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March 11, 2022Praying for Ukraine, Leadership at Boeing, and John Bercow
How have churches responded to the war in Ukraine? What can church leaders learn from the story of Boeing and the independent inquiry into John Bercow's leadership in Parliament?
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 topics covered in the news in the past fortnight.
Resources and links mentioned in this podcast:
Local Sponsorship Scheme for Ukrainians (gov.uk)

European Mission Fellowship (EMF) Ukraine Emergency Appeal (europeanmission.org)

Downfall: the Case Against Boeing (netflix.com)

Independent Expert Panel report into John Bercow (parliament.uk)

2022 FIEC Leaders' Conference tickets (fiec.org.uk)

2022 FIEC Local Conferences (fiec.org.uk)

Bible by the Beach 2022 (biblebythebeach.org)

Evangelical Responses to Critical Race Theory: A Useful Analytical Tool or A False Gospel? (euroleadership.org)

Music and Singing in the Local Church (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
March 10, 2022Music and Singing in the Local Church
Music and singing is important in church life. Who is responsible for the songs we sing in church, and how should we choose them?
In this episode, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of national Ministries) is joined by Phil Moore, one of the Directors of Ministry at Cornerstone Church in Nottingham, to talk about the importance of music and singing in church, and who should be responsible for the songs we sing.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Music Ministry UK (music-ministry.org).

The Music Ministry Service Planner (music-ministry.org).

The Praise! hymnbook with modernised words (praise.org.uk).

CCLI's Song Select database (songselect.ccli.com).
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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30 min
March 03, 2022BONUS: The Least, the Last and the Lost with Mez McConnell
At the 2021 FIEC Leaders' Conference in Edinburgh, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) caught up with Mez McConnell to chat about his new book 'The Least, the Last and the Lost'.
You can watch a video of this interview on the FIEC website.
Show notes:
Book review by Alistair Chalmers on the FIEC website.

Order a copy of the book from 10ofThose.
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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13 min
March 03, 2022Preventing Abuse in Local Church Leadership
If a local church is to guard against false shepherds, we need to have policies in place for safeguarding, recruitment, and training. What sorts of issues should church leaderships be thinking about and how should they plan to protect the flock?
In this episode, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) and John Stevens (FIEC National Director) discuss how churches can put policies in place to prevent abusive leadership.
You can watch a video of this episode 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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38 min
February 25, 2022Russian Invasion, the Post-Covid World, and Curling Gold
How should churches respond to the invasion of and conflict in Ukraine? What should we bear in mind now that Covid restrictions have all been relaxed? Should we invest in elite glory or popular development?
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 topics covered in the news in the past fortnight.
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
February 24, 2022World Mission with Eddie Arthur
How should we define mission in the local church? How can churches think well about mission across the world?
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Eddie Arthur (Wycliffe Bible Translators) to discuss world mission and how church leaders can think about and develop world mission well in the life of the church.
You can watch a video of this episode 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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30 min
February 15, 2022Seen and Not Heard? Children in Sunday Services
Should children be seen and not heard in church? How can church leaders make Sunday School work well and prepare children to transition into main Sunday services?
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Mel Lacy (Growing Young Disciples) and Joel Murray (FIEC Communications and Media Officer) to discuss the topic of how children fit into Sunday church services.
You can watch a video of this episode 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
February 11, 2022Boris Johnson's Leadership, Jimmy Carr's Comedy, and the Winter Olympics
What should church leaders make of the leadership in Number 10? Is there a right to freedom of speech in all circumstances? What can we learn from curling?
In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (Executive Director) and John Stevens (National Director) discuss some of the big topics covered in the news in the past fortnight.
You can watch a video of this podcast 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
February 09, 2022Does Independency Enable Abuse?
Does Independency have a weakness when it comes to diagnosing and dealing with abuse? Does it allow abusers to thrive through a lack of external accountability? Is there any place for intra-dependence to guard against abuse?
In this episode, Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) and John Stevens (National Director) discuss the definitions of Independency, how that works out in practice, and whether there is an inherent weakness of Independency to allow abusers to thrive.
You can watch a video of this podcast 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
February 03, 2022On Church Websites
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) chats with Phil Topham (Executive Director) and Joel Murray (Communications and Media Officer) about church websites.
What are the essential ingredients of a website? What can make a website unhelpful? Who should be responsible for it? Why have one at all?
You can watch this episode and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.
Show notes
Unsplash - free stock images

Flickr Creative Commons - free stock images

Faithlife - website management system

Users, Sessions, Pageviews (How to Interpret Website Data) - Google Analytics help

Update your FIEC church page
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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31 min

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