Devoted Leaders 2024.
Let us invite you to join us for our Devoted Leaders Conference (25-27 June 2024) as we gather 100s of leaders from across the UK and further afield. This will be an in-person conference for church, marketplace and emerging leaders. We're praying for a time of encounter, encouragement and equipping; three things we all need in this season!
One of the reasons ChristCentral exists is to raise up leaders; men and women who can bring leadership in the context God has given them. This may be the local church, in business, or trans-locally serving our wider family of churches.
To do this we know it is vital to gather leaders for extended times of being in God's presence, where there is space for worship, the prophetic and teaching & training. We believe that as we gather together this event will provide a setting where God can speak, shape and re-arrange us as a family of churches.
We hope you are able to join us, see you there!
Jeremy & Ann Simpkins (Conference Hosts)
Book for 2024 now!
New for 2024:
Workplace Leadership Gatherings
New for this year we have two Workplace Leadership networking opportunities, led by one of our ChristCentral Directors:
Tuesday 25 June 2024 - 12:30hrs
A gathering for workplace leaders from the public sector - Bring your packed lunch and connect informally with others in a similar role. - with Alasdaire Duerden
Wednesday 26 June 2024 - 12:30hrs
A gathering for workplace leaders from the private sector - Bring your packed lunch and connect informally with others in a similar role. - with Sandeep Manaktala
Confirmed Speakers for 2024:
We've included some bios for our confirmed speaking team below.
Tope Koleoso Tope is married to Kemi and they have two adult children. Tope is lead pastor of Jubilee Church London and Kemi is heavily involved in leading the church's Youth Work. Through a God-given vision, Kemi founded the Courage Conference and out of the conference the Courageous Sister’s Project was formed, an initiative that seeks to restore dignity to women across the world.
Jubilee Church London is a multicultural church with over seventy nationalities represented across three sites in Enfield, Wood Green & Ilford. Tope moved to Enfield to help plant Jubilee in 1995 and became lead pastor in 2004 where he is responsible for the preaching and strategic vision of the church.
Tope is involved in supporting Newfrontiers churches & others both nationally and internationally, as well as supporting various church plants. He is a regular conference speaker and has co-authored a book "Hope Reborn - how to become a Christian and Live for Jesus".
We are really grateful that Tope is joining us once again at Devoted Leaders 2024, having spoken so inspiringly at Devoted 2021 and at Devoted 2016!
Debra Green Debra Green OBE is the National Director and Founder of Redeeming Our Communities (ROC), founded in 2004. She is frequently asked to speak at events and conferences. She also speaks at conferences organised by statutory authorities and public services.
Debra has twenty years of experience in bringing organisations together towards the goal of social transformation, starting with her home city of Manchester. Since 2003, this work has expanded and she has acted as a consultant to many other towns and cities with significant results. Such work has attracted interest from public services and local authorities who are impressed by the proven track record and results achieved.
Debra has had three books published. The most recent published in 2014 – ROC Your World – changing communities for good. We were grateful to have Debra with us at Devoted Leaders 2023 and are looking forward to her being one of our headline speakers in 2024.
Steve & Deb Tibbert Steve has led King's Church London for over 25yrs. The church has grown in both size and diversity over that time and now has 4 sites across South-East London. Following a career in sales and marketing, Steve became a youth pastor in his home town of Bedford before moving to London in 1995 to lead King's.
Steve has been involved in serving the Newfrontiers family in the UK for a couple of decades - whether through youthwork, leadership training, or overseeing churches. Steve now leads the Newfrontiers Together Team, which he used to serve as a facilitator and in recent years has also worked closely with David Devenish and the Newfrontiers Board.
He is the author of Good To Grow, a book about the importance of church growth, leadership and sources many examples (and mistakes) from his time leading King's.
Steve and Deb have recently been invited to serve various Newfrontiers teams in Zimbabwe, Mexico, USA, Ukraine, Kenya and Zambia. They also hope to make further visits to other nations which we serve including churches in Armenia and the Russian-speaking world.
