Boring Leaders, Secular Neutrality, and Ramadan at King's Cross
Is there something to say for being a boring leader? How is the secular world struggling to stay neutral? Why did King's Cross celebrate Ramadan?
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In this episode, Phil Topham (Executive Director), John Stevens (National Director), and Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries) discuss stories in the news over the past fortnight.
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - FIEC conferences
03:26 - The Everything Conference and Affinity
07:59 - The death of Colin Hart
11:26 - Leo Varadkar resigns
17:06 - Boring leaders
22:02 - Scottish Parliament and secular neutrality
25:01 - Ramadan at King's Cross
29:41 - Is Easter an evangelistic opportunity?
Show notes
- FIEC Local Conferences (fiec.org.uk)
- FIEC Leaders' Conference (fiec.org.uk)
- Some sad news about our Director, Colin Hart (christian.org.uk)
- Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigns, saying: 'I'm not right for the job now' (news.sky.com)
- Labour’s ‘boring, snoring’ Rachel Reeves is winning over Brits (politico.eu)
- Scottish Parliament staff banned from wearing rainbow lanyard (bbc.co.uk)
- Network Rail removes King's Cross Ramadan message after complaints (standard.co.uk)
Saw this on the train yesterday. Absolutely love this advert!!! 👏🏽 I use the bible app daily so this was nice to see on the train@YouVersion pic.twitter.com/AHNyDyoGL3
— Hanna ✝️ (@Woman_of_Gold) February 23, 2024
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John Stevens
John has been FIEC's National Director since 2010. He also serves on the Affinity Council and teaches on courses at Bible colleges across the country.
Adrian Reynolds
Adrian is FIEC's Head of National Ministries. He previously served as Associate Minister of East London Tabernacle Baptist Church and is currently an elder at Christchurch Harborough.
Phil Topham
Phil is FIEC's Executive Director. He is married to Kath and they live near Market Harborough and attend ChristChurch in the town.
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