News from ADM
“For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
— Ephesians 2:10
The intersection of faith and mental health: Miriam’s story
If there’s anyone qualified to prepare a series of workshops to equip pastoral caregivers, ministry staff and everyday Christians to better serve the mental health needs of their churches and communities, it’s Miriam. Yet if it weren’t for her six-month period as an ADM Fellow, the workshops simply wouldn’t exist.
Announcing the 2025 ADM Fellows
Anglican Deaconess Ministries is delighted to announce our 2025 Fellows cohort. With ADM’s support, these four women will bring together their areas of expertise and their faith to complete major projects that engage our sceptical and hurting world with the gospel.
Our history, her story: Rachel Ciano
The Church suffers when women’s stories, perspectives and insights are missed. But sadly, women’s stories are often hidden from history, and historically women haven’t been given the same opportunities to study theology in depth. Historian, theologian, 2023 ADM Fellow and new Dean of Academic Development at Mary Andrews College, Rachel Ciano, is trying to do something about that, with her passions for history, theology and teaching entwined.
Farewelling our 2023 ADM Fellows
As we warmly welcome our 2024 ADM Fellows in the ADM space, it is also time for our 2023 Fellows to pack their bags and say farewell. Their Fellowships have come to an end, and they’re leaving ADM to make room for our 2024 Fellows. Or are they?
Announcing the 2024 ADM Fellows
ADM is delighted to introduce our 8th cohort of Fellows, with five women appointed to complete major projects that engage our sceptical and hurting world with the gospel.
Bringing forth life
Birth has always been a big part of Jodie McIver’s life. When she was a child, she was with her parents in the birthing suite as her mother gave birth to her brother Tim, and once again a few years later for the birth of her sister Tarn. While many children may be horrified and scared by the process of birth, for young Jodie, watching her siblings being born was a positive and encouraging experience that sparked a lifelong interest in pregnancy, birth and babies - and ultimately inspired her new book, written with the support of an ADM Fellowship.
Serving all God’s people, all around the world
Marlies Hartkamp came to faith in Jesus as a child and, like many, was challenged to own her faith for herself at university, in her home country of the Netherlands. Now she’s a 2022 ADM Fellow, working on a PhD in disability theology and hoping to inspire the Church to greater inclusivity.
Announcing the 2023 ADM Fellows
ADM is delighted to introduce our 7th cohort of Fellows, with five women appointed to complete major projects that engage our sceptical and hurting world with the gospel.
Announcing the 2022 ADM Fellows
ADM is pleased to announce that five women have been awarded a 2022 ADM Fellowship in our sixth annual Fellowships cohort.
Prayer, agency and cultural transformation
Closing reception Keynote at ADM’s 2020 School of Theology, Culture & Public Engagement
There are many sociological and historical theories of change but rarely is prayer taken seriously as a radical and disruptive political force. In this keynote lecture, Professor Sarah Williams (Research Professor in the History of Christianity, Regent College) draws on stories of the past to explore the role of prayer in moments of political and cultural upheaval, and to inspire us to pray in fresh ways for our culture.
Imagination, faith & culture
'Apologetics and the Imagination'
Watch the opening keynote from the 2019 School of Theology, Culture & Public Engagement, delivered by Rev. Canon Dr Alison Milbank. In this lecture, Dr Milbank brings together theology, literature, and culture to open up fresh ways of seeing faith in today’s world.
Q&A with Michaela O’Donnell Long, 2019 ADM visiting fellow
Dr. Michaela O’Donnell Long — entrepreneur, theologian, and ADM’s 2019 Visiting Fellow — shares her journey from the softball field to the seminary, and how faith, work, and calling come together in surprising ways.