‘My desire is for students to renew their confidence in the gospel and their commitment to passing it on’, enthused Hugh Palmer, one of the keynote speakers at UCCF’s national CU leaders’ training conference, Forum, in early September at the Quinta Centre in Shropshire.
Engaging with God’s Word, so that CU leaders return to their universities better equipped to speak the gospel out, has always been the objective of Forum. This year’s conference, entitled Trans-mission, pursued that vision in a number of ways.
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The call this year, to the record numbers of staff, relay staff and students at the conference, was to be serious-minded about the gospel. ‘This has been the best Forum yet’ was often heard as brilliant Bible teaching, engaging worship and relevant seminars all carried the same invitation.
