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Eastern European Churches, Abuse in the SBC, and the Fear of Marriage
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Phil Topham, Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

How have churches across wider Europe responded to Ukraine? What do we do with the news of abuse in the US? Why are people afraid of getting married?

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Local Churches and the Media
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Adrian Reynolds, Phil Topham, Joel Murray

The changing landscape of local media, and the advance of new media, provides a big opportunity for local churches to engage with their community.

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Caring for Your Missionaries
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Adrian Reynolds, Eddie Arthur

How should local churches care for those they send out on world mission?

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Welcoming People with Learning Disabilities to Church
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Adrian Reynolds, Pete & Christine Winmill

How can we make sure church is welcoming and accessible to people with learning disabilities?

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Roe v. Wade, the Royal Family, and 'Talking Jesus'
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Phil Topham, John Stevens, Adrian Reynolds

How should church leaders respond to abortion laws? How does the royal family fit into Christian life? How Christian is the UK population?

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World Mission in the 21st Century
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Adrian Reynolds, Eddie Arthur

How has world mission changed in the past 50 years, and what effect should those changes have on the local church?

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Keep Believing and Keep Serving
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John Stevens

The world says that church ministry is a waste of time, but in fact it has eternal significance. The third of three talks at the 2022 Hub Conference.

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The Sheep and the Search Party
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Sam Gibb

Christ loves his sheep and the church is his search party for those who go astray. The second of three talks at the 2022 Hub Conference.

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The Proud and the Humble
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Sam Gibb

The most important characteristic of a church leader is humility. The first of three talks at the 2022 Hub Conference.

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On Christian Conferences
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Adrian Reynolds, Dave Gobbett

What is the value of Christian conferences to the local church? How can they benefit all sorts of people who attend?

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Elon Musk, and Praying for Ukraine
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Phil Topham, John Stevens, Andy Hunter

Can Christian leaders speak in the public square? What is the future of free speech online? How can we keep praying for Ukraine?

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Planting in Smaller Communities
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Phil Topham, Mark Selby

What do church leaders need to consider with thinking about how to reach people in less-populated areas of the country?

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Leading a Leadership Team
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John Russell, Ray Evans

What are the important things to understand and consider in leading a leadership team well?

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Dealing with Retirement from Ministry
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Peter Lewis, John Russell, Ray Evans

How can retiring church leaders deal well with handing on the baton and stepping back from ministry?

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Transitioning Church Leadership
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Peter Lewis, John Russell, Ray Evans

After a long and faithful ministry, how do you know when and how to move on?

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Conversion Therapy Ban, Opposing War, and Public Image
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Phil Topham, Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

What can church leaders learn from the confusion over the conversion therapy ban, and how can they pastor people who are being impacted?

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Pastoral Ministry in a Smaller Church
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Adrian Reynolds, Pete Campbell

How does pastoral care fit into church life? What are the particular distinctives for smaller churches when it comes to pastoring?

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Piano Playing
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Phil Moore, Adrian Reynolds

Tips and insights into the best ways to leading sung worship in church whilst playing the piano - alone or in a group.

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Caring for Church Musicians
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Adrian Reynolds, Phil Moore

Music and singing is important in church life, and so are the musicians who lead us. So, how can we care for them best as they serve?

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Zelensky's Leadership, Rising Living Costs, and Gender Identity
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Phil Topham, Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

How has President Zelensky shown good leadership? How can we lead our churches through rising living costs and in response to gender identity issues?

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Training Volunteers in Youth Ministry
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Adrian Reynolds, Mel Lacy, Joel Murray

What is the role of kids and youth ministry in church life? How can we equip and train volunteer leaders best?

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Training for the Harvest Field
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Adrian Reynolds, Andy Harker

What might it look like to train up the next generation for church ministry? How can we prepare leaders in church planting well?

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Praying for Ukraine, Leadership at Boeing, and John Bercow
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Phil Topham, Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

How have churches responded to the war in Ukraine? What can we learn from the leadership culture at Boeing and John Bercow's time in Parliament?

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Music and Singing in the Local Church
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Adrian Reynolds, Phil Moore

Music and singing is important in church life. Who is responsible for the songs we sing in church, and how should we choose them?

