ARCH is the Acts 29 Resource Collaboration Hub. It is a bridge between our global church-planters as we pool our experience, knowledge and learning. Coming from Latin America, North America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific the members of the Arch team are working on the development and delivery of global content as well as the philosophy of theological education across the world.

We are hoping to create, all across our global network, the training ecosystem we need to raise up, assess and deploy church-planters and church-planting teams. We will be running Arch Symposia on topics of global interest 5 times a year, aiming to equip, inform and inspire the local church in its mission.

Through the ARCH project we want to steward the gift God has given us, namely a network of interconnected, multiplying churches all over the globe.

“Elenctics” refers to the unmasking and convicting of sin, and it appears in various forms eighteen times in the New Testament. At one time, elenctics was considered so important that it had its own department within mission departments in theological seminaries. In this symposium, Dr Dan Strange investigates the nature of elenctics and discuss why it needs to make a comeback in our evangelism, apologetics, and discipleship efforts.

In a polarized world, could multicultural teams be a key to bridging barriers, modeling gospel unity, and bearing witness to the Risen Lord in a Post-Christendom era? Drawing upon his experience serving on multicultural teams in NYC and Portland, Dr Stephen Stallard explores theology, history, and praxis for diverse teams. He points us back towards the blueprint in The Acts of the Apostles and seek to apply it to contemporary contexts. The conversation is wide-ranging, covering doctrine, mission, theory, and method.

In this symposium, we looked at perspectives on preaching by listening to a dialogue between two pastors and theological educators, one from the global South and global North: Annang Asumang (South African Theological Seminary), and Tim Ward (Oak Hill College, London). Among other things, we will look at the state of preaching in both cultural contexts, the importance of preaching in the life of the church, and what we might learn from each other given our different settings.

What is the value of retrieving theology of past eras when our present one has so many pressing issues of its own? In our age, the word “unprecedented” has become something of a cliché. Everything we deal with, we insist, is new. From the befuddling topic of transgenderism to the challenges and benefits of A.I., we are convinced that our ethical and anthropological debates are cutting edge—we, unlike any generation that came before us, venture into uncharted territory. But does this apply to the realm of theological disagreements as well? Are our many theological controversies insurmountably novel? In this symposium, Dr. Samuel G. Parkison defends with the Solomonic dictum that “nothing is new under the sun” (Eccl 1:9). Parkison commends the practice of theological retrieval, not for the sake of idolizing the past, but as an exercise of good stewardship and wisdom for navigating present theological concerns.

Church planting movements have been a topic of much discussion in missiology. This symposium aims to provide a deeper understanding of the background, motivations, and current state of this global phenomenon. By exploring the formation of church planting movements, we hope to cultivate a more robust theological discussion on the pros and cons of this approach to church planting and missions.

Dr Daub’s research focuses on ‘perspectivalism’, a method supported by theologian Vern Poythress. The goal of the research is to help the church adopt a theological framework that supports an evangelical catholicity of the Christian faith. This framework also incorporates perspectives from various contextual theologies.