Theological training can help equip all of us for a lifetime of discipleship, ministry and leadership, whether we're in formal education, the workplace or in ministry leadership. This talk provides you with a renewed vision for learning and training, and outlines practical ways to build a formational culture in your church or ministry even when time is short and resources are limited. The talk is for anyone responsible for overseeing the formation of others, thinking about their own theological education, or those who may be established in ministry but feeling stuck and wondering how to get re-focused and energised with theological study in the midst of their day to day responsibilities.  

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Jen Charteris, originally from South Africa, is executive director of Crosslands Training, which provides in-context theological training up to PhD level across the UK, Europe, and beyond. Previously she spent over 25 years working in strategic change, organisational consulting, and board and leadership development. She has been a senior advisor on major change programmes in government, defence, infrastructure, and financial services, taught on various MBA programmes and at the UK Military’s Defence Academy, worked internationally with the leaders of Christian ministry organisations, and has many years of board experience. She is married to Hugo, a church pastor and planter in the north of England, and they have two adult children.

Daniel Strange is director of Crosslands Forum, a centre for cultural engagement and missional innovation. Formerly he was college director and tutor in culture, religion, and public theology at Oak Hill College, London. Strange is a contributing editor for Themelios, Vice-president of The Southgate Fellowship and a fellow of both the Ezra Institute and the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He is an elder at Hope Community Church, Gateshead, UK, which is part of the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (FIEC). His book, Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock: A Theology of Religions (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2015), received an award of merit for theology/ethics in the Christianity Today 2016 Book Awards. His most recent books are Plugged In (The Good Book Company, 2019), and Making Faith Magnetic (The Good Book Company, 2021).

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