Speakers

Mark Oakley

Mark Oakley is the Dean of Southwark and a Festival of Preaching favourite. He is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Kings College London; Visiting Scholar at Sarum College, an Ambassador for StopHate UK, Patron of Tell MAMA (supporting those affected by anti-Muslim hate crime) and a Trustee of the Civil Liberties Trust. His books include By Way of the Heart: the Seasons of Faith, My Sour Sweet Days and The Splash of Words which won the Michael Ramsey Prize.

Mark was given the Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship by the Archbishop of Canterbury last year.

Sessions

Second Session
Preaching Truth to Power

Sam Wells

 

Samuel Wells is Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, and a leading public theologian. He is  a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, through his occasional columns for the London Evening Standard and his regular broadcasts from St Martin’s including its weekly Live Sermon Prep and Great Sacred Music. Sam is the author of over 45 acclaimed books including How to Preach , Humbler Faith, Bigger God , The Moment of Truth and Being With – an introductory course to Christian life and faith from St Martin’s HeartEdge movement.

Sessions

First session

Steve Chalke

Steve Chalke is a Baptist Minister and founder of the charitable trust, Oasis. He is also a former United Nations Special Advisor on human trafficking. His most recent book is A Manifesto for Hope.

Sessions

Preaching Truth to Power

Natalie Collins

Natalie Collins is a Gender Justice Specialist.  She is the Creator and Director of the DAY Programme for young people and the Own My Life course for women.  Author of Out Of Control; couples, conflict and the capacity for change, she organises Project 3:28 and co-founded the UK Christian Feminist Network.

Sessions

Preaching Truth to Power

Bishop Mariann Budde

Mariann Budde is an Episcopal priest and the Bishop of Washington. The sermon she preached following the presidential inauguration in January drew worldwide attention. She is the author of several books, including How We Learn to be Brave.

Sessions

Festival Eucharist

Selina Stone

Dr Selina Stone is Lecturer in Theology and Ethics at the University of Edinburgh in the School of Divinity. She is host of the Sunday School for Misfits podcast and author of several books including Tarry Awhile: Wisdom from Black Spirituality for People of Faith, and most recently, A Heavy Yoke: Theology, Power and Abuse in the Church. She is a preacher, who teaches preachers, and is a sought-after speaker across Christian traditions. 

Sessions

Preaching Truth to Power

David Runcorn

David Runcorn is a founding member of Inclusive Evangelicals. He has been a vicar in West London, chaplain at Lee Abbey Community, North Devon, lecturer and tutor at Trinity College Bristol, Director of Ministry Development in the Diocese of Lichfield, Associate Director Ordinands and Warden of Readers in the Diocese of Gloucester.  He has worked and written widely in the areas of personal spiritual accompaniment, prayer and retreat, vocational guidance, speaking, leadership and ministry, theological teaching and training. He is now retired and lives in Devon.

Sessions

Preaching Across the Divide

Charlie Bell

 Charlie Bell is Official Fellow and College Lecturer in Medicine and Public Theology at Girton College, Cambridge, and a Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry at St George’s and Southwest London NHS Foundation Trust. He is a priest in the Diocese of Southwark (Associate Vicar at St John the Divine, Kennington), Scholar in Residence at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City, Visiting Scholar at Sarum College, and a Research Fellow and Associate Tutor at St Augustine’s College of Theology. He has published in both medicine and theology, and in the space between the two. His research interests are primarily in the field of theological anthropology, including culpability, responsibility, and determinism. He is also research active in psychiatry, investigating possible biological signatures for psychiatric and personality disorder.

Sessions

Preaching Truth to Power