Weave-ICCT Gathering 2027

Professor Anthony G. Reddie, University of Oxford Professor of Black Theology, a historic first ever appointment. He is also the Director of The Centre for Black Theology, Regent’s Park College, in the University of Oxford. He is also an Extraordinary Professor of Theological Ethics and a Research Fellow with the University of South Africa. He is the first Black person to get an ‘A’ rating in Theology and Religious studies in the South African National Research Foundation. This designation means that he is a leading international researcher. He is a prolific author of books, articles and chapters in edited books. He is the Editor of Black Theology: An International Journal. He is a recipient of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2020 Lambeth, Lanfranc Award for Education and Scholarship, given for ‘exceptional and sustained contribution to Black Theology in Britain and Beyond’.

Jill was born and raised in the UK and has a background in music, performing arts and arts education. Jill is the Arts Programme Leader and Arts Lecturer at All Nations Christian College, a cross-cultural mission college in the UK. She is responsible for the creative curriculum at both the Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. She supervises BA and MA students implementing creative research projects into multicultural churches. Jill holds a Masters in Education (culture, language identity), and has recently completed a Doctorate in Worship Studies with the Robert Webber Institute (USA). Her Doctoral Thesis was ‘Worship Across the Cultures: Training for Liturgical Diversity: Implementing A Course For Students At All Nations Christian College UK.’ She has the joy of serving as Executive Board Member of the ARTS+ network, and has a role as ‘Creative Synergist’ for the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA).

Dr. Angela Okotie-Eboh, Lead Pastor The Ark Fellowship Tx, affectionately known as Dr. Angela, Pastor Angela, or Mama Angela - is a dynamic leader whose life bridges the boardroom and the pulpit. With over 24 years of executive and clinical leadership, she has built thriving healthcare enterprises while faithfully leading as Pastor of The Ark Fellowship in Cypress, Texas. She is the founder of NP Care Services, one of Texas’s first nurse practitioner-led multi-specialty practices, and Heart & Health, a nonprofit that has brought medical care and missions to tens of thousands across the U.S., Africa, and Asia. As a pastor, she has cultivated an intercultural church community marked by prayer, discipleship, and outreach, all while creating systems and raising up leaders that allow her to flourish in both ministry and marketplace without compromise.

Paul Hobbs makes painting and sculpture that deals with social and spiritual issues from a Christian perspective. Through a mixture of materials, layering, surprise and play, Paul’s work stimulates discussion about human values and dignity, and responsibility and service to others. It seeks to show the relevance of Jesus to contemporary concerns, asking, ‘If we believe this from the Bible, how does it relate to what we read in the newspaper? If we see this in the news, has God’s word got anything to say?’ and to draw the outsider to begin to take Jesus Christ seriously. Themes include famine, inequality, fatherhood, old age, sexuality, our capacity for violence, suffering, the Beatitudes and the Trinity. There is also a collection of shoes and stories from believers all around the world, and a series on contemporary martyrdom. Paul exhibits in a wide range of venues—frequently in schools and churches—leading discussions and engaging people with the gospel through his artwork. The materials include paint, collage, wood, steel, and assembled objects. For details please see my website, www.arthobbs.com.