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Preventing Abuse in Local Church Leadership
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Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

What sorts of issues should church leaderships be thinking about to guard against false shepherds? How should they plan to protect the flock?

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Russian Invasion, the Post-Covid World, and Curling Gold
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Phil Topham, Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

How should churches respond to the invasion of and conflict in Ukraine? What should we bear in mind now that Covid restrictions have all been relaxed?

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World Mission and the Local Church
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Adrian Reynolds, Eddie Arthur

How should we define mission in the local church? How can churches think well about mission across the world?

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Seen and Not Heard? Children in Sunday Services
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Adrian Reynolds, Mel Lacy, Joel Murray

How can church leaders make Sunday School work well and prepare children to transition into main Sunday services?

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Boris Johnson's Leadership, Jimmy Carr's Comedy, and the Winter Olympics
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John Stevens, Phil Topham

What should we make of the leadership in Number 10? Is there a right to freedom of speech in all circumstances? What can we learn from curling?

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Does Independency Enable Abuse?
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Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

Does Independency have a weakness when it comes to dealing with abuse? Does it allow abusers to thrive through a lack of external accountability?

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On Church Websites
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Phil Topham, Adrian Reynolds, Joel Murray

What should be included on a church website and, indeed, what shouldn't be?

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The Extraordinary Ordinary (Local Conferences 2022)
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Phil Topham, Adrian Reynolds

Find out about the 33 Local Conferences across the country coming up in 2022 which aim to build on the theme of the 2021 Leaders' Conferences.

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Is Complementarianism Abusive?
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Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

What is complementarianism? Is it inherently abusive?

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Growing Young Disciples
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Adrian Reynolds, Mel Lacy

Resources and events to train, advise, and mentor those in our churches to disciple our young people well.

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The Glorious God
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Johnny Prime

The glory of God is anything but ordinary, but his glory is seen in the ordinary. Johnny Prime preaches from Exodus 16.

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The Glorious Normal
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John Stevens

We may need to contextualise the gospel but the heart of the message does not change. John Stevens preaches from 2 Timothy 3 and 4.

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Christianity and the Church in 2021 Britain
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Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

How has the church fared in 2021 as the United Kingdom moves out of lockdown? What is the church's state of play going into 2022?

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Gospel Work in Extraordinary Times (Annual Review 2020/21)
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Hear from the leadership and staff at FIEC about what God has been doing in the Fellowship during the past year.

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Distinctives for Women in Ministry
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Elinor Magowan, Kathryn Jackson, Rachel Sloan

What is life like for women in church ministry? What are the joys and challenges that are faced, particularly for women in leadership roles?

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Caring for Victims in the Local Church
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How do we listen to and care for victims of abuse, especially from within the local church?

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Women's Ministry and Depending on God
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Rachel Sloan, Catherine Heath, Elinor Magowan

What are the joys and challenges of working with women in church ministry? What lessons have been most helpful to learn?

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When Use of Power Becomes Abuse of Power
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Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

Are evangelical churches like ours particularly prone to abusive leaders? What are some of the warning signs that abuse may be happening?

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Care, Power, and Abuse in the Local Church
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Adrian Reynolds, John Stevens

What do we mean when we talk about spiritual abuse? It is a useful term or unhelpful?

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Lifting Your Horizons with FIEC
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Adrian Reynolds, Phil Topham, John Stevens

Why should a church join FIEC? What even is FIEC? How can a church "lift its horizons" by affiliation?

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What Exactly is Independency?
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Adrian Reynolds, Phil Topham, John Stevens

What is Independent church ministry? Is it biblical? What does it look like in practice?

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Ministry Beyond Covid (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Andy Hunter

Many of the coronavirus restrictions across Britain have now been relaxed. What does this mean for churches now and in the future?

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World Mission After Covid (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Michael Prest, Eddie Arthur

How has the pandemic affected world mission and how can church leaders keep it high on the agenda as we move forward?

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Leadership Blind Spots : Women
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Johnny Prime, Rachel Sloan

How might there be a potential blind spot in our churches of ministry by and to women?

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Leadership Blind Spots: Ethnic Minorities
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Johnny Prime, Inonge Siluka

How might there be a potential blind spot in our churches of minority cultures? How we can serve one another well in church life?

