This episode brings you Dr. Johannes Hartl's seminar from the Leadership Conference 2025, exploring how we can find clarity and rest in an age of distraction. To work creatively and to rest deeply, both need something our world seems to lack more and more: the willingness and capacity to focus on one thing. In this seminar, you will learn why focus is the crucial skill for our time, how to understand the deeper spiritual dimensions of it, and how to strengthen your own focus. 

This episode brings you Rachel Gardner's mainstage talk from the Leadership Conference 2025. Rachel looks at what God is doing amongst younger generations today, and how we as the Church must respond in this particular cultural moment. 

In this mainstage talk from the Leadership Conference 2025, Harvard professor, PhD social scientist, #1 bestselling author and columnist of The Atlantic's popular "How to Build a Life" column, Dr Arthur Brooks studies and teaches on the art of happiness. He shares data-backed methods for finding deep purpose and happiness at every stage of life. 

This episode brings you Priscilla Shirer's mainstage talk from the Leadership Conference 2025. Priscilla speaks on how to remain steadfast, immovable and always abounding in the work of the Lord through the course of time and different seasons of life. 

The Healing of the Nations

Opening the Leadership Conference 2025, Nicky makes a rallying call to the Church, to resist the spirit of the age and to embrace the Spirit of Jesus. Drawing from Revelation 22:1-2, Nicky speaks about God’s plan to use His Church for the healing of the nations and he encourages us all to lead with integrity, courage and a Kingdom mentality as we share the unchanging gospel of Jesus Christ. 

The Insecure Leader

This episode brings you Pastor Andrés Spyker's mainstage talk from the Leadership Conference 2025. Andrés Spyker is the senior pastor of Masvida Church in Mexico City. In this talk he addresses the insecurities of a leader, the threat they pose to the church today and how we can overcome them. 

A Conversation with Bear Grylls

In this Bonus episode of The Thread from Leadership Conference 2025, we hear from multiple Emmy and BAFTA Award winner Bear Grylls. Bear joins Nicky Gumbel live from the Royal Albert Hall and shares about his new book "The Greatest Story Ever Told", the process of writing it, and how deeply it has impacted his life. 

Ordinary Jobs, Extraordinary Calling: Making a Kingdom Impact in the Workplace

In this Bonus episode from Leadership Conference 2025, Patricia Lau, Executive Director of Alpha Hong Kong, is joined by global business leaders to look at how we can transform everyday work into patterns of Kingdom impact in the workplace. 

Changemakers Rising – Conversations with Young Leaders Shaping Social Justice

In this Leadership Conference 2025 bonus episode, Rachel Gardner, Youth Innovation Lead at St Luke's church in Blackburn, is joined by emerging young leaders for a conversation on how we can reshape our thinking on social transformation, justice and God's kingdom, looking at how we can partner with God's work in bold new ways. 

Leader and Parent – Navigating the Dual Callings of Parenting and Leadership

In this episode from Leadership Conference 2025, Amy and Rachel Hughes are joined their husbands Tim and Jonny Hughes alongside Priscilla Shirer for a conversation on how we wear the dual hats of both parenting and leadership and how we navigate the challenges and the joys of wearing those two hats together. 

Renaissance – Igniting your Creativity

In this bonus episode from Leadership Conference 2025, Al Gordon and Farida Matthews explore the biblical and psychological aspects of the imagination and look at how you can unlock the creative potential of your mind. 

Awakening in the Rising Generation – Seizing a Moment of Spiritual Openness

In this next bonus episode from Leadership Conference 2025, we feature a seminar presented by those currently stewarding moves of God among young leaders in various global contexts. With a surprising and significant openness to faith among the rising generations in many places around the world, how can we – as emerging and established leaders – seize the moment, prepare for awakening, and respond to what God is doing? 

Doing Battle: Spiritual Warfare in the Life of a Leader

This bonus episode brings you a seminar from the Leadership Conference 2025 in which Jon Thompson and Tammy Comer join Pete Hughes to examine the influence that the demonic can have within our lives as Christians. Nothing of the kingdom goes uncontested. As we lead people into God’s purposes, we should expect spiritual resistance and opposition. What does this look like? How do we navigate and overcome it? Jon, Tammy and Pete share a theological overview, real stories, and what we can do about it.  

NICKY GUMBEL

‘We look up to God in faith and we look out to the world in love.’ The full, unedited version of Nicky Gumbel’s talk from the Royal Albert Hall is now available for you to watch and share.

MARK SAYERS

‘How do we lead, when everything seems to have changed?’ If you couldn’t make it to the Royal Albert Hall for LC23, you will have missed Mark Sayer’s talk. We’re delighted to share this encouraging message with you today.

DANIELLE STRICKLAND

How do you know if you’re a good leader or a bad leader? Danielle Strickland explores the models for good leadership through the lens of the Bible.

NICKY GUMBEL + SR. CELINA GAILNYTE, SR. KATHRYN PRESS & SR. NATHALIE BECQUART

Nicky chats with Sr. Celina Galinyte, Sr. Kathryn Press and Sr. Nathalie Becquart about their calling, mission and prayer practices. 

NICKY GUMBEL + PETER & CALEB STREAM

How do we find and raise up leaders trapped by elitism, ageism, intellectualism and racism? The full, unedited version of this talk from the Royal Albert Hall is now available for you to watch and share.

DR REBECCA NEWTON, PROFESSOR JOHN SWINTON & ARCHIE COATES

Drawing on their expertise of organisational psychology, coaching and practical theology, Dr Rebecca Newton and Professor John Swinton explore the tools we need to lead well, build resilience, manage our wellbeing and live faithfully amid challenging circumstances.

ARCHIE COATES

A moment to consider and reflect on the events that happened at Asbury University in Kentucky. What was God doing, and is He still doing it? Is there anything that we can do now to set ourselves up to bring on more of what happened in Asbury in our own lives and our own cities?

ARCHIE COATES WITH PASTOR DAVID THOMAS & ASBURY STUDENTS

Archie Coates meets Pastor David Thomas and four students who, along with thousands of young people, experienced an outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Asbury University earlier this year. Also sharing their experience are UK Church leaders Al Gordon, Pete Hughes and Wole Agbaje who visited Asbury during this time.

NICKY GUMBEL WITH BEAR GRYLLS

TV Adventurer Bear Grylls shares with Nicky his tips for staying physically and spiritually fit as a leader and his ongoing journey of learning how to prioritise family, friends, prayer and faith for a healthy balance to his busy working life.

KATHERINE CHOW

Will you lay down your cloak for the King? Katherine speaks on how we can live as radical, rooted leaders who are set apart for Jesus, our greatest model of leadership, holiness, humility and prayer.

NICKY GUMBEL WITH BISHOP JOSEPH ABA AND CAROLINE LAMB

'Your calling can be the cornerstone of your life.' Bishop Joseph and Caroline Lamb, founder of CRESS, share what they’ve learned as they follow God’s call and faithfully lead and work together to provide Christian Relief and Education for over 140,000 South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.