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Join us for three inspiring days of worship, teaching, and practical learning designed to help churches grow in both depth and number. Whether your parish is urban or rural, large or small, this conference provides a faith-filled environment where clergy and lay leaders can come together to reflect, plan, and be equipped for mission.
Through interactive talks, group exercises, and time for prayer and conversation, you’ll explore themes such as; Creating a prayerful culture of growth, 
Practising fruitful evangelism, Developing engaging worship for all ages, Becoming an inviting and welcoming church, Helping seekers become disciples, 
Planning for sustainable growth.
Alongside structured sessions, there’s space for informal discussion, personal reflection, and networking with others on the same journey.

Silos don't solve the World's greatest problems - Seeds do. 
If you want to invest with conviction to your values—this conference is for you. You won’t be subjected to vague language or soft talk about impact. You’ll hear from investors who’ve wrestled with the same tension you carry. Performance and purpose. Risk and calling. They’ve found fulfilment in the journey.

These faithful stewards face the same pressure you do: to conform, to follow, to chase short-term returns. But they chose a different path—one that aligns with their values and delivers results. They’ve taken real risks, backed bold ideas, and found joy in stewarding capital that builds beyond wealth.

This is where conviction meets community. Where faith meets financial strategy. Where isolation gives way to shared vision.
You’ll leave with practical frameworks, hard-won wisdom, and connections that help you deploy capital in ways that reflect your love of God and people.

Manchester 2026 WEAVE - ICCT gathering will explore the transformative concept of Imago Dei — the belief that every person is created in the image and likeness of God, as a foundation for intercultural understanding and the renewal of churches and cities.
Participants will examine how recognising the inherent dignity and worth of every individual can break down prejudice and foster meaningful connections across diverse cultures, enabling the church of Christ to thrive.
The event will also focus on developing intercultural leadership and creating worship experiences through music, arts, and storytelling that celebrate God’s creativity expressed in cultural diversity.

In addition, the conference will highlight the church’s vital role in reflecting Imago Dei within urban environments marked by cultural diversity and inequality. Discussions will emphasize the importance of planting new intercultural churches and revitalizing existing ones as spaces that support marginalized communities, promote justice, and cultivate discipleship and belonging. Leaders will be empowered to create culturally inclusive environments within their churches and communities, embodying the love and unity found in Christ.

Explore how behavioural science addresses complex issues across the public sector. The conference will feature inspiring keynotes on diverse topics, including:

• Systems Approaches and Systems Reform – Professor Cecile Knai
• The Arts, Behavioural Science and Public Health – Professor Daisy Fancourt
• Evidence and Policy in Public Health – Dame Professor Theresa Marteau
• Social Cohesion and Effective Communication – Professor Paul Dolan

Practical workshops will cover meaningful co-production, writing and personal reflection in public health practice, and evaluating behavioural science units. It’s currently a complex and challenging environment in public health. 

In a culture increasingly marked by shallow faith and fleeting commitments, the Church faces a pressing challenge: a growing discipleship deficit. At this year’s Ekklesia, we will confront this crisis head-on, exploring how we help form resilient, Christ-centered disciples in today’s world. Through biblical insights, practical examples and Spirit-led conversation, we’ll explore how to move beyond programmes and help raise a generation of believers who follow Jesus wholeheartedly.
 

The primary paradigm of church and church planting in the New Testament, throughout history, and globally has looked like intentional communities surrendered to the leadership of Jesus proclaiming and demonstrating the Kingdom of God house to house, table to table, and in simple places like street corners, parks, and alleyways.  
Microchurches are not just a strategic innovation to meet the challenges of an increasingly non-christian and missionary context, but the rediscovery of something old and wired into us as the priesthood of all believers, hungry for deep fellowship with other disciples and a place in God’s mission. 
Whether you’re curious about microchurches, leading a microchurch, multiplying a network, or dreaming of how your existing church can pivot to or incorporate micro, join with dozens of other practitioners and tribes for shared learning and encouragement at the Microchurch Conference.

