Wesley House, Cambridge

29/05/2026

Christopher Button is an ordained Salvation Army Officer. He holds a PhD from Aberdeen, an MA from KCL and read for his undergraduate in Durham.

In our latest edition of Holiness he explores "The Consequences of Sanctification on Gender Roles in the Early Salvation Army, 1865-1912"

The Salvation Army United Kingdom and Ireland Territory

To read this head to the comments below - where we have a shared to a link to our open-access, peer reviewed international journal of Wesleyan & Methodist theology, 'Holiness', issue 11.1

26/05/2026

💻 4th June, 7pm (BST) via Zoom.

Rev Jacqui Rivas will reflect on the establishment of a post-apartheid worshipping community in South Africa and considers what it means to build a church shaped by place, history, and privilege.

Drawing on the Methodist Church of Southern Africa's call for a Christ-healed Africa to heal nations, she will explore how worship, community, and spiritual identity can contribute to healing, justice, and reconciliation.

The session will invite participants to engage deeply with the challenges and possibilities of forming Christian community within the long shadow of apartheid and in conversation with ancient African spirituality.

Rev Jacqui Rivas is an ordained Methodist minister with extensive experience in church planting, pastoral leadership, and discipleship.

She began her ministry in South Africa and helped establish Gracepoint Church in Gauteng, where she served in senior leadership for over two decades.

In 2022, she moved to Florida to serve in the United Methodist Church, and since 2024 she has continued her ministry in Britain. Originally trained in law at the University of the Witwatersrand, she completed a master’s degree through Anglia Ruskin University in 2018 and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry with Wesley House, Cambridge.

Her ministry brings together theological reflection, practical leadership, and a deep commitment to the church’s witness in contexts of healing, justice, and reconciliation.

Email our office for a link to this event. We hope you can join us.

24/05/2026

22/05/2026

22/05/2026

Congratulations to Dr Mary Kohlstaedt Huycke on passing her viva yesterday with minor corrections. Her research examines the ripple effect of group reflective pastoral supervision on congregations and the role of metaphors in that transformational process.

22/05/2026

There is still time to join our next programme - which begins 29th June. Contact our office to find out about our schedule and whether this is right for you. We look forward to hearing from you.

21/05/2026

This Sunday 24 May, Methodists from across London are gathering to mark the day in 1738 when John Wesley's heart was "strangely warmed" on Aldersgate Street — the spark that lit the Methodist movement.

Join us for a day of pilgrimage, planting, prayer and praise:
🚶 Walk from Wesley's Chapel & Leysian Mission with the President of Conference, Revd Richard Andrew
🌷 Plant bulbs at the Aldersgate Flame
⛪ Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral
🎶 Wesley Praise at Methodist Central Hall Westminster — refreshments from 5pm, celebration from 6pm
All are welcome. Bring a friend. Bring your singing voice.

19/05/2026

Dr Chris Shannahan is an Associate Professor in Political Theology at the Centre for Peace and Security.

We are delighted he will be delivering this year's Edward Rogers Memorial Lecture.

"Life on the Breadline: A faith that transforms structural injustice"

Date: 9th July

Time: 2.30 - 4pm

Location: Wesley House, Cambridge or join us online

Attendance is free but registration essential. We have shared an eventbrite link in the comments below.

15/05/2026

We have a few spaces left on this "transformational" course. It starts 1st June so time to contact us to find out if it's right for you. This course is valuable if you are : church minister, pioneering minister, lay pastoral worker, mission enabler with local church, director of a faith based charity or overseeing ministry & theological education