Cambridge Apologetics

Serving the church in Cambridge as we prepare to engage the thinkers around us with the gospel message

Upcoming Events:

Events hosted by Cambridge Apologetics or our sister project Life in the Round

Friday 29 May, 7:30pm

Can Christianity Give Us Back Our Humanity?

The Round Church, Cambridge (CB2 1UB)

Following the recent Cambridge Apologetics launch of Humanity Matters: Re-enchanting Homo Sapiens by Andrew Fellows, we look forward to continuing the series with an outreach event.

Join Life in the Round for an evening with Andrew Fellows, in conversation with Dr Peter Saunders, CEO of the International Christian Medical & Dental Association. They will explore the high view of humanity envisioned in the Bible, and how this might be Christianity’s greatest gift to the world.

2026 Summer Conference

Date and Location

11 June | Preconference public communications training workshop for those with a regular speaking ministry – apply here.

12-13 June | Summer Conference | Venue: Christ Church Cambridge (CB1 1HT)

Theme: Unashamed

The theme of the conference is ‘Unashamed’ – from Romans 1:16 – and will equip us to respond to the new phenomenon of noticeably more people openly showing an interest in spiritual things. In some cases this is shown in a growing attraction to ancient institutional expressions of Christianity, including Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Equally, in other cases we see a renewed interest in paganism or in the spirituality behind yoga and crystals.

We want to meet today’s spiritual thirst with the gospel itself, which is the power of God to salvation for those who believe. How can we unashamedly and lovingly offer Christ in a way that shows a thirsty world the surpassing goodness, beauty and truth of the orthodox Protestant gospel which we have received?

Conference Programme

Friday, 12 June

09:00 Registration
09:30 Devotional Exposition - Niv Lobo
09:50 A Spiritually Open Culture? An Evangelical Response - Dan Strange
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 A Fresh Reckoning: Our Profound Need and God’s Profound Grace - Brad Green and Glen Scrivener
12:45 Lunch and coffee
13:45 Reversion or Reformation: Engaging with Orthodoxy and Catholicism - Leonardo De Chirico, Don Fairbairn, Glen Scrivener, Dan Strange
15:15 Coffee break
15:45 Seminars

Sex, Social media and Self Worth: Why the Gospel is Good News for Women in 2026 - Sarah Elwood
Engaging with Apathy: What Can We Do When People Just Aren’t Bothered about God - Mike Hood
The Resurrection of Jesus: Examining the Evidence and Using it in Conversations - Sharon Dirckx
Engaging Well with Eastern Orthodoxy - Don Fairbairn
Engaging Well with Roman Catholicism - Leonardo De Chirico

Saturday, 13 June

09:00 Registration
09:30 Devotional Exposition - Niv Lobo
10:00 Hearing From Beyond: Because It’s True for Me - Andrew Fellows, Glen Scrivener, Sarah Elwood, et al.
11:15 Coffee break
11:45 Why Sola Scriptura is Still Good News - Kevin Vanhoozer
12:45 Lunch and coffee
13:45 Leading People to the Biblical Gospel In Real-World Evangelism - Mike Hood, Glen Scrivener, et al.
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Seminars

The Air We Breathe - Glen Scrivener
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God? Why This Question Matters and How to Share the Uniqueness of Jesus - Andy Bannister
Manifesting and the Modern Mind: Moving from Creating Your Reality to Trusting the Creator - Caz Dodds
Sex, Social media and Self Worth: Why the Gospel is Good News for Women in 2026 - Sarah Elwood

Recap: 2025 Summer conference

Theme: Reason and Imagination

Cambridge is full of thinking people. What do they think about Christianity? From the University to the Science Park, from Addenbrooke’s to the City Council: our colleagues and friends all live with assumptions about our faith.

But what assumptions do we have about their questions? In our rapidly changing culture, are we tracking with their thinking? How might we commend and defend the gospel in creative ways in Cambridge today? Our summer conference this year explored the role of reason and imagination in outreach.

For more details about the conference, including the programme and speakers, visit the conference page below.

Community

Termly training seminars at the Round Church allow us to hear from specialists and develop the conversation.

Past seminars include Andrew Fellows on ‘Why Doesn’t God Make Himself More Obvious?’, Peter Williams on ‘The Surprising Genius of Jesus’, Matt Lillicrap and Ellidh Cook on ‘Wrestling Wisely with the Old Testament’, Esther Lightcap Meek on ‘Reaching the Heart’ and Jim Paul on ‘Sharing the Gospel through Conversations about the Environment’.

Outreach

We also learn through practical experience.

Cultural outreach events are hosted through our partner ministry Life in the Round.

Registration is open - be sure to book your place today

We must give honest answers to honest questions. Christianity is Truth, Truth that God has told us, and if it is Truth, it can answer questions."

Francis Schaeffer

A 20-year Heritage

We ran our first Cambridge Summer School of Apologetics in 2006, when The Foundations Trust was still known as Christian Heritage. Over the years we have hosted main speakers including Bill Edgar, John Lennox, David Robertson, Andrew Fellows, Jock Mcgregor, Ted Turnau, Greg Koukl, Stephen Meyer and Ard Louis.

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