Wesley House, Cambridge

Our Business Director, Alastair, (with Paru Oatey) checking in with newly doctored Liyan Bai in Singapore. He is thinking of offering this as a service to all recent graduates in glamorous locations...

Dr Chris Shannahan joined us in Cambridge - and we are delighted to now share his lecture "Life on the Breadline".

It was a fascinating, engaging afternoon - watch here via YouTube: https://youtu.be/mdVbMYtmdfo?si=sFFw0BZV4C5E4UL8

Dr Shannahan is "Associate Professor in Political Theology at the Centre for Peace and Security. Before joining Coventry University in 2015 Chris was the head of Religious Education in a large East London Secondary school; a youth worker in the East End of London and Trenchtown, Jamaica; a Methodist Minister in inner-city London and Birmingham and a community organiser. "

via Coventry University

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Throw back one year to 30th July 2025. This time last year we were unpacking boxes.

Reflective Pastoral Supervision: Wesley House has been at the forefront of developments in pastoral and reflective supervision in the UK and across the world since 2004.

We offer training courses, expert supervision, workshops and consultancy services to churches and other organisations.

We are engaged in research, publication and the supervision of academic research.

✍️ We have some spaces left on our "Certificate in Reflective Pastoral Supervision Skills for Groups in Chaplaincy Settings"

📍12-16 October 2026 – taught in person at Wesley House.

Reflective Pastoral Supervision is a form of accompaniment for ministry, chaplaincy and leadership that pays attention to the wellbeing and development of the practitioner, to the safeguarding and flourishing of those we work amongst, and to the leading of God in the context of the organisations in which we work.

It is a fast growing discipline that provides support for accountable ministry practice - if you have any queries or would like to arrange a call to find out more - do not hesitate to contact us.

Congratulations to PhD student Rev Simphiwe Siyabonga Mthembu who passed his viva with minor corrections.

Supervisor: Dr Richard A. Davis

Thesis title: A Critique of the Proximity of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa to the African National Congress: Overcoming the Challenge to the Church's Prophetic Calling.

Well done from us all at Wesley House.

📸 by Phil Mynott at Wesley House 2022 Centenary celebration.

Thank you to Cambridge University Library : Bible Society Library - they hold over 43,000 printed Bibles. Wonderful to get access to this unique space.

☀️ Week 2 Wesley House Study Intensive

Congratulations to Dr Mary Huycke of Wesley House and all the Cambridge Theological Federation doctoral graduates.

There is still time to join us online : "Life on the Breadline" Dr Chris Shannahan. He focuses on Christian responses to contemporary poverty & inequality; racism, the Far Right & the role of the Church plays in the public sphere.