What implications will the budget have for churches? Should you vote for a rock or a hard place? Can monkeys type Shakespeare?

In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries), and John Stevens (FIEC National Director) discuss stories in the news over the past weeks.

You can get the show notes and more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website: https://fiec.org.uk/resources/the-budget-us-elections-and-infinite-monkeys.

Show notes

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.

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00:00 - Introduction & Leaders' Conference

02:00 - Abortion buffer zones

04:19 - Archbishop Justin Welby on gay sex

07:34 - Labour's first budget and trailing bad news

13:58 - The budget for churches

21:56 - The US election, rocks, and hard places

25:46 - THe infinite monkey theorem

30:22 - Is FIEC brat?