Christian GymCon 2027 · Fort Worth · January 29–30, 2027
Build a gym thathonors Godand grows.
Two practical days for Christian gym owners who are ready to turn faith into visible culture, dependable systems, and a message that sounds like them.
2027
You will study a model that is already running.
Iron Forge started in San Antonio in 2022. This is what it looks like today.
Gyms partnered with Iron Forge in under ten months, across seven states.
People at Iron Forge’s Worship & Workout, up from 30 on its first night in November 2024.
People following Nathan on Instagram for leadership, culture and faith in business.
People in the room when Nathan spoke in Fort Worth this October.
The tension
You can love God, care about people, and still have a gym that depends on you for everything.
Many gym owners carry a real tension. They want the gym to reflect their faith, but the mission lives in their head. The team cannot repeat it. Members feel the owner’s care when the owner is in the building, and feel something thinner when they are not. The marketing says “great community” because nobody has written down what actually makes the gym different.
The answer is not shame, a shortcut, or another collection of ideas. The answer is to make the decisions, write them down, and build the systems that let your team carry the mission with you.
That is what GymCon is for.
What you will work on
Culture, systems, and marketing in the same conversation.
Culture
Clarify mission, values, and team behaviors so your culture can be seen and led. Leave with them written down where your team can read them.
Systems
Build the leadership and member-care rhythms that keep the gym serving people well without routing every decision through you.
Marketing
Say in one sentence why someone should choose your gym. Fix the message so it sounds like you and stops sounding like everyone else.
Leave with it written down.
The event promise
This is not a conference you attend and forget.
You will see the model, examine how it works, and write your own first step before you leave. Bring the decision you have been avoiding. Leave with a written plan and the agenda for your first team conversation.
Every ticket includes the Kingdom Gym Field Guide, a curated welcome gift, and guided time to write your First-Step Plan.
Who this is for
Christian gym owners who are ready to lead, not just learn.
- You want a gym that honors God and grows.Growth without faith is just a business. Faith without growth helps no one. You want both.
- You know culture matters, but it lives in your head.Leave with your mission, values and team behaviors written down where your team can see them.
- Your gym only runs when you’re in the building.Install the leadership and member-care systems that keep it running when you’re not.
- You can’t say in one sentence why someone should pick your gym.Fix the message so your marketing sounds like you.
- You’re ready to act on Monday.Walk out with a written first step and the agenda for your first conversation with your team.
Who should skip it
Save the seat for someone else if…
- You want someone to do it for you.This event equips you to decide and lead. Done-for-you work is a separate Iron Forge partnership.
- You’re hunting for a hack.No growth hacks or quick marketing tricks. We build from culture out because that’s what lasts.
- You keep your faith out of your business.Faith is how we run the gym, not a side note.
- You plan to sit in the back and change nothing.You’ll make decisions and write a plan before you leave.
The schedule · all times Central
Friday you see the model. Saturday you decide what comes next.
| 8:00–8:45 AM | Optional group worship | All |
| 9:30–10:00 | Check-in and welcome | All |
| 10:00–12:00 | Culture: mission, values and team behaviors | All |
| 12:00–1:15 | Lunch · hosted group lunch for Platinum | Platinum |
| 1:15–3:30 | Systems: leadership, member care and the Iron Forge model | All |
| 3:45–5:15 | Behind the Forge: how the team operates, with group Q&A | Gold + Plat |
| 7:30–9:00 | Private hosted dinner with the Iron Forge team | Gold + Plat |
| 8:00–8:45 AM | Optional group workout and worship | All |
| 10:00–12:15 | Marketing: communicate what makes your gym different | All |
| 12:15–1:30 | Lunch · hosted group lunch for Platinum | Platinum |
| 1:30–3:45 | Bring it together; write your First-Step Plan; closing | All |
| 5:00–9:00 | Culture Lab with Nathan and the team, up to ten owners | Platinum |
Dinner is time to connect. It is not a required workshop or a promise of private coaching. Venue and hotel details are announced to ticket holders as they are confirmed.
Choose your ticket
Three ways into the room.
Silver helps you learn the model. Gold lets you see the operating model up close. Platinum gives you a smaller room to work through your own decisions.
Early-bird pricing ends December 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM Central. After that, every ticket moves to standard price.
For the owner who wants to see the model and know where to begin.
Standard $497
- Full access to both days of Culture, Systems & Marketing sessions
- Guided time to write your First-Step Plan and first team-conversation agenda
- Kingdom Gym Field Guide and curated welcome gift
- Optional Saturday group workout and worship
215 seats allocated
Reserve SilverFor the owner who wants to see how Iron Forge puts the principles into practice.
Standard $1,497
- Everything in Silver, plus
- Priority seating in the core sessions
- 90-minute Friday Behind the Forge briefing with the team and group Q&A
- Friday-night private dinner with the Iron Forge team and fellow owners
25 seats allocated
Reserve GoldFor the owner who wants focused, on-site time to think through their own gym’s culture.
Standard $2,997
- Everything in Gold, plus
- Front-row seating in the core sessions
- Two hosted group lunches with the Iron Forge team
- Four-hour Saturday-night Culture Lab with Nathan, for up to ten owners
- Live feedback on one culture challenge and your own Culture Decision Map
10 seats · intentionally small
Reserve PlatinumNone of the tickets includes installing systems or ongoing coaching in your gym. Those belong to a separate Iron Forge partnership.
Meet your host
Nathan Mansfield & the Iron Forge team
Nathan founded Iron Forge in San Antonio in 2022 and has since partnered with 16 gyms in seven states. He leads GymCon alongside the Iron Forge team, teaching the Iron Forge approach to culture, systems and marketing, and hosting the Platinum Culture Lab on Saturday night. You will see a working gym’s model up close: the numbers, the systems and the people running them.
Behind the Forge, the Friday dinner, and the Culture Lab are the parts of GymCon where you get closest to how the model actually runs week to week.
Questions
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Fort Worth · January 29–30, 2027
You do not need another year of carrying the whole gym in your head.
Join other gym owners in Fort Worth for two focused days of faith, culture, systems, and marketing. Reserve the ticket that fits how closely you want to see the model. Early-bird pricing ends December 15.
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