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Join us as we unpack the birth of a creative idea: how good ideas happen, how to nurture creativity and how to think differently. Ije Nwokorie is the managing director of Wolff Olins, one of the leading branding agencies in the world, whose recent work includes the London 2012 Olympics brand. Al is the Creative Director of Alpha & HTB. Join them in conversation as they unpack how to get your creative juices flowing.

How The Arts Can Change The World | Seminar

Alpha Innovation: The Future Of Alpha | Seminar

Thoughts For The Next Generation | Seminar

How to Read The Times | Seminar

How Does Your Faith Affect Your Leadership? | Seminar

Alpha Lab: An Experiment In Contextualisation For The Next Generation | Seminar

Is There Space For Faith at Work? | Seminar

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Audio Only. ‘God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing.’ (Psalm 68:6) God invites us all to come home into the loving, hospitable relationship between Father, Son and Spirit. Because we have been welcomed into God’s hospitality, we are asked to also invite the strangers in our midst into that same welcome. Whether in our family, church-family or wider communities, how do we extend this invitation to the vulnerable and marginalised? How can this be sustainable and wise while reflecting the profligate generosity of God? Come and hear from a panel with experience of hospitality within a variety of contexts.  ‘I was a stranger, and you invited me in.’ (Matthew 25:35)

Audio Only. ‘Love one another as I have loved you.’ This not only summarises the gospel, it also summarises the meaning of human sexuality: for the call to love as Christ loves is inscribed by God right in our bodies as male and female. Join Christopher West, as he looks beyond mere prohibitions to the overall biblical vision of sexuality that provides the truth that sets us free to love in God’s image.

Audio Only. Releasing and multiplying young leaders is a hallmark of growing churches and organisations. Packed with vision, challenge and inspiration, this session will practically equip you to move beyond tokenistic gestures and engage in the dangers and delights of raising up young leaders in your context.

Audio Only. People in the church can be suspicious of the term ‘leadership’ because it sounds secular and modern. However, deep in Christian tradition, monastic wisdom has honed principles of leadership based on the teaching of the gospel for more than fifteen centuries. These principles are enshrined in the Rule written by St Benedict for monks and nuns in the 6th century. Fr Luigi Gioia will introduce these principles, applying them to the life of our communities today and looking at how they aid evangelisation. 

Audio Only. Church planting is increasingly being seen as a key to church growth in the UK. The recent report ‘Church Growth in Britain: 1980 to the Present’, edited by David Goodhew, recommends that every Anglican diocese should have a church-planting strategy. In the United States, church planting has already been acknowledged as the most effective method of seeing the church across the nation grow.

Audio Only. Pat will describe the three most unique and challenging pitfalls that prevent churches from achieving organisational health. He will draw upon his experience of working with church leaders at all levels, and present specific advice for mitigating the painful and unnecessary politics that prevents well-intentioned people from bringing others to God.

Audio Only. Tim is a successful businessman and corporate strategist who will be sharing his research from the Sydney Diocese on what drives church growth. Tim has spent significant time seeking to understand the important contributing factors behind church growth. This seminar will equip you with ways that you can drive growth in your own churches and others.

Audio Only. There is an urgent need to train and release worship leaders, musicians and songwriters in the local church. With a look at the new Worship Central Course – an exciting resource that is being used all over the world ­– Tim will unpack how we can cultivate communities of worship and build effective teams that will lead with great humility and skill.

More than winning people into the kingdom, the church is here to touch and transform communities and the city. Besides faith, vision, character and courage, which would be vital in this venture, we will explore some leadership principles and the biblical paradigm for community transformation that will help us anchor such an adventure of faith.

Audio Only. From beginning to end, the Bible tells the story of marriage. It begins with the marriage of man and woman and it ends with a vision of the ‘Marriage of the Lamb’, the eternal embrace of Christ and the church. Christopher West presents this astounding vision of heaven as the ultimate fulfillment of the deepest and most ‘wild’ yearnings of our heart for sexual love and union.