Oasis Church Birmingham: Talks

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Adrian looks at a discussion within the early church council which reveals everything about how Jesus is enough, full stop - there's nothing to add. This reality changes everything for us, and invites us into a life of liberation with Jesus at the centre.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Rich looks at the first big missionary journey of the church in Acts 13 and 14, drawing out how they were (and how we are called to be), a people who go: who go in dependency, boldness, wisdom, and who go together.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Adrian explores a curious vision that Peter has, and how it changes everything for him by revealing the breadth of God's heart to welcome all.

On Baptism Sunday, Adrian explores how baptism is a sign that we have moved home - and is therefore an invitation to celebrate! His talk is based on Romans 6:1-3, from the Message: "So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I should hope not! If we’ve left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there? Or didn’t you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace—a new life in a new land!"

It's Resurrection Sunday! In this short, all age message, Adrian unpacks two key truths about what the resurrection of Jesus means: that we are beloved and that we belong.

Palm Sunday remembers when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey before the events of Holy Week. This week, Mike explores the story, looking at how it reveals Jesus as a very different kind of King to the one that the world expects!

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Alice looks at the story of Saul's conversion, and how the Spirit is always at work transforming individuals, relationships, and even the nations.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Adrian explores the story of Philip and the Ethiopian - a story of how obedience to God leads to freedom, not captivity, as we step more into the abundant life that he has for us.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Adrian looks at how the believers were scattered because of persecution, but this scattering led to the good news about Jesus going out even further than before and reaching even more people.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Rich looks at how one of the challenges of rapid growth - problems of administration - was addressed by raising up and releasing others to serve.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Alice looks at how the early church were a radical people - radical in their unity, radical in their holiness, and radical in their generosity.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Adrian looks at how the first response of the believers in a time of crisis was to pray, and what we can learn from their dependency on prayer about how prayer is to be central in our own lives.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Adrian looks at how Peter and John were recognised as those "who had been with Jesus", and how this being with Jesus changes everything for us,

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Rich picks the series up again by looking at Acts 3 - the story of Peter healing a lame man, and declaring the wonder of Jesus to a gathered crowd.

In this one-off message to coincide with the Oasis 21 Days of Prayer, Sarah brings an encouragement from Matthew 7, and shares stories of how two individuals in particular (George Muller and Jackie Pullinger) applied it to partner with God and see him do amazing things.

"For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes. There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus." - Galatians 3:26-28 (NLT) This week, Oasis celebrates baptisms! In this talk, Adrian unpacks how baptism is a moment of celebrating a sign, receiving a seal, and being clothed.

This year's Vision Sunday talk, with Adrian reflecting on 2025's vision of "Multiplication", and looking ahead to what's to come this year - a year of "learning to be present".

In this first message of 2026, Adrian encourages the community to keep Jesus at the centre this year. Within the message, he also introduces some new resources under the banner of 'Living Centred', which are available now from livingcentred.com

Advent means ‘arrival’ or ‘appearing’, and is an annual season for engaging with the reality of the ‘time between’ the comings of Christ. It is not simply the ‘build up to Christmas’, as if we pretend Jesus has not yet been born and then celebrate his birth. Rather, it is ‘forward leaning’ and engages with the unseen forces at work in the world, facing the darkness, embracing the light, and encouraging us in how to wait patiently whatever situations we are living with. In this second talk, Rich looks at two names that are given to the promised saviour: Jesus, and Immanuel.

Advent means ‘arrival’ or ‘appearing’, and is an annual season for engaging with the reality of the ‘time between’ the comings of Christ. It is not simply the ‘build up to Christmas’, as if we pretend Jesus has not yet been born and then celebrate his birth. Rather, it is ‘forward leaning’ and engages with the unseen forces at work in the world, facing the darkness, embracing the light, and encouraging us in how to wait patiently whatever situations we are living with. In this first talk, Alice explores how hope comes to meet us within the darkness, whatever life is looking like right now.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Adrian continues the series by looking at how the early church community devoted themselves to four things - teaching, fellowship, breaking bread, and prayer - and how this caused them to live with awe, joy, generosity and worship.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Rich continues the series by walking through Peter's message in Acts 2 - looking at how the Spirit is poured out so that everyone might be invited to know the life-changing truth that Jesus is both Lord and Messiah.

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Adrian continued the series by looking at how the Holy Spirit comes at Pentecost to fill the believers and cause them to break out into the world

The book of Acts tells the radical story of how the earliest followers of Jesus lived with a revolutionary dependance on the Holy Spirit. Rather than seeking to be everything and do everything in their own strength, they created a Spirit-filled community - one where the power and presence of the Holy Spirit was central to everything they did. 2000 years later, the invitation for today's followers of Jesus is to do the same. This week, Lucy kicks off the series by looking at The Powerful Person of the Holy Spirit through Jesus' promise in Acts 1.

