Dr Elaine Storkey is a philosopher, sociologist, and theologian, broadcaster and writer. Her presidency of Tearfund spanned 17 years and influenced her book, ‘Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence Against Women’.
The former Bishop of Liverpool, Rt Revd James Jones KBE, is perhaps best known as the Chair of the Hillsborough Panel which reported in 2012 on the events surrounding the FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough when 96 Liverpool supporters died. He will be speaking on ‘The spiritual and moral imperatives in the life of Christ’.…
We have been carefully planning the best way to deliver our Events during the Covid crisis. We are delighted to offer you the option of attending our first Event either in-person at the Mowbray Community Church, or on-line, via Zoom. There is a full Risk Assessment in place, which anyone is welcome to see, if…
We have decided in view of the current circumstances for this Seminar to be only on-line, via Zoom. We are hoping thereafter to return to dual delivery, but this will depend on Government advice nearer the time. The DVD is 50 minutes and we plan to allow 30 minutes for discussion in break out groups,…
This will be live-streamed via Zoom, starting at 10am. There will be an opportunity to ask questions after the lecture, and we expect to finish about 11.30am. We are very excited to be welcoming Dr Tim Gordon who is an outstanding young Christian Marine Biologist. You will find more details below. We are making a…
This will be live-streamed via Zoom, starting at 10am. There will be an opportunity to ask questions after the lecture, and we expect to finish about 11.30am. We are very excited to be welcoming Revd Dr Malcolm Guite who is well known as a poet and was due to come to us in March at…
This Seminar will be on-line, via Zoom. After the DVD we plan to allow 30 minutes for discussion in break out groups, finishing about 11.30 am. For this Seminar we will be making a small charge of £2 per computer / tablet etc.. It will be essential for participants (1 ticket per laptop / computer…
This Seminar will be on-line, via Zoom. After the DVD we plan to allow 30 minutes for discussion in break out groups, finishing about 11.30 am. For this Seminar we will be making a small charge of £2 per computer / tablet etc..
Professor Elliott will concentrate on the New Testament but will discuss why, for instance, the Gospel of Thomas or the so-called gnostic gospels (which Dan Brown relied on to claim that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene) are not ‘holy scripture’. Professor Elliott has suggested these texts for further reading related to his lecture: J.K.…