What to expect at Equip…
Equip Conference is designed to be completed over several years, with one strand each year. These small groups are where you will learn how to handle God's word carefully and teach it to others, guided and helped by experienced Bible teachers. As well as the strand groups, you’ll enjoy great preaching in our main sessions, practical seminars and free time to rest or chat and meet people.
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.
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.
seminars
In the afternoons at Equip you will attend different seminars which look at practical aspects of Christian ministry. Over the course of the week you will have the opportunity to attend seminars on things like evangelism, youth ministry, leading a small group, discipleship, personal holiness and more.
Main sessions
Every day at Equip begins and ends with us gathering together to spend time singing praise to our great God, listening to God's word powerfully taught by our keynote speakers 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. It's a great way to be a part of the conference and to get a taste of what a full week at Equip is like.
Youth Strand
Our Youth Strand (for those in school years 9-13) has great fun as well learning some basic methods of Bible study and joining the main sessions with the keynote speakers.
Service Strand - Volunteers
We encourage delegates who have completed each of the strands, to return to Equip Conference as a volunteer. Our volunteers work in the background to make sure the conference runs smoothly. If you would like to volunteer to help in this way, please register as a service strand delegate.