Wholehearted Monthly

Think community organising rally meets Methodist band meeting meets Holy Spirit revival!

The Wholehearted Conference sold out its 250 places in just a few days. We don’t want anyone to miss out on the energy, so we’re running a holy experiment in the seasons after the Wholehearted Conference.

Wholehearted monthly aims to digitally connect up diverse leaders doing mission across the Connexion in different ways and contexts for inspiration, equipping and networking for the sake of transformation in the world God loves.

Together we’ll open to the Holy Spirit, learn from a different renowned guest speaker each month, and break into groups for wisdom-sharing and equipping for mission with others who share our particular focus.

We’re praying, learning, and acting in commitment to being, by God’s grace, a growing, inclusive, evangelistic, and justice-seeking Church!

On 10th June we'll be joined by Krish Kandiah OBE, author and founder of The Sanctuary Foundation, a charity supporting refugees to find welcome, work and worthwhile housing in the UK. He is recognised as an expert in refugee resettlement , child welfare reform, educational innovation and civil society mobilisation. Krish has led the charge on mobilising civil society groups and churches as they have supported recent arrivals from Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Sudan. He was appointed by the Secretary of State for Education as the Chair of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Leadership Board (2019-2021) where he brought strategic leadership to the finding of permanent loving families for children in the care system.

On 8th July we'll be joined by Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham. Andy was elected Mayor of Greater Manchester in May 2017, and was re-elected for a second term in May 2021. Prior to being Mayor, Andy was MP for Leigh from 2001. In Government, Andy has held Ministerial positions at the Home Office, Department of Health and the Treasury. In 2008 he became Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, before returning to Health as Secretary of State in 2009. In opposition, Andy has served as Shadow Education Secretary, Shadow Health Secretary and Shadow Home Secretary. Andy is a keen supporter of Everton FC.