Steve and Deb have been married for over 30 years and have three grown-up sons and one grandchild.
Marcus Honeysett Marcus is the founding director of Living Leadership, he is a well-known speaker and writer. Marcus spends much of his time considering and writing about how to be a wise leader. One of his passions is training preachers and preaching about the grace of God. He particularly enjoys encouraging and nurturing Christian leaders and their spouses.
Living Leadership disciples and provides soul care for church leaders. It does this through mentoring, residentials, courses, and a network of pastors-of-pastors around the UK and Ireland.
Marcus has completed studies in Postmodern Philosophy and has written (or co-written) a number of books including: Powerful Leaders (when church leadership goes wrong and how to prevent it), Fruitful Leaders (being an effective leader & developing new leaders), Finding Joy (a radical rediscovery of grace), Gospel Centred Preaching (becoming the preacher God wants you to be) and Meltdown (making sense of a culture in crisis).
Marcus is married to Ros and they have a son. Ros is a teacher and together they enjoy entertaining, music, reading, skiing and golf.
Chris Frost Chris leads the team at Gateway Church Leeds and has worked full-time there since 2008. He is passionate about leading their community into wider kingdom influence both locally, nationally and internationally. Chris also leads our emerging UK apostolic team helping to bring oversight to our churches across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. He is co-writing 'Leadiagrams' - 52 visuals to help you thrive in your faith and lead effectively. He and his wife Jo have two children, are passionate about intimacy with Jesus, eating out and enjoy family adventures!
Jeremy Simpkins Jeremy has been involved in leading Newfrontiers churches for over 25 years now. In 2009 Jeremy & Ann moved from the church they had planted in Teesside to lead Christ Central Manchester.
In 2011 when Terry Virgo multiplied Newfrontiers from one apostolic team to multiple teams, Jeremy started to lead ChristCentral. In 2014 the team in Manchester appointed a local pastor to lead Christ Central Manchester, releasing Jeremy to lead the ChristCentral team and travel amongst the churches which the team serves.
After 7 years in Manchester, Jeremy & Ann then spent 4 years as part of City Church Sheffield. More recently they have felt called to serve more locally and are now part of the ChristCentral church in Macclesfield. Jeremy & Ann often travel internationally together and both love to support, encourage and develop local leadership teams and other ministry areas.
Programme:
Our intended programme is as follows though it may be subject to change. Please do plan to visit our Exhibition Guests, the ChristCentral Initiative Stands and St Andrews Bookshop during our break times.
Tuesday 25 June 2024 |
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| Time | Session | Details |
| 09:00-10:30hrs | Registration & Coffee | |
| 10:30-12:30hrs | Worship & Ministry | Host: Jeremy Simpkins |
| 12:30-14:00hrs | Lunch Break | Public Sector Leaders Gathering hosted by Alasdaire Duerden |
| 14:00-15:30hrs | Main Session 1 | Speaker: Chris Frost |
| 15:30-16:00hrs | Refreshment Break | |
| 16:00-17:00hrs | Main Session 2 | Theme: Election Prayer |
| 17:00-19:00hrs | Break & Hotel Check-In | |
| 19:00-21:30hrs | "The Great ChristCentral Quiz" | An evening of food, fun & a fabulous quiz! |
Wednesday 26 June 2024 |
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| Time | Session | Details |
| 09:00-09:30hrs | Bookshop & Exhibitions Open | |
| 09:30-11:00hrs | Worship & Ministry | Host: Jeremy Simpkins |
| 11:00-11:30hrs | Refreshment Break | |
| 11:30-12:30hrs | Main Session 3 | Speaker: Marcus Honeysett |
| 12:30-14:00hrs | Lunch Break | Private Sector Leaders Gathering hosted by Sandeep Manaktala |
| 14:00-15:30hrs | Main Session 4 | Speaker: Debra Green |
