Interface Launched in the UK

The leaders of Salt and Light Mission Church, a Filipino Church, were the first to complete the seminar in November 2025. Pastor Ted started the church four years ago with the vision of seeing it grow as a mission-centred church. The congregation comprises of many younger families in diverse workplaces. Empowered to Influence has been and is still a key part of their discipleship programme. The seminar helped narrow the church focus to prioritise mission over multiple church activities.

 

The workshop was held in January 2026. They could clearly see the similarities with ETI and how mission should be a part of our full lives when done unto the glory of God. This is whole life discipleship as Dave Benson points out. The agricultural analogy was especially effective. A church evaluation was also one of the activities we included in the workshop and participants found it particularly valuable to identify where they were at and what steps they could make in their growth towards being a more mission-centred church. In conjunction with Simply Mobilising UK, Salt and Light Mission Church continue to outwork what missional church means for their context.

One of the elders, Kelly, reported that, “Interface has been a big eye opener for me in terms of what a missional church should be. In the training, mission is focus as the core. A missional church is a Team ministry church. Ministries within the church are carried out by members of the body whom the Holy Spirit has equipped for such tasks (1 Cor 12, 1 Pet 4:10).”

Ally, Youth and Praise & Worship Leader, said that, “The Interface seminar was an informative and enlightening workshop. It encourages a servant of Christ on how we can be equipped to lead others to their true purpose as an individual and in a church. I particularly enjoyed the part where we assessed the state of our church and learnt how we can be a missional church. I would suggest to add more group activities and give longer time to do this so people can voice out their ideas and share to others.”

Mere reported that, “Interface focuses on the theology and practical steps required for a church to align its purpose with God’s mission, emphasizing the engagement of all members. It impacted me on the way I see God’s purpose and God’s mission: It has to start with us the believers. It’s helps me to realise that the core of the things we do is Mission. The biblical way to reach out to others in your workplace, community and places you go. It changes the perspective of how we see mission with God. It is not only just me to be a disciple but to go out to reach people who are yet to know God. Like Church as the terminal- one purpose but different way or routes to take. To renew my mindset for my perspective of looking at the mission is not only going to other countries but it starts right at your doorstep by showing God’s love to everyone.”

Alena says that, “I grew up in a Christian home in Fiji and culture/tradition is at the core of everything that we do including church. Surrounded by a very patriarchal way of life I’m used to seeing only a selected few taking on important roles and responsibilities. Some of us don’t mind but enjoy taking the back seat and somehow that way of life seeps into the church setting. With Interface we (moms, dads, youths, children) are reminded that there is no such thing as ‘taking the back seat’ especially when it comes to mission. Mission is for all believers. That to me is profound and it’s a blessing. Here is something that we as a family can and must all do. My husband is called, my two boys are called, I am called – we all are. It’s like an adventure of a lifetime that keeps on going until Christ returns. Seeing missions through the lenses of the Scripture is a breath of fresh air. One that brings about unity in vision and purpose for the Glory of God. Now as a family we not only go to church together but we do church (mission) together as well. Thank you for this insightful experience and learning.”

 

Interface has made a great start with these two churches and we pray that we will see this outworked across the UK starting with the churches we are already connected to. We are excited to see how the youth already play a significant role in the leadership of the church and are being brought alongside pastors and elders to effectively bring their churches into the next generation. Although this is not the case everywhere, we hope that these two churches will be a model for other churches. Short video testimonies of churches applying what they have learnt through the Interface programme especially in their contexts will be an added benefit to the Interface Programme.