In the ongoing chaos of war, what an incredible blessing to witness a gathering of nearly one thousand Ukrainian, American and other national leaders, all converging in Washington, D.C., for Ukrainian Week, a focus on prayer and mutual encouragement!

This month, we continue our short series of articles introducing men in our Church Residency Program. Meet Sid Fry, Church Resident at Ignite Church.

Before this summer’s Converge Biennial Meeting at Heartland Church in Fisher’s Indiana, our movement will facilitate an electronic ratification vote for the Converge President, which carries a six-year term. This nationwide ratification vote is one of our denomination’s expressions of congregational governance, and your church’s participation matters!  

On February 4th, 2024, Gospel Life Church in Wichita, KS, moved into a new space. Our new space will afford GLC opportunities to reach our neighborhood for Christ; we can be the vibrant, connected and kingdom-minded church God has called us to be for our neighbors.

This month, we continue our short series of articles introducing men in our Church Residency Program. Meet Caiden Capaldo, Church Resident at Sun Prairie Baptist Church.

Converge Great Lakes Regional President Ken Nabi argues both theologically and practically for congregational rule with a representative authority by way of the elders who shepherd the church through spiritual oversight and fully implement that oversight through the staff.

At the end of this month, we celebrate a precious and important holiday—the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! How does this encourage us to share the gospel? Read more to find out!

Lifeway has created a new position to facilitate a connection between churches and the company. The company reached out to Converge Heartland’s very own Jon Reed of The Fount Church to fill this vital role.

Thank you for your faithful support throughout 2023 of Incarcerated Ministries with Grace Teams Ministries. We ended the year with an ecumenical collaboration to raise funds and deliver approximately 4,000 Christmas Sacks full of treats to inmates in South Dakota.

Converge’s partnership with Ukrainian churches spans more than three decades and is marked by three distinct phases. This article will help you understand the distinct phases of Converge’s involvement in Ukraine as well as how you can engage our new phase of ministry partnership.

Meet Philip Reeves of Harvest Plains Church, one of several current residents around the Heartland you’ll get to meet over the next few months.

What better way to start the year than a time focused on learning how to pray?  Dalesburg Baptist Church in Beresford, SD, hosted the inaugural Prayer First Weekend, School of Prayer.

Sergiu and Victoria, along with their three children, thank the Lord for the prayers lifted on their behalf, the faithful partners God has provided, generous gifts of time and resources from partners and friends, and regular words of encouragement while serving in Moldova.

Launched on Easter 2022, Arrows Church has always met at Papillion Lavista South High School in Papillion, Nebraska, but the church has a new location closer to Gretna.

We are constantly living in between the past and the future, the old and the new, what was and what will be, and the first and the last. Regardless of our life season, it is primarily what happens in the in-betweens that grows our grit, reveals our resolve, and casts our character.

Sometimes people wonder what the Converge Heartland District Office is and how it serves our churches. Converge Heartland Regional President Jim Capaldo gives a comprehensive overview of our values-driven services.

Registration opens later this month for high school camp on June 16-21, 2024. Save the date!

Advent is a great time to celebrate spiritual “new births” as identified through new Christ-followers who have obediently followed our Lord in believer’s baptism.

Jim Capaldo, Converge Heartland Regional President, shares what a masked angel atop his Christmas tree reminds him about God, his character, and his church.

This month, we are excited to introduce Church Planting Catalyst Cody Weckerly. Cody pastors Harvest Plains Church in Mapleton, ND. Cody will dedicate one day a week to help catalyze more churches throughout our district’s northern tier.