The URC Leading your Church into Growth (LyCiG) conference is running again this year. For over 30 years, LyCiG has been equipping and encouraging local churches, helping congregations across denominations become healthier, more outward-looking and more confident in their calling to grow. It focuses not on doing more, but on doing things better: more intentionally, prayerfully and effectively.

What the conference covers

The three-day conference is interactive and discussion-led, giving church teams space to reflect honestly on their church life and explore practical ways forward. It centres on the seven building blocks of church growth, including:

Praying intentionally for growth
Assessing the quality of welcome and worship
Reviewing provision for children and young people
Other key aspects of healthy church life

Short, inspiring sessions share biblical insights and practical ideas, and each church team leaves with a clear, realistic plan, renewed vision and confidence that their church can grow. Afterwards, churches can continue the journey through LyCiG Local, which works through the conference material at a slower pace with more of the congregation.

Event details

Dates: Monday 23 – Wednesday 25 November 2026
Venue: Highgate House, Northampton
Who should come: your church’s Minister (if you have one) plus 2 or 3 people from the church
Cost: £330 per person, invoiced to the Synod

How to book

Places are limited to 10 per Synod, so please book early, and by Monday 2 November at the latest, through the Synod Discipleship Enabler, Revd Eddie Boon, at [email protected].

Find out more on the Leading your Church into Growth website.

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