The Project Violet Podcast

S2 Episode 11 - Claire Nicholls

This episode introduces Claire Nicholls who is currently a Regional Minister in the London Baptist Association.  When she was conducting her research she was minister of New Addington Baptist Church in Croydon.  Claire reflected upon her experience of developing a London Baptist Women’s Justice Hub.

S2 Episode 10 - Clare Hooper

This episode introduces Clare Hooper who is co-team leaders of the Southern Counties Baptist Association.  She also coordinates Childrens’ You and Families learning at Bristol Baptist College.  Clare researched how her Association could be more effective at affirming women in ministry.

S2 Episode 9 - Helen Stokley

This episode introduces Helen Stokley who is the Deputy Vice Chancellor at Spurgeon’s College in London.  Helen looked at how women can be better prepared for ministerial training so they flourish as ministers in training.

S2 Episode 8 - Laura Gilmour

This episode introduces Laura Gilmour is a palliative care chaplain at Strathcaron Hospice in central Scotland and so is a minister in the Baptist Union of Scotland.  Laura researched the way in which caring responsibilities impact women’s experience of ministry.

S2 Episode 7 - Pam Searle

This episode introduces Pam Searle who is the minister at Sutton Baptist Church in London.  Pam researched the experiences of accredited women ministers who had left ministry, or were seconded or on long-term sabbatical within the Baptist Union.

S2 Episode 6 - Alex Ellish and Carmel Murphy Elliot

This episode introduces Alex and Carmel who worked together on their research.  Carmel Murphy Elliot has a portfolio ministry which includes being regional coordinator for Urban Expression in the North of England.  Alex Ellish was at the time of the research the minister of a Baptist church in Peckham in southeast London as well as being a regional coordinator for Urban Expression.  Together they researched women ministers’ experience of working in pioneering contexts.

S2 Episode 5 - Beth Powney

This episode introduces Beth Powney who was the Regional Team Leader of the Eastern Baptist Association when she was doing her research.  She has now retired in the South East.  Beth’s research evaluated the impact of a leadership development programme for women ministers called MagnifyYou. 

S2 Episode 4 - Denise Dobie

This episode introduces Denise Dobie who is a newly accredited minister serving at Darkhouse Baptist Church in the Black Country.  Until recently she was also a GP.  Her research, which was also part of her NAMs studies, looked at the experience of women ministering through the menopause and the support they received.

S2 Episode 3 - Helen Dare

This episode introduces Helen Dare who is both the minister at Broad Haven Baptist Church in Pembrokeshire and a tutor at Cardiff Baptist College.  Helen was one of the members of the Theological Reflectors group and she explains how that group contributed to the research.

S2 Episode 2 - Charmaine Mhlanga

This episode introduces Charmaine Mhlanga who is a newly accredited minister serving at Sundon Park Baptist Church in Luton.  Her research, which also formed part of her NAMs studies, looked at the Baptist Together Equality and Diversity training resources for ministers called, ‘I am because you are’.