We are very pleased to announce our new Encounter Coordinator, Dr Jenny Leith, who actually started in September!

Although the Centre has been closed over these past several months, Jenny has been getting to know the new role, which is being adapted this year to work more closely with the CCCW Director,

To find out more about Jenny, visit our Staff web page.

The CCCW will reopen virtually from Mon 2 November.  This means staff will be working online and appointments to collect or return library books will be available.

To arrange an appointment re library books, please contact Ruth MacLean: library@cccw.cam.ac.uk

To discuss matters relating to the CCCW archive repository, please contact Dr Philip Saunders: archive@cccw.cam.ac.uk

To discuss matters relating to the Encounter Programme, please contact Dr Jenny Leith, encounter@cccw.cam.ac.uk

The actual Centre will remain closed until further notice, but we will bringing a new range of webinars and publications over the coming months which we are sure you will find interesting! Keep an eye on the website and our social media pages for updated information

Read here a review by our director on this important two volume Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South.

Editor: Mark A. Lamport

Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, May 2018. 1122 pages. Hard cover. ISBN: 9781442271562

“In the study of World Christianity, literature focusing on the Global South is increasing. While there is plenty of literature studying Christianity in the non-Western parts of the world – many centuries of Western missionary writings as well as post-missionary writings – the current literature, largely set in the context of demographic shifts of Christians, comes with new and important focuses…”

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, applications for the encounter scheme bursaries are now closed until 1 January 2021. If you would like to register your interest in the scheme and receive updates on the scheme’s reopening, please contact Dr. Jenny Leith, CCCW’s intercultural encounter coordinator, at centre@cccw.cam.ac.uk.

Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 virus we have had to close the Centre until further notice.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. You can still contact the director, librarian, archivist and encounter co-ordinator, who are now working remotely, if you have any inquiries.

May God bless you and give you His perfect peace in these difficult times.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon!

CCCW Staff

We are very happy to welcome Canon Sarah Snyder as our new Chairperson of the Henry Martyn Trust.

Sarah is a leader in peace and reconciliation. She was Special Advisor for Reconciliation
to Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and was Director of Partnerships with Religions for
Peace International, a UN-affiliated body, until 2016.
Sarah is the founding director of Rose Castle Foundation.

Thinking of going on a short-term mission or overseas placement? The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide offers bursaries of up to £1,000 as well as other resources to prepare for your visit. A great range of books is available in the library which help you think about the meaning of cultural encounter and short-term missions. Interested? Check out the Encounter Scheme for application requirements & details or drop into the library! The deadline is 23 April 2020.

This report is a result of a six-month research project undertaken by Tearfund and CCCW in collaboration. Fieldwork was conducted in 2019 in South Sudan, Syria and Lebanon. The role of the church in seven fragile countries with protracted conflicts is reviewed – Syria, Iraq, Myanmar, Burundi Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

To read the report please click here.

Marietta van der Tol

Marietta is the new  International Encounter Scheme at the Centre from October 2019.
She is a PhD-candidate in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge. Before she came to Cambridge, she studied History of Christianity at Yale Divinity School (USA) and Constitutional law and Socio-political history at Utrecht University (The Netherlands). For more information on her research and publications, click here, and for information on the Protestant Political Thought grant, click here.

To find out more about the Encounter Scheme click here.