We’re delighted to release a project report by Dr Anthony Thorpe, SWF Research Associate, entitled Methodist school leadership and governance: mission and workforce equality and diversity. Executive summary: The project explored the concept and discourse of leadership and governance in Methodist schools and related organisations in England with particular reference to the purpose of the […]
Research report: Ashes to Ashes – attitudes to death and dying
In collaboration with Theos Thinktank, we’re delighted to present this report: Ashes to Ashes: Beliefs, Trends, and Practices in Dying, Death, and the Afterlife, produced by SWF Senior Researcher Lia Shimada and Theos’ Marianne Rozario. Report summary: This project investigated current trends on, and attitudes towards dying, death, and the afterlife in the UK, and […]
Research report: Feeling Connected? Methodists’ awareness of organisational structures within the Church
Executive summary: This report outlines the findings of a preliminary study, funded by the Susanna Wesley Foundation, on the awareness of local congregation members of the different structural layers of the Methodist Church carried out by Dr Krystin Zigan, with Dr Alan Le Grys. Based on 24 semi-structured interviews with Circuit leaders, Ministers, lay leaders […]
Flourishing Ministers, Flourishing Communities resource
Exciting new resource for ministers and their communities
Book chapter: Our gut reigns: embodied faith and collaboration with God
A new short published essay by SWF’s Emma Pavey
Worship in Lockdown
Transcript and audio of ‘Worship in Lockdown’, a focus group in London.
Research report: The pedagogical challenges of teaching ministerial theology to students from non-traditional community churches
This report and accompanying recorded conversation presents the findings of a research project carried out by four researchers at the University of Roehampton with the goal of exploring the pedagogical challenges faced by lecturers teaching ministerial theology in a university context to students from non-traditional community churches which are often charismatic/pentecostal with much membership drawn […]
Flourishing: quotes that help
A downloadable pdf with our quotes about flourishing