Recorded on 16 December 2025
In this interview, Peter Saunders, CEO of ICMDA, speaks with Peter J. Williams about his recent book Can We Trust the Gospels?
We will see how well the evidence for Jesus compares with the writings we have about famous people in history. We will see that the writers of the four Gospels were deeply familiar with the land and culture they wrote about, and we will see that we can test the Gospels for reliability in many ways—and that they pass the test. We will also consider some of the common objections to the Gospels being true.
This webinar is run in partnership with the Forum of Christian Leaders (FOCL).
Recorded on 18 December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Ben Chang
Almost every aspect of modern life has been impacted by the social media revolution, from how we view ourselves, to how we relate with those around us, to how nations are governed.
Underpinning social media platforms are powerful intelligent algorithms that harvest the data we generate when we click, scroll and post, and use these to feed us content design to maintain our attention and keep us scrolling. The result is a society addicted to its screens.
How can Christians navigate this new social media reality? How can we practise self-control in the age of screen-addiction? Do our mere human faculties stand a chance against the intelligent algorithms?
Dr Ben Chang is a speaker, writer and emergency medicine registrar working in London. He is author of the book “Christ and the Culture Wars: Speaking for Jesus in a World of Identity Politics” (Christian Focus Publications), and speaks regularly at conferences, churches and universities on a range of issues including bioethics, technology, cultural engagement and identity politics. He is currently writing a new book about social media.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 4December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr David Randall chairs a webinar with Dr Daniel O'Neill
God’s word is a meta-narrative, and threaded throughout the ancient text is a healing meta-narrative. Understanding the healing purposes of God’s redemptive story allows us to weave our individual micro-narratives into this greater story. The bible reveals a unique way to engage in purposeful, health-promoting, missional living wherever we are called to serve.
This first of a three-part series will present a comprehensive overview of the biblical healing meta-narrative in the Hebrew Old Testament. The Law, the Prophets and the Writings can enhance our understanding of the vital role of healthcare and global health engagement for the healing of all nations.
Daniel O’Neill, MD, MTh is a physician-theologian and managing editor of Christian Journal for Global Health, Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, and holds a master’s degree in biblical & theological studies from Bethel Seminary. He serves as pastor of missions in his local church. He is a co-founder and Interim Director of Health for All Nations Institute at William Carey International University and author and co-editor of the book All Creation Groans: Toward a Theology of Disease and Global Health.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 11 December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Paul Johnson
In a chaotic and under-resourced workplace, conflicting motives and drivers exist, and pressure to meet treatment targets and address huge waiting list backlogs, can easily lead to a culture in which there is subtle creativity with the truth.
As apprentices of Jesus, we are called to model a different way - a Christian counterculture - in which truth and justice are central, and in which Kingdom values are prioritised. In this talk we will reflect together on promoting and modelling truth in a chaotic workplace.
Paul is Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Pancreatic Islet Isolation and Transplant Programmes. His clinical and research interests are in transplantation and endocrine surgery. He is Clinical Lead for NHSE Thames Valley and Wessex Surgery Surgery in Children Operational Delivery Network, with oversight of Children’s Surgery across 19 hospitals. Paul is currently President-Elect of the European Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association and Past-Chair of the NHSBT Islet Steering Group, and he sits on the CMF Council of Reference. He is married to Hilary, a retired Consultant Child Psychiatrist, and has 2 grown up children and a 3 year old grandson. To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 27 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Christopher Holcombe
Dealing with the daily challenge.
Working and leading in healthcare is a challenge; whether it is challenging clinical situations or the constant pressure of too much work, and not enough resource. But this is where God has put us to be his hands, to bring his wisdom, to show his love and compassion. This webinar will explore what we bring distinctively as Christians to modern healthcare and how God has uniquely equipped us to cope with that.Chris Holcombe is the medical lead for Clinical Reliability Groups at the Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust. He is currently President of the Association of Breast Surgery and has had a long career as a breast surgeon in Liverpool, UK.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 20 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with John Dickson
Is religion a pernicious force in the world? Does it poison everything? Would we be better off without religion in general and Christianity in particular? Many think so.
