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- Engaging with God Together
- 1-to-1: Why all the fuss?
- Helping People Change: Changed by Faith
- Helping People Change: Changed by the Spirit
- Starting or Revitalising a Children's and Youth Work
- Leading a Disciple-Making Church 1: Making Disciples Through Preaching
- Leading a Disciple-Making Church 2: Making Disciples Through Training
- Leading a Disciple-Making Church 3: Making Disciples Through Pastoral Care
- Discipling Women 1: The Starting Point
- Discipling Women 2: The Knotty Issues
- Biblical Counselling in Discipleship 1: A Focus on the Heart
- Biblical Counselling in Discipleship 2: One truth, many ways to say it?
- Biblical Counselling in Discipleship 3: Speaking the Truth in Love
- Discipling Children and Youth 1: The Jesus Model
- Discipling Children and Youth 2: What got you here won’t get you there
- Discipling Children and Youth 3: Maintain the message, modify the method
- Creating a Culture of Evangelism
- Equipping the Congregation for Evangelism
- Preaching Evangelistically
- How do I help women grow?
- How do I stay fresh in ministry?
- Help! I’ve been asked to give a gospel talk
- Discipleship in Hard Places
- Growing a Diverse Team in Hard Places
- Women’s Ministry in Hard Places
- Reaching Men: Planning the Race
- Reaching Men: Running the Race
- Reaching Muslims: Some Practical Help
- Reaching Muslims: Creating Gospel Communities
- Church Planting and Revitalisation
- Frontier Rather Than Fortress
- Why Evangelism is Central to a Healthy Church
- Community Evangelism
- Servants of God
- Servants of the Gospel
- Servants of the Church
- The Devotional Life of the Pastor (part 1)
- The Devotional Life of the Pastor (part 2)
- Leading a Culture of Change
- Nurturing a Culture of Evangelism
- Transformed by the Word
- Transformed by Relationships
- Aliens and Strangers or Culture Makers?
- The Church, the World, and the Public Square
- Church Planting - just for the young, hip and fabulous?
- Should Every Church be Multi-Racial?
- Thabiti Anyabwile Masterclass
- Creating Capacity for Change
- Investing in the Ministry of Music
- Progress #1
- Progress #2
- Psalm 139
- Apologetics in the Local Church
- Apologetics in the Public Square
- Jesus the Game Changer
- Effective Evangelistic Courses
- Reaching Women with the Gospel
- Reaching the Elderly with the Gospel
- Evangelism: Making it Central
- Evangelism: Making it Normal
- Effective Communication: Let the Word Loose
- Effective Communication: Ensure the Word Impacts
- Don't Waste a Good Crisis
- What's New in Safeguarding?
- 'Remembering' is Our Great Need
- ‘Reminding’ is Our Great Ministry
- Being Excited about the Name of Jesus
- Raising Leaders: Godly Elders
- Raising Leaders: Volunteers
- Raising Leaders: Diverse Backgrounds
- Raising Leaders: Risk & Failure
- Developing Women’s Ministry in the Local Church
- Developing Youth and Children’s Leaders
- Equipping Leaders to Lead Teams
- Leading Leaders: Staff Teams
- Women's Workers in the Local Church
- Leading Your Church in Evangelism
- On Sermon Preparation and Delivery
- Being a Ministry Wife
- Emotional Intelligence in Leaders
- Sexual Passions, Purity and the Pitfalls of Leadership
- Elders & Trustees: How to make it work
- Marriage, Ministry & Family Life under the Spotlight
- 2 Corinthians 1:1-11
- Nehemiah 3
- Antidote to Anxiety
- Affirming Women in Ministry
- Conversion Therapy: A Biblical Response
- Building for the Long Term
- Independency Yesterday, Today, and for the Future
- Current Challenges in the Doctrine of the Church
- Engaging with Issues in an Unbelieving World
- Complementarianism in Practice
- Developing Meaningful Local Partnerships
- Developing Meaningful National Partnerships
- Maintaining Church Unity in a Complex World
- “The Law is an Ass!” or is it, in Fact, an Asset to Churches?
- Finding the Right Hills to Die On
- Christ, Trauma, Abuse, and the Church
- Joys and Challenges of Smaller Church Life
- Creating Meaningful Partnerships Across Cultures
- Developing a Healthy Leadership Culture
- Regathering and Restarting (Annual Review 2021/22)
- Unity in Christ
- Christians and Politics
- What is Evangelical Theology's Problem With Justice?
