5th-7th February 2025
Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
Leadership in the Wilderness
Helen is Director of Theological Education, Tutor in Biblical Studies, and Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence
She writes:
The book of Numbers? Isn't that about as exciting as reading the phone directory? Is it heck!
Put yourself into Moses' sandals. You are caught between the thundering terrors and joys of Exodus and the glorious promise and threat of the campaign to take the promised land. The sun is hot above your head and the ground is hard below your feet. The people you are called to lead are utterly intransigent. Here in the wilderness your securities will be stripped away, your resolve will be tested, and your faith will be tried. Serpents might sting you, giants might attack you, and the ground might swallow you alive. Will God be faithful? Will you?
The Hebrew name for the book is much more appropriate. 'In the Wilderness'. It's about discipleship, leadership, and the faithfulness of God. Sound familiar?
Phil Knox will be speaking on Friday morning as we think about returning to our homes and churches.
Phil Knox is an evangelist and missiologist at the Evangelical Alliance. He is passionate about making Jesus known and the power of friendship. He loves learning and has degrees in law and mission and evangelism. His work in the UK is studying how people come to faith in Jesus and helping the church maximise those pathways. He writes and appears regularly for Christian and secular media and preaches around a hundred times a year in a variety of contexts. Phil is married to Dani and they have two sons, Caleb and Jos. He is an avid runner, enthusiastic waterskier and once broke the world record for the longest five-a-side football match. He is also an award winning performance poet and author of Story Bearer and The Best of Friends.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKINGS CLOSE ON DECEMBER 31ST 2024. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BOOKED AND PAID BY THEN AS THIS SAVES THE TEAM A LOT OF LAST MINUTE WORK.
We were delighted to welcome Rev Dr Stephen Holmes as our keynote speaker for the conference. Stephen explored the opportunities our Baptis identity gives us in facing the challenges of the world to which we are called.
Session 1: Of Lampstands and Stars - Finding Identity and Hope in Revelation 1
Session 2: Real Community in a Lonely World
Session 3: Real Purpose in a Confused World
Session 4: Real Hope in a Despairing World
Session 5: Closing Address (Acts 3)
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Rev Dr Stephen Holmes is a Baptist minister, writer and speaker and currently Senior Lecturer in Theology at the University of St. Andrews. His areas of interest include systematic and historical theology. |