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September 21, 2022On Churches Without Buildings (with Richard Wardman)
What are the challenges and advantages of being a church that doesn't have a building?
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries and elder at Christchurch Harborough) and Richard Wardman (pastor at New City Church, Milton Keynes) discuss their share experiences of leading churches without buildings.
Our apologies that the first 24 seconds of audio are low quality due to a technical glitch.
00:00 - Introduction
01:21 - New City Church in Milton Keynes
05:09 - Storage and set-up in a rented building
08:25 - Refreshments in a rented building
09:53 - Fighting against building envy
11:22 - Benefits of renting a building
15:51 - Relationships with building owners
18:39 - Flexibility in renting a venue
21:37 - The ministry of setting-up
23:59 - Meeting mid-week without a building
27:13 - Praying for a church building
You can watch a video of this episode and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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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32 min
September 16, 2022The Queen's Funeral, Swearing on the Bible, and Lessons from Warfare
How should we prepare for the Queen's funeral? Is swearing on the Bible biblical? What lessons does the war in Ukraine have for Christians?
In this episode, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries), and John Stevens (FIEC National Director) discuss the big stories in the news over the past two weeks.
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - A week of reflection on Queen Elizabeth II
08:48 - Praying for the Queen's funeral
12:05 - Swearing on the Bible
16:19 - Life after the death of the Queen
18:57 - A turning point in the war in Ukraine?
24:51 - Cost of living crisis update
28:03 - Navigating the news cycle
29:51 - Evangelism Conference with Randy Newman
30:41 - FIEC's 100th anniversary thanksgiving service
Resources mentioned in this episode
Leading the Church in Reflection on Elizabeth II (fiec.org.uk)

MPs including Keir Starmer chose a secular oath to the King. Should Christians be concerned? (premierchristianity.com)

Evangelism Conference: Mere Evangelism (evangelism-conference.org.uk)

FIEC 100th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service (fiec.org.uk)
You can watch a video of this episode and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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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33 min
September 16, 2022Ministry Training in the Local Church (with Dan Green)
How can church leaders raise up the next generation of pastors within the local church? Many churches have ministry trainees or apprentices, a sort of non-conformist curacy. In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director) is joined by Dan Green (Banstead Community Church) to talk about his experience of training up future pastors within the local church in such a way - the benefits, the costs, and the big picture.
00:00 - Introduction
01:08 - Training pastors in Independent churches.
06:56 - Challenges for training pastors within the local church
11:39 - The costs of training in the local church
12:54 - Preparing to serve in a smaller church
15:01 - What is and what isn't ministry training?
16:25 - Gifting and character
18:58 - Responsibilities for trainees
22:10 - How to end a traineeship
23:40 - Advice for leaders thinking about training a pastor
26:03 - Pitfalls to avoid
27:11 - Finding the right trainee
29:52 - Train the whole church
You can watch a video of this episode and access other resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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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32 min
September 09, 2022Leading the Church in Reflection on Elizabeth II
In this special episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries), and John Stevens (FIEC National Director) reflect on the life and service of Elizabeth II, and discuss how church leaders can lead their churches well in response through a time of national mourning.
00:00 - FIEC statement on the death of Elizabeth II
01:38 - Prayer
03:31 - Reflecting on the reign of Elizabeth II
08:27 - The hope of the gospel
10:20 - Responding in our churches
16:39 - Things to avoid
21:08 - How to pray during this period
23:35 - Sung worship during this period
25:09 - Copyright on use of photos
25:49 - Conclusion
Resources related to this episode
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Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org)

Flickr: Creative Commons (flickr.com)
You can watch a video of this episode and access related resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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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28 min
September 07, 2022When Church Plants Don't Work Out (with Dan Steel)
Not every church plant works out how we planned. How do we reflect well on church planting and plan accordingly?
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Dan Steel (Lead Pastor, Magdelen Road Church, Oxford) to discuss his experience of church planting and some research he has done with church plants that struggle.
00:00 - Introduction
01:58 - Realism in Christian ministry
03:21 - Experiences in church planting
07:09 - Reflecting on church life
09:25 - Research into church plants that went wrong
14:54 - Risk and church planting
19:07 - Building effective church planting teams
23:22 - Acknowledging the potential for failure
27:11 - The church planting scene in the UK
No, there is not a Sydney in the UK!
Resources mentioned in this episode
Dan Steel on Why Some Church Plants Fail (acts29.simplecast.com)

