Experience God Like Never Before
A CU Fire Retreat is a 1.5- 3 day retreat for deep Christian rejuvenation and renewed zeal for God. It’s an excellent opportunity to experience encouragement with your friends to go deeper with God and be part of a national movement of Christians returning to God with their whole hearts. The are two modalities of the retreat whenever it’s held. The first is CU Fire Retreat Hearth – these are small gatherings of 6-15 people in a host’s home and the main messages of the retreat are broadcast into their living room. Secondly, there’s CU Fire Retreat Forge which is held the same weekend and is for groups of 30-100 gathered in a retreat center where some of the messages are broadcast into the retreat center and some of the messages are given in-person.
Watch this 3.5-minute video to witness the power of a CU Fire Retreat:
Upcoming CU Fire Retreats
The Life of God in the Soul of Man – Weekend of April 24-26, 2026
This CU Fire Retreat will be a FORGE modality only, and currently there are no options for the CU Fire Retreat HEARTH modality. This means it will be held in a retreat center and will have little or no messages given via the internet, but all in-person. It’s expected that 30-50 will be in attendance. Details forthcoming.
Why CU Fire Retreats?
CU Fire Retreats were created to help believers experience God more deeply and fully. If you long for a closer relationship with the God who loves you, a CU Fire Retreat might be a tremendous next step. Taking more time to seek the Lord and draw close to Him will dramatically impact your closeness to God.
While we can all seek God in our own time, doing so with friends and people you want to get to know helps deepen the bonding and creates powerful camaraderie.
Christian Union founder and president, Matt Bennett, said, “Focused times of drawing near to God have an incredibly positive impact on Christians. Such times provide powerful spiritual strengthening and renewed vision. You can view Matt Bennett’s bio here and an interview with Matt by CBN here (5:21).
As more and more Christians take time to seek God and grow stronger in Him, God draws near to us with His increased power and presence in our churches, communities, and nation. Many are frustrated with the spiritual decline in their communities and the nation, and seeking the Lord is the answer.
As believers grow strong in the Lord, their vibrant faith will bring a supernatural change.
Sign up now for our next retreat!
Typical CU Fire Retreat Schedule
For Hearth Version. Forge Version Slightly Different
(Subject to Change)
Friday Evening :: 6-9pm Local Time
| Welcome and Orientation |
| Start / Group Sharing or Testimonies |
| Zoom Message (Streamed) |
| Group Prayer / Response to Message |
Saturday :: 8am – 8pm Local Time
Saturday Morning
| Arrival / Prayers of Adoration and Praise |
| Bible Reading |
| Zoom Worship and Message |
| Live Q&A |
Saturday Afternoon
| Group Discussion (Response to Message) |
| Bible Reading followed by Group Discussion: What is God Like? |
| Group (Streamed) Worship + Video followed by Group Discussion |
| Prayer |
Saturday Evening
| Meal |
| Zoom Message |
| Group Discussion (Response to Message) |
| Group Wrap Up (Testimonies, Discussion, and Prayer) |
Perspectives:
“CU Fire was amazing. The way I was able to meet with God and connect to others has broken some chains off of my heart!! The experience was invaluable.”
– Kimberly
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another–and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
– Hebrews 10:24
My first experience as a participant of a CU fire retreat connected me with like minded believers seeking the Lord for revival. Our time praying together and seeking God in the scriptures was powerful. When given the opportunity to host during the next CU fire retreat I was all in.
– Guy