KBS Medway hosted a small day conference for the local Anglican clergy on Tuesday 21 June to present some of the findings from a recently published paper by Dr Krystin Zigan (KBS) and Dr Alan Le Grys (SLAS-SECL).

Krystin and Alan have embarked on an on-going research project looking at the way the Church of England organises and delivers social responsibility projects and some of the management issues raised.

The keynote speaker at the Conference was the Revd Dr Malcolm Torry, author of Managing God’s Business (Routledge 2005) and Managing Religion (Palgrave Macmillan 2014), and papers in the morning session were also presented by Krystin and Alan.

After lunch (and a quick tour of KBS Medway), participants broke into groups for more detailed discussion as they reflected on the impact the research might have on practical aspects of parochial ministry.

Discussions at the conference were lively, thoughtful and engaging, and all the participants suggested in feedback that they had been given much food for thought. They, in turn, had opened out further lines of enquiry for Krystin and Alan as they move into the next stage of their research project.

Sent in by a.legrys@kent.ac.uk