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Professor Leslie Francis presents at the Religious Research Association Conference, Washington DC

WRERU Presentations at the Religious Research Association Conference, Washington DC, Sunday15th October 2017

Tania ap Sion, David W Lankshear and Leslie J Francis presented three stands of their WRERU research to an audience concerned with applying research findings for the ongoing professional education of church leaders

  • Tania is drawing out the educational implications of research into the prayer spaces developed in churches
  • David is drawing out the educational implications of research into the faith trajectory of churchgoers in their seventies and eighties
  • Leslie is drawing out the educational implications of research into work-related psychological wellbeing for church leaders themselves.

The audience included national officers from mainline American denominations concerned with the applying research to church practice. They are members of the Religious Research Association.
You can read Professor Francis' Abstracts here:

'I hate them with perfect hatred'

'Assessing clergy work-related psychological health'

Tue 24 Oct 2017, 10:07 | Tags: Research