Trust in Leadership, Social Mobility, and Lonely Students

What is the importance of trust in leadership? How should the church respond to the idea of social mobility? How can we help students who are lonely? In this episode of In:Dependence, Phil Topham (Executive Director), Adrian Reynolds (Head of National Ministries), and John Stevens (National Director) discuss some of the big stories in the news over the past fortnight from the point of view of church leaders. 00:00 - Introduction 00:28 - Trust in Parliament and in your church 12:13 - Responding to the idea of social mobility 16:08 - How can the church help the poor? 22:22 - Loneliness in students 28:00 - The mystique of monarchy Resources mentioned in this podcast Medhurst Ministries (medhurstministries.org) The Medhurst Ministries Weekender - Friday 17 - Saturday 18 June 2022 (eventbrite.co.uk) University students are far lonelier than other adults - study (bbc.co.uk) Faith in Later Life (faithinlaterlife.org) You can watch a video of this episode and access further resources for church leaders on the FIEC website. About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to the FIEC YouTube channel. About FIEC: We are a fellowship of Independent churches with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC. Follow FIEC on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter