Gavin Wakefield is the course director for an MA in Theolgy at Durham which has a suite of studies all relating to mission and evangelism. Modules led by Steven Croft, David Wilkiknson, John and Olive Drane, Tom Wright and other make up the flexible course which is designed to take 3 years. See:
Martin Robinson from Together in Mission is advertising the Missional Leadership Course which is for church leaders already in ministry and wishing to study the new cultural landscape and mission response. Various subjects throughout the year are studied and can be accreditted. See:
Richard Zair, the new UK Executive Director of EE, says that the new DVD training resource 'Sharing your faith starts here' is now available. Aimed at reaching 20-40s and produced by EE International, the material with video sessions can be seen at:
As part of this new resource package XEE have produced a Gospel website for enquirers at:
Willowcreek will be holding a Global Leadership Summit this October for 115,000 leaders around the world. 15 venues in UK and Ireland will be set up to receive the live video links to the event which will bring together international speakers in mission and outreach through the local congregation. All details and booking on:
Thanks to Ian Bunce from Baptist Union, Mike Simmonds from Viz-a-Viz has been in touch to mention the project More to Life. This is a seeker website with the Gospel message presented in a virtual book which you can see at:
More to Life also have a DVD resource and provide evangelism training for local churches, all of which can be seen on their resources website:
If other readers know of initiatives like this being launched, please be in touch so we can all have the details: not least as it helps us know what each other is doing. This in turn can help us pray for each others work.
As an MA graduate in Evangelism Studies from York St John myself, I highly commend the new MA course Mission and Ministry course which has been launched under the title Theology in the Community. It is a two year, part time, distance learning course: all details on new webs site:
http://www.theologyinthecommunity.org.uk/courses.asp?articleID=145
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in UK are now taking enquiries from people who would like to join the 2 year course called 'Emerging Evangelists'. One week residentials are held 3 times a year and the whole course is aimed at equipping 'proclamation evangelists'. All the details and enquiries can be found by writing to:
BGEA, Victoria House, Victoria Road, Buckhurst Hill. IG9 5EX
