Proclaimer Blog
Invite a friend to the EMA
Last year, we welcomed 1,400 people to the EMA. It was a greatly encouraging time – to meet together, to sing together, to pray together, to listen and learn together. There is nothing else quite like it that brings evangelicals together – and for this we’re very grateful. Each year, we welcome a few hundred newcomers. Some of these are those starting out in ministry; others are those thinking seriously about ministry (indeed, that was how I first came to an EMA, invited by my pastor); others are those who are perhaps unfamiliar with PT but are brought along by friends.
We long to serve all that come, and we long that more would come – not for any reason except that we believe a deep commitment to expository ministry, worked out in a godly life and healthy church, is at the heart of God’s revealed plan to build his church and bring glory to Christ.
To make it easier to bring people along, we introduced a buddy rate last year. This gives you the opportunity to invite a friend who has not been before, or perhaps someone who has not been for a long time, at a reduced rate. The benefit is not only what they will hear, but the time you will be able to spend with them in deepening friendships and partnerships.
We can advertise all we want, but most people come to the EMA because they are brought by a friend. And yet, perversely, many of us lack deep friendships in ministry. Perhaps, just perhaps, this might be a year and a topic where you could use the EMA to foster just the kind of ministry relationships we need if, in God’s goodness, we are to keep going.
EMA 2016, Leaders who last, booking is open here.