Nearly 200 people gathered at Highgate House, Northampton, for Grace Baptist Partnership’s annual residential conference this summer. The multigenerational, multicultural gathering was drawn from churches in a variety of contexts across the UK and Europe with a shared heart for seeing the gospel advance through leadership training, church planting and revitalisation.
Conference singing, led by John Aluma, an elder of Grace Baptist Church North Watford
This year’s theme was Titus for Today: Zealous for Good Works. Brian Croft was a returning guest. Croft is the founder of Practical Shepherding, a ministry serving pastors in the trenches of pastoral ministry. He covered the book of Titus across three teaching sessions.
Another returning guest was Jeff Noblit, a pastor at Grace Life Church of the Shoals in Muscle Shoals, Alabama for 45 years. His message Stay in the Boat with Jesus! resonated especially with those feeling battered by ministry challenges.
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