Church Consult This is a new, peer-driven initiative for church-based leaders, facilitated in partnership with the Susanna Wesley Foundation that is inviting participation for the 18/19 year. A consortium of experienced practitioner theologians who have worked in both church, business, and academic environments over many years are offering a reflective and strategic space for leaders […]
Church Consult – a new, peer-driven SWF initiative
Welcome to Church Consult Church Consult is a brand new, peer-driven initiative for church-based leaders,facilitated in partnership with the Susanna Wesley Foundation. We are inviting participation in this initiative for the 18/19 year. The SWF’s Sue Miller tells us more: What are you offering? We offer a reflective and strategic space for church-based leaders and practitioners across […]
Light in the Darkness – lecture and panel at Heythrop College
Light in the Darkness: commemorating 75 years of Divino Afflante Spiritu Thursday, May 24th, 6pm, Heythrop College, London What has been the enduring impact of Pope Pius XII’s wartime encyclical on biblical studies? How does study of the Bible inform the life of the Church today? In September 1943, as the Second World War continued […]
New online course: Changing Church (7 May – 18 June 2018)
Changing Church: Understanding Change Processes in Church Contexts A new course offered online by Catherine of Siena College, from 7 May – 18 June 2018. This course looks at various models and approaches to change, uncovering their key ideas and underlying assumptions, and their practical implications, while acknowledging that the churches are a particular type of organization, with theological and […]
SWF Annual Conference: Leaderful Church?, Wed 13 June, 2018
This conference is for anyone who is concerned with the practice of leadership, how and what it might contribute to the future of our churches. The event does not start from the position that leadership is a panacea – that all our problems would melt away if only the churches were blessed with good, strong […]
Crossing borders, ‘transgressing’ boundaries
In this conversation piece, SWF Research Officer Ermal Kirby reflects on his experiences at a leadership seminar in Germany that focused on ministry to, with, and by migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. ******** At the end of January 2018, I spent four days in Braunfels, Germany, at a gathering which opened my eyes to the […]
Susanna Wesley Foundation Conference: Wed 13 June, 2018
Save the date! The theme will be Leaderful Church The 2018 Susanna Wesley Foundation Conference will be held on Wednesday 13th June at Southlands College, Roehampton University, London. More details to follow!
Time to talk – acedia and ‘ministerial meltdown’
Women and men who engage in Christian ministry often pour their hearts, souls, bodies and minds into their work and it can prove extremely challenging to balance self-care with ministry responsibilities. Thus, ‘burnout’ is liable to rear its head if care is not taken to minister to oneself. ‘Time to Talk’ Day encourages us to […]