Mennonite Church Canada’s 2025 Gathering will meet July 2-5 at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate in Kitchener, Ont.

Gathering 2025 will enact recent decisions by the Joint Council to adjust how regional churches and the nationwide church conduct business together.

The event will return the nationwide agenda to regional and congregational delegates. A denominational restructure in 2017 sought to shift nationwide discernment to annual gatherings of regional churches, but this goal did not pan out as hoped.

Delegates will be appointed by congregations and regional churches to discuss vision and priorities. Delegate input will then guide the Joint Council in its decision-making.

Assistant moderator Bruce Baergen acknowledged last year that “it has been too difficult to expand the Regional Church Annual General Meetings or truncate the Regional Church agenda to make space for congregational discernment on nationwide agenda.” He noted some changes have worked, including improved communication between regional churches and making a common website platform.