The conference is a continuation of the former Word Alive event which ran within Spring Harvest, from which it split in 2007.

Word Alive was billed as "a Bible holiday week inspiring and refreshing the whole body".

There were a variety of sessions available throughout the day – Bible studies, seminars, activity groups and worship meetings.

From 2008 to 2011 Word Alive was held at the Haven Holiday Park, Hafan y Mor, near Pwllheli in North Wales.

Following a subsequent statement by Pete Broadbent all sides accept that disagreements over Spring Harvest leadership team member Steve Chalke's view of the atonement played at least some part in the split.