David Gregory is a Baptist Minister and Missioner for Science and Environment. A former president of the Baptist Union he has a background in meteorological and climate research and is convenor of BUEN – the Baptist Union Environmental Network. He serves on the grant board of Scientists in Congregations, part of Equipping Religious Leaders in... Read more
Carol has an MPhil in Education, from The University of Birmingham (2005). Her thesis was entitled ‘The Contribution of Black Culture and Faith to Religious Education’. She also has a Degree: BA (Hons) French and Economics, from the University of Sheffield (1990). Her current role is undertaking research into Decolonising theological knowledge and also Black... Read more
Derek Hatch is Professor of Religion and Endowed Chair of Baptist Studies at Georgetown College in Kentucky. Trained as a theologian, he is the coordinator of the North American Baptist Fellowship Scholars Collaboration and serves on the Baptist World Alliance’s Commission on Baptist Doctrine and Christian Unity. His research explores the intersections of Baptist life... Read more
Ruth is a Baptist minister who trained at Regent’s Park. She is presently the minister of Christ Church New Southgate and Friern Barnet Baptist and URC, London. Ruth has completed a DProf in Practical Theology at the University of Chester, her qualitative research explores the practice of discernment in Baptist churches. Selected publications: ‘Discernment and the... Read more
Malcolm Yarnell is a teaching pastor and a research professor in Benbrook, Texas. His research interests focus upon Baptist theology, examining its biblical basis, its roots and manifestations in history, and its contemporary importance in the life of the church. Read more
Alison Evans is a Baptist minister who trained at Regent’s Park College. She has served churches in South Wales and in Gloucestershire and for many years worked as the Gloucestershire County Ecumenical Officer. She is the secretary of the Society for Ecumenical Studies, a charity in association with Churches Together in England and Churches Together... Read more
Timothy Whelan has published widely on British Religious Dissent of the Long 18th C. (especially among Baptists) and its intersections with women writers, print culture, and various Romantic figures, with many of these articles appearing in the Baptist Quarterly and various literary journals. He is the general editor of Nonconformist Women Writers, 1720-1840 (8 vols., 2011); author of... Read more
Alison Searle is Associate Professor of Textual Studies in the School of English at the University of Leeds. Her research and publications focus on epistolary culture, scholarly editing, and the relationship between literature and theology. Her most recent book is Pastoral Care through Letters in the British Atlantic (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023). Read more
Gale completed a PhD with the University of Aberdeen exploring the womanist perspectives of Black British Baptist women leaders for the renewal of Baptist church practices. Gale is currently leading the Birmingham Baptist Churches exploring their Black History research project. Gale is also a part-time regional minister for the Eastern Baptist Association, an Ecumenical Canon... Read more
Dan is director for pastoral studies at Westminster College, Cambridge, as well as chaplain with the Royal Army Chaplaincy Department. Dan is founder of 57 West Baptist Church, The Together Free Foundation and antislavery partnerships in Southend, Chelmsford, and Colchester. Selected publications: Covenant and Church for Rough Sleepers: A Baptist Ecclesiology in Conversation with the... Read more