Equipping leaders for ministry
Our church plant, pioneer leaders and some clergy recently gathered for the second in a series of Ministry Leadership Days which have been organised by the diocese. The programme runs until April 2022 and is part of Bishop David’s commitment to raise up, release and empower Christian leaders within Down and Dromore.
The speaker on Wednesday 20 October was Mark Melluish (pictured above). Mark leads a family of Anglican churches in West London and has been involved in the leadership of New Wine England for over 30 years. He has co–authored two books and regularly mentors young leaders throughout the UK.
Mark describes himself as an evangelist at heart. He has planted five churches and in the morning session shared his wealth of experience of the leadership journey and the qualities needed to stay the course and see churches grow.
Over 30 clergy joined the church plant and pioneer leaders for lunch and an afternoon session entitled ‘Anointing for Leadership’. Mark talked about how to hear clearly from God and how to sensitively exercise the gifts of the Holy Spirit in a church setting.
We were also privileged to have Mark address a group of our lay leaders on the previous evening on the topic of ‘Growing in Listening’.
Aims
The ministry leadership days have several aims: to provide training to further equip and develop our leaders in their roles; to enable them to maintain and build relationships with other ministry leaders and to inspire and encourage them in their own ministry leadership journey. All of them are being held at the T3 Conference Centre at the House of Vic Ryn, Lisburn.
Bishop David said:
“Leadership is challenging, especially in these days when the landscape has changed so dramatically. I’m delighted that we can offer our leaders the opportunity to listen to excellent speakers and discuss and pray about these challenges together.”
