We long to see people
all over Aotearoa,
faithfully teaching the Bible.
Equip Conference, originally known as YLC (Young Leaders Conference), began in 2004 when some evangelical ministers in Christchurch saw the need for more Bible training for ordinary Christians. It started small, but has since grown and now runs in both the North and South Island.
Equip is a ministry of the Gospel Training Trust and is supported by a committee of volunteers from churches across the country, and across different denominations. Everyone involved in running Equip is committed to the truth that Bible is God’s living and active word to us - through which the Creator of the universe speaks into our lives, transforming us by the power of His Spirit and calling us to trust the redeeming work of Jesus Christ. So we want to read and teach the Bible well.
Our national committee
Tim Capill (Chair)
Minister at Latimer Church, Christchurch.
Mike Turner(Chair, Equip North)
Associate Minister, West Hamilton Community Church, Hamilton
Benjamin Robb(Chair, Equip South)
Grace Presbyterian Church, Christchurch
Jaimee Behan(Treasurer)
St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Christchurch
Mark Santich
Latimer Church and Trustee, Gospel Training Trust
Ben Hudson
Minister at Grace Bible Church in Dunedin
Rob Morton
Director of Training, Gospel Training Trust
What we believe
The unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in the Godhead.
The sovereignty of God in creation, revelation, redemption and final judgement.
The divine inspiration and infallibility of Holy Scripture as originally given, and its supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
The universal sinfulness and guilt of human nature since the fall, rendering man subject to God’s wrath and condemnation.
The full deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, the incarnate Son of God; his virgin birth and his real and sinless humanity; his death on the cross, his bodily resurrection and his present reign in heaven and earth.
Redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin only through the sacrificial death once and for all time of our representative and substitute, Jesus Christ, the only mediator between God and man.
Justification as God’s act of undeserved mercy, in which the sinner is pardoned all his sins, and accepted as righteous in God’s sight, only because of the righteousness of Christ imputed to him, this justification being received by faith alone.
The need for the Holy Spirit to make the work of Christ effective to the individual sinner, granting him repentance toward God and faith in Jesus Christ.
The indwelling of the Holy Spirit in all those thus regenerated, producing in them an increasing likeness to Christ in character and behaviour, and empowering them for their witness in the world.
The one holy universal Church, which is the Body of Christ, and to which all true believers belong.
The future personal return of the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge all humans, executing God’s just condemnation on the impenitent and receiving the redeemed to eternal glory.
