Kx City Reaching is holding its fourth Summit in October 2026.

Oct 15th-16th in the Liverpool City Region at Life Church Bebington, 1a Old Chester Rd, Bebington, Wirral CH63 7LA

Alternative summit in Bristol on the following dates:

Oct 12th-13th in Bristol at Hope Chapel, Hope Chapel Hill, Hotwells, Bristol BS8 4ND

Bring your team!

Each City Reaching location will ideally bring a team of 3-4 people (2-6 are probably the useful limits) to the event, to enable them to work together as they apply the inputs to their location, and plan for the future.

We would love to see each town or City Reaching team networking with those in business in their location for the sake of kingdom advancement. 

Men and women in business have specific skills that are key to building great City Reaching teams and delivering on our five priorities.

Guest speakers

Todd Milby, managing partner, Catapult

We know and love Todd’s input to our City Reaching gatherings, both in facilitation and on building networks. 

 Since founding Catapult in 2015, he has helped catalyse vision and align strategy for hundreds of organisations. He specialises in identifying organisational gaps, creating tailored solutions and calling leaders up to their full potential.

Pete Greig, founder, 24-7 Prayer

Pete Greig is the bewildered founder of the 24-7 Prayer movement, an award-winning author of nine books, and a co-host of the much-loved daily devotional Lectio 365. He preaches and teaches around the world, having spoken in venues as diverse as Vienna’s Catholic cathedral and Jakarta’s National Stadium, Windsor Castle and Wheaton College, a Swedish nightclub and the Scottish Parliament.

Pete will be joining us via an exclusive pre-recorded video interview.

Andy Frost, Share Jesus International

Andy Frost has been the Director of Share Jesus International since 2008, leading scores of projects ranging from London’s Pentecost Festival to national tours. At the heart of all that he does, he wants to help people follow Jesus. He is a popular speaker who loves telling the stories of Jesus.

He presently heads up the London Mission Collective; works with Care for the Family on the Kitchen Table Project and is on the Gather Movement leadership team. He has written a range of books and resources including Leadiagrams and Long Story Short.

Andy is married to Jo and has two daughters. His downtime is spent watching live comedy, playing football or searching for waves to surf.

Andy will be giving input on how to turn social action projects into faith sharing opportunities, and plant new missional expressions of church.

Andy will be joining us live via videolink.

Yinka Oyekan, The Gate and the Barnabas Fellowship of Churches

Yinka Oyekan is the senior minister of The Gate, a multi-site church in Reading. He received Christ in a Baptist Church in Edinburgh and has a passion for evangelism and church planting. Yinka is also the Team Leader for Barnabas Fellowship of Churches, a network of churches with a vision of ‘Building Kingdom churches and developing Kingdom relationships.’ Barnabas has churches in the UK, France, and Africa. Yinka has been involved in Church planting for over 30 years in these countries and has written several books and manuals, some which have been translated into French, German and Portuguese. .

He served as President of the Baptist Union of Great Britain from 2020-2021.

Yinka’s main passion throughout has been in Church Planting, as the building of strong communities of disciples is the ultimate goal of evangelisation. Yinka loves to paint, play the Saxophone, and write songs

Yinka will be giving input on what city wide church planting could look like.

What is this year's event about?

The focus of this year’s City Reaching summit will be a comprehensive review and update of all 5 priorities including asking:

• How do we move from prayer meetings to a prayer movement?
• What will it take to move from being and doing the gospel, to being, doing and saying the gospel as we serve the city?
• How honest are we being about how our disciple making is going?
• Can we make church planting our primary saturation tool in reaching our towns and cities with the gospel?
• How do we partner with Christian business leaders in our town or city?
• How do we build an effective network?

There will also be updates on:

• Disciple-making strategies in view of our new Disciple Making Lab
• Church planting in view of our new training partner M4Europe.

The programme will be a mixture of inputs, Q and A, breakouts, feedback, peer learning, and future strategic planning.

The timings of each day will be

Day 1 10am-5pm

Day 2 9am-4pm

Cost per person £55. Subsidised places are available at £25 each, thanks to some generous donors.

There will also be the option of free ongoing bi-monthly group coaching for any leaders who would like it.

Complimentary evening meal

The Red Fox in Thornton Hough

Thanks to a generous donor, we will be having a completely free evening meal at the award-winning Red Fox in nearby Thornton Hough on the evening of Thursday October 15th.

The Red Fox won Bronze in the Visit England Pub of the Year awards 2024, and has also been named Wirral CAMRA Pub of the Year 2023,  Wirral CAMRA Cider Pub of the Year 2024, Merseyside & Cheshire CAMRA Regional Cider Pub Of The Year 2023 and one of the Top 10 Whisky Pubs in the 2018 Good Pub Guide Award.

We will need to confirm numbers with The Red Fox before the event, so please book on as soon as possible to ensure you don't miss out. Church leaders: If you are booking for a number of delegates, please let Andrew Greenhalgh (operations@tfh.org.uk) know the names of your delegates as soon as you do.

I can’t wait to see you there!

Dr Nic Harding, Director of Kx City Reaching

Hotels to stay in during your visit to the Wirral

The following hotels are all within walking distance of the summit.

Travelodge Bromborough
Pool Lane, Bromborough, Wirral CH62 4UE
Travel time to Life Church Bebington: 30 minutes’ walk

Village Hotel Wirral
Pool Lane, Bromborough, Wirral CH62 4UE
Travel time: 30 minutes’ walk

The Royal Oak by Greene King Inn
High Street, Bromborough, Wirral CH62 7EZ
Travel time: 8 minutes drive

Premier Inn Greasby
Greasby Rd, Greasby, Wirral CH49 2PP
Travel time: 15 minutes' drive

Parking

Parking for Life Church Bebington available on the corner of Barlow Avenue and Bebington Road.