2024 Bible Teachers and Preachers (Advanced) Network

To preach and teach the full counsel of God’s Word will require us to preach from all parts of the Scriptural canon. That includes the prophets – God’s hard-hitting expert communicators. In this year’s Advanced Network, we will explore together a pair of prophets. Both were inspired by God with a message for the Assyrian city of Nineveh. While both are worthy of our attention, they tend to suffer from neglect for different reasons.

Jonah is a very well-known and even familiar story that tends to be partially presented to children.  It suffers from familiarity.  Do we really understand what happened in the book of Jonah?  Is it just a warning not to run away from God’s call?  Actually, Jonah presents the gracious heart of God as a bright focal point against the backdrop of his own hard heart.  We will look again at this familiar narrative and rediscover the rich relevance of the book for our churches today.

Nahum is neglected, not because of a false familiarity, but because we hardly know it at all.  It suffers from neglect, plain and simple. At first glance, it appears to be almost entirely negative. Is Nahum just a depressing detour in a journey through the Minor Prophets? Actually, once we grasp the intended audience of his prophecy, Nahum can speak to our hearts today as it spoke to hearts open to hear it back then.

Join us as we explore these two connected books together in the Advanced Network 2024. All those who teach the Bible, whether in a local church setting, on university campuses, or elsewhere, whether from the pulpit or not, are welcome.

The Advanced Track is for those who have either attended a previous European Bible Teachers and Preachers Network, participated in the Year-Round Mentoring Preachers track, a Cor Deo preaching course, or a Langham Preaching seminar in Europe.

For those who have proven success in these areas and would like to be considered for the Advanced Network, please email ksaylor@euroleadership.org with a description of your background, experience in Bible teaching, and an explanation of why you would like to move up into the Advanced Network.

Prior preparation will be set for all applicants.

What Network Participants Are Saying

• "At the Forum I heard brilliant teaching and I learned a lot from talking with other leaders from different parts of the world. I regularly preach in my church and I receive invitations from other churches and organisations to preach and teach, so the Bible Teachers and Preachers Network has been an incredible blessing to me." 
  - Istvan Horvath, General Secretary of the Hungarian Evangelical Alliance, Hungary
• "I am preparing to be a pastor. For three years, I served as a pastoral intern and in a few months I hope to be ordained. It is an important time for me, thinking and planning and praying about my future, both in ministry as well as the possibility of further education. The Forum's Bible Teachers and Preachers Network provides me with the opportunity to grow, receive encouragement, learn, and hear stories of God working in Europe and around the world. I am tremendously grateful to be at the Forum."
  - Filip Kegel, vicar of EXE Church, Poland