Rumours of War, Abortion & Assisted Suicide, and Festival Season
How do we lead our churches through a time of uncertainty? What do votes for abortion and assisted suicide tell us about society? How can festivals remind us of the glorious normal?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (Associate National Director), and John Stevens (National Director), discuss stories from the news over the past weeks and what we can learn from them about church leadership.
00:00 - Evangelical Ministry Assembly (EMA) review
04:33 - Leading through war and rumours of war
11:33 - Abortion and assisted suicide votes
14:46 - Unanswered prayer
18:31 - Keir Starmer's u-turn and church u-turns
27:00 - Festival season and the glorious normal
Show notes
- FIEC Leaders' Conference 2025 (fiec.org.uk)
- Trump takes huge gamble putting US at heart of Iran-Israel conflict (bbc.co.uk)
- MPs vote to decriminalise abortion for women in England and Wales (bbc.co.uk)
- MPs back assisted dying bill in historic Commons vote (bbc.co.uk)
- I Prayed and Nothing Changed, Ste Casey
- Organisations to help think through responses:
- Starmer climbs down on disability benefits cuts after rebellion by Labour MPs (bbc.co.uk)
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