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“Closer than a Brother”: A Theology of Friendship with Lina Toth Saturday 10 November, 9am-1pm, at Stockton Baptist Church, The Square, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TE. What does it mean to have friends – or to be a good friend? Is Christian friendship distinctive, and if so, how? In a culture where loneliness is on the rise, how could the church respond? […]

In the Beginning, God laughed… A Theology of Humour with Kate Bruce Saturday 13 October, 9am-1pm, at Stockton Baptist Church, The Square, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TE.  Does God laugh? Is the Bible funny? Why do Christians seem to be so humourless much of the time? Come along and explore how humour and faith fit together. Kate Bruce was a secondary school […]

Save the date! Our Annual Borderlands Lecture is on Monday 15 October at 6.30pm  Elvet Riverside with Dr Jennifer Wiseman speaking on Our Curious Universe. Dr Wiseman is a Fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation, a network of Christians in Science. Dr Wiseman will be asking some intriguing questions about our universe brought about by the incredible discoveries enabled by advances in telescope […]

I Saw Heaven Open: A Theology of the Last Days with Ian Paul Saturday 15 September, 9am-1pm, at Stockton Baptist Church, The Square, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TE. What are the “last days”? And when are they? The Book of Revelation is like marmite – people are either disturbingly overenthusiastic about it, or avoid it through fear or confusion! This session is […]

The Cross and the Crown: Pain and Suffering under a Good God with Sally Nelson, St Hild College. Saturday 14 July, 9am-1pm, at Stockton Baptist Church, The Square, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TE. If God is so good, why all the pain? Essential thinking about an important question. Come and think deeply with us about how suffering fits in to a Christian […]

Faith in Social Media? Discipleship in a Digital Age with Andy Byers, author of TheoMedia. Saturday 16 June, 9am-1pm, at Stockton Baptist Church, The Square, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1TE. What does discipleship look like in a digital age? How can we be faithful followers on Facebook? Whether you’re totally LinkedIn to social media or wondering WhatsApp, come along and think about […]

Cranmer Research Receives Grant from Allchurches Trust Cranmer Hall’s Center for Church Growth Research has received an award of £1000 from the Allchurches Trust to fund events around a major new book produced by the Centre, The Desecularisation of the City: London’s Churches, 1980 to the Present, (Routledge 2018), which comes out this October. The Centre’s director, David Goodhew, commented: […]