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Being the Bad Guys (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Stephen McAlpine

How do we live as "bad guys" in a post-Christian culture?

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Youth and Children’s Ministry After Covid (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Ed Drew, Mel Lacy

How can we continue and develop children's and youth ministries as we come out of lockdown?

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Faith in Later Life (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Carl Knightly, Pippa Cramer

How can we reach out to and serve older people in our churches and communities?

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Get to Know... Plains and Highfields
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Hear from two FIEC churches in different nations, see how God is at work there, and find out how to pray for them.

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Trauma Care After Covid (Webinar)
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Catherine Haddow, John Stevens

How can we care well for people in our churches who have experienced trauma during the pandemic?

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11 Things to Consider When Coming Out of Lockdown
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John Stevens

Coming out of lockdown will be much harder than going in to lockdown. What do we need to think about now as we do come out of lockdown?

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Is it Worth Serving the Lord? (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Colin Smith

A word of encouragement for church leaders under the pressure of lockdown.

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Race and the Church & Welcoming Hong Kong Migrants (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Dr Krish Kandiah

Why is race such a big issue at this moment in society, and how has it affected churches? How can churches welcome new migrants from Hong Kong?

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Domestic Abuse in Lockdown (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Mez McConnell, Sharon Dickens

How can churches and church leaders respond to hidden domestic abuse in church life?

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Covid and Religious Consciousness (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Dr Daniel Strange

How can we bring the gospel to bear in the times in which we find ourselves?

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Remember: the Lord Remembers
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Rachel Sloan

When we're in this pandemic time of waiting and wondering about what God has been doing, how should we react?

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"Lessons I Wish I'd Learned Before the Covid Crisis" (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Peter Baker

What important leadership lessons has it taken a pandemic to teach us?

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What is Independent Church Ministry?
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John Stevens

What does it mean to be an Independent church, who should be involved in such ministry, and what are the advantages and dangers of Independency?

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Beyond the Covid Crisis - Leading in Complexity (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Jen Charteris

How can church leaders navigate the challenges of leading churches out of the lockdown period when there is uncertainty and disagreement?

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Evangelism In and Out of Lockdown
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Trevor Archer, Jeremy Marshall

An interview with Jeremy Marshall to discuss evangelism in the church and leadership out of the Covid crisis.

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From a Discipline to a Delight
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Elinor Magowan, Linda Allcock

Listen as Linda Allcock encourages all to go deeper in our search for treasure in God’s word.

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Life After Lockdown
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Andy Hunter

As coronavirus restrictions are eased, what might life look like beyond lockdown: for churches and society as a whole?

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Assurance, Hope, and Boasting at Easter
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John Stevens

A message of encouragement for FIEC churches and church leaders this Easter.

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Evangelism After Lockdown: A Passion for Life 2022 (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Andy Paterson, Rico Tice, John MacKinnon

Find out about A Passion for Life - a means to us regaining a focus on evangelism and working together to bring the good news of Jesus to our nation.

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Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Sharon James, Simon Calvert

How should we respond to the Government's proposals to ban 'conversion therapy' in order to lead our churches, defend our freedoms and protect people?

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Unlocking Scotland (Webinar)
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Andy Hunter, David Nixon

An update on the developments on the roadmap out of lockdown in Scotland and a look at life beyond lockdown.

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Easter Evangelism in Lockdown (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Danny Rurlander, Phil Moore, Ed Drew, Jonathan Carswell

How can churches make the most of the opportunities available for evangelism this Easter, even as we are limited by the Covid crisis?

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How to Keep Refreshed in Lockdown (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Johnny Prime, Catherine Heath, Steve Robinson, Julian Hardyman, Richard Lacey, Carolyn Lacey

How do we keep refreshed as church leaders through this lockdown and coronavirus crisis?

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Get to Know... Monyhull and Calne
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Get to know two churches from the FIEC family and pray for them: one in Birmingham and one in Wiltshire.

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Medical Covid Update & Caring for Medics in Church (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Dr Peter Saunders, Dr Felicia Wong

What is the latest science available about the coronavirus pandemic? How can we support those who work in health care in our churches?

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The Roadmap Out of Lockdown (Implications for Churches)
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John Stevens

What are the implications for churches of the "roadmap out of lockdown"?

