Trainings and Events
Organizing for Mission Network is dedicated to equipping leaders with the tools that faith communities and individuals need to address systemic injustice and create the world we want to live in.
National Trainings
Every year, a network member hosts a contextual gathering where folks from across the country to learn about the grassroots organizing happening in a specific place, and how to apply lessons back home.
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Previous hosts include:
Bethlehem Lutheran, New Orleans, LA
Church Council of Greater Seattle
St. Mark's Lutheran, Los Angeles
St. John United, Seattle, WA
Shekinah Chapel, Riverdale, IL
St. Paul Lutheran, Clinton, IA
Amazing Grace, Baltimore, MD
Luther Place, Washington, D.C.
Leaven Community, Portland, OR
Redeemer, Minneapolis, MN
Trinity Lutheran College, Everett, WA
Grace in Action Church & Collectives, Detroit, MI
2025 Local and Regional Trainings
More and more network members are bringing in OFMN trainers and theologians to led local trainings beyond our national events. These can be hosted for a specific team of leaders or a wider invitation to build bases for collective power and action.
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If you're interested in hosting a 1, 2, or 3 day training, schedule a 1:1 with our director: click here.
Contextual Gathering
This annual 3-day event is hosted by a network member. It includes contextual learning, trainings, opportunities to build relationships with other practitioners, and spiritual formation.
5 Day Training
OFMN has developed a 5-day training that gives leaders the foundation needed to engage communities in building collective power is service of God's liberating work.
These trainings have been held in-person and online.
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Local and Regional Cohorts
OFMN works with local leadership to develop cohorts that organize with lenses of equity, spirituality, and place based issues.
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If you are interested in developing your cohort, reach out to our director, Br. Steve.
Train the Trainer
Sharpen your skills, develop your story, and be part of a team of invested trainers who provide one another transformative & agitational evaluations