Jennie Allen is a Bible teacher, an author and the visionary behind the IF:Gathering and Gather25.
What is Gather25?
Hear Jennie describe it here:
Jennie: "Well, this is a wild, wild idea that years ago God gave me and it's now happening. March 1, 2025, we are inviting every single person that says they believe in Jesus to come together for one day. Our dream is that all over the world, people from every continent would come together for one day to pray, to worship, to just thank God for everything He's doing in the world."
It truly is a global proposition.
Jennie: "We're gonna share stories from every continent. We're going live from 7 locations in 6 different continents. We're gonna get to hear what God is doing around the world. I think it will deeply encourage the people that love Jesus."
Gather25 is meant to be accessible for everyone, anywhere.
Jennie: "You can watch from home, you can watch with your small group, you can watch from your local church."
The reason for Gather25?
Jennie: "The reason that we're doing this is I woke up from a dream in 2022 and it was a dream specifically that my friend had prayed, 'God, would you just speak to Jennie in her sleep' and I'm not a person that gets dreams in my sleep very often, but I dreamed very specifically that Jesus was coming back in ten years. I don't know when He's coming back, but in the dream I thought 'what would we do if He was coming back that soon?'"
The takeaway?
Jennie: "Our hope and prayer is that it would be a great call to the church to reach those that don't know Jesus. So, for 25 hours, we're gonna worship, we're gonna pray but we're also going to commission those that love Jesus to reach those who don't know Him.
If 2.5 billion people say they love Jesus on earth and there's 5.5 billion that don't know Him or love Him yet, that's a pretty great strategy. It was Jesus' great strategy as He ascended to heaven, it was 'go make disciples, all of you'.
I also believe that people are feeling hopeless right now. They're feeling discouraged about the world and about the church and I want them to be encouraged because it's incredible the things that are happening in Africa, Asia, Europe...the things that are happening in the U.S. right now..."
Jennie Allen has been ministering here in the U.S. through her podcast, speaking engagements, and ministering to thousands of young people through UNITE on college campuses.
She's also been traveling the world.
Jennie: "I'll just tell you about one of my friends that I sat by at dinner one night. My husband and I were eating with a lot of pastors. It was actually in New Zealand and he was there but originally, he was a pastor in India. He started by saying, 'I've been stoned twice for the gospel.' That is, with rocks, persecuted for the gospel as a pastor in Asia."
Jennie is issuing you an invitation to be a part of what God is doing through Gather25.
Jennie: "It isn't a gathering of the entire global church unless you come."
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