We are excited for 2027 to be hosting our National Leadership Conference, with the theme of Amplify: Raising Voices for Kingdom Impact. We are pleased to be welcoming one of our keynote speakers for 2027 Krish Kandiah.
We are back at Yarnfield Park Conference Centre in Staffordshire, for the second year running.
The cost is £275 for single occupancy en-suite room and all meals. If you are coming together as husband and wife, or you are willing to share, then this drops to £245 per person. BUT if you book now, you benefit from the early bird price.
If you would like to join us for the day, Tuesday 12th, the cost is 90 per person, including lunch and evening meal.
Online bookings only and payment is taken by credit/debit card at time of booking.
Aged 18 – 35? Or a student? Thinking of joining us, we’d love to have you… so much so we’d love to offer you a DISCOUNTED TICKET: £180! For more info & how to book a discounted ticket email us at conference@freshstreams.net
This year's conference is being sponsored by BMS World Mission, Baptist Insurance Company and Mission Aviation Fellowship.
Our Speakers
Krish Kandiah
Dr Kandiah OBE is the founder of The Sanctuary Foundation. A charity supporting refugees to find welcome, work and worthwhile housing in the UK. He is recognised as an expert in refugee resettlement, child welfare reform, educational innovation and civil society mobilisation.
He has been a regular guest on BBC Breakfast, the Zoe Ball breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 and has appeared on BBC News 24, The Today Programme, Goggle Box and Sky News, Woman's Hour and more
Karen Sethuraman
Rev Karen Sethuraman is the first female Baptist Minister in Ireland, and has served as Chaplain to two Belfast Lord Mayors. She has been involved in peace and reconciliation work for over twenty years, both within and outside the church walls, Karen is pursuing a PhD with the Centre for Anabaptist Studies in Bristol, and brings extensive experience as a conference speaker in Ireland, UK and the US. She is a member of the Management Board of Ireland’s Future, which promotes the shared responsibility of delivering constitutional change within the framework of the Good Friday Agreement.
Rachel Gardner
Canon Rachel Gardner has more than 20 years of experience in youth ministry and is passionate about equipping young people and those who serve them. She is the author of The Girl De-Construction Project and The Sex Thing, and co-hosts the Talking Youth Ministry podcast.
Rachel serves as Director of Partnerships at Youthscape, is an Ambassador for Home for Good, and co-leads St Luke's, an HTB church plant serving a deprived neighbourhood in Blackburn, Lancashire, where she also serves as Youth Innovation Lead. She is also Youth Ambassador for the Blackburn Diocese.
Rachel is married to Jason, and together they have two children.
Hikmat Kashouh
Rev. Dr. Hikmat Kashouh is a pastor, published scholar, and inspirational speaker known across the MENA region and the West. He currently serves as the senior pastor of Resurrection Church, a vibrant and growing missional church located across Lebanon.
Under his visionary leadership, Resurrection Church has grown from a congregation of just 70 people in 2008 to over 4,000 families today. The church now includes more than 40 congregations and over 400 life groups spread throughout Lebanon. Its weekly services are broadcast live via satellite TV, local radio, and social media, reaching hundreds of thousands of Arabic-speaking viewers around the world. Resurrection Church also impacts more than 7,000 people annually through a variety of holistic ministries. These include community care programs that provide relief aid, medical services, counseling, and educational support to Syrian and Iraqi refugees as well as Lebanese families in need.
For more, visit: HikmatKashouh.com