But the critics are only partly right: this is not what Christianity was at its foundation or on its best days. Jesus of Nazareth gave the world a beautiful melody - of charity, humility, and human dignity - and while many of its followers have been tone-deaf, many others have sung the tune and transformed the world.
Dickson provides an honest account of the mixed history of Christianity and asks skeptics to listen again to the melody of Christ, despite the discord produced by too many unbelievers. He also asks Christians to reflect soberly on their own participation in the tragic inconsistencies of Christendom and pleads with them to live in tune with their Maestro.
John started out as a professional singer-songwriter, he now works as an author, speaker, historian, and media presenter. John hosts the Undeceptions podcast and has hosted four television documentaries. The most recent documentary The First Hymn: Resurrecting a song buried for millennia, was released in April 2025.
John has published over 20 books, including Bullies and Saints: An Honest look at the Good and Evil of Christian History (2021). He has held a variety of teaching and research positions before becoming the Jean Kvamme Distinguished Professor of Biblical Studies and Public Christianity at Wheaton College in Illinois in 2022. Before that, John had held positions in the Ancient History Department at Macquarie University (2002-2015), the Hebrew, Jewish and Biblical Studies Department at Sydney University (2011-2021), Ridley College Melbourne (2019-2022), and the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford (2015-2023).
A busy public speaker, he lives in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife Elizabeth and the youngest of their three children.
Recorded on 13 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mark Topazian
We healthcare professionals find satisfaction in solving problems and making people better. That may be why you chose a healthcare career in the first place. But in the long run, for many of us, that’s not enough.
During our training we learn the scientific story of health, sickness and healing. It’s a powerful story that is the basis for our work. Scripture also tells a powerful story about health, sickness and healing.
These two narratives are actually one unified account of God’s creative and redemptive work in human lives. Living in that unified story while we’re at work renews our purpose, mitigates our compassion fatigue and brings us satisfaction.
In this webinar we’ll consider practical methods of experiencing and benefiting from the spiritual realities of healthcare in the middle of busy day-to-day practice.
Mark Topazian is a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine. He’s practiced and taught at Yale University, Mayo Clinic and in multiple sub-Saharan African countries. For the past 6 years he and his wife Janet have lived and worked in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 6 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Kallie Fell
In this webinar, Kallie Fell from the Center for Bioethics and Culture explores the ethical and social implications of egg freezing and embryo adoption. Marketed as empowering choices for women and hopeful parents, both practices are often driven by profit and promote a false sense of security or altruism.
Kallie examines the medical risks, emotional consequences, and commodification involved, raising critical questions about informed consent, identity, and the long-term impact on families and children. This presentation encourages a thoughtful, ethical reflection on modern reproductive technologies and the way they shape our understanding of fertility, motherhood, and human life.
Kallie started her professional career as a scientist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center utilizing a Master of Science degree in Animal Sciences with an emphasis on Reproductive Physiology and Molecular Biology from Purdue University. While assisting in the investigation of endometriosis and pre-term birth, Kallie simultaneously pursued a degree in nursing with hopes of working with women as a perinatal nurse. After meeting Jennifer at a conference, Kallie became interested in the work of the Center for Bioethics and Culture and started volunteering with the organization. It is obvious that Kallie is passionate about women’s health.
She continues to work as a perinatal nurse and has worked with the CBC since 2018, first as a volunteer writer, then as our staff Research Associate, and now as the Executive Director. In 2021, Kallie co-directed the CBC’s newest documentary, Trans Mission: What’s the Rush to Reassign Gender? Kallie also hosts the popular podcast Venus Rising and is the Program Director for the Paul Ramsey Institute. Her latest film, The Lost Boys: Searching for Manhood, was released earlier this year, as was her new book, co-authored with Jennifer Lahl, The Detransition Diaries (published by Ignatius Press).
Recorded on 30 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Catriona Waitt
Diversity is God-given, and means that each of us can bring something unique to our workplaces and societies. Unhelpful stereotypes of leadership still exist in Medicine and Academia, which may result in some very gifted people feeling that they do not belong in a leadership role.
