Right Reverend Marcus Stock

Born in South London, Bishop Marcus Stock is a graduate of Oxford University having studied theology at Keble College. He then trained for the priesthood at the Venerable English College in Rome and was awarded a Licence in Dogmatic Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. While in Rome he was ordained a Deacon by the […]
Tim Wakeling

Tim Wakeling has been drawing cartoons about church, community and life in general since 2007, having started while on the Christian community at Lee Abbey in Devon. He now lives in Chester with his wife Rosey and 2-year-old son, and when not cartooning, designs and builds websites for a living.
Phil Johnson

I am a full-time chaplain at The Academy of St. Francis of Assisi in Liverpool. The Academy is Joint denomination Catholic and Church of England School. Before becoming a Chaplain, I worked in various school pastoral roles and earlier still in post 16 training with a focus on employability in the horticultural sector. As a […]
Anna Rose Bowler ACIM

Anna Rose Bowler ACIM is a Digital Communications expert with a specialist interest in Skills Education and Development. A former Assistant Head of Sixth Form and Geography Teacher, Anna realised she was experiencing great success in marketing and selling Sixth Forms and running their social media accounts and therefore completed her Professional Diploma in Digital […]
Rt Revd Paul Butler

The Rt Revd Paul Butler has been Bishop of Durham and a member of the House of Lords since 2014, where he takes particular interest in matters relating to welfare, particularly Universal Credit, childcare and refugees. He has been an advocate for children on behalf of the Church of England’s bishops since 2004, and was […]
The Reverend Canon Rachael Knapp

Rachael studied History at Bristol University and then Theology at Trinity Theological College, Bristol. She has worked in the Rochester Diocese since her ordination in 1991, in parish ministry and then, for the last thirteen years, as full- time chaplain at Bennett Memorial Church of England Diocesan School, a co-educational academy with 1,700 students. She […]
Rev’d Canon Brendan Clover

The Rev’d Canon Brendan Clover was, until very recently, Senior Provost of Woodard Schools and he was a founding member of this Conference in 2011. Brendan has a passion for Christian education and for the role of the church in the formation of young people, the citizens of tomorrow. Fourteen years’ service in Woodard was […]
Bishop Paul Rochester

Bishop Paul Rochester is the General Secretary of the Free Churches Group (FCG). The Free Churches Group is an ecumenical body of twenty-six denominations and church groups. The FCG seeks to express the unity in Christ that is shared by Free Churches in England and Wales by promoting fellowship, shared counsel and working together. There […]
Revd Dr Frances Ward

Frances Ward is author of Like There’s No Tomorrow: Climate crisis, eco-anxiety and God (Sacristy Press). Frankie (as she is usually known) is a freelance theologian, researcher and writer, preacher, speaker and teacher. Having been Dean of St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Suffolk, she moved with her husband to Workington, Cumbria in 2018 where she is […]
Rev Clive McKie

Rev Clive McKie is a Methodist Minister who has been in Circuit ministry for 25 years. He has a wife, four children and an honorary foster daughter. He has also served as a Chaplain in a Further Education College and for the last 20 years has been a sessional Prison Chaplain in a women’s prison. […]