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Conversion Therapy: A Biblical Response
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John Stevens

Though there are many "conversion therapy" practices Christians should reject as abhorrent, a ban poses a real threat to ordinary gospel ministry.

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Affirming Women in Ministry
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John Stevens

How should complementarian churches enable gifted women to serve in ministry?

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Antidote to Anxiety
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Richard Lacey

A talk from Philippians 4:4-9. One of three main talks given at The Hub Conference 2020.

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Nehemiah 3
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Mez McConnell

The second of three main talks given at The Hub Conference 2020.

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2 Corinthians 1:1-11
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Mez McConnell

The first of three main talks given at The Hub Conference 2020.

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Marriage, Ministry & Family Life under the Spotlight
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Siân Baker

This seminar explores some of the challenges ministry wives face in keeping focus on Jesus, especially when they feel under the spotlight.

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Elders & Trustees: How to make it work
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Caroline Eade

To what extent should the role of an elder and that of a charity trustee overlap? This seminar looks at the legal issues related to church leadership.

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Sexual Passions, Purity and the Pitfalls of Leadership
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Ste Casey

No leader sets out to shipwreck their ministry through sexual sin. So how can we pursue purity, satisfaction and solace as leaders?

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Emotional Intelligence in Leaders
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Tom Fenning

In recent years there has been a growing interest in 'Emotional Intelligence'. But what is it and how can it help us lead more effectively?

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Being a Ministry Wife
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Elinor Magowan

This seminar looks at the ministry wife's identity in Christ, her calling and its privileges, and her character.

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On Sermon Preparation and Delivery
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Mark Dever

Mark shares his conviction and practice of expositional preaching, and describes his own process and method of sermon preparation.

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Leading Your Church in Evangelism
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Colin Smith

How can the church best do the work of evangelism in a post-Christian culture?

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Women's Workers in the Local Church
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Mike Kendall, Catherine Heath

A Pastor and a Women's Worker share some of their experiences of what the role of Women's Worker looks like within a staff team and wider church.

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Leading Leaders: Staff Teams
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Johnny Prime

With a growing staff team, a pastor discovers he has new responsibilities alongside his usual work. So how can you lead a happy and united staff team?

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Equipping Leaders to Lead Teams
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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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Developing Youth and Children’s Leaders
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Mel Lacey, Stui Chaplin

How do you develop skilled and committed children’s and youth ministry leaders? How do you conceive a training programme to nurture and equip them?

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Developing Women’s Ministry in the Local Church
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Elspeth Pitt

Why women’s ministry must be an essential part of the life of any church; what we are aiming to do in women’s ministry; and how to go about it.

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Raising Leaders: Risk & Failure
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Liam Garvie, Pete Stewart

How do we know when to take a risk with training people to be leaders? What can we do to minimise failure?

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Raising Leaders: Diverse Backgrounds
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Raymond Brown

Is it important for churches to be multicultural and, if so, how should this be reflected in their leadership?

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Raising Leaders: Volunteers
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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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Raising Leaders: Godly Elders
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Mark Dever

How can you disciple and raise up elders in the church? And how can you cultivate leadership gifts in others?

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Being Excited about the Name of Jesus
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Ian Williamson

The last of three main talks given at The Hub Conference 2019. Ian Williamson teaches from Acts 4.

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‘Reminding’ is Our Great Ministry
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Nathan Howard

The second of three main talks given at The Hub Conference 2019. Nathan Howard teaches from 2 Timothy 2.

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'Remembering' is Our Great Need
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Nathan Howard

The first of three main talks given at The Hub Conference 2019. Nathan Howard teaches from 2 Timothy 2.

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What's New in Safeguarding?
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Paul & Sue Harrison

Examining current changes in safeguarding and their implications for churches.

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Don't Waste a Good Crisis
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Dave McDonald

This seminar will assist you to point people who are facing hardship, illness, or other crises, to the ultimate hope found only in Jesus.

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Effective Communication: Ensure the Word Impacts
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Ray Evans, Jonty Allcock

The second of two seminars exploring the key elements of good communication.

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Effective Communication: Let the Word Loose
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Ray Evans, Jonty Allcock

The first of two seminars exploring the key elements of good communication.

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Evangelism: Making it Normal
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Daf Meirion-Jones, Pete Woodcock

How can we train people so that they are confident in the gospel, less terrified at the prospect of sharing it and better equipped to do so?

