St Albans DEF seeks to promote and encourage evangelical faith and practice in the Diocese of St Albans to unite evangelicals across the diocese.
The DEF arranges occasional meetings, provides a means for evangelicals to consult together and is a constituent part of the national representative bodies of the evangelicals within the Church of England.
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Latest News
2020 Annual Conference with Paul Harcourt CANCELLED
Holding to Truth and Love Speaker Paul Harcourt. National Leader, New Wine; Vicar, All Saints’ Woodford WellsDate: NOW CANCELLED (was to have been Wednesday 13th May 2020)Time: 10am-3pmVenue: St Nicholas Church, Rectory Lane, Stevenage SG1 4DA If we are able to reschedule after the coronavirus lockdown allows, bookings will be…
2019 Annual Conference with Lee Gatiss
Fight Valiantly – Contending for the Faith: in the Bible and Today. At this year’s DEF conference we address the searching question of when and how to graciously and clearly contend for the Christian faith in today’s church and society. Few of us relish controversy. But we know the Bible…
2018 Conference with Lis Goddard
Partnerships for the Kingdom – Strategic & Missionary This day is for those who are interested in building Christ’s church rather than empire building, and who are willing to think creatively about what that looks like. Taking 1 Corinthians 3 as our pattern, this day will look at how…
2017 Annual Conference with Frog Orr-Ewing
Mission for Millennials and Beyond: Hopes, Dreams and Lessons from Latimer Minster In 2010, Frog and Amy Orr-Ewing pioneered a new approach to church and mission, launching a new church in south Bucks with a distinctive vision. Seeking to reach young adults, to integrate worship, prayer, the mind, community, land,…
2016 Annual Conference with John Dunnett
Daniel in Exile – a Model for Church Leadership Today Speaker: Revd John Dunnett, General Director CPAS and Chair of the Evangelical Group on General Synod (EGGS). At this year’s conference we will consider how the experience of Daniel informs and shapes leadership and mission in the local church today. …
2015 Conference with Paul Perkin
Anglican Futures According to Justin Welby last November, world Anglicanism is a ‘flourishing Communion but also a divided Communion’. The Church of England is not immune: churches are growing, yet tensions are rarely far away. This year’s DEF conferences – daytime in St Albans, evening in Bedford – take a…
Inclusive and Orthodox
Sex and Sexuality: being inclusive and orthodox. A day to study the Biblical texts, pastoral responses and the political scene. Thursday 22nd January, 10:30am – 3:30pm at Holy Trinity, Frogmore (AL2 2FE) Coffee is served from 10am. Speakers are: Dr Ian Paul (NT Theologian) Glyn Harrison (Member of General Synod…
2014 Conference with Alan Smith
We are looking forward to welcoming Bishop Alan as our guest speaker for this year’s conference. There will be two events on Wednesday 7th May 2014: 10:30am-2:30pm, Christ Church, St Albans7:30 – 9:30pm, Christ Church, Bedford Post-Conference Update:
2013 Conference with Graham Cray
In the third of our series of annual conferences responding to ‘Living God’s Love’, we will be looking at ‘Making New Disciples’, with the help of Bishop Graham Cray, from the Church of England’s Fresh Expressions team. This event, on Thursday 23rd May 2013 at Holy Trinity, Frogmore, is open to…