I wrote a blog post reflecting on questions of church and political agendas this week, particularly the use of Christian symbolism in far right protests. churchmissionsociety.org/pioneer-blog...

Latest enabling skills newsletter, out now. open.substack.com/pub/enabling...

The next training takes place on 20th November. A participatory and conversational introduction to engaging in theological action research. More info and sign up here: theologyandactionresearch.net/events/theol...

We have trained over 1000 people at CMS over the last 15 years. Nice to see it feature in Christianity Today news. www.christiantoday.com/news/church-...

Our latest newsletter is out including details of our upcoming training days, news of a new theological action research field guide, and how to get hold of Clare' and James' book at a much more reasonable price. mailchi.mp/2803b673db94...

Really please that this book is out in the world. Do see the details in the @tarnetwork.bsky.social thread of how to get hold of this book in paper back at an affordable price.

New drawing: Hire bike Notes on this cartoon: open.substack.com/pub/diagramc...

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TARN Colloquium - Book now! Taking Stock and Moving Forward: Gathering – Discerning – Learning St John’s College, Durham Thursday 11th September to Friday 12th September 2:00 pm on Thursday – 3:30 pm on Friday theologyandactionresearch.net/tarn-colloqu...

An encouraging review of our book 'Lived Mission in 21st Century Britain' from @drjamesb.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

1. There are various lessons that can be learned from the mindless criminality of the Sycamore Gap tree tragedy. But one that has been overlooked is its subtle indexing to toxic masculinity. There are many clues within the case that point to this. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Looking forward to being part of the Mission in the Neighbourhood webinar conversation on 13th May. Do come and join the conversation. More details churchmissionsociety.org/blog/events/...

Looking forward to being part of the Mission in the Neighbourhood webinar conversation on 13th May. Do come and join the conversation. More details churchmissionsociety.org/blog/events/...

🚨 Closes on 30 April - still time to enter! CTE MA Mission Prize 2025 Have you or one of your students completed an MA in #mission, #evangelism, #churchplanting in the last year? cte.org.uk/mission/coor... £ prize + opportunity to be published in Ecclesial Futures from Radboud University Press

Are you doing creative and innovative things in your church or local community? Are you exploring new ways of being and doing church? Are you involved in mission in new and exciting ways? Check out our open days and see how we can support what you're doing. churchmissionsociety.org/pioneer/stud...

We have opened bookings onto our next TARN training on the 4th and 5th June taking place on Zoom. Particularly timed to suit those living to the east of the UK. Run by Dr Helen Cameron and @drjamesb.bsky.social it offers a conversational and participator intro to theological action research.

This will be a great day. Please consider joining us and potentially giving a short paper in the afternoon!

Our latest Substack newsletter has hit inboxes. In it we highlight an enabling resource from Avec, a podcast from @theosthinktank.bsky.social and @chinemcdonald.bsky.social, an article from T4CG and a resource from @alisonrwebster.bsky.social. Explore here: open.substack.com/pub/enabling...

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

If you completed an MA dissertation engaging with themes of mission and related areas, why not enter this prize.

Our March newsletter is available on Substack. open.substack.com/pub/enabling...

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The next TARN seminar is on Thursday 20th February 2025, 11.30 - 13.00 (GMT). Helen Cameron and Jane Day presenting on Project Violet. Register to attend here: forms.gle/drJsgTvSziWy... @practicaltheology.bsky.social @biaptheology.bsky.social

well done @harveykwiyani.bsky.social - looking forward to this

The Churches Together in England MA prize in Mission 2025 is open Have you or one of your students completed an MA around #mission, #evangelism or #churchplanting in the last 12 months? cte.org.uk/mamissionpri... Winner will get £100 cash prize and the opportunity to be published. Closes 30 April

A great day in Durham for our MA graduation but it was freezing! Thank you #CMS @drjamesb.bsky.social @cathyross.bsky.social @harveykwiyani.bsky.social @jonnybaker.bsky.social

Really please to have a chapter in this book. In it I develop the starting points of an ecclesiology of pioneer/fresh expressions starting from the spirituality of a number of missional communities. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the book too, which includes chapters from CMS colleagues.

I'm involved in putting together this Substack with the intention of drawing together an informal network of those involved in enabling roles around mission, ministry and discipleship. Do sign up if you're interested. open.substack.com/pub/enabling...

Today was the MA dissertation class at CMS. Really good to hear how students are getting on at the early stages of research. So many interesting topics - intercultural worship, 2nd Gen African diaspora experience, music, creativity in pioneering and more - excited to see what they discover.

I'm looking forward to running the first TARN training of the academic year, helping people to get a taste of the practice of theological action research. Still time to sign up if you're interested - starts at 2.15pm GMT - estore.roehampton.ac.uk/conferences-...

Great thread

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I've enjoyed talking about how research brings change with our CMS students today. I'm surprised how little I can find about how change is theorised in action research literature. I'm also thinking about where to turn for where change is theologised. Any recommendations anyone?