In every season, the Holy Spirit is moving to awaken, empower and release us into the unstoppable mission of Christ.
To every neighbourhood and nation, every community and culture, God who changes times and seasons calls us to fresh adventures of mission.
United together, we seek to inspire and equip mission hearted leaders, who help make disciples, that in unified purpose grow churches, and together reach nations across the world.
Will you join us for the Elim Leaders Summit Online? Watch live and on-demand for one month.
This Summit provides a unique opportunity to encourage and inspire church leadership teams, equipping them for greater effectiveness in our united purpose.
We gather together for a few days to encounter God and commission leaders to bring transformation to the church, workplace and communities in this generation.
Whether you are a full-time or volunteer leader, are part of an Elim church or another church stream, the Elim Leaders Summit seeks to provide you with practical, equipping resources that help to sharpen your ministry.
The Elim Leaders Summit draws together ministers, church leaders and their spouses, along with missionaries, chaplains, church planters, youth and children’s leaders, church volunteer and emerging leaders. Whether you are from an Elim church or from another church stream, invite your whole team of church leaders to join you online for this inspirational leadership event.
Ed Stetzer holds the Billy Graham Chair of Church, Mission and Evangelism at Wheaton College. He also serves as Dean of the School of Mission, Ministry and Leadership at Wheaton College and serves as the Executive Director of the Billy Graham Centre. Ed has planted, revitalized and pastored churches and trained pastors and church planters on six continents.
Ed has earned two master’s degrees and two doctorates and has written many articles and books. He is also a contributing editor for ‘Christianity Today’ and a columnist for ‘Outreach Magazine’ alongside writing for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He currently serves as an interim teaching pastor of Moody Church in Chicago and as a teaching pastor at Highpoint Church.
Currently based in Toronto, Canada, Danielle Strickland is the proud mum of 3 boys, and wife to Stephen. Her podcast is listened to by thousands globally, and she’s on the teaching team at The Meeting House. Her aggressive compassion has served people firsthand in countries all over the world.
From establishing justice departments and church plants to launching global anti-trafficking initiatives, to creating new initiatives to mobilise people towards transformational spiritual life. Danielle trains, advocates, and inspires people to live differently through her many initiatives and books.
Krish is currently the chair of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board where he brings strategic leadership to the finding of permanent loving families for children in the care system working across the sector and advising the English government.
Dr Kandiah previously founded Home For Good, a charity seeking to find loving homes for children in the care system. He is a winning author, radio, tv and contributor to the Guardian and Times, and most importantly a dad to 6 children.
Glyn & his wife Sophia are the Senior Pastors of Audacious Church, a multi-site, multi-generational church with four campuses in Manchester and Chester, England.
Glyn is also the National Leader of Assemblies of God GB, a 500 church strong Pentecostal denomination.
A powerful and sought-after communicator, Glyn's messages and motivational teaching continue to inspire people of all generations throughout the world. He is also the author of four books. He and Sophia have two children.
Following three years of study at Elim’s Bible College, Duncan commenced his ministry at Coventry Elim in 1997 as Youth Pastor. In 2005, he was invited to be their Senior Pastor and joined Elim's National Leadership Team in 2014.
He’s married to Helen and has four great kids. Duncan loves running marathons, watching West Ham United, and reading books.
Chris Cartwright is the General Superintendent of the Elim Pentecostal Church and ministered for over twenty-five years in two city churches.
He began his ministry in the late 1980's serving on the pastoral team in Kensington Temple in a variety of ministry roles including Worship Pastor and Director of IBIOL. From 1997-2010, Chris was the senior pastor of the City Temple in Cardiff, (now renamed as City Church, Cardiff).
In 2010 he became the Regional Leader for Wales and the Southern Region before being appointed as the General Superintendent of Elim in May 2016. Chris is married to Annie and they have three children.
Gathering together online around our shared mission to advance the kingdom of God. Inspiring church leaders from across the nations to advance as one, and see greater harvest and fruitfulness.
Encounter God during online worship and personal times of ministry, encouraging and connecting with each other in online community in break out sessions and throughout the event.
Learn practical skills that will transform and unite your church leaders, enabling them to flourish together with fresh vision and renewed hope for our mission throughout the nations.
Outline programme with main sessions, seminar options and celebrations. Details are subject to change. Watch live and on-demand for a month after the event with your digital access pass.
What do you do when you don't know what you need to know in order to do what you need to do next?
Glyn Barrett, along with his wife Sophia, are the Senior Pastors of Audacious Church, a multi-site, multi-generational church with four campuses in Manchester and Chester, England. Glyn is also the National Leader of Assemblies of God GB.
The power of shared stories in discipleship. We interview Bill Hull (international speaker) from the Bonhoeffer Project along with others from around the Elim movement to hear their personal stories of discipleship and what it looks like at grass roots level.
