Better Together replay videos will be available this fall.

JULY 21-23, 2026 | NORTH JERSEY VINEYARD

A transformational gathering for leaders ready to cultivate deeper community and sustainable spiritual health

What if Beloved Community starts with you?

Better Together is a Vineyard gathering for pastors and leaders who long to cultivate beloved communities shaped by the love and Kingdom of Jesus, where people are known, welcomed, healed, and formed.

This year we’re bringing together two essential dimensions of Vineyard life because the communities we build will only be as healthy as the leaders who shape them.

Beloved Community

A Kingdom vision of reconciliation, belonging, and shared life

Because the communities we build will only be as healthy as the leaders who shape them.

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

The inner formation needed to lead without burnout, reactivity, or hidden wounds

Featuring Drew Hyun (Executive Director of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship and Lead Pastor of Hope Church NYC), our Vineyard USA Associations Director and Association Leaders, and Jay Pathak (Vineyard USA National Director), we’ll explore how emotional maturity and spiritual maturity grow together.

Immersive Experiences

This year goes beyond teaching. Through curated local experiences and embodied learning spaces, you’ll step into tangible expressions of Beloved Community, encountering the beauty and diversity of Jesus’ Church firsthand.

These aren’t add-ons. They’re invitations to listen, to see, and to participate in what the Spirit is already doing.

In true Vineyard fashion, we won’t just talk about the Kingdom. We’ll practice joining it.

You'll leave equipped

Our hope is you’ll leave equipped to:

  • Recognize emotional barriers that limit authentic community

  • Lead with greater self-awareness and relational health

  • Create spaces where vulnerability and belonging intersect

  • Cultivate Spirit-formed communities marked by reconciliation and love

  • Carry a lived vision of Beloved Community shaped not only by teaching, but by experience

Location

Our host is the North Jersey Vineyard, a vibrant, diverse, and growing Vineyard church located in South Hackensack, New Jersey, 10 miles outside of Manhattan. This gives us proximity to all NYC has to offer. 

Questions?

Email the Vineyard USA Events Team at conference@vineyardusa.org.

We’d love to hear from you and answer any questions you may have!