How Can Christians Share the Gospel in a Secular Age: IVP at the Cambridge Apologetics Conference 2025

Laura Barry
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17 Jun 2025
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In an increasingly secular world, how can Christians share their faith with both clarity and creativity?

At this year’s Cambridge Apologetics Summer Conference, held 27–28 June at Great St Mary’s, Cambridge, leading IVP authors will explore how imagination and reason can work together to shape a faithful, compelling gospel witness today.

A Leading Christian Conference in the UK (June 2025)

Whether you're a student, church leader, or everyday believer seeking confidence to share your faith, the Cambridge Apologetics Conference is a key event in the UK Christian calendar.

Several of IVP’s leading authors, and our very own Publising Director Thomas Creedy, will be speaking at the event, bringing biblical insight, cultural clarity, and creative imagination to the heart of the conversation. This is a unique opportunity to explore what faithful, compelling gospel witness looks like today.

Meet The IVP Speakers:

Ted Turnau, IVP author of Oasis of Imagination

Ted Turnau

Author of Oasis of Imagination and Imagination Manifesto

Ted Turnau brings a passionate call for Christians to use imagination, not just argument, in cultural engagement. His talks will draw on Imagination Manifesto and Oasis of Imagination, equipping believers to create beauty, tell better stories, and offer hope in a disenchanted world.

Sharon Dirckx, IVP Author of Broken Planet

Sharon Dirckx

Author of Why? and Broken Planet

As a neuroscientist and apologist, Sharon Dirckx offers deep insight into life’s biggest questions. In her books Why? and Broken Planet, she tackles suffering, science, and human identity. At the conference, she’ll help us engage today’s doubts and pain with truth, clarity, and compassion.

Andrew Fellows, IVP Author of Smuggling Jesus Back Into Church

Andrew Fellows

Author of Smuggling Jesus Back into the Church

What does it mean to be truly countercultural? In Smuggling Jesus Back into the Church, Andrew Fellows challenges the church to rediscover a radical, Christ-centred identity. His talks will encourage a recovery of spiritual depth, cultural courage, and a church that truly shines in the dark.

Glynn Harrison

Author of A Better Story and The Big Ego Trip

Glynn Harrison will explore how the Christian vision for sex, self, and meaning offers a better, more beautiful story than the one our culture tells. His books A Better Story and The Big Ego Trip help Christians speak with both conviction and grace in today’s conversations around identity and freedom.

Thomas Creedy

IVP Publishing Director

Thomas Creedy, Publishing Director at IVP, will also be speaking. Drawing on his experience in publishing, theology and mission, Thomas will reflect on how books, imagination, and gospel truth can together form a faithful apologetic for the 21st century.

Why This Christian Apologetics Conference Matters

In today’s culture of confusion and disbelief, gospel witness isn’t passive, it’s the active call to live and speak the truth of Christ with clarity, conviction, and creativity.

This conference equips Christians not just to defend their faith, but to share it with beauty, reason and hope.

You’ll leave with:

New tools for engaging culture wisely and faithfully
Fresh encouragement to live boldly for Christ
Resources to deepen your church’s witness in a secular age

Conference Details

Location: Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge
Dates: 27–28 June 2025
Explore the programme and book now

Looking for a Christian apologetics conference in the UK this summer?

Want to grow in sharing the gospel clearly and creatively?

Join us at the Cambridge Apologetics Conference, where imagination and reason meet to spark faithful gospel witness in today’s world.

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Laura Barry

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