Jesus Culture is a movement dedicated to mobilizing believers for revival in our day. We are passionate about seeing cities and nations transformed through God's presence and power. We are not satisfied to read about revivals of old, but we long to see one in our day. God is on the move, and we are alive to partner with Him for His cause in the earth.
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We fulfill these mandates through conferences, worship, churches, schools, and resources, all designed to lead people into life-changing encounters with Jesus and equip them to live a lifestyle of revival, while ignited with a passion and hunger to see Jesus get His full reward.
But our story didn’t start here…
Our Story
Jesus Culture began with the “yes”. Banning Liebscher carried a dream to raise a generation to love and serve the Lord with a passion to see an outpouring of God’s power in our day.
In the summer of 1999, Banning’s youth group at Bethel Church hosted the first Jesus Culture Conference. About 500 people attended, including staff, and God showed up in a powerful way. Each year, the conferences continued to grow, and by 2005, the worship was so impactful we decided to try capturing it, resulting in our first album, Everything. That same year, we took our first event outside Redding to Atlanta, Georgia, where 300 young people experienced powerful encounters and took healing to the streets.
In 2005, we hosted our first international event in England, followed by a 2006 gathering in Melbourne, Australia. Since then, Jesus Culture has held around the globe including Germany, France, Hungary, Brazil, New Zealand, and South Africa, carrying the heart of revival around the world.
As Jesus Culture expanded, we transitioned from a local youth ministry into a broader movement in 2008, allowing the team to focus full-time on leading where God was calling us. In 2011, we hosted our first arena gathering in Chicago, where 14,000 people worshiped God in unity—marking a significant moment for the movement and confirming our call to equip a generation to walk in power and purpose.
Our Focus
As our vision became clearer, we recognized our call was not only to host catalytic events, but to walk with people in the process of becoming revivalists. Five main areas now define our mission: Conferences, Worship, Churches, Schools, and Resources.
In 2014, Jesus Culture launched its first local church—Jesus Culture Sacramento—followed by Jesus Culture San Diego in 2021. We are deeply committed to the local church, believing that cities and campuses are transformed through vibrant, rooted communities of faith.
God is reviving this generation because He desires cities and nations to be saturated with His presence, grounded in the truth of the Gospel, and transformed through personal encounters with Him. As a generation gives itself fully to His purpose on the earth we can see revival in our day.