Dave Newton is the Director of Training for Elim and Principal of Regents Theological College.
Dominic De Souza interviews Israel Olofinjana, the new Director of the Evangelical Alliance’s One People Commission, about what racial justice looks like in the Church and how we can work towards a more equitable, more inclusive and anti-racist society. We will also hear about developments over the last year from Elim’s Racial Justice Taskforce.
Dominic is a Senior Leader of City Church Cardiff along with his wife, Catherine. Israel is the new director of the One People Commission at the Evangelical Alliance.
Developing leaders is one of the most exciting yet challenges aspects of church life. In this group discussion with a variety of Elim leaders, we explore the possibilities and challenges involved in discovering, developing and deploying leaders across the life of the church.
Stuart Blount is the Director of Ministry for Elim.
Elim's Church Leadership Academy is the primary training vehicle for raising healthy churches and investing in local church leadership. Highly practical, strategic, and prophetic the CLA will be a guided learning experience to bring you and your team to an action plan and a pathway of progress.
Mark Ryan, leader of Birmingham City Church. Plus leaders from the Church Leadership Academy.
What does the next chapter look like?
Every leader and every church is entering a time of transition. God is bringing us to a profound reset around our primary purpose – becoming again missional disciples of Jesus in every context, culture and community.
Chris Cartwright is the General Superintendent of the Elim Pentecostal Church, a growing Movement of Christian congregations in the UK and Ireland.
Prayer is integral to discipleship and vital to serving every aspect of life - from disciples to leaders, churches to nations, national ministries to movement wide initiatives. So join us at the start of the day as we unite in prayer together.
Sarah Whittleston directs the ministry of Elim Prayer. She is committed to seeing people released into all God has for them.
Duncan Clark unpacks how the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our desire for wholehearted living and leadership, and how ’strategic sitting’ can help us live and lead with a full heart.
Duncan started his ministry as Youth Pastor at Coventry Elim and then was invited to become the church's Senior Pastor. He is also a member of Elim's National Leadership team.
Our world needs us to be open to the Spirit of God as he leads us into creative, innovative forms of service. Just as the early church was led by God to translate the mission of Christ into new forms and cultures so as we emerge from the global pandemic we need to be ready to be Spirit-filled mission entrepreneurs.
How can we creatively share the love of Jesus in a post-pandemic reality, and so be equipped to do what the write of Hebrews said, to provoke one another to love and good deeds?
This session is packed-full of stories of what God has done. Some have never been shared publicly before. There are moving moments, inspiring teaching-bites and all of it is glorifying our God who has never left us but helps us to find ways forward. You will be greatly encouraged by this session.
Paul is a member of the Elim National Leadership Team and the Regional Leader for the Midlands and North East.
In this seminar, Senior Pastor Gavin Chittick and Youth Pastor Jonathan Slatter discuss a fresh approach for disciple-making by raising up spiritual parents in their local church. Their story is compelling and inspiring. So what will it take to raise up a generation of spiritual parents with an intense commitment to passing on the gospel to the next generation?
Gavin is the pastor of Bridge Christian Fellowship, the Elim church in Erskine AND Jonny heads up the Limitless Erskine youth group.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a cross-cultural missionary and why people would leave the familiar place of home to be gospel workers in unfamiliar places? This session is packed with stories, interviews and vision which invites you to join in the Co-Mission of Jesus to the nations.
Iain is Elim's International Missions Director.
Emma Bacon hosts a panel discussion on the topic of family friendly churches. What is a family friendly church? How can we ensure that our churches are welcoming to every generation? How can we be a church that welcomes people with additional needs? Join us to discuss these questions and more.
Emma Bacon is a full-time children’s worker at Elim Church Coventry and is currently overseeing Limitless Kids nationally
How do we sing the songs of Zion while sitting on the banks of the river in Babylon? Israel captives asked this question thousands of years ago as exiles and foreigners in a land they didn’t recognize or like. The question is a good and relevant one for us in todays world. How do we announce the news of God’s coming Kingdom to a culture that seems oblivious, uninterested and opposed to the message?
Danielle has found loads of practical hope in the instructions and example of Paul as he spread the Good News in foreign and even hostile cultures. Using one particular example we will explore how we can engage our culture in genuine and relevant ways without giving into the temptation of assimilation or the alluring safety of defensive separation. It’s time to sing again.
* No travel or accommodation required. Wherever you are in the world, you just need internet access to view the Summit online.
The Elim Leaders Summit is open to all - everyone in your church, community and beyond. And you don’t need to be in Elim or a church leader to watch!
* Watch the Elim Leaders Summit live or on-demand for one month after the event. Watch the sessions again or catch up on the sessions you missed.