In this webinar, I plan to challenge some stereotypes and encourage you to see that God needs a diverse range of Christians in leadership roles. I aim to give the type of talk I would have valued 20 years ago, and empower you to envision how you can embrace opportunities to serve God in your career.
Catriona Waitt is a physician and NIHR Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and Global Health at the University of Liverpool. She lived in Malawi for four years during her PhD, and since 2015 has been based largely in Uganda at the Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Uganda where she leads the Maternal and Infant Lactation pharmacoKinetics (MILK) and Attaining Equity of Access to Research programmes. Her husband Peter is also a clinical academic, and they have had five children and share the adventure of home educating them as they move around the world.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 23 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Howard Lyons chairs a webinar with Dr Antony Latham
The scientific revolution occurred within the Judaeo-Christian world, and the majority of great scientists then were devout believers. Yet a spirit of doubt and atheism has become very prevalent in Western society.
However, we see in the fields of cosmology, physics and biology, extraordinary evidence for a Creator. The physics of the big bang, the exquisite fine-tuning of the laws of the cosmos, and recent evidence from paleontology and genetics —all show unmistakable signs of an intelligence behind life. Consciousness and free-will, inexplicable in purely physical terms, point to the reality of the soul. Antony Latham also argues that the universe is ‘open’—not simply the interaction of matter and energy, but where miracles are expected.
Antony Latham is a retired family doctor with nine years experience working in hospitals in East Africa. He has authored books on Darwinism and philosophy of mind and has a degree in Medical Law and Bioethics. His latest book is “WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS. How Science and Philosophy lead us to God”. Currently he chairs The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics. He and his wife have four children and three grandchildren. They live in the Western Isles of Scotland where he enjoys sailing and mountaineering.
Recorded on 16 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr David Randall chairs a webinar with Dr Chris Jenkins
Glorifying God, Offering Hope, Finding Freedom.
God has done wonderful things for each person who is a Christian starting with saving us and making us whole. But we don’t often tell other people our stories and as a result something is lost.
We don’t give God the glory he is due, others in situations similar to ours aren’t given the encouragement and hope they long for, and we are guilty of hiding our light under a basket.
We all want to give praise to God. Being a faithful witness to what we have seen and experienced is a major part of doing that. This talk will help us rediscover the importance of sharing our stories, know what to include and what not to include and how and when to testify. May we bring honour to God, experience his grace, see renewal in the church, and give hope to a lost and hurting world!
Chris has been a Christian for five decades. Before going into family medicine, he worked with a missionary organization starting adult literacy ministries in Africa and Asia in order to help Christians read the Bible for themselves and to also give them a tool to reach their non-Christian illiterate neighbors by teaching them to read while sharing the gospel with them.
He now works in medical education in the US as well as parts of the 10-40 window including the Middle East, Central, South and East Asia and elsewhere. He has been learning spiritual resilience throughout his Christian journey and finds that in every stage of life he must lean harder on the Lord, dig deeper into his Word, and pray for the spiritual resources needed to make it through trials with faith, integrity, love, and obedience intact.
Recorded on 9 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with John Stevens
The purpose of this webinar is to help and encourage Christian healthcare workers in their battle against sin, and to ensure that they have right and biblical expectations of the ‘normal Christian life’.
Many Christians live with a false burden of guilt and failure. They have been taught that the battle against temptation is futile, and that they will never be able to obey and please God.
John will examine the glorious promises of freedom from sin in the gospel because of the death and resurrection of Jesus. The ‘normal Christian life’ is a ‘victorious Christian life’; we are daily enjoying far more victory than we might imagine.
John Stevens is the FIEC National Director, a role he has held since September 2010. Alongside his FIEC responsibilities, he is one of the pastors of Christchurch Harborough and a member of the Affinity Council.
John teaches on courses at Oak Hill Theological College, Edinburgh Theological Seminary, Union School of Theology and the Cornhill Training Course. He is the editor of Independent Church: Bible-Shaped and Gospel-Driven and the author of How Can I Be Sure?: And Other Questions About Doubt, Assurance and the Bible.
Born and raised in Birmingham, John studied Law at Cambridge University where he became a Christian in his final year. He then taught Law for sixteen years and served as the Deputy Head of the Law Faculty at the University of Birmingham.