- A Place to Belong
- Looking Further Afield
- The Goal is Equality
- Who Are the Widows?
- When Dry Law Lives
- When Leaders Don't Want to Lead
- Are We Allowed to Disagree About Justice Issues?
- How to Do Nothing
- Loving Our World
- Righteousness and Race
- Pursuing Justice With the Heart of Jesus
- The Beginning and the End
- Shepherding Those With Addictions
- Shepherding Those Facing Domestic Abuse
- Shepherding Parents
- Shepherding Sufferers
- Sitting at the Shepherd's Feet
- Shepherding as Coaching and Mentoring
- Preaching to Women
- Responding to the ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban
- The Continued Humanity of Jesus
- Shepherding Families in a World of Sexual Confusion
- Finishing Strong: the Last Years of Paid Ministry
- Cultivating a Healthy Women’s Ministry
- The Shepherd and Authority
- Kingdom Shepherds
- Shepherding and Mental Health
- Preaching the Book of Job
- A Helpful Feedback Culture
- Intercultural Church Planting
- Supporting Planters' Wives
Video
- The Power of God 1
- The Power of God 2
- The Power of God 3
- Psalm 32
- Psalm 33
- Psalm 34
- Gospel Leadership, Gospel Growth 1
- Gospel Leadership, Gospel Growth 2
- Gospel Leadership, Gospel Growth 3
- Dependent on Jesus
- Dependent on Prayer
- Dependent on Generous Investment
- Dependent on God's Heart for the Lost
- I am the Bread of Life
- I am the Good Shepherd
- I am the Resurrection
- Leading a Multicultural Church
- Leading a Praying Church
- Leading a Partnering Church
- Theology and History of Independency
- Titus - Our Task
- Titus - Our Goal
- Titus - Our Hope
- Titus - Our Challenge
- Grace Under Pressure: "It's too hard"
- Grace Under Pressure: "I'm too dirty"
- Grace Under Pressure: "I've failed"
- Lessons from the Life of Isaac Watts
- Developing Women's Ministry in Your Church
- The Essence of Sin
- The Plentiful Harvest
- Engaging Evangelism (Part 1)
- Engaging Evangelism (Part 2)
- The Priority of Evangelism
- The Joy of Evangelism
- The Passion for Evangelism
- The Power for Evangelism
- Accidental Church Planters
- Spurgeon the Evangelist
- Finding Our Feet in Shifting Sands
- Church Growth
- From Rotas to Teams
- Realistic Expectations
- Upskilling
- Best Books to Read
- Leading a Team
- Management Roles
- What They Didn't Teach You
- Out with the Old?
- Gospel Momentum
- The Christian Bubble
- Highs and Lows
- Clarity in Leadership
- Leading an Organisation
- Q&A on Leadership
- The Old Path of Transformation
- The Neglected Path of Transformation
- The Greatest Path of Transformation
- Revelation 2:1-7
- Revelation 3:7-14
- The Reformation
- The Next Level
- Church Attendance
- Migration
- Community
- A Ministry of Warning
- A Ministry of Comfort
- Power for Gospel Ministry
- Prayer for Gospel Ministry
- Promises for Gospel Ministry
- Defending Against Defeater Beliefs (Part 1)
- Defending Against Defeater Beliefs (Part 2)
- Get to Know... New City and Above Bar
- Evangelism in 2019
- Storytelling and Evangelism
- Using Evangelistic Courses
- Get to Know... Lansdowne and Trinity
- Revitalisation: Encouragements, Challenges & Pitfalls
- Get to Know... Cornerstone and Woodgreen
- Ministry in Wales
- Get to Know... The Slade and Cowplain
- Leadership & Character
- Leadership & Skillset
- The Nature of Gospel Leadership
- The Reality of Gospel Leadership
- Wisdom All Church Leaders Need
- An Interview with Mark Dever
- Ministry Amongst Britain’s Poorest
- Get to Know... Send and Cornerstone
- Race and the Evangelical Church
- A Legacy to Avoid
- A Legacy to Remember
- Get to Know... Matthew Henry and Grace
- Christianity Explored: Online Experiences & Lessons Learnt
- A Legacy to Develop (Part 1): a Vision for Leadership
- A Legacy to Develop (Part 2): the Challenge of Raising Up New Leaders
- Get to Know Baglan and The Gate
- When should Christians disobey Government over Coronavirus restrictions?