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Evangelism: Making it Central
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Daf Meirion-Jones, Pete Woodcock

How can we orientate the church around reaching the lost, do the work of an evangelist and encourage a mission mindset in people's everyday lives?

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Reaching the Elderly with the Gospel
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Helen Thorne

How can we reach those in later life with the good news and grow churches where older members thrive in Kingdom-service?

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Reaching Women with the Gospel
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Helen Thorne

How can we reach 21st century women with the gospel?

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Effective Evangelistic Courses
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Karl Faase

Karl Faase reviews several approaches to evangelism in which local churches can engage.

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Jesus the Game Changer
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Karl Faase

Karl Faase explores how public life in the West has been shaped by the Lord Jesus.

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Apologetics in the Public Square
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David Robertson

How do we engage in persuasive evangelism in the Public Square? Where is our ‘market place’?

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Apologetics in the Local Church
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David Robertson

What does the practice of persuasive evangelism look like? And how we can equip our congregations to go into all the world?

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Psalm 139
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Sam Buckley

Sam Buckley from Christ Church Hemel unpacks this wonderful Psalm. This was the third talk at The Hub Conference 2018.

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Progress #2
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Adrian Reynolds

In the second of two talks on progress from The Hub Conference 2018, Adrian Reynolds encourages progress in faith, love and purity.

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Progress #1
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Adrian Reynolds

In the first of two talks from The Hub Conference 2018, Adrian Reynolds highlights the importance of progress in speech and conduct.

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Investing in the Ministry of Music
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Colin Webster

A seminar to help church leaders develop the music ministry in their church.

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Creating Capacity for Change
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Caroline Eade

Help to think through some of the governance challenges that arise when churches go through change.

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Thabiti Anyabwile Masterclass
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Thabiti Anyabwile

A focused session on church leadership with Thabiti Anyabwile and a group of younger FIEC pastors, chaired by FIEC National Director John Stevens.

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Should Every Church be Multi-Racial?
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Thabiti Anyabwile

How important is diversity in a local church? Is being multi-racial a biblical mandate?

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Church Planting - just for the young, hip and fabulous?
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Thabiti Anyabwile

In this seminar, Thabiti Anyabwile draws on his experience of planting a church later in his ministry.

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The Church, the World, and the Public Square
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David Shaw

This second of two seminars applies the biblical-theological categories from seminar one to the life and mission of the church.

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Aliens and Strangers or Culture Makers?
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David Shaw

This first of two seminars on church doctrine explores some categories to help us discover how the local church relates to the world.

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Transformed by Relationships
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Kristie Anyabwile

Some people are hard to love. This seminar for women considers how Christ calls all Christians to love one another as He has loved us.

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Transformed by the Word
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Kristie Anyabwile

This seminar for women considers Psalm 119:89-96 as a motivating passage to encourage us to fix our eyes on the One whose Word is fixed forever.

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Nurturing a Culture of Evangelism
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Mark Lawrence

How do we get our churches to put evangelism at the forefront of everything they do?

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Leading a Culture of Change
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Mark Lawrence

A case study in reorienting church culture - leading a congregation from being inward looking to becoming outward looking.

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The Devotional Life of the Pastor (part 2)
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Michael Reeves

The devotional life of the pastor when they are struggling and suffering.

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The Devotional Life of the Pastor (part 1)
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Michael Reeves

How cultivating the fear of God gives pastors the refreshment and strength they need for gospel ministry.

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Servants of the Church
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Bill James

The last of three talks given at The Hub Conference 2017.

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Servants of the Gospel
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Bill James

The second of three talks given at The Hub Conference 2017.

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Servants of God
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Bill James

The first of three talks given at The Hub Conference 2017.

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Community Evangelism
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Rob Pickering

A practical seminar looking at different activities churches can use to reach their local community with the gospel.

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Why Evangelism is Central to a Healthy Church
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Phil Walter

A seminar encouraging struggling churches to think about evangelism and larger churches to think about supporting revitalisation work.

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Frontier Rather Than Fortress
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Michael Cornall

A seminar to encourage smaller churches to be outward-looking.

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Church Planting and Revitalisation
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Ed Stetzer

A seminar given at our 2016 Leaders' Conference.