The miracles of Jesus are some of the most powerful and profound moments in his earthly ministry. But these weren't simple party tricks: they were an announcement that the Kingdom of God has arrived. Each one is a sign - a mini-version of something ultimate - which revealed the wonder of who Jesus is and all that he has done, is doing, and will do for all of creation. This week, Adrian concludes the series by looking at Jesus calming a storm.

The miracles of Jesus are some of the most powerful and profound moments in his earthly ministry. But these weren't simple party tricks: they were an announcement that the Kingdom of God has arrived. Each one is a sign - a mini-version of something ultimate - which revealed the wonder of who Jesus is and all that he has done, is doing, and will do for all of creation. This week, Rich explores the twin story of Jesus' transfiguration and the healing of a boy opressed by an evil spirit.

The miracles of Jesus are some of the most powerful and profound moments in his earthly ministry. But these weren't simple party tricks: they were an announcement that the Kingdom of God has arrived. Each one is a sign - a mini-version of something ultimate - which revealed the wonder of who Jesus is and all that he has done, is doing, and will do for all of creation. This week, Adrian continues the series by exploring the story of Jesus feeding more than 5000 people, and tying it into the Oasis 'vision' for 2025 of Multiplication.

The miracles of Jesus are some of the most powerful and profound moments in his earthly ministry. But these weren't simple party tricks: they were an announcement that the Kingdom of God has arrived. Each one is a sign - a mini-version of something ultimate - which revealed the wonder of who Jesus is and all that he has done, is doing, and will do for all of creation. This week, Adrian continues the series by exploring the story of the healing of an unnamed women who had been suffering with bleeding for twelve years.

The miracles of Jesus are some of the most powerful and profound moments in his earthly ministry. But these weren't simple party tricks: they were an announcement that the Kingdom of God has arrived. Each one is a sign - a mini-version of something ultimate - which revealed the wonder of who Jesus is and all that he has done, is doing, and will do for all of creation. This week, Alice continues the series by exploring the story of the paralysed man lowered through a roof.

The miracles of Jesus are some of the most powerful and profound moments in his earthly ministry. But these weren't simple party tricks: they were an announcement that the Kingdom of God has arrived. Each one is a sign - a mini-version of something ultimate - which revealed the wonder of who Jesus is and all that he has done, is doing, and will do for all of creation. This week, Rich kicks off the series by looking at what signs are and why they matter, and by exploring the story of Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana.

This week, Guest Speaker Sam Miller (Director at Open Doors), shares about how the call to Jesus is a call to His Church - which includes many who experience severe persecution for following Him.

The Psalms are the Bible's songbook, giving voice to the full range of human experience and emotion. Whatever you are going through, there's a Psalm that speaks into your situation. In this series, different people from within Oasis share about Psalms that have made a significant impact on their lives, and what those Psalms have taught them about God. This week, Sarah gives a recap of the Psalms, before Charlie shares from Psalm 139 and Paul shares from Psalm 46.

The Psalms are the Bible's songbook, giving voice to the full range of human experience and emotion. Whatever you are going through, there's a Psalm that speaks into your situation. In this series, different people from within Oasis share about Psalms that have made a significant impact on their lives, and what those Psalms have taught them about God. This week, Rich gives a recap of the Psalms, before Jon shares from Psalm 23 and Yolanda shares from Psalm 111.

The Psalms are the Bible's songbook, giving voice to the full range of human experience and emotion. Whatever you are going through, there's a Psalm that speaks into your situation. In this series, different people from within Oasis share about Psalms that have made a significant impact on their lives, and what those Psalms have taught them about God. This week, Alice gives a recap of the Psalms, before Sinead shares from Psalm 8 and Will shares from Psalm 126.

The Psalms are the Bible's songbook, giving voice to the full range of human experience and emotion. Whatever you are going through, there's a Psalm that speaks into your situation. In this series, different people from within Oasis share about Psalms that have made a significant impact on their lives, and what those Psalms have taught them about God. This week, Mike gives an introduction to the book - helping set it within its proper context and inviting us to journey deeper into this incredible collection.

In Acts 9, a man of faithful prayer called Ananias plays a key role in helping to raise up a leader who would change the world - the Apostle Paul. This week, Sarah looks at what we can learn from the life of Ananias to encourage us in how the Holy Spirit is wanting to move amongst and beyond us!

This week, Oasis was joined by a Guest Speaker - our friend Jon Tattersall from St John's Church in Harborne. He brought a message centred around Exodus 33:7-11, with an invitation to 'linger longer' in the presence of God.

'Rebuilders' delves into the journey of an Old Testament figure whose heart for prayer, service, compassion and the presence of God brought transformation to his community, city and nation. It's an ancient story that speaks powerfully into this modern moment and into each of our stories today! This week, David wraps up the series by recapping where we've been, and exploring a passage at the very end of the story. His invitation is for each of us to sit with the sadness of the broken walls, embrace the hope of restoration found in Jesus and press on even within the reality of the work never being finished.

