Reaching Catholics, Transgender People, and Liverpool FC Succession
How do we reach Catholics with the true gospel? How should Christians respond to the Supreme Court ruling on gender? What can we learn from Liverpool FC?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries), and John Stevens (National Director) discuss the stories in the news of the past weeks and what they can teach us about church leadership.
00:00 - Rising Lights 2026
03:01 - Evangelism to people from other faiths
07:36 - Pope Francis' funeral and reaching Catholics with the gospel
14:40 - Implications of the Supreme Court gender ruling
24:24 - Succession lessons from Liverpool FC
Show notes
- Leaders' Conference 2025 (fiec.org.uk)
- Rising Lights 2026 (fiec.org.uk)
- Pope Francis has died, the Vatican says (news.sky.com)
- Gospel Unity Ethos Statement (fiec.org.uk)
- Five key takeaways from Supreme Court ruling (bbc.co.uk)
- English FA will ban transgender women from women's football from next season (news.sky.com)
- What is a woman? (eauk.org)
- Arne Slot details message from Jurgen Klopp after delivering title success to Liverpool (mirror.co.uk)
- Andrew Flintoff ‘Field of Dreams’ refugee Adnan Miakhel a hit on Lancashire debut (telegraph.co.uk)
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