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 for church leaders, on the FIEC website.

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 2021) about the proposed ban to "conversion therapy".

For a written, biblical response to conversion therapy, visit the FIEC website.

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 resources on the FIEC website.

Step 3 of the Government’s Roadmap Out of Lockdown from 17 May sees a change in tone in relation to the guidance for places of worship. While churches (along with wider society) are still being urged to exercise caution with regards to indoor interaction, the emphasis is now switching from laws and guidance to personal responsibility.

That said, there are still mitigations churches need to consider in holding worship services and events at church. FIEC National Director John Stevens shares how the changes in Step 3 will impact church ministry.

You can watch the video of this presentation on the FIEC website.

Mez McConnell, pastor at Niddrie Community Church in Edinburgh, shares how his church has been serving through lockdown.

This talk was given during the Leadership in Lockdown webinar on the theme of domestic abuse in lockdown. You can watch the full webinar, with Mez and Sharon Dickens, on the FIEC website.