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Caring for Families and Children in Lockdown (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Kathryn Jackson, Pete Woodcock, Dean Dryden

How can churches best support the families and children in their congregations through a difficult third lockdown?

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Leading Volunteers Through Covid and Beyond (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Ray Evans

How can we lead our church ministry volunteers well in this time of coronavirus restrictions, and beyond?

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Not So Social Media (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Adrian Reynolds, Dan Green

How can church leaders use social media in the best possible way, and what are the opportunities and dangers it presents?

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Certainty in Uncertain Times
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Elinor Magowan, Jane Gamston

FIEC Ministry Wives joined online to be encouraged by the sovereignty of God which sustains in uncertain times.

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When We Disagree with Lockdown
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John Stevens

In answer to a question about the closure of churches due to the coronavirus pandemic, how should we respond when we disagree about lockdown?

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Fruitful 1: Introduction
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Adrian Reynolds

In this first of ten studies we think about the relational nature of the fruit of the Spirit and their significance in the life of a leader.

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Fruitful 2: Love
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Adrian Reynolds

Loving others does not come naturally; it is supernatural. In this second study we'll look closer at love in the life of a leader.

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Fruitful 3: Joy
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Adrian Reynolds

The spiritual fruit of 'joy' means something different to "being happy." In this third study we'll see that joy is actually relational.

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Fruitful 4: Peace
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Adrian Reynolds

The fruit of 'peace' is different to being conflict-averse. In this fourth study we'll see why.

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Fruitful 5: Forbearance
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Adrian Reynolds

We need the Spirit's help to keep going when people are against us. But what does this forbearance look like in practice?

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Fruitful 6: Kindness
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Adrian Reynolds

How is the fruit of 'kindness' different to 'goodness'? In this sixth study we'll see what kindness means for the attitudes of our hearts.

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Fruitful 7: Goodness
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Adrian Reynolds

We're saved by grace, not by our goodness. But our faith should produce the fruit of 'goodness'. Let's spend time thinking about how that works.

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Fruitful 8: Faithfulness
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Adrian Reynolds

The 'faithfulness' in Galatians 5 isn't about our relationship with God, but rather our relationships with one another.

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Fruitful 9: Gentleness
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Adrian Reynolds

Gentleness is not the same as timidity - and it's not at odds with being a leader. So how should this fruit affect how we lead?

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Fruitful 10: Self-control
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Adrian Reynolds

How will the fruit of 'self-control' shape your response to criticism and provocation?

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2019-2020: Unexpected yet Encouraging (Annual Review)
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Watch or read a summary of FIEC's ministry over the past financial year.

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How to Engage Effectively with Government (Webinar)
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John Stevens

How can we engage well with Government in our culture and context as evangelical church leaders?

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Get to Know... Harper and Mount Pleasant
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Find out about two churches from different nations of the UK and pray for their work: Harper in Glasgow and Mount Pleasant Baptist in Swansea.

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Missional Lessons from the Covid Crisis (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Ed Stetzer

A webinar and Q&A to discuss what mission will look like for churches in the post-Covid world.

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Leading the Church Without Becoming An Armchair Epidemiologist (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Dr Peter Saunders, Greg Strain

Assessing and understanding the medical background of Covid can help as we navigate the different views about coronavirus and the following lockdown.

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Leaders Under Pressure (Webinar)
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Johnny Prime, John Stevens

How can pastors deal with the additional pressures they face due to the pandemic? Includes update on national restrictions facing churches.

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God's Faithfulness to FIEC in the Time of Coronavirus - AGM 2019/20
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John Stevens

During our 2019/20 AGM, our National Director explained how FIEC has continued ministry during the pandemic, and what our future plans are.

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Leading Through a Time of Division (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Ray Evans

How should we manage division in our churches - in church leadership and within our congregations?

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Pastoring People in a Mental Health Crisis (Webinar)
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John Stevens, Alan Thomas

How can we help people to deal with the fear, stress, loneliness and depression caused by the pandemic and lockdown life?

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Lockdown Ministry in Wales (Webinar)
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Jonathan Thomas, John Stevens

A webinar and Q&A to help think through church ministry in Wales during the coronavirus lockdown and to hear what some churches are currently doing.

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