The Revd Dr Benjamin Aldous

Bio:

The Revd Dr Benjamin Aldous is the principal officer for mission and evangelism at Churches Together in England, the national ecumenical instrument. Ben is particularly interested in mission, ecumenism, Asian and intercultural theologies.

He spent 16 years in Cambodia and South Africa firstly as a church planter and latterly as a Parish priest. He helps host and curate conversations amongst denominational church leaders with the portfolio of mission from across the 54 Churches Together in England (CTE) member churches. He is the author of Intercultural Church: Shared Learning from New Communities (Grove 2020), The God Who Walks Slowly (SCM 2022) and lead editor for ‘Lived’  Mission in 21^st Century Britain (SCM 2024).

Recently he has begun working on research about Taiwanese theologian C.S Song. He is also a musician.

Read the CTE feature on his appointment as Visiting Scholar.