- God's Faithfulness to FIEC in the Time of Coronavirus - AGM 2019/20
- Get to Know... Harper and Mount Pleasant
- Unexpected yet Encouraging (Annual Review 2019-2020)
- Fruitful 10: Self-control
- Fruitful 9: Gentleness
- Fruitful 8: Faithfulness
- Fruitful 7: Goodness
- Fruitful 6: Kindness
- Fruitful 5: Forbearance
- Fruitful 4: Peace
- Fruitful 3: Joy
- Fruitful 2: Love
- Fruitful 1: Introduction
- When We Disagree with Lockdown
- Certainty in Uncertain Times
- Assurance, Hope, and Boasting at Easter
- From a Discipline to a Delight
- Evangelism In and Out of Lockdown
- What is Independent Church Ministry?
- Remember: the Lord Remembers
- Get to Know... Plains and Highfields
- Leadership Blind Spots : Women
- Leadership Blind Spots: Ethnic Minorities
- What Exactly is Independency?
- Lifting Your Horizons with FIEC
- Care, Power, and Abuse in the Local Church
- When Use of Power Becomes Abuse of Power
- Women's Ministry and Depending on God
- Caring for Victims in the Local Church
- Distinctives for Women in Ministry
- Gospel Work in Extraordinary Times (Annual Review 2020/21)
- Christianity and the Church in 2021 Britain
- The Glorious Normal
- The Glorious God
- Growing Young Disciples
- Is Complementarianism Abusive?
- On Church Websites
- Does Independency Enable Abuse?
- Boris Johnson's Leadership, Jimmy Carr's Comedy, and the Winter Olympics
- Seen and Not Heard? Children in Sunday Services
- World Mission and the Local Church
- Russian Invasion, the Post-Covid World, and Curling Gold
- Preventing Abuse in Local Church Leadership
- Music and Singing in the Local Church
- Praying for Ukraine, Leadership at Boeing, and John Bercow
- Training for the Harvest Field
- Training Volunteers in Youth Ministry
- Zelensky's Leadership, Rising Living Costs, and Gender Identity
- Caring for Church Musicians
- Piano Playing
- Pastoral Ministry in a Smaller Church
- Conversion Therapy Ban, Opposing War, and Public Image
- Transitioning Church Leadership
- Dealing with Retirement from Ministry
- Leading a Leadership Team
- Planting in Smaller Communities
- The Archbishop of Canterbury, Elon Musk, and Praying for Ukraine
- On Christian Conferences
- The Proud and the Humble
- The Sheep and the Search Party
- Keep Believing and Keep Serving
- World Mission in the 21st Century
- Roe v. Wade, the Royal Family, and 'Talking Jesus'
- Welcoming People with Learning Disabilities to Church
- Caring for Your Missionaries
- Local Churches and the Media
- Eastern European Churches, Abuse in the SBC, and the Fear of Marriage
- The Church's Call in Challenging Times
- Trust in Leadership, Social Mobility, and Lonely Students
- Caring for Autistic Children in Church
- Working with Mission Agencies
- Pulpit Politics, Accessibility & Diversity, and Women's Sport
- Women's Ministry in Smaller Churches
- Caring for Anxiety Sufferers
- Resignations, Democracy, and Cricketing Revivals
- Where Do Art and Church Meet?
- Church Ministry on Council Estates
- Medhurst Ministries
- Cost of Living Crisis, Transgender Clinics, and Climate Change
- Offering Hope to Domestic Abuse Victims
- Gospel Partnerships in Practice
- Reaching Your Community in the Summer
- Matt Chandler, The Frankfurt Declaration, and Religious Freedom
- When Church Plants Don't Work Out
- Leading the Church in Reflection on Elizabeth II
- Ministry Training in the Local Church
- The Queen's Funeral, Swearing on the Bible, and Lessons from Warfare
- On Churches Without Buildings
- Planning and Taking a Sabbatical
- Mini-Budget Lessons, The Queen's Funeral, and Brother Andrew
- Mermaids Criticism, the State of Theology, and Conspiracy Theories
- Reaching Parents Through Toddler Groups
- Rishi Sunak, Repressive Regimes, and Jürgen Klopp
- Do Churches Need a Complaints Policy?
- Autumn Budget, the World Cup in Qatar, and the Bishop of Oxford
- Why Change Your Church Name?
