Join James Butler, MA lecturer with CMS Pioneer Mission Training in Oxford, to garner some more insights on doing mission where we are.
We’ll be digging deeper into mission in the neighbourhood with:
- Dr Anna Ruddick, who will be sharing from her experience walking alongside people doing mission in marginal communities.
- Pioneer youth worker John Wheatley, with more insights into youth work
Dr Anna Ruddick is a community theologian and researcher who facilitates theological reflection and learning for leaders, congregations and Christian organisations seeking to deepen and strengthen their relationships with their local community.
She holds a Doctorate in Practical Theology in which she focused on the relational dynamics between incoming Christians participating in incarnational urban mission, and the people they met in their communities.
Anna has worked supporting those in community-based mission in marginal contexts for many years and currently represents Urban Life as a Core team member and Livability, as Community Engagement Associate.
She is also a Research Fellow at Bristol Baptist College, and a trustee of the William Temple Foundation.
John Wheatley is a pioneer youth worker on an estate in Weston-super-Mare. He co-leads the CMS Pioneer MIssion Training children’s and youth ministry programme. John previously worked with Frontier Youth Trust and is a former MA student with CMS.
