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Standing Strong 2023

Come and meet the risk-takers of the persecuted church

You’re invited to gather with Christians across the UK and Ireland to worship and pray with our brothers and sisters who are risking everything for Christ.

Instead of one event this year, Standing Strong will be hosted in-person in regions all over the UK and Ireland. There will be seminars where you will have the opportunity to interact with our speakers and hear their stories, ask them questions and pray with them.

Join us to find out how your prayers and gifts are making a difference and celebrate what God is doing in some of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian.

Gatherings: 10am-2.30pm:

Cambridge
John G*, Yemen
30 September

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Bangor (N.I.)
John G, Yemen
7 October

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Leeds
Kim Sang-Hwa*, North Korea
4 November

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Birmingham
Kim Sang-Hwa, North Korea
11 November

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All Standing Strong regional events are free to attend, and refreshments will be available.

Please keep checking back for more details of future Standing Strong gatherings later in the year!

What if I have tickets for Resorts World Arena?

This year, we felt it was important to bring Standing Strong to local regions to make it both easy and cost-effective for all our supporters to attend. With this in mind, we have decided to cancel the event booking at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham.

If you have ticket(s) booked for the Standing Strong event at Resorts World Arena, Birmingham, all of your tickets – including any youth, children, family, group and lunch tickets that you may have ordered – will now be automatically refunded to you via Ticket Factory or Eventbrite.

Please see the FAQs below for more information.

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Frequently asked questions

We are thankful to be able to gather together to worship and pray with our brothers and sisters who are risking everything for Christ. This year, we felt it was important to bring Standing Strong to a region near you to make it both easy and cost effective for all of our supporters to attend. With this in mind, we have decided to cancel the event booking at Resorts World Arena.

Standing Strong will be hosted across eight regions throughout the UK & Ireland. Each event will be free to attend and include an opportunity to meet persecuted Christians as well as gather together to worship and pray. You will also be able to attend seminars where you will have the opportunity to interact with our speakers and hear their stories, ask them questions and pray with them. The events will run from 10am-2pm.

You will have the opportunity to attend two seminars. One will be with our guest speaker, where you can interact with them and hear their stories, ask questions and pray with them. The second seminar topic will provide insights into the trends of persecution.

All tickets, whether they are individual, group, children, youth or family tickets, will be fully refunded. There are no extra fees to pay.

Yes, if you purchased a lunch ticket, this will also be fully refunded.

As the regional events are free to attend this year, we will not be able to transfer tickets. Please do visit our web page to book your place at one of the 2023 regional events.

If you booked via The Ticket Factory, your refund will be automatically issued within 14 days.

If you booked via Eventbrite, your refund will be automatically issued within 30 days.

If you booked tickets via Eventbrite and want a refund made to a different credit/debit card, or if your original payment card has expired, please do contact our Inspire team at inspire@opendoorsuk.org or call us on 01993 460015, so that we can ensure your refund is made to the right credit/debit card.

If you booked tickets via The Ticket Factory and your credit/debit card has expired, they will contact you to inform you how to request refunds onto a new payment card. More information about refunds via The Ticket Factory can be found here.

You can contact The Ticket Factory Customer Services team on 0333 300 300. Lines are open from 9am-7pm, Mon-Fri and 9am-5pm, weekends and bank holidays.

Alternatively, you can fill in a request form here.

If you paid for your tickets via cheque, then a member of our Inspire team will be in touch with you to ask how you would like to be refunded. A full refund can be provided to you either via bank transfer or cheque.

No – unfortunately, administrative complications mean that donating your ticket is not possible.

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