Wesley House, Cambridge

04/06/2026

Happening this evening & there is still time to email our office to get the zoom link to join us live.

Join us on Zoom for our upcoming World IN My Parish webinar. Revd Jacqui Rivas will speak on the following topic:

People, Place, and Privilege People: The Establishment of a Worshipping Community in post-apartheid South Africa and a Call to Reflect on an Ancient African Spirituality

email : [email protected] for the link

03/06/2026

Congratulations to Dr Jane Day who passed her DProf viva today for her work on the accompaniment of Baptist women ministers. Jane argues for a meta understanding of the core skills and characteristics of those offering a range of types of accompaniment to clergy.

02/06/2026

You are warmly invited to join us either in-person or online for the Edward Rogers Memorial Lecture on Thursday 9 July 2026 "Life on the Breadline: A faith that transforms structural injustice"

This year's lecture will be provided by Dr Chris Shannahan, Associate Professor in Political Theology at the Centre for Peace and Security at Coventry University.

His research focuses particularly on Christian responses to contemporary poverty and inequality; racism and the Far Right and the role of the Church plays in the public sphere. His most recent book, Life on the Breadline: Theology, Poverty and Politics in an Age of Austerity, which was published in November 2025 by SCM Press, draws on his ESRC funded 2018-2021 Life on the Breadline project and sows the seeds of an austerity-age theology of liberation.

Traumatising systemic poverty is a scandal that contradicts the will and the nature of God. Drawing on the recent Life on the Breadline research project, this lecture will explore the complex character of austerity-age poverty, the debilitating impact it has on individuals and communities and the challenge this poses to a Church that is called to ‘transform structural injustice’.

Rooting reflections in the varied Christian responses to poverty identified during Life on the Breadline, the lecture will show that the Church stands at a Kairos moment and suggest that we need to build on but move beyond ‘caring’, ‘campaigning’, ‘enterprise’ and ‘community building’ to fashion a liberative theology, an outward facing missiology and a prophetic presence in the public sphere that can force death-dealing poverty into retreat.

Attendance is free but registration is essential. We have shared the link in the comments below.

02/06/2026

Join Westminster College Cambridge (in person or via Zoom) for an evening with Jonny Baker of Church Mission Society and David Cotterill to celebrate the launch of his new book, Fringe Dweller.

Fringe Dweller is a collection of forty reflections based on encounters of Jesus with people at the fringes as recorded in the gospels. It is an invitation to encounter the person of Jesus Christ afresh and ponder what it mean to follow in the way of Jesus Christ the Fringe Dweller. Drawing on years of experience in mission practice, theological reflection, and creative leadership, Jonny Baker will reflect on the stories, ideas, and practices behind the book.

Register via the link below.

Do join us for an evening celebrating a new book: Fringe Dweller, by Jonny Baker and David Cotterill.
17th June 2026, 5pm - 7pm
Free, but please book online at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/westminstercollegecambridge/2201560

29/05/2026

Christopher Button is an ordained Salvation Army Officer. He holds a PhD from Aberdeen, an MA from KCL and read for his undergraduate in Durham.

In our latest edition of Holiness he explores "The Consequences of Sanctification on Gender Roles in the Early Salvation Army, 1865-1912"

The Salvation Army United Kingdom and Ireland Territory

To read this head to the comments below - where we have a shared to a link to our open-access, peer reviewed international journal of Wesleyan & Methodist theology, 'Holiness', issue 11.1

26/05/2026

💻 4th June, 7pm (BST) via Zoom.

Rev Jacqui Rivas will reflect on the establishment of a post-apartheid worshipping community in South Africa and considers what it means to build a church shaped by place, history, and privilege.

Drawing on the Methodist Church of Southern Africa's call for a Christ-healed Africa to heal nations, she will explore how worship, community, and spiritual identity can contribute to healing, justice, and reconciliation.

The session will invite participants to engage deeply with the challenges and possibilities of forming Christian community within the long shadow of apartheid and in conversation with ancient African spirituality.

Rev Jacqui Rivas is an ordained Methodist minister with extensive experience in church planting, pastoral leadership, and discipleship.

She began her ministry in South Africa and helped establish Gracepoint Church in Gauteng, where she served in senior leadership for over two decades.

In 2022, she moved to Florida to serve in the United Methodist Church, and since 2024 she has continued her ministry in Britain. Originally trained in law at the University of the Witwatersrand, she completed a master’s degree through Anglia Ruskin University in 2018 and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry with Wesley House, Cambridge.

Her ministry brings together theological reflection, practical leadership, and a deep commitment to the church’s witness in contexts of healing, justice, and reconciliation.

Email our office for a link to this event. We hope you can join us.

24/05/2026

22/05/2026

22/05/2026

Congratulations to Dr Mary Kohlstaedt Huycke on passing her viva yesterday with minor corrections. Her research examines the ripple effect of group reflective pastoral supervision on congregations and the role of metaphors in that transformational process.

22/05/2026

There is still time to join our next programme - which begins 29th June. Contact our office to find out about our schedule and whether this is right for you. We look forward to hearing from you.