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Letter to Pastors

Dear Pastor,

I want to personally invite you to an unprecedented gathering of the global Church called Gather25 on March 1, 2025. For 25 continuous hours, Gather25 will provide an opportunity for the 2.5 billion believers worldwide to gather in prayer, worship, and repentance, so that we can be commissioned to reach the world with the Gospel. Churches, universities, community centers and living rooms—every part of the global Church—will join together across every time zone and denomination in a historic gathering that is free to everyone, everywhere.

My name is Jennie Allen, and I have the privilege of serving as the visionary founder behind IF:Gathering and now Gather25. My husband, Zac, and I still believe with great conviction that discipleship is the way Jesus said the world would change - through relationships, in homes, in local churches, studying God’s Word together, and making disciples who make disciples.

For over a decade, our global discipleship ministry has reached 179 countries and brought over one million people together in churches and homes around the world. But in 2022, I began to personally wrestle with a question:

“What if Jesus came back in 10 years?”

The idea that He could return in my lifetime filled me with urgency because I believe there is so much left to do. Right now, there are approximately 5.5 billion people on earth who don’t yet know Jesus. If we truly believed He was coming soon, what would we do to reach them?

As we have spoken to local church leaders around the world, we hear them saying the same thing: that God is doing something new. And God moving through the local church is the most effective way to spread the message and hope of Jesus Christ.

Out of these questions, Gather25 was born.

Thanks to technology, for the first time in history, the global Church can be connected together while gathering locally. Like never before, we can mobilize the 2.5 billion people who say they love Jesus—across every time zone, language, denomination, and generation—to reach the world one community at a time.

There will be seven sessions over the 25-hour event, and while each session will be hosted by a single country, you can expect to hear stories, teaching, and worship from across the continent. We will also be sharing untold stories of the underground church. We will keep the message simple and pure, focused on Jesus. Gather around a television broadcast, major streaming platform, or radio, and we will bring the content to you. Then there will be a worldwide commissioning through local churches to get Jesus everywhere.

But it wouldn’t be a gathering of the global Church without you and the people you serve.

We will give you the tools you need to plan and host a Gather Group, a local gathering aimed at inviting friends, family, and the community to experience Gather25 together in person. You can meet in church buildings, living rooms, or other venues.

Some leaders are using Gather25 to renew their people’s passion for reaching unbelievers. Others are preparing to use the event to launch their church or ministry into a deeper season of seeking the Lord in prayer. Our hope is that by participating in Gather25, your church will feel empowered to join the global mission of reaching the 5.5 billion people who do not yet know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

It’s a bold endeavor, and we can’t do it without you.

Will you join us on March 1st?

Jennie Allen Founder and Visionary of Gather25

If you are interested in gathering your church around this vision, please fill out this form so that we can equip and support you. We are praying that over 100,000 churches will join together in prayer, worship, repentance, and commissioning.

Learn more about Gather25 at gather25.com.