John is married to Ursula and they have four children.
Recorded on 2 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mike Chupp
Discover the life-changing power of committing God’s Word to heart, understand why it matters, learn effective methods for memorization, and explore what passages to focus on.
Whether you’re a student, resident, or consultant in practice (as a new or seasoned believer), gain tools to integrate Scripture memory into daily life and grow in faith, wisdom, and spiritual resilience. Equip yourself to know, live, and share God’s truth.
Mike Chupp graduated with a pre-med degree from Taylor University in 1984, and then received his medical degree from Indiana University in 1988. He completed a general surgery residency at Methodist Hospital in 1993, was board certified in 1995, and joined Southwestern Medical Clinic, a group dedicated to global healthcare missions.
From 1996 to 2016 he served at Tenwek Hospital Kenya including 19 years as medical director. Tenwek grew during Mike’s tenure to a clinical staff of over 80 physicians and clinical officers and more than 700 total staff.
Mike returned to Bristol, Tennessee in 2016 to assume the role of CMDA Executive Vice President and in September 2019 took over from David Stevens as CEO of CMDA US. He is also a member of the ICMDA board. Mike is married to Pam and they have four children - Steven, Melody, Kayla and Ashley.
Recorded on 25 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Alex Bolek
The healthcare system and its service delivery are one of the vital systems in any given country the interruption of which is disastrous. The healthcare system has seven pillars:
Civil wars and conflict affect all these pillars and therefore the whole healthcare system. In this webinar, we will describe the impact of civil wars and conflict on the healthcare system, consequences of related service delivery interruption, and some strategies to continue providing healthcare services amid civil wars and conflict.
Brother Alex studied medicine at the University of Oradea in Romania and has a Masters in Public and Tropical Health. He has worked as a GP and Medical Director in Khartoum, Sudan, and also for JHPIEGO and other international NGOs. He is the chairman of the CMDA in South Sudan and the Africa Coordinator for ICMDA. He is married to Helen and together they help care for 14 nephews and nieces.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 18 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Chris Steyn
National fellowships of doctors and dentists are at a turning point. To spark a disciple-making movement, we need a paradigm shift—moving beyond "more of the same" to a vibrant, integrated approach that equips every believer to multiply disciples. Join the ICMDA/HCFI for an exclusive webinar inspired by the principles of Disciple Making Movements, tailored for medical professionals passionate about putting their faith into practice.
What You'll Discover:
A Comprehensive Approach: Learn how to seamlessly weave disciple-making into your national fellowship’s activities, creating a multiplying impact in your community and beyond.
Explore how organizing strategic events can ignite disciple-making, connecting you with others to spread the Gospel effectively.
Personal Growth: Uncover practical tools from DMM's proven framework to grow your own disciple-making ministry.
What’s in It for You: Gain confidence to live like Jesus, lead others to faith, and experience the joy of a Spirit-filled life that transforms your practice and relationships.
This isn’t just another webinar—it’s a call to action. Whether you’re a doctor, dentist, or ministry leader, you’ll walk away with actionable steps to:
Inspired by DMM principles and tools, this webinar equips you to live out 2 Timothy 2:2 — training others to train others.
Chris Steyn trained as a family doctor at University of Pretoria, before working at Kgapane Mission hospital in South Africa. He joined HCFI as a staff member in 1981 as part of its international ministry in HCFI. He was the CEO of HCFI from 2004-2018 and is now its President. He is based in the Netherlands.
Chris Steyn is overwhelmed by the privilege of being a follower of Jesus Christ; is grateful to be married to Elize; and astonished to be father of six and grandfather of thirteen.
Recorded on 11 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr David Nikles
Churches and people helpers in many Global South nations are feeling the need to become equipped to offer integrated, psychologically robust, biblically sound, Christian Counselling that embraces whole person care. This talk will present a simple strategy and associated integrative approach to Christian Counselling that works sensitively across cultures and will briefly introduce resources that have been developed to assist this process.
The principles will be illustrated using the work of the Asian Christian Counselling Association and its partnership with Living Wholeness, two organisations which collaboratively are strengthening and equipping lay, pastoral, and professional Christian Counsellors across Asia and recently into Uganda.
