Gallup to host New Mexico InterChurch Holiness Convention April 21-22

Gallup is set to become a gathering point for Wesleyan-Holiness churches this week as the New Mexico State Convention of the InterChurch Holiness Convention opens at Free Trinity Navajo Mission on Highway 491. Organizers say the two-night event will bring together church members focused on evangelism and revival, with services at 7 p.m. Tuesday and 7 p.m. Wednesday.

The convention is being held April 21-22 and will feature preaching by Brian Spangler and music from Keith and Rhetta Wheeler. Daniel Stetler is listed as the convention moderator, while Doug Stratton is the host pastor. For Gallup, the gathering means two evenings of steady foot traffic along Highway 491 and a likely boost for nearby churches, hotels and family visitors coming in for the services.

The New Mexico event is part of a larger network of regional meetings run by the InterChurch Holiness Convention, which describes its mission as challenging the church to evangelism and revival. The organization says the New Mexico convention is a two-day gathering that begins on the Tuesday before the last Friday in April, and it has already posted future New Mexico dates for April 27-28, 2027, and April 25-26, 2028.

That broader convention calendar places Gallup inside a busy spring schedule that also includes regional events in Ontario and Phoenix. The IHC describes itself as Wesleyan-Arminian in doctrine and belief, and its Gatlinburg convention listing estimates attendance at 5,500, a sign of the scale the network can reach beyond New Mexico.

The organization is based in Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania, and says IHC 24.7 provides its video and audio programming on a 24.7 and on-demand basis. For McKinley County families and churches that follow Holiness traditions, the Gallup meetings offer a rare local chance to hear a convention speaker, join in worship, and connect with a wider church network without leaving the community.