October 16–18, 2026 · Woodlands Retreat · Nunnelly, Tennessee

The First Christian Transhumanist Retreat

Three days on 300 wooded acres — a lake, trails, a chapel, fire and conversation late into the night. Fewer talks, more table.

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For ten years we've gathered online and on conference stages to ask one question together: what does it mean to follow Christ into the future? This fall, for the first time, we're taking that question into the woods. A retreat, not a conference — less presenting, more presence.

We're coming to wrestle with some of the deepest questions of our time — and to embody the thing we keep pointing at: a hopeful, rational, future-facing faith. Nobody arrives with the final answers. We arrive ready to work out a better future, and we need you in the room.

We work against illness, hunger, oppression, injustice, and death — and once a year, it's good to do that work shoulder to shoulder, in person, with people who see what you see.

The theme that will hold our weekend: The Future and the Face of Christ. Come find out what we mean.

  • Two geese on a still lake in early morning mist.
    Morning on the water
  • The lodge great room, with a vaulted timber ceiling and tall windows.
    The great room
  • A rock bluff above a still creek, surrounded by autumn woods.
    The trails
  • The timber-and-stone lodge where we'll be staying.
    The lodge
  • The lake in autumn colour, with a fountain and cattails along the near bank.
    The lake
  • Aerial view of the property: wooded hills, a lake, and gravel roads winding through.
    300 acres
  • A narrow creek running through dense green woods.
    Creeks and hollows
  • A dock on the lake with paddle boats tied alongside.
    The dock
  • A cabin with a deck overlooking the water, framed by trees.
    Cabins by the water
  • A long covered porch looking out over the lawn toward the water.
    Covered porch
  • An open-sided pavilion with a white truss ceiling, set with rows of chairs.
    Room to gather
  • A deer looking back through autumn leaves at the edge of the woods.
    The neighbors
  • A small white clapboard chapel with arched windows and a cupola.
    The chapel
  • The white chapel lit up against the dark.
    The chapel at night

Some of our topics:

A pro-human technological future

The five supers — super-longevity, super-intelligence, super-embodiment, super-abundance, super-ecology — and how we work for the best possible future now. Steering between the AI apocalypses: AI as a blessing and not a curse.

Christian theology in light of the radical future

Simulation, Creation, the Multiverse, the Singularity — and the radical imagination of Christian theology. The Bible in an age of exponential change: and a faith that isn't looking for the exit. CS Lewis, NT Wright, GK Chesterton, Teilhard de Chardin, Nikolai Fedorov, Francis Bacon, and the ancient fathers and mothers of the church.

Rising faith in a technological age

Christianity for Secular Rationalists: rationalism, empiricism, pragmatism, and the epistemology of the faith of the future. Transhumanism for Sunday school class (a transhumanism your grandmother can use). How to talk to your friends about the future.

The details

  • When: Friday, October 16 (check-in 4pm) → Sunday, October 18 (10am)
  • Where: Woodlands Retreat, Nunnelly, TN — about an hour west of Nashville. Lodge bedding provided.
  • Who: the CTA community and friends — space is limited
  • Meals: dinner Friday and Saturday; shared breakfasts and lunch
  • Registration closes: Monday, September 14 — that week we give the venue a final headcount and pay the balance
  • Refunds: cancel by September 16 — 30 days before the retreat — for a full refund. After September 16 we've committed to the venue for your spot, so registrations aren't refundable, but they are transferable — send someone in your place and just let us know.
  • Questions: admin@christiantranshumanism.org

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Every registration includes the full weekend — lodging, meals, and everything we do together. The only difference between tiers is the room you sleep in. The crossed-out price is the true price of the weekend; generous donors and volunteers have worked hard to make it this accessible.

Still open

Bunkroom

A bunk in the shared lodge rooms. The most accessible way to be there — everything else is identical.

Two available

Queen Bed

A queen bed in the bunkroom. A real bed for two — the middle ground between a bunk and a private room.

Sold out

Private Rooms & Master Suite

Every enclosed room is taken.

Private Room

  • Solo $295 $250 Unavailable
  • Couple $575 $495 Unavailable
  • Family · up to 4 $750 $650 Unavailable

Master Suite

  • Family · up to 4 $800 $695 Unavailable

We don't want money to be the reason anyone stays home. Scholarships are available — just ask. And if you'd like to help make that possible for someone else, by giving or by volunteering at the retreat, tell us that too. Either way, write us: admin@christiantranshumanism.org

Space is genuinely limited. If the future makes your faith come alive, come help us work it out.

— The Christian Transhumanist Association