INSPIRATION. EDUCATION.MENTORSHIP. FELLOWSHIP
See you in Toronto, Sunday, October 26 to Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
Experience two and a half days of dynamic keynotes, hands-on workshops, private and public preaching events, shared meals, and meaningful networking opportunities.
We’re excited to be curating a lineup of exceptional keynote speakers and finalizing an incredible selection of workshop leaders, presentation topics, and special events that you’ve come to expect from LRPF.
“Preachers, together, “at the feet” of proven leaders, seeing the magic, sharpening the skills, reclaiming the calling. It is a challenging road these days, but the artistry is real, and the gift is waiting to bless. Attending this gathering is one of a preacher’s life’s faith-essentials!”
– Dr. Paula Gooder, Chancellor, St Paul’s Cathedral in London
Why do we preach? What does it effect? Its strength and power may sometimes seem remote from what we practice each Sunday. Preachers may underestimate what preaching does, yet somehow it participates in what Jesus said, “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself” (John 12:32). And somehow, what Isaiah says is true, “so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11.) We can work on various important skills and practices to strengthen our preaching. One of them is in Paul’s words, “for power is made perfect in weakness… for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Cor. 12:9-10.)
This conference will focus on strengthening our preaching by various important means — like centering on the Bible, instructing faith, encouraging hope, and connecting with everyday life. We draw strength from the knowledge that the struggles we endure are for the sake of the gospel, that our human words are necessarily clay vessels (2 Cor. 4:7), that the message we preach is not our own. Our greatest strength is Jesus Christ. He became weakness for us, “emptying himself in the form of a slave” (Phil. 2:7). What we proclaim, “Christ and him crucified”, is wisdom that is “foolishness to Gentiles” (1 Cor. 1:23).
Excellent speakers for the Lester Randall Preaching Fellowship will explore the importance of preaching and how, with the help of the Spirit, we can find new strength in our sermons, and renewed confidence in our calling.
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