Seek the Welfare of The City Programme

Day 1

Thursday 25th November

Location: Holy Trinity Brompton
8.45-9.30 Registration
9.30-9.45 Worship & welcome (Graham Tomlin, St Mellitus)
9.45–10.45 Keynote – Bishop Doug Miles, Koinonia Baptist Church, Baltimore
10.45-11.15 Coffee break
11.15-12.30 Panel 1: Missional church in practice.
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2.45 Panel 2: Christian social enterprise – developing sustainable & resilient forms of social
welfare provision.
2.45-3.15 Tea & coffee
3.15-4.30 Panel 3: Urban spirituality & discipleship – beyond the rural and the monastic.
4.30-5.00 Plenary discussion (Chair: Jane Williams, St Mellitus)
5.00-5.30 Closing liturgy (Angus Ritchie, Centre for Contextual Theology)

Day 2

Friday 26th November

Location: St Paul’s, Hammersmith
9.00-9.15 Worship & welcome
9.15-10.15: Keynote Bishop John Inge - A Theology of Place for Urban Mission & Ministry
10.15-11.15: Coffee & tea
11.15-12.30: Panel 4: Christian social & political engagement in multi-faith contexts.
12.30-1.30: Lunch
1.30-4.00: Roundtable & plenary discussion of the book: Luke Bretherton, Christianity &
Contemporary Politics: The Conditions and Possibilities of Faithful Witness (Wiley-Blackwell,
2010).

4.00-4.30: Tea & coffee

4.30-5.00 Plenary discussion (Chair: Paul Woolley, Theos)
5.00-5.30 Closing liturgy (Rev Simon Downham, St Paul’s, Hammersmith)