The Christian’s Communion: Fellowship with the Triune God in Life and Ministry
June 9–11, 2026—International Presbyterian Church Ealing
The 2026 IPC Catalyst Conference offers three days of rich and profound reflection together on the doctrine of communion with God. We will consider fellowship with God in three expositions from Scripture which aim to nourish heart and mind as each day begins, and then reflect on how some of the richest theological thinking in church history has instructed us about our communion with each of the three persons of the Trinity. We will then spend more time tracing communion with God as a theme in biblical theology before finishing each day reflecting on it in theological and pastoral perspective.
Speakers
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Sinclair Ferguson was minister of two churches in Scotland, on the Island of Unst the most northerly of the Shetland Isles, and in St George’s-Tron, in the centre of Glasgow, as well as serving in the USA at First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina. He and Dorothy have four children and twelve grandchildren. Sinclair continues to have teaching commitments in the USA as Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary and as a Teaching Fellow of Ligonier Ministries. As a member of Trinity Church, Aberdeen, he serves in an honorary capacity as the Preaching Associate.
Reuben Hunter
Reuben Hunter is the Associate Minister at the International Presbyterian Church in Ealing. He is married to Louisa and they have four children. Reuben is also a graduate of Oak Hill College, London and Union Theological College, Belfast.
Harrison Perkins
Harrison Perkins (PhD, Queen’s University Belfast) is pastor of Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC), a Senior Research Fellow at the Craig Center for the Study of the Westminster Standards, associate online instructor in church history at Westminster Theological Seminary, visiting faculty at Birmingham Theological Seminary, a visiting lecturer in systematic theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary, and author of several books including Reformed Covenant Theology: A Systematic Introduction.
Kelly Kapic
Kelly M. Kapic (PhD, King’s College, University of London) is a professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he has taught since 2001. He is an author or editor of more than fifteen books, including You’re Only Human and Embodied Hope, which each won a Christianity Today Book of the Year Award. Kelly regularly speaks at churches and conferences where he seeks to help God’s people better understand their faith so that they might grow in their love for God and neighbor. He and his wife, Tabitha, live on Lookout Mountain. They have two adult children: Jonathan and Margot.
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I’ve attended an IPC church in England. There was very little in the service which spoke of it being Reformed in a Presbyterian way. The praise set up was contemporary and I couldn’t honestly tell any difference between this IPC church and any other modern evangelical church. I think the IPC is notable on church planting but then goes into partnership with contemporary parachurch networks like the largely Anglican Gospel Partnerships which couldn’t be more non Presbyterian. Why do IPC churches team up with evangelicals like those in these partnerships and parachurch setups like the evangelical Affinity? My sense is that the IPC in their close links with contemporary evangelicals trend to having a definite flavour of being basically evangelical with a sprinkling of Reformed stuff on top of what they offer. Is the IPC consistently Presbyterian, for example, by unashamedly prompting catechism use, Biblical worship, ordered liturgy or will you be more overwhelmed by songs by the ubiquitous Gettys and also sing how “we can run to Jesus….gentle and kind” (two examples found in an IPC service)? Are the IPC going PINO? Presbyterian in name only? Any thoughts on this, anyone?
Fred,
I don’t have much experience in the IPC. I think visited one IPC congregation once while we lived in England. What you describe is fairly ubiquitous in the USA, particularly in the PCA, which is probably a fair match to the IPC.
The pattens you mention are reasons for Recovering the Reformed Confession.