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Reaching Muslims: Creating Gospel Communities
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Jonny Woodrow

The second of two seminars on the topic of 'Reaching Muslims'.

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Reaching Muslims: Some Practical Help
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Jonny Woodrow

The first of two seminars on the topic of 'Reaching Muslims'.

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Reaching Men: Running the Race
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Graham Daniels

The second of two seminars on the topic of 'Reaching Men'.

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Reaching Men: Planning the Race
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Graham Daniels

The first of two seminars on the topic of 'Reaching Men'.

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Women’s Ministry in Hard Places
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Sharon Dickens

The third of three seminars on the topic of 'Church in Hard Places'.

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Growing a Diverse Team in Hard Places
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Andy Constable

The second of three seminars on the topic of 'Church in Hard Places'.

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Discipleship in Hard Places
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Mez McConnell

The first of three seminars on the topic of 'Church in Hard Places'.

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Help! I’ve been asked to give a gospel talk
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Lesley Ramsey

The third of three seminars on the topic of 'Women in Ministry'.

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How do I stay fresh in ministry?
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Lesley Ramsey

The second of three seminars on the topic of 'Women in Ministry'.

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How do I help women grow?
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Lesley Ramsey

The first of three seminars on the topic of 'Women in Ministry'.

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Preaching Evangelistically
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The third of three seminars on the topic of 'Whole Church Evangelism'.

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Equipping the Congregation for Evangelism
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Jim Ramsey

The second of three seminars on the topic of 'Whole Church Evangelism'.

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Creating a Culture of Evangelism
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Jim Ramsey

The first of three seminars on the topic of 'Whole Church Evangelism'.

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Discipling Children and Youth 3: Maintain the message, modify the method
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Dave Patty

What are the most effective ways to evangelise young people in post Christian Europe?

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Discipling Children and Youth 2: What got you here won’t get you there
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Dave Patty

What are the natural stages of development in a youth ministry? How must you change your leadership to respond to them?

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Discipling Children and Youth 1: The Jesus Model
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Dave Patty

How simple principles from the life of Christ can transform your youth ministry.

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Biblical Counselling in Discipleship 2: One truth, many ways to say it?
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Steve Midgley

The second of three seminars given by Steve Midgley at our 2015 Leaders' Conference.

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Biblical Counselling in Discipleship 3: Speaking the Truth in Love
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Steve Midgley

The final of three seminars given by Steve Midgley at our 2015 Leaders' Conference.

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Biblical Counselling in Discipleship 1: A Focus on the Heart
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Steve Midgley

The first of three seminars given by Steve Midgley at our 2015 Leaders' Conference.

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Discipling Women 2: The Knotty Issues
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Kathleen Nielson

In light of shared biblical perspectives on the nature and goals of women’s ministry, Kathleen tackles some of the hard questions that arise.

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Discipling Women 1: The Starting Point
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Kathleen Nielson

Why have ‘women’s ministry’? How should we define and develop it within local congregations?

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Leading a Disciple-Making Church 2: Making Disciples Through Training
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Jeremy McQuoid

The second of three seminars given by Jeremy McQuoid at our 2015 Leaders' Conference.

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Leading a Disciple-Making Church 3: Making Disciples Through Pastoral Care
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Jeremy McQuoid

The final of three seminars given by Jeremy McQuoid at our 2015 Leaders' Conference.

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Leading a Disciple-Making Church 1: Making Disciples Through Preaching
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Jeremy McQuoid

The first of three seminars given by Jeremy McQuoid at our 2015 Leaders' Conference.

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Starting or Revitalising a Children's and Youth Work
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Nathan Howard

Want to start a children's or youth work at your church? This seminar will help you think through the "who?", "how?" and "what?".

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Helping People Change: Changed by the Spirit
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Tim Chester

Sanctification is the work of the Spirit. What does this look like and how should we encourage people to respond to the Spirit working?

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Helping People Change: Changed by Faith
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Tim Chester

We grow as Christians through faith. But what does this mean in practice? How does faith lead to change?

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1-to-1: Why all the fuss?
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A seminar on reading the Bible 1-to-1 with individuals, given at our 2013 Leaders' Conference.

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Engaging with God Together
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Graham Beynon

A seminar on the theology and practice of corporate worship, given at our 2013 Leaders' Conference.

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