From Steve Thomas, concerning International Leaders’ Conference 2012

A new international team has been in place since October 2010, and are agreed that God has joined us together for purpose. He is resharpening and refocusing us to be an international family together on mission, and is giving us a fresh passion together that his gospel should be heard in every corner of the earth. Therefore we are calling our International Leaders Conference 2012 – Finding our Voice.

International Leaders Conference is open to everyone, at any level of leadership in any of our churches! No special invitation required! We look forward to welcoming 800-1000 delegates, representing all walks of life, many levels of maturity and as many nations as possible! International Leaders Conference will include inspiring teaching, workshops and seminars, God-centred worship, personal ministry and plenty of time to connect with friends old and new.

We are delighted to have, as a key guest speaker, David Macfarlane. An engaging speaker, trainer, and motivator, David Macfarlane is the Director of National Initiatives for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada, and has become a good friend to some of our Salt & Light churches in North America. He travels constantly, speaking at conferences and meeting with leaders, and this extensive travel gives him a unique perspective on the innovative things God is doing. David led local congregations that ‘turned around’ and grew through prayerful and sustainable strategic outreach.

As part of finding a new sense of togetherness as an international family of churches, we are also asking some of our key international leaders to minister, including J B Masinde (who leads a very large church in Umoja, Kenya), Doug Kreighbaum (leader of Coast to Coast, a network of churches in USA) and Steve Thomas (international team leader). Members of the international team will also lead some of our workshops.

International Leaders Conference will be preceded by a 24-hour Senior Leaders Forum for up to 250 congregational and national leaders, including time for national/regional teams to meet together. Invitations will be issued separately for this, via national team leaderships. This 24-hour forum is entitled

Focusing our Vision.

With good international transport links and recent experience of hosting the large European Leaders Conference, we will be hosting International Leaders Conferences at The King’s Centre, Oxford, UK. We look forward to welcoming you to Oxford in 2012 and to seeing what God does among us as we meet together as an international family!

You can find full details and book online now for International Leaders Conference and the Senior Leaders Forum, by visiting the conference website at www.saltlight.org/ilc12. Bookings before 28 November 2011 attract an early booking discount. If you have any questions, or want printed copies of the event brochure, please contact our Events team on events@saltlight.org

Steve Thomas
Leader, International Team
Salt & Light Ministries