On 26th March, we gathered for an exhibition, symposium and dinner to mark ten years of the Susanna Wesley Foundation. The exhibition, entitled Remarkable Women: making a difference in education, featured portraits of leaders from Southlands College history. The symposium was around the theme of Learning to Make a Difference, and included posters from recent […]
Chaplaincy Podcast mention
A recent episode of the ‘Chaplaincy Chain‘ podcast drew on SWF research by Sue Miller and Christopher Stephens. The podcast, which is a joint project of the Free Churches Group and the Methodist Church, explores chaplaincy from a variety of angles. In this episode, Kristin Aune and Sally Nash discussed the importance of research into […]
HE Chaplaincy – research presentation
“if a university chaplain organises an event but nobody turns up….was it a failure?’ This was the opening question of a session entitled ‘What’s it worth? Impact in HE chaplaincy’ and posed by Christopher Stephens and Sue Miller to university chaplains at their annual CHELG (Chaplains in Higher Education Liaison Group) conference. Questions, too, around […]
On the Move: World Methodist Conference
In August, Sue Miller and Emma Pavey of the Susanna Wesley Foundation joined Head of Southlands College Christopher Stephens and around 2,000 others at the World Methodist Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, a global gathering of Methodist-Wesleyan denominations that happens every 5 years. The theme was ‘On the Move’, divided into days around ‘pilgrimage’, ‘migration’ and […]
Podcast 20: Challenging Hope: surviving conflict, building peace
Podcast 20: Challenging Hope: surviving conflict, building peace This special conversation is a continuation of a conversation that began at our annual conference in June 2024 between Dr Oded Adomi Leshem and Dr Munyurangabo Benda. You can find their presentations, and the start of that conversation on our youtube channel. Listen to the episode here or […]
SWF Annual Conference – a day of Challenge and Hope
“You curated a powerful and stimulating day with emotional and cerebral provocations. I have much to digest and reflect on.” On 18th June we gathered for our annual conference entitled ‘Challenging Hope’ along with contributors and participants from across the globe and a wide range of disciplines, walks of life and backgrounds. “I appreciate the […]
Podcast 19: The Next Right Step: community, resilience and death
The Next Right Step: community, resilience and death This conversation is part of a miniseries of three episodes that emerge from our recent report on death, dying and afterlife beliefs and practices which you can read here. In this third episode of the three, guest host Lia Shimada (Senior Research Officer, SWF) is joined by […]
Research Report: Reclaiming Local Lay Ministry for Mission
Replanting in the Same Pot: Reclaiming Local Lay Ministry for Mission is an action research project led by Erica Dunmow, an organisational development, fresh expressions, and urban mission practitioner, working with Dr Delroy Hall, pastor, counsellor and equalities practitioner. They had a vision that churches could be revived and made more missional through a focus […]