The Progressive Prophet is a project of Adam Dickson, a freelance writer, activist, and workshop facilitator residing in Manchester, United Kingdom. He currently works as a support worker for SPEAK, a network of Christians committed to praying and campaigning on issues of international injustice, such as climate change, the arms trade, global poverty, sweatshop labour, and more aside.
As part of his ongoing work to connect faith and social justice (as well as helping others make that connection), he served under the Jesuit Volunteer Community in Manchester from 2008 to 2009, during which time he experimented with intentional community living with other Christians. His tenure involved acting as a community organiser for the renowned charity Church Action on Poverty, and as an advice worker for a drop-in centre serving asylum seekers, refugees, and migrant workers.
For the past few years, Adam has been actively working and writing on issues of radical Christianity, having spoken and facilitated workshops on peace and justice issues from a faith-based perspective and being involved in nonviolent direct action events such as the Faslane 365 “big blockade” and Climate Camp. He has also been involved in helping to organise the UK conference on Christianity and Anarchism, an ongoing project of the Jesus Radicals network.
In the past, he has worked on particular projects with Student Christian Movement, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Peace School, and Leeds Christian Community Trust.
Adam is very happy to offer his services as a writer, speaker, and workshop facilitator. When invited to speak or facilitate, he can only accept engagements based within the UK. Adam asks that his travel expenses be covered, and while he doesn’t charge for engagements per se, he does request a donation toward his time and work. In these instances, he would ask that the host consider a donation which they feel is both appropriate and affordable.
Adam is willing to write and speak on any of these topics:
Christianity and nonviolence
Community engagement and development
Intentional community
Radical political engagement
Christians in activism
Environmentalism/Ecology/Climate Change from a faith-based perspective
Solidarity with the poor and marginalised
Liberation Theology
The mission of the church
As well as anything related.
He is preferably contacted by email at adam.dickson@gmail.com.
Hello how are you?
I just had a question and I wanted to know if you could please try to answer this for me, if you can’t that’s ok I am not going to die or anything but would like to understand an answer to the question that some one keeps trying convince me of this about leadership in the church and mainly male leadership,
I just want to start off by saying I believe in male headship, that only men should be pastures and elders, and I do believe in male leadership.
The questions that some one keeps trying to bring forward comes from, (1Ti 2:12) “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.”
What they say is the work authority in the Greek (G831 αὐθεντέω authenteō ow-then-teh’-o From a compound of G846 and ἕντης hentēs (obsolete; a worker); to act of oneself, that is, (figuratively) dominate: – usurp authority over. They take this and say that “because this Greek word is used the context of false teaching this only means that no woman with false teaching should have not have authority over a man.”
What I wanted to know is how would you respond to what these people are saying?
Well thanks you for your help and your time, please take as much time as you want on this I don’t need it right away I just would like to see how you would answer this question and what I think is just a bad teaching, once again thanks
God Bless
Joseph DeBenedictis
can i has answer to the question if god iz exists than y do bad things happen 2 hgood peepz
Many of the concepts outlined seem very complicated when Jesus himself made his entire teachings easy to comprehend with the use of parables ie. *stories*. Your blog here appears to be heavily political. Jesus spoke of saving souls and healing the sick – didn’t he? The concepts expressed also appear to lack the *love* expressed so powerfully that countless millions have been drawn to His word. Cannot this be achieved here with the evident articulate gift of your expression?
May God bless you.
Inquisitor.
Just passing by.Btw, you website have great content!
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