Keswick Convention 2025 Roundup – Highlights & Speakers

Keswick Convention 2025 Roundup – Transformed

From 12 July to 1 August 2025, thousands gathered in Keswick, Cumbria, to celebrate the 150th Keswick Convention under the banner theme “Transformed”—an exploration of how Christ reshapes us now, continually by His Spirit, and in the hope of future glory.

Convention Overview & Theme

Held over three inspiring weeks, Keswick Convention 2025 offered a fresh biblical focus each week, all unified by the powerful theme of transformation:

• Week One (12–18 July): James – Bringing Back the Badly Behaved
• Week Two (19–25 July): Colossians – Transformed
• Week Three (26 July–1 August): 2 Corinthians – The King Transformed

With an anticipated 12,000–15,000 attendees, including vibrant children’s and youth (19–24s) tracks, this was set to be the largest gathering in Keswick’s long history.

📖 Weekly Breakdown

Week One | James: Bringing Back the Badly Behaved

Bible Reader: Andy Gemmill guided morning sessions through James:

• Trials and Maturity (James 1:1–21)
• Faith in Action (James 1:22–2:26)
• Taming the Tongue (James 3)
• Worldly Wisdom (James 4)
• Perseverance and Prayer (James 5)

Seminar highlights included:

• The Holy Spirit and His Ministry – Sinclair Ferguson
• A Transformed Vision for Retirement – John Wyatt
• A Transformed Walk: Enjoying Personal Devotions – Linda Allcock

Evening Celebrations featured teaching from Jeremy McQuoid (John 14: Our Hope and Dependence), along with contributions from Sinclair Ferguson, Ellidh Cook, Ian Coffey and others.

Family-friendly moments included Bizarre Bible from 4Front Theatre, mission exhibits in Base Camp, and worship led by the Phil Moore Band.

Week Two | Colossians: Transformed

Bible Reader: Tim Chester delivered morning Bible readings in Colossians:

• Transformed Through the Word and Prayer (1:1–14)
• Transformed in, Through and For Christ (1:15–29 & 2:1–15)
• Transformed by Loving and Looking (2:16–3:7)
• Transformed in Community for Mission (3:8–4:6)

Seminars featured:

• The Great Story and the Great Commission – Chris Wright (Main Tent)
• Confident Christianity – Andy Bannister
• Intimacy and Faithfulness – Ed Shaw

Evening sessions explored the life of Peter in the early church with powerful contributions from Amy Orr‑Ewing, Matt Searles, Chris Wright, Ed Shaw, and Paul Mallard.

Week Three | 2 Corinthians: The King Transformed

Bible Reader: Dane C. Ortlund led a moving journey through 2 Corinthians:

• Looking Up (Christ) – 2 Cor. 3:1–4:6
• Looking Ahead (Heaven) – 2 Cor. 4:16–18
• Looking Around (Togetherness) – 2 Cor. 7:2–16
• Looking In (Weakness) – 2 Cor. 11:30–12:10
• Looking Everywhere (Trinity) – 2 Cor. 13:14

Key seminars included:

• How God Transforms Us – Steve Midgley (Main Tent)
• Parenting in the Digital Age – Katharine Hill
• Whole-Life Discipleship – Mark Greene

Evening Celebrations centred on living a gospel-shaped life, with powerful teaching from Ray Ortlund, Sam Allberry, and Mark Ellis.

Week Three also brought a joyful celebration of Keswick’s 150th year with the 150 Party, concerts by EMU Music, family entertainment from Awesome Cutlery, and the vibrant Keswick Unconventional After Hours showcase.

Community & Mission Focus

Throughout all three weeks, the Base Camp Mission Exhibition offered global connections, while Mission+Plus created spaces for practical mission engagement. Parallel youth and children’s tracks ran consistently, nurturing young faith and building intergenerational fellowship.

✅ Save the Dates for the Keswick Convention 2026

Don’t miss out on next year’s Convention:

• Week 1: Saturday 18 – Friday 24 July 2026
• Week 2: Saturday 25 – Friday 31 July 2026
• Week 3: Saturday 1 – Friday 7 August 2026

There’s no charge to attend and everyone is welcome—so why not make plans now to head to Keswick in 2026?

Keswick Convention 2025 stood as a bold celebration of transformational discipleship—equipping, uniting, and inspiring the global Church for the road ahead.

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