Accelerant 2025: Record Attendance at the Annual Youth Conference 

Accelerant 2025 was held January 30 – February 2, 2025, in Gatlinburg, TN, with a little over 3,400 in attendance. This marks a new record attendance, surpassing the previous record of 3,300 set last year. Accelerant is a youth conference that has impacted thousands of IPHC young people over the last two-plus decades. The years have flown by and often run together, but God continues to honor the efforts of students and leaders alike and touch people in powerful ways.  

Accelerant 2025 

This year started with Clayton King preaching on Friday and Saturday mornings.  

Clayton King 

Rush of Fools led in worship, and Brandon Heath was with us for a concert on Friday night.  

Eli Bonilla, Jr. spoke to 170 plus leaders from across our movement on Saturday morning at the Youth Leaders Breakfast. Then Eli spoke in the Saturday night and Sunday morning services.  

Eli Bonilla, Jr.  

Every service was powerful and unique in its own way. A few highlights from the services include Friday morning, when over 300 young people solidified their commitment to Christ, Saturday morning, when there was a powerful prayer time for Steve Ely led by Clayton King, and Sunday morning, when hundreds came to the altar when Eli invited the students and their own pastors, youth pastors, and leaders to pray that they receive fire and power to be witnesses to their generation.  

Students Worshiping, Praising, and Praying at Accelerant 2025 

Our team had been praying that Accelerant 2025 would be a “benchmark moment” in which students and adults would be able to look back years down the road and see what God had done in their lives beginning at Accelerant 2025. I believe that this will indeed come to pass. There is something special, powerful, and moving about seeing young people from all across this great movement worshipping together.  

I want to personally thank all of the leaders who worked so diligently to get their young people to Gatlinburg. Your efforts do not go unnoticed. Accelerant exists to spark or ignite a passion to see our young people being used by God in powerful ways that they can take back to their communities.  

Also want to thank all of our vendors from our IPHC family for their continued support.  

In addition, I would like to thank all of the previous leaders who were involved with Accelerant, as well as the current Accelerant team. It always takes a great team to accomplish great things. Accelerant will continue to do all that it can to be a catalyst. If you have never been to Accelerant, make it a priority to be in Gatlinburg, TN, for Accelerant 2026, January 29, 2026 – February 1, 2026. As time draws near, registration information will be available at www.accelerantfire.com. Until then...