“Come Up Here!”
Dear Antioch Family and Friends,
This Summer, I want to invite us into a time of seeking the Lord, both for the upcoming year (2026) and also if there is anything the Lord wants us to know regarding the next five years (2026-2030).
Why Are We Doing This?
We want to seek the Lord in this way for five very important reasons:
1. Spirit-led Leadership
In Revelation 2.7, Jesus said, “Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” While this verse has many implications, one important one is that Jesus wanted His churches to have a posture of listening to and being led by the Spirit. As we engage in this process each year, it helps us to live in this heart posture as a people.
2. It Builds Unity
This process helps us to walk together in the unity that comes from a shared, Spirit-birthed vision.
3. It Builds Faith
As we look back at how God has led us in the past, it builds our faith for the future.
4. It Builds Focus
This process helps to build our focus and spend our best energies on what God is calling us to rather than drowning in a sea of good opportunities or the tyranny of the urgent.
5. Course Correction
As we humble ourselves and seek Him, this process can help us course correct in places we could be drifting from His calling on our lives.
How are we going about this process?
We have three parts to our discernment process:
Discerning Revelation
Discerning Interpretation
Discerning Application
1. Discerning Revelation // June to August 2025
As we seek to discern what the Spirit is speaking, we want to enter into a season of special prayer and listening during the summer of 2025 (June to August)
During this season, we want to invite our family of churches to share anything you sense the Lord speaking to our community for the year ahead using this form.
In addition to the submission form, we will be facilitating Zoom calls in August and early September for our pastors and leaders to share on behalf of their churches, teams and regions.
2. Discerning Interpretation // September - October 2025
Jimmy Seibert, Joe Ewen and others from the Antioch Oversight Team will take all the input we receive and seek to distill it into a simple word or phrase and a simple one page description to share with the Movement about where we believe the Spirit is leading us in the coming days.
Our hope is to share this with the Movement by early October 2025
3. Discerning Application // October 2025 - December 2025
Movement-wide Application: The Antioch Oversight Team will work to discern any movement-wide application (for example, united time of prayer and fasting or united outreach) and share those things with the Movement as a whole.
Region, Church, and Team Specific: Each region, church and church planting team is charged with discerning specific application as it relates to their sphere of influence.