- Contending for the Faith
- The Most Holy Faith
- Partnership in the Last Times
- Make Much of Jesus
- To the Only God Our Saviour
- Expressions of Unity in Church Leadership
- Census Figures, Institutional Racism, and Winter Strikes
- Why Do We Need a Christian Bank?
- Stephen Sizer Tribunal, Migrant Crisis, and Artificial Intelligence
- Christianity and the Church in 2022 Britain
- Prince Harry, NHS Crisis, and New Year's Resolutions
- Leading Worship with a Guitar
- Why Send Your Kids to Summer Camps?
- Same Sex Blessings, Integrity in Government, and the Value of Work
- Genuine Racial and Cultural Diversity
- Safeguarding to the Glory of God
- Natural Disasters, War in Ukraine, and Worldliness in the Church
- Raising Lay Leaders
- Great Endurance
- Who Are You Yoked With?
- More Blessed to Give than to Receive
- Nicola Sturgeon, Christian Illiteracy, and John Motson
- Community Youth Work
- Helping People Sing Well
- Illegal Immigration, Lockdown WhatsApps, and Nepo Babies
- Talking About Giving and Generosity
- The Pursuit of Diversity in Leadership
- Trust in the Police, Ofsted Evaluations, and The Apprentice
- Building Confidence in the Bible
- FIEC Distinctives: our Ethos Statements
- School Shootings, Trump Indictment, and Word Alive
- Asbury, Wales, and Revivals
- Experiences of Single People in Church Life
- Fox News, Jaguar Land Rover, and the True Cross
- A Theology of Work
- Becoming Prayerful People
- The Coronation of King Charles III, Nostalgia, and Quiche
- Church Merger in Action
- Preparing Disciples for the Workplace
- Working Together for the Gospel in Liverpool
- Housing Your Pastor
- Speeding Tickets, 'Misgendering', and the Influence of Tim Keller
- The War and the Church in Ukraine
- Speaking About Sexuality
- Anti-Gay Laws, Trump's Arrest, and Man City Envy
- Outreach to Older People
- Windrush 75, Abortion Pills, and Lockdown Parties
- Testing the Health of a Church
- Word-Centred Relational Evangelism
- Standing with Friends in the Church of England
- Clarifying Our Fellowship
- Learning from New London Churches
- BBC Scandal, Riots in France, and Bazball
- Reflecting Diverse Communities in Church Life
- Church Plants Working Together
- Debanking, Climate Change Policy, and Oppenheimer
- A Gospel Asset for the Next Generation
- An Unashamedly Christian Toddler Group
- When It Doesn't Work Out
- Pakistani Politics, Remembering Prisoners, and the Women's World Cup
- The High Street Bible Giveaway
- Misogyny in Football, Clergy Survey, and Building Responsibilities
- When the Nations Come to Your Door
- Discipling Women in Church Life
- Human Tragedy, Extra-Terrestrial Life, and Evidence for the Gospel
- We Are All Theologians
- Multiculturalism, Free Speech, and Wes Anderson
- Local Mission, Scattered Church
- Terror Attacks in Israel, Responding on Sunday, and Prayer
- Who Should Be the Church Treasurer?
- Digital Communications for Local Churches
- Israel-Gaza Conflict, 'Conversion Therapy', and Plagiarism
- Gospel Ministry in Scotland
- Covid Inquiry, Leaders' Conference, and Q&A
- Meeting the Gospel Need in Scotland
- Same-Sex Blessing Vote, 'Conversion Therapy' Bill, and Suella Braver-gone
- Justice Denied
- Justice Declared
- Justice Demanded
- Justice Displayed
- Justice Done
- Justice in God
- Justice in the Church
- Justice in the World
- Different, Yet the Same: Is Complementarianism Unjust?
- Resilience: Running the Pastoral Race with Perseverance
- General Synod and Same-Sex Blessings
- Living in God's Two Kingdoms
- Optimism for Gospel Growth (Annual Review 2022/23)
- 2023: Year in Review
- Children's Ministry as Ministry
- Post Office Scandal, Strikes in the Middle East, and Conversion Therapy in Scotland
- The Ministry of Administration
- Leadership Opposition, Capital Punishment, and Secular Schools
- Why Do We Need Christian News?
- The Blessing and Burden of Christian Ministry
- Caring for Your Church Treasurer
- Fan the Flame Given to You
- Humour, Friendship, and a Kingdom Perspective
- Do You Love Jesus' Sheep?
