Project Violet - sharing the results
The findings from Project Violet were released on 2 May.
This significant piece of research began in 2021 and explores women’s experiences in ministry. Click here to listen to the webinar at which the results were launched.
Deaconesses: a history hidden in plain sight
Friends of the Angus hosted this online seminar given by the Revd Dr Ruth Gouldbourne, in association with Project Violet.
Pioneering Woman - Margaret Jarman from Deaconess to Hermit
In this webinar hosted by the Friends of the Angus, the Revd Dr Keith Jones, President of the Baptist Historical Society, discusses the life and significance of Margaret Jarman, a pioneering Baptist Deaconess who became a hermit.
A conversation with Revd Merlyn Hyde-Riley and Revd Gale Richards
The first woman General Secretary for the Jamaican Baptist Union, the Revd Merlyn Hyde-Riley, was our guest speaker at our theology seminar on 11 May 2023. This is a historic moment for the Jamaican Baptists and a brilliant opportunity for us to hear Merlyn speak. The Revd Gale Richards, Regional Minister for the Eastern Baptist Association, engaged in conversation with Merlyn about her new role and issues of gender. Merlyn is a gender specialist with a master's degree with distinction in Gender Studies, a first degree in Theology and another in Arts and General Studies from the University of the West Indies. Merlyn has been a strong advocate of gender mainstreaming among Baptists and in secular organisation.
Sexism in school and online - How can Baptists respond?
This webinar on 9 March 2023 included speakers Rachel Gardner from Youthscape, and Clare Hooper, Children, Young People and Families Roundtable.
State of women in Baptist Life – Insights from America
This webinar on Thursday 17 November 2022 included speakers Meredith Stone and Laura Ellis from Baptist Women in Ministry.
The minister and family life: a theological conversation
This webinar on Thursday 24 February 2022, was led by the Revd Dr Lina Toth, Assistant Principal and Lecturer in Practical Theology, Scottish Baptist College and the Revd Beth Allison-Glenny, Chaplain and Fellow in Theology, Regent's Park College, Oxford. Lina has written about the understanding of singleness and marriage in the contemporary church. Beth has written about Baptist interpretations of Scripture on the complementarity of male and female.
You may also be interested in these publications written by our speakers:
Toth, L (2021). Singleness and Marriage after Christendom: Being and Doing Family. Eugene, OR, Cascade Books.
Allison-Glenny, B (2017). 'That we might see ourselves as we could be': Baptist Interpretations of Scripture on the Complementarity of Male and Female. Gathering Disciples: Essays in Honor of Christopher J Ellis. M Blyth, A Goodliff and N Callam. Eugene, OR, Wipf and Stock Publishers.
Discernment, dialogue and the Church Meeting: A way forward
In this webinar on Thursday 4 November 2021, Prof Rachel Muers, University of Leeds introduced the recent World Council of Churches work on discernment in the church. The Revd Ruth Moriarty responded from a Baptist perspective, reflecting her research on church meetings.
Click below for a recording of this webinar:
Rachel Muers discussed this document in her presentation:
Wijlens, M, V Shmaliy and S Sinn, Eds (2021). Churches and Moral Discernment: Facilitating Dialogue to Build Koinonia. Geneva, World Council of Churches.
https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/publications/churches-and-moral-discernment-iii-facilitating-dialogue-to-build-koinonia
You may also be interested in these publications written by our speakers:
Moriarty, R (2019). 'Discernment and the Church Meeting.' Pacific Journal of Baptist Research 14(3): 36-41. – This is open access at: https://www.baptistresearch.org.nz/s/PJTR-142-Nov-2019.pdf
Muers, R (2020). 'The personal is the (academic) political: Why care about the love lives of theologians?' Scottish Journal of Theology 73: 191–202. Unfortunately restricted to readers with access to a university library
A liturgy which can be used at the beginning of a church meeting has been shared by the North Western Baptist Association. Click here to download this material.
Project Violet Launch
Project Violet was launched on Thursday 1 July - click below for a recording of the event.
