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ABN Experience · Invitation Only
The honest room
you've been missing.
From the Shepherd’s Roundtable to private retreats and curated leadership dinners ABN builds the environments where the real work of leading at the highest level actually happens.
Curated experiences built for the calibre of leader who has already earned the room and needs a different kind of room to keep growing.
Roundtable
Retreats
Dinners
Sessions
01 — The Shepherd’s Roundtable
The closed-door gathering built for one purpose.
The Shepherd’s Roundtable is an invitation-only gathering for senior pastors and ministry leaders designed for the kind of honest conversation that doesn’t happen in public. No speakers. No sponsors. No audience.
Just leaders who’ve earned their seats — and the discipline to leave titles at the door.
“The most dangerous place for a senior leader is a room full of people who can’t tell them the truth.”
Quarterly
How often it meets
8–12
Leaders per session
June ’27
Inaugural session
US
Select cities, nationwide
The Shepherd’s Roundtable · Leadership. Wisdom. Impact.
02 — Rules of the Room
What makes the Roundtable different.
Every element of the Roundtable is designed to make the real conversation possible. These aren’t suggestions — they’re the structure that earns the trust.
01
No speakers. No experts.
Everyone in the room is a peer. No one presents. No one has the answers. The format exists so every voice carries equal weight.
02
No public agenda.
What’s discussed in the room stays in the room. No social media. No quotes attributed. No marketing copy generated from what’s shared.
03
Curated, not open.
Every seat is considered. The value of the Roundtable depends entirely on the calibre and compatibility of who sits at the table.
04
Titles stay at the door.
Once inside, you’re a leader in a room of leaders. Not a bishop, a senior pastor, or a founder. Just a peer doing the same hard work.
03 — The Format
The format that makes the
conversation possible.
Four deliberate phases. Each one earns the next. Designed to take a room of strangers and get to the only conversation that matters.
01
Opening context-setting
Each session opens with a brief framing — a question or theme surfaced from the group ahead of time. This anchors the conversation without controlling it.
02
Open table conversation
The core of the Roundtable. No moderator directing. No questions bounced to specific people. Leaders talk to each other, not to a facilitator.
03
Closing commitments
Each session ends with each leader naming one decision, question, or shift they’re taking with them. No one leaves passive.
04
Private follow-through
Between gatherings, members have access to each other through ABN’s private channels — no public forums, no noise.
04 — The Experiences
Every room is designed for a different kind of work.
Beyond the Roundtable, ABN curates a range of leadership environments each one built for a different season, a different need, a different conversation. All of them by invitation.
Annual Leadership Retreat
Three days. Curated cohort of 20–30 leaders. Part learning environment, part honest conversation, part renewal. Away from pulpits and platforms.
3 Days
20–30 Leaders
Members Only
Curated Leadership Dinners
Intimate off-the-record evenings for a handpicked group of 8–12 leaders. Held in private dining rooms in select cities. No agenda. Shared table. Real conversation.
8–12 Leaders
Select Cities
By Invitation
Single-Day Leadership Sessions
Full-day deep dives on a single leadership theme — succession, finances, team structure, or growth — with a curated group of leaders navigating the same terrain.
Full Day
Theme-Focused
Nationwide
05 — Annual Retreat
Once a year, the work
goes somewhere else.
Once a year, ABN gathers its most committed leaders for three days in an environment built entirely around one thing: the honest work of leading at the highest level.
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No stage. No conference format.
Sessions are conversation-driven. Learning happens peer-to-peer, not presenter-to-audience.
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Away from your normal world.
Held at curated retreat properties away from major cities. The distance is part of what makes the work possible.
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Shared rhythm. Real rest.
Mornings for focused leadership work. Afternoons for connection and recreation. Evenings for the conversations that happen after dark.
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A room you earn the right to.
Attendance at the Annual Retreat is available only to active ABN network members. First step is Network membership.
Inaugural Retreat · Q3 2027
The first ABN Annual Retreat. Three days. Founding cohort members only. Location announced after membership confirmation.
06 — Upcoming Experiences
The 2027 calendar.
Three flagship experiences in the inaugural year. All by invitation. Location details shared after membership confirmation.
Founding Event
June 2027 · Q2
Founding Cohort — Inaugural Roundtable
The first Shepherd’s Roundtable. A small room. Founding leaders. The conversation that starts the institution.
1 Day
Founding Members
By Invitation
Q2 2027
Atlanta Curated Leadership Dinner
An off-the-record evening for 10 ministry leaders. Private dining. No agenda. Shared table.
Atlanta, GA
10 Leaders
Invitation Only
Q3 2027
ABN Annual Leadership Retreat
Three days. Curated cohort of ABN members. The flagship experience of the ABN calendar year.
3 Days
Members Only
Location TBA
07 — What to Expect
Every experience is built on the same four commitments.
01
No performative spaces.
You’re not here to be seen. Every format is designed so the real work can happen without an audience watching.
02
Curated, always.
Who’s in the room matters. Every gathering is built around compatibility and calibre, not headcount or reach.
03
Confidential, by design.
What happens inside stays inside. No case studies, no public attribution, no content made from your conversations.
04
Nationwide reach.
ABN experiences take place across the US. You shouldn’t have to be in one city to access the right room.
Nationwide
Experiences happen
across the country.
ABN is a nationwide network. Experiences take place in major ministry hubs and retreat destinations across the US. Location details are provided after confirmation of membership or consideration.
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New York
Phoenix
Washington D.C.
Charlotte
Nashville
Denver
The First Step
The first step is always
a real conversation.
We don’t process applications. We have conversations. If ABN is the right room for where you are right now, we’ll tell you. If it isn’t, we’ll tell you that too.
- Every submission reviewed personally no automated responses
- A 20-minute call, not an interview a real exchange
- A clear answer either way yes or not yet, and why
- Your city is not a barrier ABN is nationwide
Founding Cohort · 50 Seats · Invitations Open February 2027
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