Ray Evans
Church Leadership Consultant
After studying at Cambridge, Ray moved to Bedford in 1980 and served in the leadership of Grace Community Church for more than 40 years. The church was involved in several church plants and saw its main congregation grow to over 500 attendees.
As FIEC's Church Leadership Consultant, Ray assists other leaders in overcoming some of the barriers to gospel growth that are faced in today's world. He has authored Ready, Steady, Grow (IVP) and Church Leadership (10 Publishing) to also provide help and encouragement.
Ray is married to Jenny and they have four grown-up children and nine grandchildren.
He is a keen reader of military history, loves playing sport (especially Bedford Vets hockey), and in any spare time is building a model railway in his loft - for his grandchildren of course.
Author Content
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Understanding Decision Making
Understanding Decision Making
Ray Evans
We must trust in God’s providence as we prayerfully make decisions in our churches.
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God's Will and Our Decisions
God's Will and Our Decisions
Ray Evans
How can God's revealed and secret will help church leaders when life seems to be full of more decisions than ever?
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Small is Beautiful
Small is Beautiful
Ray Evans
The idea that 'small is beautiful' rings true in many areas, not least in our churches. What are the challenges and benefits of a smaller church?
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A Legacy to Develop (Part 2): the Challenge of Raising Up New Leaders
Ray Evans
There are four challenges as we think about passing on the gospel and raising the next generation of church leaders.
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How to Rest Without Going Away
How to Rest Without Going Away
Ray Evans
A holiday abroad might not be advisable this summer, and even a UK break may not be possible either. So how can we get good rest when staying home?
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Lessons from Lockdown (Webinar)
Lessons from Lockdown (Webinar)
John Stevens , Ray Evans
A webinar and Q&A to think about lessons learned during lockdown, the challenges of decision making, and anticipating lasting change.
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A Legacy to Develop (Part 1): a Vision for Leadership
Ray Evans
It is important to be looking to raise up the next generation of leaders. What's got to happen for that to be a reality in church life?
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Serving Church Members in Financial Hardship
Serving Church Members in Financial Hardship
Ray Evans
Advice for churches who need to think through how to support their members who are struggling financially during the coronavirus crisis.
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Five Gears to Avoid Pastoral Burnout
Five Gears to Avoid Pastoral Burnout
Ray Evans
How do we ensure that our work gets done and that we spend needed time with our loved ones? Here’s a tool that can help us to avoid pastoral burnout.
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Lessons in Common Grace
Lessons in Common Grace
Ray Evans
How do we balance the desire for biblical church leadership with wisdom from the world?
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Give Your Best
Give Your Best
Ray Evans
Church leadership is a huge energy drain – especially when sending workers into other ministries. So how can we find the energy to keep going?
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Reviews & Appraisals
Reviews & Appraisals
Ray Evans
How can we get the balance right between supporting church workers and holding them accountable for what they do?
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Action Points
Action Points
Ray Evans
As a church leadership team, you might have lots of great ideas, but how can you make sure they actually become reality?
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Wisdom All Church Leaders Need
Ray Evans
A plenary seminar about church leadership and strategy given at our 2019 Leaders' Conference.
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Equipping Leaders to Lead Teams
Equipping Leaders to Lead Teams
Ray Evans
How can any church team achieve greater effectiveness? What makes a good team player... and team leader? How do you lead great team meetings?
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Raising Leaders: Volunteers
Raising Leaders: Volunteers
Ray Evans
How do you raise up volunteers, and then train, motivate, and support them? And what happens if it all goes sour?
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Evangelistic Momentum 5: The Example of Acts 16
Evangelistic Momentum 5: The Example of Acts 16
Ray Evans
In the final part of this series on building evangelistic momentum, Ray Evans takes Acts 16 as his starting point to stimulate us to action.
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Evangelistic Momentum 4: Practical Steps
Evangelistic Momentum 4: Practical Steps
Ray Evans
How leaders can start to move their churches into intentional evangelistic growth.
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Evangelistic Momentum 3: Contemporary Morality
Evangelistic Momentum 3: Contemporary Morality
Ray Evans
How do we shape our evangelism based on the trends we’ve seen in society over the past decade?
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Evangelistic Momentum 2: Overwhelming Need
Evangelistic Momentum 2: Overwhelming Need
Ray Evans
Ray Evans and Jon Putt draw implications for our gospel witness from 'Our Times' by A N Wilson.
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Evangelistic Momentum 1: Looking Carefully
Evangelistic Momentum 1: Looking Carefully
Ray Evans
How can we build evangelistic momentum in our churches? We begin by looking carefully.
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59 ‘One Anothers’
59 ‘One Anothers’
Ray Evans
A lot is written about how church leaders can work smarter to take a ministry forward. But less is said about how members can support one another.
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Team Structures
Team Structures
Ray Evans
Most churches know that they need to develop effective structures as a church grows. But how do you go about it?
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Developing Deacons
Developing Deacons
Ray Evans
Ray Evans has been considering the role of deacons. How does a church go about appointing them and how does that work in churches of different sizes?
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