Get equipped to read and teach the Bible
Equip is designed to give you tools to handle the Bible well, so you can read it carefully, understand it more fully and teach it faithfully.
Equip North
Auckland (exact location to be confirmed)
Equip South
Kaiapoi High School, Christchurch
Strand Groups
The Strand Groups are at the heart of the Equip Conference. Each day, we gather in small groups led by experienced Bible teachers and learn tools for understanding and teaching the Bible. Equip is designed to be completed over several years, with one strand each year.
Strand 1*
In your first year at Equip you’ll learn how to carefully read and teach a New Testament passage. You’ll learn how to dig deep into the details, read it in it’s context, find the main idea, and apply the passage to yourself and others.
Strand 2*
Your second year builds on Strand 1, this time you’ll learn how to carefully read and teach an Old Testament passage, focusing on how to understand the passage in the context of the big story of the Bible.
* Mandarin language Strand Groups are available for Strand 1 and 2 at Equip North in Auckland.
Strand 3
In your third year you’ll learn how to trace a topic carefully from Genesis to Revelation. You’ll work to understand what the Bible says, and faithfully summerise and teach that to others.
Strand 4
The fourth and final strand is all about Ethics, and understanding what the Bible has to teach us about the way we should engage in the complex ethical issues that we face in our world.
Main sessions
Every day at Equip begins and ends with us gathering together to spend time singing praise to our great God, listening to the Bible powerfully taught by experienced preachers and hearing stories of how God has worked in the lives of others.
Anyone is welcome to join us at Equip Conference for our evening meetings, and no registration is required. If you can’t make it to the full conference, this is a great way to get a taste of what Equip is like.
North | Rory Shiner, 1 Corinthians 11-14
7:00 pm, Auckland
South | Richard Chin, Colossians
7:30 pm, Kaiapoi High School
Seminars
As well as Strand Group teaching and listening to great preaching, each afternoon you’ll get the chance to attend seminars.
These practical seminars cover topics like evangelism, youth ministry, leading a small group, discipleship, personal holiness and more.
Timetable
A typical Equip conference will follow this timetable:
Mon
9:00-9:30 am, Registration
9:30-10:30 am, Main Session
10:30-11:00 am, Morning Tea
11:00 am-1:00 pm, Strand Groups
1:00-2:00 pm, Lunch
2:00-3:30 pm, Seminars
3:30 pm, Free Time
5:30-6:30 pm, Dinner
7:00/7:30-9:00 pm, Main Session
Tue
Wed
Thu
7:30 am, Breakfast
9:00-10:30 am, Main Session
1:30 pm, Lunch
10:30-11:00 am, Morning Tea
11:00 am-1:00 pm, Strand Groups
1:00-2:00 pm, Lunch
2:00-3:30 pm, Seminars
3:30 pm, Free Time
5:30-6:30 pm, Dinner
7:00/7:30-9:00 pm, Main Session
Fri
7:30 am, Breakfast
9:00-11:00 am, Strand Groups
11:30-11:30 am, Morning Tea
11:30 am-1:00 pm, Main Session
1:00-1:30 pm, Clean-up
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Families at Equip
Families with kids of all ages are welcome at Equip. We run a Youth Strand and kids' and crèche programmes to free up parents and caregivers to study God’s Word.
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Youth school years 9-13, enjoy their own version of Strand Group led by experienced Bible teachers.
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Equip Kid’s Programme is full of Bible, fun, games and crafts for school years 1-8. It’s run by experienced volunteers during the morning session and Strand Group time.
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Our youngest are looked after for by caring and experienced volunteers. They’ll enjoy singing songs, hearing bible stories and playing games during the morning session and Strand Group time.
Locations
North | Auckland
Equip North is held in Auckland City (exact location to be confirmed). It’s non-residential, so if you’re not an Auckland local, please organise your own accommodation for the week.
Morning and afternoon tea, lunch and dinner are provided at the venue and included in every ticket price.
South | Christchurch
Equip South is held at Kaiapoi High School, just 15 minutes out of Christchurch. Bunk/cabin and tenting accommodation is available at Blue Skies Kaiapoi, which is about a 5-minute walk from the High School.
Morning and afternoon tea, and lunch are provided and included in every ticket price. If you staying at Blues Skies your ticket includes dinner, otherwise we ask you to provide your own.
Equip Central
We’re unable to run a conference in the lower North Island this year because of some venue complications.
We hope to see you at one of the other locations.
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Speakers
North | Auckland
Jay Behan
Ruth
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The Rev. Jay Behan is the bishop of the CCAANZ. Jay is a gifted preacher and winsome communicator. He is passionate about talking to people about the good news we have in Jesus and seeing people grow in their faith. He is married to Jaimee and they have three children. He loves family time, watching rugby league, and attempting (in vain) to get better at golf.
Rory Shiner
1 Corinthians 11-14
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Rory studied Arts at The University of Western Australia, theology at Moore College, and completed a PhD in Australian Church History at Macquarie University. He is the senior pastor of Providence City Church in Perth, where he lives with his wife, Susan, and their four boys. His most recent book, Forgiven Forever, is out now.
South | Christchurch
Ben Hudson
Deuteronomy
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Ben and Laura were both greatly blessed by faithful campus ministry while studying at university, during which time a burden and desire to serve the Lord full time grew. After working as an Engineer for a few years, Ben trainined for ministry at Moore Theological College in Sydney and has served on church ministry teams in Sydney and Wellington since 2007. Ben completed a PhD on Paul's letter to the Ephesians at the University of Otago and then the Hudsons moved to Dunedin at the beginning of 2020 for Ben to take up the role of Lead Pastor at Grace. Ben loves to teach the Bible and walk with people who are exploring the Christian faith. Ben and Laura have four kids and, when they get a chance, they enjoy finding the wonderful things there are to explore in and around Dunedin.
Richard Chin
Colossians
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Richard Chin is married to Jeanette, and the father of 4 married children & 5 grandchildren. His late wife (Bronwyn) went to be with the Lord at Easter in 2013. After 30 years serving University students with the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students, he now serves as a pastor at Fellowship Church, Dubai.
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