, but we are more than happy to advertise such conferences in our weekly e-newsletter if you’ll take the initiative to inform us about them. So, we publish this list with the full knowledge that we are undoubtedly overlooking important conferences and gatherings that will take place between now and the end of May. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] so we can add your conference to our online list and provide advertisement in our weekly e-newsletter (sorry, but we are unable to provide advertising for single-church activities or gatherings that have a limited regional scope of interest).

• Craddock Center Compelling Preaching Retreat (Feb. 4-6, 2025) – Johnson University, Knoxville, TN.
• Men’s Camp (Feb. 7-8, 2025) – Lake James Christian Camp and Retreat Center, Angola, IN.
• Young Adult Retreat (Feb. 7-9, 2025) – “With” – Rock Lake Christian Assembly, Vestaburg, MI.
• Woman’s World Conference (Feb. 21-22, 2025) – “Ready” – Manhattan Christian College, Manhattan, KS.
• Preaching-Teaching Convention (Feb. 17-19, 2025) – “Preach the Word” – Ozark Christian College, Joplin, MO.
• Building a Culture of Prayer (Feb. 20, 2025) – CCL Network Webinar, Florence, KY.
• Man Camp (Feb. 21-23, 2025) – “Live Faithfully” – Rock Lake Christian Assembly, Vestaburg, MI.
• Jack W. Cottrell Lectureship (Feb. 27, 2025) – Mid-Atlantic Christian University, Elizabeth City, NC.
• Church Leadership Conference (Feb. 27, 2025) – Russell Preaching Center, Johnson University, Knoxville, TN.
• Discipleship Retreat (Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2025) – Round Lake Christian Assembly, Lakeville, OH.
• National Preaching Summit (Mar. 3-4, 2025) – “Between Two Worlds” – Hosted by The Creek, Indianapolis, IN.
• Ladies Retreat (Mar. 7-9, 2025) – “What’s Your Story?” – Rock Lake Christian Assembly, Vestaburg, MI.
• The Power of Preaching a Year-Long Series (Mar. 13, 2025) – CCL Network Webinar, Florence, KY.
• Missouri Christian Convention (Mar. 14-15) – “The Call” – Lake of the Ozarks, MO.
• Ladies Day (Mar. 15, 2025) – “Joy in the Journey” – Oil Belt Christian Service Camp, Flora, IL.
• Lead Well Conference (Mar. 14-15, 2025) – “Lead Well: On Mission” – e2: effective elders – Hosted by Mt. Gilead Christian Church, Mooresville, IN.
• Spring Crafting Retreat (March 17-20, 2025) – Rock Lake Christian Assembly, Vestaburg, MI.
• Solid Men’s Conference (Mar. 20, 2025) – “Temptation and Trauma” – Central Christian College of the Bible, Moberly, MO.
• Man Camp (Mar. 21-22, 2025) – Butler Springs Christian Camp, Hillsboro, OH.
• Elder’s Retreat (Apr. 4-5, 2025) – “Stronger” – Rock Lake Christian Assembly, Vestaburg, MI.
• Ladies Retreat (Apr. 4-5, 2025) – “Compelled by Love” – Lake James Christian Camp and Retreat Center, Angola, IN.
• Women’s Event (Apr. 4-5, 2025) – “Life of Purpose” – Ozark Christian College, Joplin, MO.
• Church Leaders Conference (Apr. 5, 2025) – “Freedom to Fail: Rethinking ‘Success’ in Ministry” – Lincoln Christian Institute, Lincoln, IL.
• Seniors’ Day at the Lake (Apr. 8, 2025) – Round Lake Christian Assembly, Lakeville, OH.
• Shine Women’s Conference (Apr. 10, 2025) – “Shine in a Culture of Comparison” – Central Christian College of the Bible, Moberly, MO.
• Seniors by the Sea (Apr. 11, 2025) – Mid-Atlantic Christian University, Elizabeth City, NC.
• Stone-Campbell Journal Conference (Apr. 11-12, 2025) – “Tending God’s Garden: The Environmental Mandate” – Hosted by Johnson University, Knoxville, TN.
• Pressing On Conference (Apr. 22-24, 2025) – “Steadfast” – Kairos Benevolence Fund, Indianapolis, IN.
• ReNew.org National Gathering (Apr. 28-29, 2025) – “Facing the Future” – Hosted by Mt. Gilead Christian Church, Mooresville, IN.
• Intentional Churches Conference (Apr. 29-30, 2025) – “Activate Your Church and Fuel Your Great Commission Impact” – Northside Christian Church, New Albany, IN.
• Worship Leader Retreat (May 1-3, 2025) – Rock Lake Christian Assembly, Vestaburg, MI.
• Every Nation Summit (May 2, 2025) – “A Race for a Lifetime” – TCM International Institute, Indianapolis, IN.
• Spring Clinic (May 13-15, 2025) – “Biblical Answers to Difficult Questions” – Person to Person Ministries, Hillsboro, OH.
• Women’s Retreat (May 16-17, 2025) – Butler Springs Christian Camp, Hillsboro, OH.
• Voice of the Church Forum (May 19-20, 2025) – “Disciple Making in a Changing World” – Summit Christian College, Gering, NE.
• Branson Retreat (May 19-22, 2025) – Ozark Christian College, Joplin, MO.
• Spring Family Camp (May 21-26, 2025) – Round Lake Christian Assembly, Lakeville, OH.
• Hispanic Family Camp (May 30-June 1, 2025) – Wi-Ne-Ma Christian Camp, Cloverdale, OR.
• Uncommon Men’s Conference – Held at multiple sites on a variety of different dates.

Rick Cherok serves as Managing Editor of Christian Standard, Executive Director of Celtic Christian Mission, and Director of Men’s Services at Kentucky Christian University.