Boring Leaders, Secular Neutrality, and Ramadan at King's Cross // In the News

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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?

In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (FIEC Executive Director), John Stevens (FIEC National Director), and Adrian Reynolds (FIEC 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?

You can watch a video of this episode and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website.

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)
Bible App advert on the tube (twitter.com)

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