Cultural Witness:
The New Evangelism
May 4th, 2026 at North Sound Church • $10 (includes Lunch)
Join Our One-Day Conference on May 4th, 2026
North Sound Church is hosting a conference with Bishop Graham Tomlin, Editor-in-Chief of SeenandUnseen.com and former Bishop of Kensington. Drawing on his experience in theology, media, and church leadership, the conference will explore practical ways to engage secular communities by sharing the Gospel through beauty, truth, and goodness.
Why Cultural Witness Matters
Bishop Graham Tomlin is on the cutting edge of cultural engagement in the United Kingdom, where secularization has outpaced our own American experience and where innovative strategies are being developed for evangelism in an ever-changing and challenging environment.
He is the founder of a unique initiative called Seen & Unseen. Formerly Bishop of Kensington in London, he is a regular contributor to national media and has written many books and articles, both academic and popular. He taught theology at Oxford University for many years before helping to found St Mellitus College.
Seen & Unseen is an invitation to see the world differently. In a world often fixated on what is visible but blind to unseen realities, it brings fresh Christian perspectives to the issues we are all talking about. It includes nearly 2,000 articles—stories, opinions, podcasts, cultural commentary, and reviews of books, music, art, and film.
Graham will join us to foster thoughtful, impactful discussions on engaging today’s culture with faith, wisdom, and imagination.
Cultural witness matters because the Gospel is most compelling not only in our words, but when it is lived, embodied, and spoken in ways that resonate meaningfully within the culture people actually inhabit, including here in our own community.
He is the founder of a unique initiative called Seen & Unseen. Formerly Bishop of Kensington in London, he is a regular contributor to national media and has written many books and articles, both academic and popular. He taught theology at Oxford University for many years before helping to found St Mellitus College.
Seen & Unseen is an invitation to see the world differently. In a world often fixated on what is visible but blind to unseen realities, it brings fresh Christian perspectives to the issues we are all talking about. It includes nearly 2,000 articles—stories, opinions, podcasts, cultural commentary, and reviews of books, music, art, and film.
Graham will join us to foster thoughtful, impactful discussions on engaging today’s culture with faith, wisdom, and imagination.
Cultural witness matters because the Gospel is most compelling not only in our words, but when it is lived, embodied, and spoken in ways that resonate meaningfully within the culture people actually inhabit, including here in our own community.
Graham says: “We're not interested in a nostalgic return to Christendom, but we do believe that the Christian faith, with two thousand years of reflection on what it means to be human and where we came from, still has much to offer the modern world.”
Seen & Unseen brings together voices from many mainstream Christian traditions to give new insights on culture, politics, history, spirituality, freedom of belief, philosophy, and theology.
Inspiration for the title Seen&Unseen comes from the first sentence of the Nicene Creed:
Seen & Unseen brings together voices from many mainstream Christian traditions to give new insights on culture, politics, history, spirituality, freedom of belief, philosophy, and theology.
Inspiration for the title Seen&Unseen comes from the first sentence of the Nicene Creed:
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is,
seen and unseen.
The Cultural Witness seminar with Graham will run from 10 am to 3 pm on Monday, May 4th, at North Sound Church.
Presentations and discussions will focus on how we can become more effective in addressing our own culture when other attempts at evangelism are no longer effective.
While all are welcome, we encourage ministry teams to join us in order to discuss local strategies.
The cost of this seminar with Graham Tomlin is $10 and includes lunch. You can register here.
Presentations and discussions will focus on how we can become more effective in addressing our own culture when other attempts at evangelism are no longer effective.
While all are welcome, we encourage ministry teams to join us in order to discuss local strategies.
The cost of this seminar with Graham Tomlin is $10 and includes lunch. You can register here.
Our Schedule of Events for Monday, May 4th, at North Sound Church
1. Engaging Culture (10am -12pm)
Graham will begin with an update on Seen&Unseen and how it is being received within the current cultural context. We will consider number of ways in which we might engage with culture. We will also explore the difference between cultural Christianity and the more personal version. There will be time for feedback and discussion.
Lunch: 12pm – 12:30pm (Provided by North Sound Church)
2. A Culture in Crisis (12:30pm – 1:30pm)
You cannot avoid a sense of crisis in contemporary culture. Many commentators are saying we are experiencing the breakdown of the post-war liberal consensus. This session will explore what this cultural crisis looks like when seen through Christian eyes, and how a Christian revival might be exactly what our culture needs in this moment.
Break (1:30pm – 1:45pm)
3. "Make it Attractive" (1:45pm – 3:00pm)
In his book, The Provocative Church, Graham showed how the church can be the kind of community that raises questions that leads to effective evangelism. Drawing on some insights from the great French apologist, Blaise Pascal, we will explore how individual Christians and churches can help others discover faith - for the first time - or a renewal of dormant faith.
Graham will begin with an update on Seen&Unseen and how it is being received within the current cultural context. We will consider number of ways in which we might engage with culture. We will also explore the difference between cultural Christianity and the more personal version. There will be time for feedback and discussion.
Lunch: 12pm – 12:30pm (Provided by North Sound Church)
2. A Culture in Crisis (12:30pm – 1:30pm)
You cannot avoid a sense of crisis in contemporary culture. Many commentators are saying we are experiencing the breakdown of the post-war liberal consensus. This session will explore what this cultural crisis looks like when seen through Christian eyes, and how a Christian revival might be exactly what our culture needs in this moment.
Break (1:30pm – 1:45pm)
3. "Make it Attractive" (1:45pm – 3:00pm)
In his book, The Provocative Church, Graham showed how the church can be the kind of community that raises questions that leads to effective evangelism. Drawing on some insights from the great French apologist, Blaise Pascal, we will explore how individual Christians and churches can help others discover faith - for the first time - or a renewal of dormant faith.
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