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A Close the Bible Gap Initiative · 3rd Annual Gathering

Digital Bible EngagementSummit 2026

Where the people doing the work meet, share, and build together — combining capabilities across organizations to reach the hardest-to-reach places with Scripture.

Dates

Aug 25–28, 2026

Venue

SBT Beatenberg

Location

Switzerland

Ticket

$499

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The Conviction

Partnership is the only path forward

Bible engagement in the hardest-to-reach places is not work any single organization can do alone. The constraints are too varied — language, distribution, technology, context, capacity — and the expertise needed sits across many organizations rather than inside any one of them.

The most important innovation almost never comes from inventing something brand new. It comes from combining things that already exist in ways no one has tried yet.

Understand the Problem

Surface what research and trends are saying — and what isn't on anyone's radar yet.

Understand the Potential

Examine what AI and new technology actually make possible right now.

Share What's in Flight

Make visible what each organization is building, learning from, and stuck on.

Prototype Together

Turn the thinking into concrete, fundable proposals ready for real investment.

Proposed Schedule

Four days of focused collaboration

From setting the frame on Monday to pitching fundable prototypes on Friday — every day builds deliberately toward concrete, actionable outcomes.

Monday

Setting the Frame

Starting at noon
Arrivals & orientation
Opening session: where the field is heading
Round-the-room with all leaders
Goal-setting for the week

Tuesday

Problem & Potential

Worship & devotions
Bible Access List: engagement trends
AI insight & trends joint readout
Digital research agenda session

Wednesday

AI & Next Platforms

AI tooling for Bible engagement
Next-gen platform landscape
Close the Bible Gap platforms
Working sessions on strongest concepts

Thursday

Prototyping Day

Teams form around top concepts
Develop 1–2 page project briefs
Begin recording video pitches
Coaching & refinement rounds

Friday

Pitches & Close

Morning pitches: briefs & video
Group review & investment discussion
Reflection on the week
Commitments, next steps & departures
Ending at noon

Strategic Outcomes

What the summit produces

Renewable Innovation Pipeline

Four to six prototype-stage proposals each cycle, ready for CTBG and partner consideration.

Clearer Field Intelligence

A recurring read on the state of digital Bible engagement — what the community knows and what still needs to be learned.

Refreshed Research Agenda

Shaped by the Bible Access List and shared infrastructure, informed by what the work itself reveals.

New Cross-Org Collaborations

Partnerships that continue producing through the year, building toward the next Bible Access List-scale outcomes.

Registration

Secure your place at the summit

Only 30 seats are available. Space is intentionally limited to keep relationships real and collaboration meaningful.