Explore the core Christian message and the distinctives of a Christian worldview.

This School of Faith event presents the essentials of Christianity through short short TED style talks centred on five questions:
Why does faith matter? Who is God? Who am I? What’s God’s play? Where do I belong?

The evening will also include short films and an opportunity to chat over refreshments.

This is a free event - all welcome

Explore the core Christian message and the distinctives of a Christian worldview.

This School of Faith event presents the essentials of Christianity through short short TED style talks centred on four questions:
Who is God? Who am I? What’s God’s play? Where do I belong?

The evening will also include short films, guest interviews and an opportunity to chat over refreshments.

This is a free event - all welcome.

The global wellness market is now three times larger than worldwide pharmaceutical industry. But is the wellness industry actually making us...well?

And what is wellness anyway?

We are all searching for a health that goes beyond the mere do's and dont's of physical appearance. Join our next Central Conversation as Hannah Dallison explores how faith connects wellness to the whole of life.

Hannah Dallison’s past experience of physical training and education mixed with a personal story of pain and illnesses led her to found “get well”, a resource that exists to promote wellness and wellbeing both individually and collectively.  

One in every 122 human beings on the planet is a refugee. That's well over 50 million people worldwide. And the figures are rising daily - a tragic trend unlikely to stop in our lifetimes.  Around 80 percent of refugees are being hosted by developing countries with rising anti-refugee sentiment in many industrialised nations. This worldwide refugee crisis is widely recognized as one of the defining challenges of this century and appropriate responses are urgently needed. Join our next Central Conversation as Krish Kandiah helps us discover how hospitality both personal and national is the means by which not only the world can be changed but our lives as well.

Krish is the Founding Director of Home for Good, a young charity seeking to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children. Together with his wife, Miriam he co-authored a catalytic book “Home for Good” which blends the story of God and addresses challenges of our times.  Krish is in demand as a speaker both nationally and internationally. He regularly speaks at larger conferences, corporate events and is a regular broadcaster on radio and television.

In recent months Krish’s efforts in the escalating refugee crisis have been significant in campaigning through Home for Good for securing homes for 3000 refugee children.

Krish is Honorary Vice President and Chair of the Theological Panel of Tearfund.  He has a passion for engaging with contemporary culture theologically and is a prolific writer/blogger.  Krish has authored 10 books and his latest award winning publication is  ‘Paradoxology’, explores why Christianity was never meant to be simple.

Krish holds degrees in Chemistry, Missiology and Theology. His PhD is from Kings College London and he currently holds faculty positions at George Fox Seminary, Regents College, Vacouver and Regents Park College, Oxford University.

From inspirational university graduation speeches to beautiful Instagram posts we are constantly told to “be yourself”. But how do we know who we are? The unsaid rule to this is to look inside yourself in order to discover who you are. But is that right? Are we defined by what we desire? What if our desires are always changing, how can we be sure of who we are? 

Join us as author Dave Lomas speaks from the perspective of faith on how to discover an identity rooted deeply in a truth that doesn't change. 

Dave Lomas is Lead Pastor of Reality San Francisco. He started working for a church  at the ripe age of 17 and was ordained four years later as a youth pastor. In 2009, Dave and his wife Ashley moved to San Francisco, where they planted Reality SF in 2010. “He is the author of The Truest Thing about You: Identity, desire, and Why it All Matters

From Museums and Exhibitions to news reports and Tube adverts, visual art and photography have become some of the most powerful storytelling tools in the world. But what stories are we telling, and how do they affect us? Images can spread an idea or kill one. They can degrade people or dignify them. They can move a heart toward compassion or stir up contempt. 

How do we live in a culture increasingly defined by images? What does the Christian faith have to say about the lenses with which we frame the world? Join us as we talk about wisely navigating the thousands of images that face us daily. This event is part of School of Faith, an ongoing forum where men and women can explore various perspectives on London culture and how it relates to Christian faith.

Lucinda May is a visual artist based in Bethnal Green, East London. She grew up in the UK and studied Fine Art and History of Art at Edinburgh College of Art and the University of Edinburgh. After graduating, Lucinda was invited to exhibit in the Royal Scottish Academy’s New Contemporaries exhibition (2012). She worked as a youth worker for a two years before committing to art-making full time last year when she spent time as artist in residence with Linea de Costa in Cadiz, Spain. 

Lucinda is a multidisciplinary artist, particularly focusing around painting and installation. Lucinda says, ‘My work explores the role of beauty and playfulness in interrupting the mundane: beauty through the delicacy of craft, and playfulness through installation pieces that are made by my interaction with the environments I find myself in. These two practices are not necessarily separate; they are constantly interweaving and bouncing off one another.’

Tim Chaddick is the founding pastor of Reality LA, a thriving church in the heart of Hollywood, California. Reality LA is part of the Reality family of churches, a movement committed to relational church planting and serving the broader body of Christ. Tim's first two books, Better: How Jesus Satisfies the Search for Meaning and The Truth about Lies, were projects which came from lessons learned while living and leading a church in Los Angeles. He has since moved to London where currently serves as the Lead Pastor for Reality Church London and Director of School of Faith.

Spreading across the Western world like a slow growing moss, a beautiful culture seems to offer us everything.  More options, more connection, more experiences, more freedom.

Through advertising, media, Internet, and celebrity, a vast mental world is daily constructed in our minds painting the possibility of a utopia in which an individual life infused with pleasure, peace, and possibility is at our finger tips. 

Yet this beautiful culture hides a difficult truth. Never before have we been so anxious, disconnected, addicted and divided. The beautiful culture has continued to grow, while we and the world grow more fragile. 

How do we live well in our beautiful yet fragile age? What does the Christian faith have to say about the living a life of meaning and purpose? This event is part of School of Faith, an ongoing forum where men and women can explore various perspectives on London culture and how it relates to Christian faith.

Mark Sayers is a writer, speaker and pastor who is highly sought out for his unique and perceptive insights into faith and contemporary culture. Mark is the author of The Trouble with Paris, The Vertical Self, The Road Trip That Changed The World and Facing Leviathan. Mark is also the Senior Leader of Red Church, and the co-founder of Uber Ministries. Mark lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife Trudi, daughter Grace, and twin boys Hudson and Billy.

We all may know struggles in the area of mental health - either our own struggles or those of a loved one. Are there resources in the Bible to help us with this side of our lives? 

From the ancient Psalms of lament to the "Man of Sorrows" on the cross, the Bible has a profound approach to this ancient and universal concern. Come for a surprising, informative and, we trust, deeply encouraging evening on this pressing issue.  

Glen Scrivener is an Author, speaker and Minister in the Church of England. He's often found speaking at Churches and Universities, in the studio producing online media or in his office, writing books and other evangelistic material. Glen is married to Emma, and they have a daughter, Ruby.

When Robin Oake's son, Special Branch officer Stephen, was killed by a terrorist while on duty, a press conference was called. A journalist asked, 'Mr. Oake, what do you think about the man who killed your son?' and received a startling reply: 'I don't know the man or the circumstances but from my heart I forgive him.' Another journalist said, 'What?!' and our response may be the same. But in this powerful and moving story, Robin shares his reasons for his amazing forgiveness. Using examples from his long experience in the police he explores in his seminar the 'why' and 'how' of forgiveness - even in extreme circumstances.

Robin was educated at Reigate Grammar School, Surrey and University College, London before becoming a Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. He is the author of three books "Father Forgive", "With God on the Streets" and "The Power of Powerlessness".