From the Bible By The Beach Chair of Trustees, David Bourne...
It was with much sadness, but recognising the fast pace of events, that the Trustees took the inevitable and necessary decision to cancel this year’s Bible By The Beach conference which was due to take place at the Congress Theatre, Eastbourne from 1 – 4 May.
We find ourselves in confusing and troubling times, and yet we remain confident in our good and sovereign Lord and in His good purposes.
The 2020 conference title was Fearless – advancing the gospel and the text written for our initial publicity read as follows:
It seems our world is changing all around us and it’s often hard to understand what is happening. Yet to that rapidly changing world we preach an unchanging gospel. ‘Fearless’ aims to strengthen our confidence in the gospel, and to motivate us fearlessly to proclaim it wherever we are placed.
Those words seem even more apt today, both the assurance and the challenge of the gospel. So for now it seems that, rather than meeting together for our conference, we are instead all out ‘on mission’ in our local contexts – learning, serving, growing and encouraging one another through God’s word as we meet in a more ‘virtual’ way.
We are delighted therefore to bring a little of Bible By The Beach 2020 to you and are grateful to our 2020 speakers, Ben Kwashi and Sharon James, for preparing articles for a wider public.
So, yes a great disappointment we are not able to meet together, but please be assured that plans are well underway for Bible By The Beach 2021, from 30 April – 3 May in Eastbourne, with our main speaker David Short joining us from Canada.
We give thanks for our partnership in the gospel and look forward to seeing you next year!
