THE GATHERING 50/50 RECAP

Christ For The Nations is known for training world changers. Our students come to CFNI to change their lives, but they leave with a desire to change the world.

In retrospect, this was perhaps the greatest event ever conducted at Christ For The Nations because it reached a diverse group of worshippers, as hour after hour, people from around the world expressed their love and appreciation unto our Lord.

By the end of Saturday evening, some 4,670 people had registered for the event, including over 1,000 alumni. From the moment we went live to the moment our final stream concluded, we had over 57,000 views on Facebook and over 33,700 Youtube views, which had been counted from 33 nations around the world, including Bolivia, India, Japan, and South Africa. The event generated a digital reach of 97,768 people.

The vision for this event was clear from the very beginning,

“IT’S NOT ABOUT WHO IS COMING TO LEAD US IN WORSHIP; IT’S ALL ABOUT HIM.”

This prevailing attitude certainly led to the extraordinary gathering we experienced. God’s presence and anointing have forever marked our lives.

A combined team of 30 worship leaders and about 70 band members led one to two-hour worship sets during the course of three days. Some of our alumni worship leaders such as Kari Jobe, Klaus Kuehn, Rick Pino, Shannon (Wexelberg) Adducci, Marco Barrientos, Bryan Peterson, Zach Neese, Brian and Kristen Ming, Thomas and Mary Beth Miller, Sandy Childress, Kevin Jonas, Jonathan Lewis, Marty Nystrom, Alan Asbury, Phil King, Laura Souguellis, as well as ministry partners such as Gateway Church, Hill City Church, Shoreline Church Worship, UPPERROOM Church and Life Fellowship, led us to the throne room!

Our auditorium resounded in passionate praise as well as gentle, inspirational moments of reflection and quietness before the Lord. It was truly beautiful to experience these moments with our CFNI friends and family.

Kari Jobe

Cody Carnes Rick Pino Klaus Kuehn

Alumni Hugo and Tati Martinez Alumnus Peter Burnett greeting guests

Alumna Kari Jobe

ALUMNI CONNECTION

In addition to the 50 hours of worship, the Lindsay family hosted our alumni over several events and shared exciting plans for the future development of the CFNI campus.

During The Gathering, we created a space for all of our alumni friends to reconnect with fellow alumni and faculty from when they all were here as students.

It was so good to see our alumni friends from different ethnicities, races and generations at the alumni reception and kickoff. There’s a genuine excitement for what God is doing in their lives.

The Gathering may have concluded, but the renewal of passion, purpose and vision will remain with us for years to come. This time spent in God’s presence marked us, we will never forget the way we encountered the Lord when we gathered together as family. The move that the Lord began here is only just beginning.

“There aren’t any other places where you can stand over an open well and under an open heaven at the same time!” – Gabe Allred

Gabriel Allred