Festival of Preaching: Preaching Truth to Power
Saturday 13th September 2025
Southwark Cathedral, London
This event has passed, but a link to the event recording will be sent to you if you purchase an livestream ticket. See the ticket section for details. See the event programme below.
Join us for Preaching Truth to Power — a transformative gathering of bold voices, prophetic vision, and Spirit-led conviction. In a time when truth is often silenced and justice delayed, this conference will equip clergy, lay preachers, church leaders, and communicators to preach with courage, clarity, and conviction. Learn from seasoned preachers and thought leaders as we explore how the pulpit can be a platform for justice, truth, and transformative hope.
Stand firm. Speak boldly. Preach truth to power.
Speakers include:
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, Sam Wells, Mark Oakley, Selina Stone, Isabelle Hamley and David Runcorn
Programme
08:45 Registration
South Transept
09:00 Morning Prayer
Harvard Chapel
09:30 Festival Eucharist
Presiding and Preacher: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
10:30 Registration and tea
South Transept
11:00 Speaking Truth to Power
Sam Wells - followed by discussion with Bishop Budde
11:45 Speaking truth to our own power
the preacher's self-scrutiny: Mark Oakley
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Preaching Across the Divide
David Runcorn
14:45 Preaching Truth to Power (panel session)
Mark Oakley, Isabelle Hamley, Selina Stone, Charlie Bell
15:30 Break
16:00 Festival Evensong
Live stream
This event has passed, but a link to the event recording will be sent to you if you purchase an livestream ticket. See the ticket section for details.
Festival bookshop
Our online bookstall is still live - see the link here.
Preaching books at bargain prices? See our huge summer sale - now on.
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