| 15:30-16:00hrs | Refreshment Break | |
| 16:00-17:00hrs | Main Session 5 | Speakers: Natalie Williams & Adam Price Title: "Mercy In A World That Hates It" |
| 17:00-19:30hrs | Dinner Break | |
| 19:30-21:30hrs | Main Session 6 | Speaker: Tope Koleoso |
Thursday 27 June 2024 |
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| Time | Session | Details |
| 09:00-09:30hrs | Bookshop & Exhibitions Open | |
| 09:30-11:00hrs | Worship & Ministry | Host: Jeremy Simpkins |
| 11:00-11:30hrs | Refreshment Break | |
| 11:30-12:30hrs | Seminars | Speakers: Steve & Deb Tibbert and Tope Koleoso |
| 12:30-14:00hrs | Lunch Break | Euangelion Gathering hosted by Steve Hurd with Gram Seed - Sowing Seeds Ministries |
| 14:00-15:30hrs | Main Session 7 | Speaker: Steve Tibbert |
| 16:00hrs | Conference Closes | |
Seminar Subjects:
Marriage & Ministry
The sad reality is that many marriages today fail! Couples either expect a fairy tale or simply assume that it will end in divorce. Steve & Deb have been married for over 30yrs and are convinced that marriage should be about growing and learning together. SO how can we build marriages that last, even in the midst of ministry and the challenges that this brings? - with Steve & Deb Tibbert
Reviving Your Call
Don't let you heart grow cold, let your heart be on fire for God! (More details coming soon) - with Tope Koleoso
Our seminars will take place on Thursday 27th June 2024 between 11.30am - 12.30pm.
Resources from Previous Events.
Catch up on content from our previous Devoted Leaders Events below or on our media page!
2023 - Video
2023 - Audio
2022 - Video
2022 - Audio
Dates for 2024
25-27 June 2024
Timings 2024
Tuesday 25 June 2024 at 09:00hrs
until:
Thursday 27 June 2024 at 16:00hrs
Location
Kings Church Darlington, Prospect Pl, Whessoe Rd, Darlington, DL3 0QT
Tickets
Super Early Bird - £99 (til 23:59 15/10/23)
Early Bird - £109 (extended til 23:59 07/04/24)
Standard - £119 (til 23:59 17/06/24)
On-The-Door - £119* (from 00:00 18/06/24)
Day Tickets
Tuesday - All Sessions - £55
Tuesday - Excluding Evening* - £40
Wednesday - All Sessions - £45
Thursday - All Sessions - £35
*excludes Tuesday evening meal / entertainment
Book 2024 now!
Going Green at Devoted Leaders
This year we've worked in partnership with the CreationCall team to help us make Devoted Leaders more environmentally friendly. To find out more about the changes we've made and the steps we're taking to protect our environment, click here.
FAQS
Accommodation
Please book your own accommodation - there are a variety of options in and around Darlington, but please book early to avoid disappointment.
Brochure
To view an online version of our delegate brochure click here.
Creche
An unsupervised creche room will be available for parents / carers to use during the event for very young children / babies. We hope to include a main session video link in this area.
Meals
On Tuesday evening we are planning an evening meal and some entertainment more details will be available closer to the time (cost included in all full conference tickets**).
For all other meals you'll find there are local amenities including: coffee shops, supermarkets and fast food outlets (many less than a mile away). You are welcome to bring a packed lunch with you and remain in the venue or make the most of the outside spaces.
You may decided to use the dinner break on Wednesday evening to gather with your local church team.
**except 'On-The-Door' tickets
Parking
Parking is no longer available on-site. Please find a map of local roads which you can park on here. We'd recommend car sharing wherever possible to and from the venue to help with capacity in local streets.
Refreshments
Tea, Coffee and cold drinks will be available throughout the conference during our refreshment breaks.
Future Dates
We are currently planning dates for Devoted Leaders 2026. More details to follow! In 2025 we will be all together at the Devoted Festival.
