At EQUIP 2017, you’ll have the opportunity to:
If you are passionate about sharing the gospel and involved in serving a ministry in your church or community – EQUIP 2017 is for you.
- Be part of a brand new conference for God’s people – which will support you and your church to make a real difference in your community.
- Hear teaching from leading Christian thinkers – John Lennox and Os Guinness.
- Sign up for one of seven new networks which will enable you to take the teaching beyond the conference and into your church and community.
- Build new relationships to support you and your church to share the gospel lovingly, confidently and persuasively.
Leading Christian Thinkers …
You’ll hear leading Christian thinkers address some of the main issues…
John Lennox
Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University
John Lennox has debated Richard Dawkins on ‘The God Delusion’ and on ‘Has Science buried God?’ He has also debated Christopher Hitchens on the New Atheism and the question of ‘Is God Great?’, as well as Peter Singer on the topic of ‘Is there a God?’. John is Professor of Mathematics (emeritus) at the University of Oxford and Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford.
Os Guinness
Author and social critic
Os Guinness is an author and a social critic. He has written or edited more than thirty books, including The Call, Time for Truth, Long Journey Home, Unspeakable, A Free People’s Suicide, The Global Public Square, and Renaissance. His latest book is Fool’s Talk: Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion. Great-great-great grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer, he was born in China in World War Two where his parents were medical missionaries.
Michael Green
Evangelist and author
Michael Green is a well-known evangelist in many parts of the world. He has been involved in leading missions in universities both in the UK and across Europe for the past five years. Michael’s previous experiences include being Principal of St John’s College, Nottingham; Rector of St Aldate’s Church, Oxford; Professor of Evangelism at Regent College, Vancouver; and Advisor to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York on Evangelism. He has written numerous books including But Don’t All Religions Lead to God; I believe in the Holy Spirit, and Jesus for Skeptics, which is being widely used in missions and has been translated into several languages.
Lindsay Brown
Head of FEUER (Fellowship of Evangelists in the Universities of Europe)
Lindsay Brown is a native of Wales. He has been involved in student ministry with IFES for over 30 years, serving variously as European Regional Secretary, International General Secretary and currently heads up FEUER (Fellowship of Evangelists in the Universities of Europe) – a network formed by a joint effort of UCCF, the British student movement and IFES, the international evangelical student body.
EQUIP 2017 Conference
Supporting God’s people to share the Gospel
Christchurch Centre, Newport
Friday 15 to Saturday 16 September 2017
Leading Christian thinkers – seven new networks to support you and your church – an opportunity to work together as God’s people across Wales
Seven new networks to support you and your church
Evangelism through the local church
Michael Green / Lindsay Brown
The leadership challenge in today’s church
Ray Evans / Paul Francis
Growing God’s people
Dr Mark Stirling / Dave Redfern
Children and youth leaders network
John Settatree / Mike Adams / Suzy Pearson / Matt Lewis
Developing a missionary vision
Ian Parry / Mark Pickett
Pastoral care in the 21st century
Phil Swann / Phil Hill / Elspeth Pitt / Jonathan Thomas
Finding your own unique mission field
Sian Baker / Andrew Cooper
What People Are Saying
“EQUIP 2017 is more than just a conference! Don’t miss two packed days of teaching, networking and encouragement to support you in your local church ministry.”
Lindsay Brown
EQUIP 2017
“These Forums are enormously important for the future of Christianity in Europe.”
John Lennox
Professor of Mathematics, Oxford University
Watch this space...
We’ve recorded the EQUIP Forum 2017 teaching sessions with John Lennox and Os Guinness, and hope to make them available through the website in the near future.
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