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SEPTEMBER 2026 Roundtable
Ekklesia Roundtable | Discipleship Deficit 6 Months On
Date: Tuesday 24th September 2026, 11am
ONLINE
Join us for a one‑hour online Roundtable designed to help you turn the inspiration of Ekklesia 2026 into practical, lived‑out change in your church or organisation.
Many of us leave conferences with fresh conviction and a clear sense of what God is calling us to do next. But once we’re back in the rhythm of ministry, those intentions can easily slip. The Ekklesia Roundtables exist to bridge that gap, creating space for accountability, shared learning, and encouragement as we take real steps forward.
This September, we’ll gather online at 11am on Thursday 24th September. Joe Warton, who spoke on Confronting the Discipleship Deficit (watch his talk from Ekklesia 2026 here), will help guide the conversation as we reflect together on what we’ve implemented since the conference and what we’re learning along the way.
Before then, here’s what we invite you to do:
- If you haven’t already, decide on one or two specific things you want to implement in your church, group, or organisation – based on what stood out to you from the conference. If you don’t have your notes to hand, you may find this summary helpful.
- Have a go at implementing whatever change it is you’ve decided to make.
- Reflect on how that process went:
- What went well?
- What (if anything) was hard?
- What do you think the impact of this change has been, or could be?
- What have you learnt from this process?
- Be there at 11am on Thursday 24th September, ready to share your learning.
If you weren’t at Ekklesia 2026 then you are of course still welcome to come!
A bit of context…
Andy Frost and Mark Waterfield have been leading church leader roundtables since 2012.They have been happening around the UK with regular ones in London. They were birthed out of a relationship with Claude Thomas who is now part of the team at Keystone Church.
These roundtables gather church leaders from different denominations and streams to share together, support each other and push each other to fulfil the vision God has given us to reach the UK. In 2019 we brought many of these roundtable groups together for the first Ekklesia Conference.
The roundtables have been a space to pool resources to maximise our mission. For example, in London, church leaders have worked collaboratively on sermon series such as ‘What would Jesus say to…’ exploring how Christ would interact with celebrities from todays culture.
‘I love the Roundtables because they facilitate candid & practical conversations that can and will help your church grow, if applied.’
Andy Gray | City Hill
‘This is a great forum for leaders to learn and grow together. It has been encouraging to see leaders developing ideas together that impact both local congregations and communities across London.’
Sarah Grimshaw | Methodist Circuit
‘I have found the Roundtables a very useful stream of creative ideas for church leadership. The content has been practical and challenging. As a local church we’ve benefited hugely from the shared preaching series in the last 2 years, with it’s creative promotional material and collaborative preparation of messages.’
Andrew Holmes | Every Nation London
The Roundtable sessions provide teaching input and the opportunity to meet and share with other church leaders. I have found it a great place to bounce ideas around and learn from others. It is a blessing and encouragement for me, and my church has been strengthened as I have take back ideas and implemented them’
Dave Simms | South Chingford Congregational Church