FIEC Resources for Church Leaders

In this episode, you’ll hear Don Carson, research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and president of The Gospel Coalition, speaking at the 2018 FIEC Leaders’ Conference. Defeater beliefs are beliefs that defeat other beliefs. As our culture frees itself more and more from Christian moorings, it adopts many defeater beliefs that make Christian...

In this episode, you’ll hear Don Carson, research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and president of The Gospel Coalition, speaking at the 2018 FIEC Leaders’ Conference. Defeater beliefs are beliefs that defeat other beliefs. As our culture frees itself more and more from Christian moorings, it adopts many defeater beliefs that make Christian...

In this episode you’ll hear Tim Chester, pastor at Grace Church Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, speak at the 2013 FIEC Leaders’ Conference. Sanctification is the work of the Spirit. What does this look like and how should we encourage people to respond to the Spirit working? You can access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website .

In this episode you’ll hear Tim Chester, pastor at Grace Church Boroughbridge in Yorkshire, speak at the 2013 FIEC Leaders’ Conference. Colossians 2v6-7 says we grow as Christians in the same way that we first received Christ – through faith. But what does this mean in practice? How does faith lead to change? You can access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website .

How might there be a potential blind spot in our churches of ministry by and to women? In Galatians 2:11-21, Paul records how he had to confront Peter and Barnabas for not acting in line with the gospel in the way they were behaving towards Gentile believers. Paul calls it an 'hypocrisy' (2:13) which has led others astray. It was a blind spot that needed to be exposed.  God forbid we should d...

In this episode you’ll hear Thabiti Anyabwile, one of the pastors of Anacostia River Church in Washington DC, speak at the 2017 FIEC Leaders’ Conference. Thabiti addressed three paths toward becoming a transforming church by the grace and power of God. This is the third of three talks: considering the greatest path of transformation from 2 Corinthians chapter 3. You can watch a video of this talk,...

In this episode you’ll hear Thabiti Anyabwile, one of the pastors of Anacostia River Church in Washington DC, speak at the 2017 FIEC Leaders’ Conference. Thabiti addressed three paths toward becoming a transforming church by the grace and power of God. This is the second of three talks: considering the neglected path of transformation from Titus 2 and 3. You can watch a video of this talk, and acc...

In this episode you’ll hear Thabiti Anyabwile, one of the pastors of Anacostia River Church in Washington DC, speak at the 2017 FIEC Leaders’ Conference. Thabiti addressed three paths toward becoming a transforming church by the grace and power of God. This is the first of three talks: considering the old path of transformation from Acts 2. You can watch this talk, and find more resources for chur...

Many of the coronavirus restrictions across Britain have now been relaxed. What does this mean for churches now and in the future? FIEC National Director John Stevens and FIEC Scotland Director Andy Hunter give an update and summary of the current coronavirus guidance for Scotland, Wales, and England, and consider what ministry might look like in the coming months. You can watch this webinar and a...

How might there be a potential blind spot in our churches of minority cultures? How we can serve one another well in church life? In Galatians 2:11-21, Paul records how he had to confront Peter and Barnabas for not acting in line with the gospel in the way they were behaving towards Gentile believers. Paul calls it a 'hypocrisy' (2:13) which has led others astray. It was a blind spot that needed t...

During this week's Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens gave an update on the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England and the implications for churches. You can watch this presentation along with the webinar, on living in a post-Christian culture, on the FIEC website .

How do we live as "bad guys" in a post-Christian culture? In this Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens is joined by pastor and author Steve McAlpine from Perth, Australia, to talk about the themes in his book 'Being the Bad Guys'. You can watch this presentation and access further resources on the FIEC website .

As we look ahead from the Covid crisis to continue church ministry after lockdown, FIEC National Director John Stevens is joined by Ed Drew, from Faith in Kids, and Mel Lacy, from Growing Young Disciples, to think about how we develop children's and youth ministry in the coming months. You can access further resources from this webinar on the FIEC website .

There has been an immense burden and impact on older people during the coronavirus pandemic. There is a real opportunity to reach out to more than 11m people who are aged over 65 in the UK. In this Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens was joined by Carl Knightly, CEO of Faith in Later Life, and Pippa Cramer, Pastoral Care and Seniors Minister at Holy Trinity Church C...

During this week's Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens gave an update covering the latest situation with coronavirus restrictions in England - including corporate singing. You can watch this presentation - and the webinar on reaching and serving older people in our churches and communities - on the FIEC website .

Earlier this week, the government announced a four-week postponement of Stage 4 out of lockdown. During this week's Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens gave an update on what the implications are for churches in England. You can watch this presentation on YouTube . You can access more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website .

How can we care well for people in our churches who have experienced trauma during the pandemic? During this webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens was joined by Catherine Haddow, a Chartered Psychologist and part-time Women's Worker at North Bradley Baptist Church, to think about how church leaders can care best for those in their churches who have experienced trauma.   This is an espe...

Jonathan Thomas, the pastor at Cornerstone Church Abergavenny, explains what the implications of the coronavirus restrictions are for churches in Wales, and how Cornerstone has been serving during lockdown. You can find more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website .

During this week's Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens gave an update covering the latest situation with coronavirus restrictions in England. Also during the webinar, Jonathan Thomas, pastor at Cornerstone Church in Abergavenny gave an update on the situation in Wales . You can access more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website .

Orlando Saer, the pastor at Christ Church Southampton, shares how the church has been serving during lockdown. You can watch this presentation, and find more resources for church leaders, on the FIEC website .

During this week's Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC Scotland Director Andy Hunter shared the latest coronavirus restrictions for churches in Scotland and FIEC National Director John Stevens gave an update covering the restrictions in England. You can watch this presentation as a video, along with this week's webinar, on the FIEC website .

Colin Smith, pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in Chicago, USA, joined us for this week's Leadership in Lockdown webinar to preach from Malachi 3:13-18 as an encouragement to church leaders that their labour in the Lord is not in vain. You can watch this webinar, and find further resources for church leaders, on the FIEC website .

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? FIEC National Director John Stevens spoke to local churches in the South West Gospel Partnership in March 2021 to help them think about what to consider as lockdown restrictions are eased. You can watch a video of this presentation, and access further resources fo...

The Queen’s Speech to Parliament in May 2021 announced plans to bring forward legislation to ban “conversion therapy”. Though there are many practices evangelical Christians should rightly reject as abhorrent, there is also a real threat to ordinary gospel ministry. In this episode, you'll hear FIEC National Director John Stevens speaking to Paul Hammond on UCB's Friday Round Up (recorded 19 March...

In this Leadership in Lockdown webinar, FIEC National Director John Stevens is joined by social entrepreneur Dr Krish Kandiah to discuss why the issue of race is such a big deal at the moment, how it has impacted church leaders, and how churches can be part of the welcome reception for the many thousands of Hong Kong new arrivals. You can watch the video of this webinar and access further resourc...