About Us
Founded in 2005, Chapel Hill Retreat offers three-day retreats to Pastors and Pastor couples. We provide a self-directed and Christ-centered retreat experience, where God prompts Christian pastors to feel His presence, discern His will and follow His leading. These spiritually strengthened pastors will be empowered by God to transform their ministries and build His kingdom.
The concept is both simple and profound: Invite pastors and their spouses on three-day retreats in a beautiful setting. There, they can focus completely on their relationship with God and their relationship with each other.
The absence of phones, television, calendars, and the demands of daily living help our guests rest, reflect, pray, seek God, and remember the reason they entered ministry. Here the redeeming love of Christ and the Holy Spirit's faithful work in and through them becomes clearer. This reality ignites a passionate response to God and a desire to make Him known.
In the United States, more than 300,000 ministers have answered God’s call to local church ministry. These unsung heroes of the faith are serving in a time of unprecedented stress and uncertainty. Whether ministering to disintegrating families or reaching out to young people seduced by the claims of moral relativism, today’s pastors face pressures that are far beyond those of previous generations.
To support and strengthen these wonderful servants of God, Chapel Hill Retreat has created an oasis of renewal and rejuvenation—a one-of-a-kind experience designed specifically for pastors and their spouses. For three days, our guests use the unforced rhythms of grace to gain perspective, energy and focus. During this Sabbath time, something shifts inside their lives and hearts. And something new is gained—greater hope, a renewed call and deeper dependence on the power of the Holy Spirit.
The experience is a life-changing gift—a gift the Church desperately needs.