- Ministry Families and Church Life
- Alexei Navalny, Parliament Chaos, and Life from Conception
- When Your Children Don't Believe
- Independency: the Freedom to Be Faithful
- Church Ministry in a Global City
- Defining Extremism, Slavery Reparations, and Deep Fakes
- Working Together to Reach Forgotten Places
- Boring Leaders, Secular Neutrality, and Ramadan at King's Cross
- Can We Trust God's Justice?
- Youth Workers for Life
- Gospel Coalition UK, Cass Review, and Rishi Sunak's Trainers
- Church Policies: Mere Distraction or Essential Ministry?
- Taking the Gospel to Jewish People
- Illegal Immigration, Leadership Styles, and Blackpool Rock
- Sporting Events as Gospel Opportunities
- How Can We Talk About Israel and Gaza?
- Social Media Dangers, Leading While Losing, and Eurovision
- Caring for Carers
- A Theology of Technology
- Cover-ups, Pope Francis, and Football Managers
- Pastoring Through a General Election
- Sport on Sundays
- D-Day 80, Election Debates, and Rob Burrow
- Living in a Technological Age
- General Election: How to Think Christianly
- Majority Government, Churches for Sale, and McIlory's Reconciliation
- The Beauty of Intergenerational Church
- Realising Justification
- General Election Results, 'Conversion Therapy' Bans, and Baton Passing
- Assassination Attempts, Changes from Government, and Resigning After Success
- On London
- Southport Violence, Olympic Offence, and Pastoral Transparency
- Holiday Theology, Equal Olympics, and Dudley-Smith's Hymns
- On North Wales
- On Suffolk
- Grenfell Blame, Keir Starmer's Realism, and Paralympic Inspiration
- On South Wales
- Evangelical Unity, Escalation of War, and Assisted Suicide
- On Yorkshire
- On Hampshire and Dorset
- Middle East Conflict, Church Abuse, and Catastrophising
- A Small Part of the Worldwide Church
- Evangelism Conference, Obesity Crisis, and Church Votes
- Mission Partners from Across the Atlantic
- The Budget, US Elections, and Infinite Monkeys
- On the West Midlands
- Makin Report, Donald Trump, and Gladiator II
- "I Am the Good Shepherd"
- "Before Abraham was, I AM"
- "I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life"
- "I Am the Light of the World"
- "I Am the Bread of Life"
- "I Am the Resurrection and the Life"
- The Good Shepherd and Good Shepherds
- Shepherding Across Cultures
- Public Square Debates, Abuse in the Church, and Disqualifying Demeanors
- Cultivating the Sustaining Gift of Ministry Friendships
- "I Have Other Sheep"
- Fall of Assad, Netflix's Mary, and a Scrabble Champion
- 2024: Year in Review
- Californian Fires, Fact Checkers, and Joe Rogan
- Lessons from Leaders Who Left
- Responding to Evil, Trump's Orders, and The Traitors
- On the North of England
- Holocaust Memorial, David Fletcher, and the Catholic Jubilee
- Shepherding Different Characters
- Authority and Leadership
- Distinguishing Elders and Deacons
- The Categories of Shepherding and Serving
- The Work of Shepherding
- The Work of Serving
- Ukraine Anniversary, ARC, and Kitchen Islands
- A Culture of Evangelism
- The Purpose of Ministry
- The Power for Ministry
- Ceasefire Peace, Cutting Welfare, and Longing for Justice
- Planning for Mission in 2026
- Learning to Love
- Learning to Teach
- Learning to Pray
- Learning to Lead
- Signal Chats, Political Arrests, and Independency
- Why Bi-Vocational Ministry?
- Trump's Economics, Freedom of Speech, and a Quiet Revival
- The Value of Friendship
- Growing in Godliness
- Joys and Sorrows
- Reaching the Lost in Rural Places
- Reaching Catholics, Transgender People, and Liverpool FC Succession
- Dealing with Change
- Choosing Church Roles
- Planning Your Training
- Church Without Borders
- Immigration Rhetoric, Assisted Dying Bill, and AI Hallucinations
- Trump's Tariffs, Masculine Church, and the Professor of Dishonesty
- Reviewing Spending, Leading Through Tragedy, and Obituaries
- Rumours of War, Abortion & Assisted Suicide, and Festival Season