A save the date, April gatherings, and theory of change (part one)! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
Wild Fig

MAY 2026

 

Join Us For Our First National Gathering! (Sept 23-25, 2026)

Since Wild Fig Network soft-launched in September 2025, we’ve been gathering, experimenting, and learning. It’s been a pilot year of putting theory into practice and planting seeds: cultivating relationships, forming cohorts, credentialing ministers, and creating the infrastructure needed to support ministry in a fast-changing world. Something new and alive has been developing, and we’re excited to announce that this September, the Wild Fig Network is officially being born!

Hold the dates for our inaugural National Gathering in Chicago, IL, September 23-25. We’re gathering in-person to celebrate and formally recognize the founding chapter of the Wild Fig Network, welcome official Wild Fig churches and organizations, hold a ritual ceremony for our first class of Wild Fig credentialed ministers, and MUCH more. You won’t want to miss any of it!

More information coming soon.

 

April Gatherings!

Wild Fig Network was proud to sponsor the Post-Evangelical Collective Conference in Cambridge, MA. The day before the conference, we gathered Wild Fig folks for a full day of connection, rich conversations, and plenty of food and fun. We even rented out a retreat center for the week so people could stay together and avoid the high cost of lodging to attend the conference.

The conference itself was a powerful experience! And as a table sponsor, we met dozens of people curious about Wild Fig. There was an almost constant stream of people approaching our table, which suggests that we’ve touched on a very real, felt need. Many ministers are feeling isolated and alone, and are looking for the kind of relationships and support Wild Fig is designed to offer. On the final day, after the conference was over, our community pulled together to host a Wild Fig Interest Gathering, complete with an epic charcuterie spread!

If you’re looking to explore credentialing, affiliating as a church or ministry organization, or joining a relational cohort, you can learn more in our Guiding Document. Then, fill out our inquiry form to take the first step!

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Our Theory of Change: Part One

“The most important contribution which the Church can make to a new social order is to be itself a new social order.”
~ Lesslie Newbigin

We believe systemic change is possible! But often, the only way to change a system is to create a new and better one. And any meaningful change must start with ourselves! Wild Fig Network is an experiment in doing things in a fundamentally different way from the ground up, because that’s the only way to get fundamentally different results.

  • People over platforms and programs

  • Relationships over bureaucracy

  • Flexible mutuality over fixed hierarchies

  • Collective wisdom over individual experts

  • Slow and small over fast and big

To us, these aren’t just words but design principles we’re striving to put into practice at every level of the network, from big to small… but mostly small!

 

What is the Wild Fig Network?

We're an emerging post-denominational Christian network—a movement of ministers and ministries committed to love, justice, and inclusion — reimagining how we can connect and support one another in a fast-changing world. Not through bigger institutions, but through deeper relationships and practices that put people (not platforms) first. We’re designing flexible structures with deep roots: cultivating loving relationships and trust, providing mutual credentialing and accountability, and sharing practical support and resources.

 

Want to learn more?

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