Convergence Purpose

The goal of Convergence is to establish an institute for the development of church leaders specifically within the context of the local church. We are committed to producing next generation pastors who are able to shepherd Christ’s church in the 21st century. We desire to embed a training process deep within the heart of churches, creating the opportunity for a truly transformational movement within participating churches.

We must have a revolutionary approach to discovering, training, and retraining pastors. In the context of the local church and under craftsmen level Senior Pastors, Convergence is designed to prepare next generation pastors. Convergence not only focuses on biblical and theological development of the apprentice, but also on their personal transformation, ministry skills and strategies, thereby helping local churches develop these apprentices into journeyman pastors. This local church-based development process has tremendous potential for creating a movement of multiplication of churches. It also creates a new standard of Senior Pastors who reproduce pastors and churches that reproduce churches.

There is great need for pastors who know themselves, their God and their world. Convergence is primarily focused on the shepherds of local churches; we believe healthy shepherds lead healthy churches. Many of today’s pastors do not have the training or equipping to lead their churches in missional or strategic outreach. Combined with the lack of a truly transformational lifestyle, our present ministers are often found to be in great need of development and retraining. Convergence gives us a proactive way to aid churches in pastoral development and intern training.

This allows us to build for the future and address the dysfunctions of the present. We look forward to the day when the evangelical community of the Northwest moves from a plateaued and declining assemblage of churches into a vibrant, actively growing, interdependent body of churches. We believe that the success of Convergence will give us a highly effective way of training interns and a steady supply of quality pastors for decades to come.