'Rebuilders' delves into the journey of an Old Testament figure whose heart for prayer, service, compassion and the presence of God brought transformation to his community, city and nation. It's an ancient story that speaks powerfully into this modern moment and into each of our stories today! This week, Alice looks at how Nehemiah 8 encourages us to receive the word of the Bible with joy - allowing it to redirect our gaze, cause us to look out, and cause us to look up.

'Rebuilders' delves into the journey of an Old Testament figure whose heart for prayer, service, compassion and the presence of God brought transformation to his community, city and nation. It's an ancient story that speaks powerfully into this modern moment and into each of our stories today! This week, Rich looks at how to deal with opposition, challenges and interruptions - and how we are invited to see them as moments to encounter God's presence with us as we respond in prayer, truth and unity.

This week, Oasis welcomed Jonathan Bell from Churchcentral Birmingham as a Guest Speaker for the morning. Jonathan and Helen moved to Birmingham in 1996, just a couple of years before Oasis began, and together they have become great friends of Oasis over the past quarter-century. Jonathan has an incredible gift for unpacking the Bible in a way that is both profound and accessible, and his talk explores how the Kingdom of God is like a mustard seed.

This summer, we are releasing Adrian Hurst, who leads the Oasis Team, for a three month sabbatical from the beginning of June until the end of August. This is a fantastic opportunity for him to recharge after helping to lead the community through a period of significant transition over the past few years — including the move to South Street, it’s renovation, restoration and purchase, and the COVID pandemic. This week, Mike takes some time to unpack the Biblical basis for sabbatical, as well as honouring Adrian, Lucy and the Hurst Family for the significant role they play in the life of Oasis.

'Rebuilders' delves into the journey of an Old Testament figure whose heart for prayer, service, compassion and the presence of God brought transformation to his community, city and nation. It's an ancient story that speaks powerfully into this modern moment and into each of our stories today! This week, Alice (plus a few friends!) explores how each of us are called to help build out part of the wall - recognising that no individual can do it all themselves, but that we all have a unique role to play in building today for the kingdom that will endure.

'Rebuilders' delves into the journey of an Old Testament figure whose heart for prayer, service, compassion and the presence of God brought transformation to his community, city and nation. It's an ancient story that speaks powerfully into this modern moment and into each of our stories today! This week, Adrian looks at the story of Nehemiah inspecting the walls of Jerusalem, and the invitation within it to live understanding the reality of the world around us.

'Rebuilders' delves into the journey of an Old Testament figure whose heart for prayer, service, compassion and the presence of God brought transformation to his community, city and nation. It's an ancient story that speaks powerfully into this modern moment and into each of our stories today! This week, Rich explores Nehemiah's encounter with the King of Persia - looking at how his perspective shapes his response in a moment of opportunity.

'Rebuilders' delves into the journey of an Old Testament figure whose heart for prayer, service, compassion and the presence of God brought transformation to his community, city and nation. It's an ancient story that speaks powerfully into this modern moment and into each of our stories today! In this first week, Adrian introduces the series and explores Chapter One - Nehemiah discovers the extent of Jerusalem's ruin, and cries out to God for renewal.

Easter is a season that reminds each of us that God is a LIVING God - someone we are invited to encounter every day in His power, His kindness, His wisdom and His grace. What Jesus does by coming as a human, living, dying, and rising again, changes everything because it means that the presence of God isn't for a select few. He is for everyone! In the final week of the series, Alice explores Jesus' encounter with his disciples in the upper room - particularly, the way that he meets Thomas and brings peace.

Easter is a season that reminds each of us that God is a LIVING God - someone we are invited to encounter every day in His power, His kindness, His wisdom and His grace. What Jesus does by coming as a human, living, dying, and rising again, changes everything because it means that the presence of God isn't for a select few. He is for everyone! On Resurrection Sunday, Rich explores Jesus's encounter with Mary at the tomb, connecting her experience with that of those being baptised during the service.

Easter is a season that reminds each of us that God is a LIVING God - someone we are invited to encounter every day in His power, His kindness, His wisdom and His grace. What Jesus does by coming as a human, living, dying, and rising again, changes everything because it means that the presence of God isn't for a select few. He is for everyone! This week, Adrian explores the Palm Sunday celebrations - Jesus coming to Jerusalem as King...but a very different kind of King from the one who had been expected!

Easter is a season that reminds each of us that God is a LIVING God - someone we are invited to encounter every day in His power, His kindness, His wisdom and His grace. What Jesus does by coming as a human, living, dying, and rising again, changes everything because it means that the presence of God isn't for a select few. He is for everyone! This week, Adrian continues the series by exploring the story of Mary annointing Jesus with perfume.