If you are passionate about sharing the gospel in Wales and serving in your church or community – EQUIP 2019 is for you.
At EQUIP 2019, you’ll have the opportunity to:
Watch this space…
We’ve recorded the EQUIP 2019 sessions with Lindsay Brown, Katharine Hill, Roger Carswell, Ian Parry and Jonathan Thomas, and hope to make them available through the website in the near future.
We’ve also interviewed many of the network speakers to answer some key questions relating to their ministry and network stream. To make sure that you’re one of the first to know when the videos are available, and to stay up-to-date with the latest news about other local and national EQUIP Forum events, make sure that you sign up to our newsletter.
Leading Christian Speakers …
At EQUIP 2019, you’ll hear key issues addressed by some leading Christian speakers, including…
Pablo Martinez
International Speaker and Author
We’re sorry to share the news that Pablo is no longer able to join us at EQUIP 2019, due to some planned surgery in mid-September. Please join with us in praying that the surgery will go very smoothly, and that Pablo will make a full and fast recovery. Lindsay Brown has graciously offered to step in to present Pablo’s main talk on the Friday morning, “Surviving and thriving in personal life”.
Katharine Hill
UK Director of Care for the Family
Katharine Hill is the UK Director of Care for the Family, a popular speaker and the author of a number of books including ‘Rules of Engagement’ and ‘The Really, Really Busy Person’s Book on Marriage’. Katharine will be speaking on ‘Surviving and thriving in a digital age’.
Roger Carswell
Evangelist and Author
Roger Carswell is a travelling evangelist and author. He leads evangelistic church and university missions as well as speaking at Christian conferences. At EQUIP 2019, Roger will be speaking on the subject of ‘Thriving as an evangelistic church’.
Ian Parry
Pastor of Grangetown Baptist Church, Cardiff
Ian Parry is married to Liz and they have four children. Ian has been the Pastor of Grangetown Baptist Church since April 2018. Before that, he has pastored Mount Elim Evangelical Church in Pontardawe and The Bay Church in Cardiff. Ian will be speaking on the subject of ‘Surviving and thriving in the Welsh church- how is that possible?’
Jonathan Thomas
Pastoral Dean, Union School of Theology
Jonathan Thomas is married to Rebecca and has two boys. Alongside his role at Union, Jonathan is the pastor of Cornerstone Church, Abergavenny. Jonathan will be speaking at EQUIP 2019 on ‘Surviving and thriving in work, church, politics and family. Lessons from the life of David Davies of Llandinam’.
Six network streams to support you at the conference and throughout the year...
When you sign up for one of the dedicated network streams at the conference, you’ll attend three sessions to help equip you in your church or community where you are sharing the gospel. And the network will go on beyond the conference – as a support and mentor group. You’ll get the opportunity to journey with a group of people who are interested and passionate about the same area of ministry as yourself.
Evangelism
Explore fresh understandings, best practices, and biblically rooted insights for evangelism today.
Discipleship
What is discipleship, and how can leaders best help others to grow in unity and maturity?
Soul care
Share practical support and advice to help you to support people in their pain, loss and anxiety, and in their triumphs, joys and victories.
Children & youth leaders
Develop strategies and skills for sharing God’s Word with children and young people.
Children & youth leaders (Cymraeg)
For Welsh speakers, all of the content, support and resources from the Children & youth leaders network, presented and discussed in Welsh.
Small groups
Small groups are often the life blood of the local church. Discover ideas and strategies for helping your small groups to flourish and grow.
EQUIP 2019 Conference
Supporting God’s people to share the Gospel
Venue: Highfields Church, Cardiff
Friday 20 to Saturday 21 September 2019
Leading Christian speakers – networks to support you and your church – an opportunity to work together as God’s people across Wales
What People Are Saying
“The EQUIP conference offers affordable and ongoing training to volunteers, workers, teachers and pastors in Wales. Our church volunteers left the event empowered, excited and more confident in the Gospel.”
John Funnell
Pastor, Noddfa Baptist Church, Abersychan
“The most valuable part of the conference was the time in network streams, as they were really relevant to everyday life and helped to shine the gospel into people’s difficult lives and problems.”
Feedback from attendee at EQUIP 2018
“EQUIP 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
“The [EQUIP 2017] conference had a fantastic impact on all those who attended from our Diocese and everyone came away inspired and…equipped(!) to continue God’s work in their individual callings and to contribute to our work as a Diocese more fully too.”
Clare Williams
Children and Youth Work Coordinator, Diocese of St Davids
“These Forums are enormously important for the future of Christianity in Europe.”
John Lennox
Professor of Mathematics, Oxford University
“The discipleship seminar covered how we as believers can play a part to ensure that we are encouraging and enabling Christians (including ourselves) to be true followers and disciples of Christ, in word and deed.”
Ebube Obi
Part of the Welcoming & Stewarding Team, Highfields Church, Cardiff