Reimagine life and ministry with Jesus.
ABIDE Cohort
January 29-31, 2025
Louisville, KY
The ABIDE Cohort is an immersive experience that includes an in-person retreat and nine weeks of online coaching for pastors and ministry leaders to learn and experience how abiding in Christ serves as the focus, means, and goal of discipleship, care, and community.
Who is it for?
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Pastors desiring to reimagine ministry to build a culture of reproducible discipleship + care within their church.
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Ministry leaders specifically tasked with shepherding, care/counseling, discipleship, or groups/community that desire coaching + to connect with like-minded leaders for support.
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Spouses serving alongside in ministry + wanting to grow together in learning how to disciple women and men + care for the body of Christ.
Are you in a season of evaluating your ministry efforts but don’t know the next best step? Is your soul weary or dry from the endless demands of life and ministry? Do you desire to understand how Jesus makes a difference in the brokenness you face in ministry? Join the ABIDE Cohort to learn and grow alongside a community of ministry leaders seeking the same thing.
Abiding in Christ fuels life and forms ministry.
What’s included?
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Ministry Retreat
Experience a 2.5 day on-site ministry coaching retreat for renewal + vision led by Robert Cheong.
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Online Coaching
After the opening retreat, receive equipping + online coaching for two months through 9, two-hour interactive Zoom sessions.
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Community
Connect with a community of like-minded ministry leaders for support + encouragement from around the country.
“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”
— John 15:4-5
“We needed to first experience for ourselves before we could help others taste and see the goodness of God and restoration of Jesus.”
Hear from husband and wife, Derek and Kara Henricks, from Grace Church in Morton, Illinois. Derek serves as the Associate Pastor of Care and Administration. In this video, they share their experience participating in the ABIDE Cohort. They thought the cohort would help them to grow the church but quickly realized God would use the cohort to grow them personally and as a couple.
FAQs
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We host the annual ABIDE Cohort retreat in Louisville, KY. The specific venue will be communicated at a later time.
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We begin the first night with a social hosted at the Cheong’s home. We then have two full days of sessions that includes ministry coaching, training, sharing stories, + more.
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The ABIDE Cohort includes a 2.5 day opening retreat hosted in Louisville, KY along with 5 months of personalized coaching via Zoom with other like-minded leaders. The intended outcome is to develop + implement a proposal for your leadership team to build a culture of discipleship + care within your church that produces effective + lasting change.
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We have payment plan options as well as different rates depending on how many members come along to participate in the cohort. View the price breakdown below.
$2500 (individual rate) 1
$3750 (team rate for 2 leaders) 2Add $500/spouse for retreat attendance only
For church teams of 3 or more people, add $500/person to the team rate
Still have questions? Contact Robert at robert@gospel.care today!
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Yes! We will provide breakfast and lunch each day on Thursday and Friday. We will provide dinner on Thursday night.
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Downtown/Crescent Hill area (near Sojourn Midtown):
-Legacy Hotel at Southern Seminary starting at $106/night
-Hampton Inn Louisville Downtown starting at $135/night
-The Bellwether Hotel in the Highlands starting at $155/night
-Springhill Suites Louisville Downtown starting at $109/nightMiddletown area (near the Cheongs):
-Residence Inn Louisville East starting at $119/night
-Hyatt House Louisville East starting at $107/night
-Marriott Louisville East starting at $126/night