Multiply Estates Mission gathers together all those with a shared heart to serve estates and low-income communities.
To serve an estate community is to be Kingdom-shaped. To live as Jesus lived, moving in and becoming a neighbour. The Word became flesh and lived among us. Multiply Estates Mission is a chance to gather together with a family who share this call of creating loving communities one day at a time.
It’s for leaders who are settled in, at home on the estate. It’s for leaders who are yet to feel at home, and those who don’t know where to start. It’s for everyone, so bring your team.

In a 2025 report, based on data gathered by the leading polling company YouGov, the Bible Society described what it termed ‘a quiet revival’ in church going. This remarkable upswing was marked most notably, it said, by an increase in young men attending regular Sunday worship.
Following the publication anecdotal reports of congregational growth began to circulate on social media, “we’re seeing exactly this,” some claimed. Others, however, noted their perplexity that this dramatic resurgence of faith seemed to have passed them by completely. Commentators were perplexed. Some wondered if the growth of so called ‘mega churches’ was skewing the data, while others suggested that the reported phenomena might correlate with an populist political move, and indicate a growth in Christian nationalism. The British Social Attitudes Survey, published later in 2025 showed the opposite to the YouGov data, leaving everyone scratching their heads and wondering what on earth is going on. The answer, as always, is complicated. 
To try and put some shape around the complexity, we have invited some leading social scientists, researchers and church practitioners to take part in an extraordinary ‘symposium.’ Each one of these experts will present a short paper outlining a perspective based on research they have carried out, things they have observed, historical trends, or theories that address this complex picture. We can’t promise a simple solution to the complexity – that would be too much to hope for. But we can promise a fascinating and illuminating day in the company of some very bright minds and interesting people. We hope that you can join us as we ask whether the Quiet Revival represents myth, memory or movement.

Session 1. Beyond crisis mode: leading civil society towards long-term impact. Civil society often operates in response to emergencies, but how are leaders shifting from reactive to proactive, future-proofing their organisations and leadership practice for long-term influence? 
Session 2 - Panel: leading through complexity: changing leadership in the face of uncertainty. In a world of disruption, how are civil society leaders becoming more adaptive, responsive, and agile to continue to be able to lead with confidence amid volatility?
Session 3 - For in person attendees - lunch and networking
Session 4 - Panel: ethical leadership and governance: decision-making in a complex world. How are leaders strengthening governance practices to drive ethical decision-making, accountability, and transparency in an era of complexity and change? 
Session 5 - Keynote: decolonising leadership: shifting power in practice. How are leaders actively redistributing power, challenging Western-centric models, and embedding truly representative decision-making in civil society?
Day two (online) Theme: progressive leadership for a radically changing world.
Session 6 - Keynote: redefining leadership legitimacy: who leads, who decides? As public trust in institutions declines, how are leaders in civil society rethinking legitimacy, accountability, and decision-making to ensure their leadership is truly representative and community-driven?
Session 7 - Panel: leading in the age of AI and data: ethical challenges and opportunities. As AI and data-driven decision-making reshape society, what role are leaders playing in ensuring ethical and inclusive implementation to drive meaningful, non-harmful change?
Session 8 - Structured networking.
Session 9 - Panel: the next generation of leaders: shifting power for a more inclusive future. As civil society evolves, so do expectations of leadership. What do emerging leaders want from the sector? How are the leaders of today creating space for new voices, new approaches, and more inclusive leadership structures?
Session 10 - Keynote: leading with trust and integrity in an era of misinformation. How are leaders building and sustaining trust in a digital landscape where misinformation spreads rapidly?

The place of business in ending poverty. This is an action conference not a talking shop: meet others, be encouraged, find inspiration and discover resources for your journey. Where you are already engaged in the adventure of finding enterprise solutions to poverty or just testing the water, join with others at out biennial "From Handouts to Handshakes" conference.

The hot topic panels and small group discussions will cover: using AI; creating a redemptive enterprise; minimising power imbalances; and moving from micro business to SME. 2026 Speakers include; Lord Michael Hastings, Peter Heslam, Faith in Business, Samuel Williams, Resilient Futures Fund, Alex Lloyd Davies, Just Earth, Karen Davies, Purple Shoots..