The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast (christianitytoday.com)

'Planting Questions' research website (plantingquestions.com)
You can watch a video of this episode and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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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32 min
September 02, 2022Matt Chandler, The Frankfurt Declaration, and Religious Freedom
Where are the edges of religious freedom? Should you sign the Frankfurt Declaration? What can we learn from Matt Chandler's leave of absence?
In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries), and John Stevens (National Director) discuss some of the big stories in the news over the past weeks.
00:00 - Introduction
00:47 - The death of Mikhail Gorbachev and religious freedom
08:00 - The edges of religious freedom
12:07 - Keith Waters' employment tribunal
13:54 - The Frankfurt Declaration
23:37 - Matt Chandler's leave of absence
Resources mentioned in this episode
The Rest is History podcast (goalhangerpodcasts.com)

Navy officer opposed to nuclear weapons sues MoD (bbc.co.uk)

Pride tweet pastor wins discrimination claim (elystandard.co.uk)

The Frankfurt Declaration (frankfurtdeclaration.com)

Matt Chandler Announcement - Inappropriate Relationship - Aug. 28, 2022 (youtu.be)

Acts 29’s Response to Matt Chandler’s Leave at The Village Church (acts29.com)
You can watch a video of this podcast and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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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32 min
August 31, 2022Reaching Your Community in the Summer (with Andy Rees)
A church in Norwich held a week-long festival in a nearby park during the summer to reach their local community.
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Andy Rees (Lead Pastor, Surrey Chapel, Norwich) to talk about Summer Fest- an event the church held in Waterloo Park in Norwich in summer 2022. How was it run? How did it go? Would they do it again?
00:00 - Introduction
02:33 - Surrey Chapel's Summer Fest
10:20 - Shifting from a social event to gospel intentionality
12:26 - Planning a summer festival
16:29 - Connecting with local media
19:43 - Moving the holiday club out of the church building
20:24 - Church buy-in for community events
22:51 - Planning a kids' holiday club
24:42 - Use what God has given you
Resources mentioned in this episode
Local Churches and the Media (fiec.org.uk)

Faith in Kids (faithinkids.org)
You can see photos from Summer Fest and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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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29 min
August 23, 2022Gospel Partnerships in Practice (with Dan Green and Ian Williamson)
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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32 min
August 10, 2022Offering Hope to Domestic Abuse Victims (with Helen Thorne)
We all have different pictures in our minds when it comes to domestic abuse but it has a wide scope in terms of definition and victims. What do churches need to consider when it comes to domestic abuse, and how can they walk alongside and help victims best?
In this episode of In:Dependence, Elinor Magowan and Rachel Sloan (FIEC Directors for Women's Ministry) are joined by Helen Thorne (Biblical Counselling UK) to discuss the issue and suggest how the church can be a community of hope for sufferers.
00:00 - Introduction
01:43 - Definition of domestic abuse
03:42 - Can we be naive about domestic abuse in church?
05:46 - Why did you write a book on domestic abuse?
08:28 - What do we need to consider in churches about domestic abuse
11:37 - Church as a community of hope
14:29 - Why focus on women in particular?
16:37 - Advice if domestic abuse is suspected
21:27 - Advice when a disclosure is made
25:14 - Walking alongside sufferers
30:37 - Advice for pastors
You can watch a video of this podcast and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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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35 min
July 29, 2022Cost of Living Crisis, Transgender Clinics, and Climate Change
Are we sleepwalking into a national crisis? What should we make of the closure of the Tavistock Centre? Do heat waves warn us about climate change?
In this episode, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director) and John Stevens (FIEC National Director) discuss some of the biggest stories in the news over the past fortnight.
00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - Will Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak be the next Prime Minister?
07:35 - Sleepwalking into a cost of living crisis?
14:05 - The closure of the Tavistock Centre child gender identity clinic
20:32 - Heat waves and climate change
25:51 - The final episode of Neighbours
Resources linked to this episode
Serving Church Members in Financial Hardship (fiec.org.uk)

Where does the British public stand on transgender rights in 2022? (yougov.co.uk)
You can watch a video of this episode and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
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.
Follow FIEC on social media:
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32 min

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