In:Dependence

Gospel Partnerships in Practice (with Dan Green and Ian Williamson)


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What does a church in an affluent area of Surrey have in common with a church in a deprived area of Middlesborough?

In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director) is joined by Dan Green (Banstead Community Church, Surrey) and Ian Williamson (New Life Church, Middlesborough) to hear about their gospel partnership and to discuss what similar partnerships might look like.

00:00 - Introduction

01:48 - Why form a gospel partnership?
02:49 - Banstead and New Life
11:12 - Developing a gospel partnership
15:40 - What does a church need to consider to start a gospel partnership?
18:52 - The rarity of gospel partnerships
20:14 - Biases of churches in hard places
25:37 - Advice for starting a gospel partnership

You can watch a video of this podcast or access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

  • Church Ministry on Council Estates (fiec.org.uk)
  • Medhurst Ministries (medhurstministries.org)
  • FIEC Leaders' Conference 2022 (fiec.org.uk)
  • About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel.

    About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC.

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