An introduction to the course content and learning approach.
Insights into the practical skills and strategies you’ll develop.
A chance to connect with facilitators and other participants.
Freedom of Belief in Action Webinar
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Join us for a free webinar on 6 November 2025 at 16:00 CET, introducing Freedom of Belief in Action.
This session will give you an overview of the 12-week course starting in January 2026 and introduce IBTS’s approach to equipping participants with the tools to advocate for Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) in their own contexts.
You’ll meet the facilitators, learn about the structure and themes of the course, and have a chance to ask your questions directly.
An introduction to the course content and learning approach.
Insights into the practical skills and strategies you’ll develop.
A chance to connect with facilitators and other participants.
Practical & empowering – Designed not only to deepen understanding but also to prepare you to train and equip others.
Baptist perspective, global reach – Rooted in important Baptist insights on FoRB, while remaining open and accessible to participants from diverse faith and professional backgrounds.
Equal learning community – Sessions are built around shared experience and reflection, where everyone learns at eye level and in dialogue with one another.
Guest contributors – Voices from across the world will enrich the course with lived experience and practical wisdom.
Pastor in churches for 10 years with a strong interest in the lives of people in need and at the margins of society. Passionate to discover with others what the love and grace of God, which is for all people, means concretely in our contexts.
Shane was a CBF field personnel ministering among the Roma people in Slovakia and Czechia for several years. He is currently co-coordinator of Great Rivers Fellowship.
Gale has extensive experience as a university chaplain and she has a background in researching and facilitating informal education for marginalised groups.