Resources
Imprint provides resources to further its mission of training pastors and churches to develop a healthy ecclesiology. These include print resources, training videos, written article, and an audio podcast.
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Training Opportunities
Purposeful Publishing
Imprint is not primarily a publisher, but a ministry committed to training pastors, with the goal of strengthening the church in Africa. Trustworthy, biblical resources are, however, an indispensable tool in this regard. To this end, Imprint publishes material that furthers its vision of training pastors, and makes the resources that it publishes available through its store.
Preaching Workshops
The Charles Simeon Trust preaching workshop is an opportunity for pastors and church leaders to strengthen their expositional skills. These workshops provide practical training to increase participants’ confidence and ability in rightly handling God’s word, allowing participants to grow in their conviction of the power of the Scriptures and their eagerness to teach it to their people.
Weekenders
The annual weekender is a partnership between Imprint and Brackenhurst Baptist Church, where church leaders from across Africa are given opportunity to experience the life and inner workings of a healthy church. It provides a model by which church leaders can evaluate their own churches and observe and discuss the biblical and practical dynamics of a healthy church.
Conferences
Imprint hosts occasional conferences and workshops to help pastors and their congregations grow in healthy, gospel-centred living. These conferences aim to facilitate spiritual growth, foster Christian community, and offer training and teaching in practical areas of the Christian and local church life. Conferences are by no means the primary focus of Imprint and only serve to further its training goals.
Imprint Out Loud Podcast
Episode 96—Artificial Intelligence: A Christian Perspective on a Powerful Tool
Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing faster than most of us can track. New applications emerge constantly, major corporations and private individuals alike are adopting it, and what is true today may be overtaken by tomorrow. The aim of what follows is not to...
Bonus Episode 14—Guard Your Garden: What Adam Forgot and Every Man Must Remember
The idea of guarding a garden sparked by Alex Duke’s book From Eden to Egypt, a biblical theology of Genesis. Duke makes the observation that Adam was passive—a familiar enough idea—but then presses the point further: If Adam had been faithful to his God-given task of...
Episode 95—Developing Conviction: Being Fully Persuaded by God’s Word
Conviction is a word that gets thrown around a lot in Christian circles, but what does it mean? And how do we develop real convictions—the kind that shape how we live, how we give, how we love our families, and how we relate to the church?Fully PersuadedConviction is...
Episode #94—Dating for the Glory of God: Biblical Principles for a Modern Practice
Dating is not in the Bible. There is no chapter and verse that says, “You shall take her to the coffee shop.” What the Bible gives us, however, is a rich set of principles that speak to how men and women relate to one another, what they should look for in a spouse,...
Episode #93—The Christian and Dating: Ten Profiles Worth Thinking About
Some time ago, a young woman in my congregation—solid spiritually, someone in whom I had real confidence—started dating an unbeliever. I didn’t see it coming, and when I went looking for a resource that spoke plainly to her situation, I couldn’t find what I needed....
Episode #92—The Fear of Man: Putting to Death the Paralysing Power of Others’ Opinions
Once you see the biblical theme of the fear of man, you quickly begin seeing it all over Scripture—from Genesis to Revelation. It is one of the most pervasive struggles in the human heart, and yet one of the most frequently misunderstood.The fear of man is not always...
Written Articles
When It Seems Like God is Not Growing What You Plant: Discouragement, comparison, and God’s faithfulness in ministry
The other day, I was reading about a Christian woman who was given an opportunity to lead a start-up tech company in Silicon Valley as its Chief Operating Officer (CEO). She entered her new role with dedication, hope, and prayer. She asked God to guide her and to give...
Guard Your Garden: Leadership and the Responsibility to Protect
I recently started reading From Eden to Egypt by Alex Duke. It gives an overview of Genesis, and I highly recommend it. In one chapter, Duke discusses Genesis 3 and notes that Adam was passive. He stood beside Eve as she took the fruit and ate and failed to obey God’s...
You Are Worthy: When Encouragement Stops Sounding Like Scripture
“You are worthy.” “You deserve it.” “You earned it.” These phrases line the vinyl of marketing banners across our cities. They are carefully designed to trigger deep psychological responses, appealing to our need for self-validation, self-care, and ego-enhancement....
The Gospel in Action: What Happens When Believers Receive and Extend Forgiveness
The core message of Christianity is that God forgives sinners through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The gospel declares that grace triumphs over sin and that reconciliation is possible through Christ. These are theological truth claims that sinners must...
When Forgiveness is Hard: The Courage to Confess and the Grace to Bear the Cost
When the topic of forgiveness comes up, we tend to think of it immediately from the perspective of the person who has been wronged. This is understandable, because it is the wronged party who must extend forgiveness. But the reality is, there are always (at least) two...
Forgiven to Forgive: How the Gospel Creates Family and Sustains Fellowship
Restored fellowship is one of the sweetest experiences in the Christian life. When a strained relationship is restored, tension dissolves, distance gives way to nearness, and coldness becomes warmth. Reconciliation brings relief and joy, often deepening the...
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