Nick Shepherd

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Consultant at Church of England

This paper draws on the experiences and practices of theological educators in the UK to offer pedagogical and theological insights into transformational learning in discipleship and ministry training contexts. Our work suggests that engaging the whole person, encouraging real encounters, stimulating the imagination and identifying threshold concept...

This article explores the use of theological action research as a mode of professional development in Christian mission or ministry. Drawing on a case study of a cycle of theological action research within a Christian youth work agency in London, the benefits of action research are interpreted through the influence that participation has on theolog...

This paper focuses on the rationale and pedagogical basis for theological education that the Centre for Youth Ministry (CYM) has developed over the past ten years. It identifies the areas of polity, ecology and integrity as an organising framework with which to discuss the shifting sand and subsequent solid steps which CYM are taking which facilita...