More broadly, there will be an invitation to form National Christian Counselling associations so the body of Christ may work more synergistically together in this field, and some practical tips on how this may be facilitated.
Dr David Nikles is an Australian Family Physician who commenced mission work in China in 2005 in the area of mental health and counselling training. His vision is strengthening Christian Counselling across the Global South, especially Asia. David is Cofounder/CEO of Living Wholeness, and Cofounder/Executive Team of Asian Christian Counselling Association (ACCA: www.asiancca.org).
Recorded on 4 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rico Tice
My little book Faithful Leaders and this webinar, is an exegesis of my own depravity. I was provoked to write it after Jonathan Fletcher, a conservative evangelical pastor, who had huge influence in my constituency was on the front page of the newspapers with reports of his abusive leadership. I realised that there were blind-spots amongst a number of the leaders who had been profoundly influential in the generation above me.
By contrast I had also seen men like John Stott and how they led themselves. This is a basic webinar on trying to self-lead and being aware of thinking, feeling, choices, physical health, environment, idols. We will look at a map that enables us to battle our own depravity and be led by God's word and God's grace.
Rico is a passionate evangelist, and former Senior Minister of Evangelism at All Souls, Langham Place in London. Co-Founder of Christianity Explored Ministries, he is a regular speaker at missions and evangelistic events around the world. He’s married to Lucy and they have three young children.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 7 August 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Bertha Rathinam
Cancer prehabilitation prepares the cancer survivors, including caregivers, for the rigours of cancer treatment in whatever time they have before it starts. It employs a multidisciplinary approach, primarily targeting the physical, nutritional, and psychosocial needs of the survivors.
It provides specific interventions and monitoring after screening and assessment to all cancer survivors. It has proven beneficial in enhancing recovery after surgery and improving tolerance to complications.
Bertha Amirtha Deva Rathinam, teaches Anatomy at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India. She is interested in cancer survivorship care and is passionate about raising awareness on cancer prehabilitation and rehabilitation as supportive care to the standard clinical management of cancer survivors.To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
Recorded on 21 August 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Hyunmi Park
The 18th ICMDA World Congress is due to be held in Jeju Island, South Korea on 30 June - 5 July 2026. It is ICMDA's flagship event held every four years which brings together all its national member bodies for a week of fellowship, biblical teaching in Christian discipline and healthcare practice, worship, collaboration and a mutual exchange of ideas.
The congress theme is Building God's Kingdom amongst the Broken.
Join us to hear about the plans and opportunities for the event, including the World Medical & Dental Students' Conference, pre-congress streams for graduates, and the dozens of breakout sessions and discussion groups on topical issues.
Prof Park is an associate professor at the Department of Medical Education, Korea University, where she instructs both undergraduate and postgraduate students in various health professions.
Her clinical background lies in surgery, with a specialisation in minimally invasive and robotic techniques in coloproctology. She holds a PhD in medical education, with research interests in global health, integrating UN SDGs into medical curricula, the development of soft skills for health professionals, and the application of technology in education.
Her international background has involved working and studying in Spain, the UK and Korea, which has enriched her and globally informed her comprehensive approach to education and research.
Recorded on 14 August 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Dr Calum Miller
This talk will introduce the topic of abortion from an ethical, medical and legal perspective. It will explore the science of the beginning of life, methods and statistics regarding abortion, basic arguments for and against abortion, and the Biblical basis for protecting life in its earliest stages. It will also cover some difficult cases often used to argue for abortion, particularly when the life of the mother is at risk.Dr Calum Miller is a medical doctor and a research fellow at the University of Oxford, where he teaches philosophy and researches abortion policy. Dr Miller has published over 30 academic papers on topics including maternal mortality in the developing world, the empirical impact of abortion bans on women, the ethics of voting on abortion, animal and fetal pain, abortion and mental health, telemedicine abortion, academic freedom, and the philosophy of religion. He regularly appears on mainstream media in the UK and has presented to politicians and professionals across the world, including on the BBC, at the Philippines Medical Association and at the White House. To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/