What is the purpose of the DWELL Conference?

We believe God has called us to invest in our city. Historically, one of Lighthouse’s strengths has been global missions. Despite this vision for reaching the nations with the gospel, we haven’t focused much on reaching our own city with the gospel. We want to spread the vision for local outreach, for thinking of ourselves as missionaries here. We want to think about our city the way Jesus thinks about it. We intend to maintain our focus on reaching the nations—in no way do we want to take away from that! But we want to expand our focus to our own city as well. This new annual To the City Conference (this year, called “Dwell”) will help cast that vision and provide some practical ways to effectively spread the gospel in our city.

‘Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.’

Jeremiah 29:7

Evangelism is not an individual effort. While each individual must play his or her part in it, evangelism was not meant to be done alone. Thus, we believe life groups play a critical role in reaching our city. While the conference will teach concepts that apply to any believer, it will be primarily designed to teach and equip life groups.

What will I learn at the conference?

The conference will equip individuals and life groups to effectively reach out to their surrounding communities. We will primarily be casting the vision for local outreach, but we will also be providing practical ways for life groups to partner with organizations already active in the community as well as ways to generally reach out and spread the gospel to their neighbors. Breakout sessions will cover various topics, including our three key partner organizations, hospitality, Kingdom prayer, three-strand evangelism, and more.