The Church Office

How do we make best use of our buildings for the gospel? Rich Spens has spent many years working behind the scenes at Kings Cross Church in London trying to think this through and put it into action.

Listen in as he chats with Gavin about how he's managing and developing his church, including an idea to take the church roof off!

Hot off the press- Churchsuite have very kindly agreed to sponsor The Church Office podcast! We're really grateful for all the support from Gavin and the team at ChurchSuite and can't wait to work alongside them.

Listen into this special episode as Gavin Courtney joins us to talk about why the team wanted to sponsor the podcast and everything that's new at ChurchSuite.

Data protection can often feel like a minefield, especially in a church context where sensitive data is handled frequently. We recently asked our followers to submit any questions they had about data and privacy for us to pass on to the experts.

Listen in to this Church Office special as Gavin brings your questions to Harry and Leanne from the ICO.

Gavin recently had the joy of sitting down with Ashley Ellis, CEO of ACAT, the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers.

Listen in as they discuss what ACAT has to offer and why no church accountant or treasurer should feel alone.

The ACAT Team have a wonderful heart to serve local churches and those serving in the area of church finances.

For more information please visit https://www.acat.uk.com

Would you describe your church as being an awkward size?

Listen in as Gavin and Ray talk about overcoming some of the barriers to gospel growth that are faced in our churches. Ray serves as the Leadership Consultant for the FIEC and is also the author of Ready, Steady, Grow. 

In the video Gavin got the opportunity to chat to Steffan Job the General Secretary for the Evangelical Movement of Wales. It was great to find out more about all the different ways that the EMW are serving churches across Wales and beyond. You will pick up Steffan's heart straight away to serve churches with fewer members.

The EMW have a rich and wonderful history of reaching out to young people with the gospel through their summer camps and they've very kindly provided us with some of their risk assessments as document templates. You will find these at www.thechurchoffice.co.uk

In this podcast, Gavin got the chance to sit down with David Anderson from Face2Face Scotland. David is an experienced Pastor who provides mentoring, coaching and discipleship to pastors in their early years of ministry. It doesn't take long to pick up David's lovely heart and desire to care for leaders. In the video David makes reference to a short survey he would love listeners to complete.

Please follow this link to complete it:

https://www.cognitoforms.com/CoMissionChurchesTrust/MentoringAndCoachingPresentAndFuture

For more information please visit

www.facetofacescotland.org

Gavin recently got to sit down with a good friend, Steve Robinson and talk to him about his new book 'Serve'.

Serve is a really encouraging read about what it looks like to follow Jesus' example when serving the church and what it means to serve sacrificially.

Listen in as Gavin and Steve talk through serving with purpose and joy.

Gavin recently caught up with Andy Weatherly from Grace Church, Stirchley about what prompted him to hire a Church Administrator and the difference having one has made.

It was great to meet him and listen in to his thoughts on the gift of administration, church deacons and strengthening the local church.

In this podcast, Gavin sits down with Phil Topham, the Executive Director of the FIEC, to share their passion to better support churches in the area of policy and governance. The Church Office is grateful for the support and funding it has received from the FIEC to enable The Church Office to continue to be a free resource for churches.

https://fiec.org.uk

https://fiec.org.uk/resources/how-to-do-nothing

https://fiec.org.uk/resources/the-ministry-of-administration