Speaking
Speaking and teaching.
I speak at churches, clergy and leaders’ gatherings, training days and conferences, in person or online. My talks are practical and rooted in Scripture, and drawn from what I have seen work in real parishes.
Topics
From survival to growth
What it takes to help a small, under-resourced church find its confidence, build a team and grow again. Drawn from seeing a congregation of 12 become a community of 60.
Planting churches that plant churches
Why planting belongs at the heart of a healthy church, and how ordinary parishes can take part, from new congregations to new groups and fresh expressions.
Disciple-making in the parish
How the ordinary life of a parish church, with its baptisms, weddings, funerals and Sunday services, can become a pathway for making disciples who make disciples.
Small groups that multiply
Starting groups, raising leaders and handing groups on, so that growth does not depend on the minister. From starting, leading and handing on ten groups.
Alpha in the local church
Running Alpha well, again and again, and helping new Christians move from the course into the life of the church. From around eight courses so far.
Technology for mission and growth
Practical ways churches can use websites, online courses, livestreaming and digital tools to reach people and grow, without needing a big budget.
Raising leaders
Spotting, training and releasing leaders, and handing ministry on before you feel ready.
Invitations
The easiest way to invite me is by email. Let me know the event, the date, where it is, who will be there and what you would like me to speak on, and I’ll reply personally.
Online sessions are easy to arrange across time zones. For events further afield, I ask hosts to cover travel and accommodation.
Biography
Short
The Revd Mack Deptula is a pastor and church planter in the Church of England, and Minister of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham. Born in Poland, he trained at St Mellitus College and worked with CCX, the Gregory Centre for Church Multiplication. A Reformed evangelical, he writes and speaks on church planting and disciple-making.
Longer
The Revd Mack Deptula is a pastor and church planter in the Church of England, serving as Minister of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, and Associate Minister at St John’s Fareham. Born in Gdańsk, Poland, he came to England in 2012 and trained at St Mellitus College, studying Theology, Ministry and Mission. Alongside his studies he worked with CCX, the Gregory Centre for Church Multiplication, where he led the technical side of the MultiplyX church planting conference as it moved online for nearly 3,000 people. He has served as small groups pastor at St Barnabas, North London, and has started, led and handed on ten small groups, through which around twenty people have given their lives to Jesus and about ten have moved on towards full-time ministry. He has also run around eight Alpha courses. During his initial ministerial training at St Andrew’s Exwick in Exeter, a congregation of 12 to 15 grew into a community of around 60 with an established team. A Reformed evangelical Anglican shaped by Stott, Packer and Ryle, he holds to the historic creeds, the Thirty-Nine Articles and the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. He also helps churches use technology for mission and growth. He writes and speaks on church planting, disciple-making and raising leaders.
