John Stott Fellow Participant Reflections

2024 - 2025 Stott Fellows 1

“Pastoral accompaniment amidst environmental loss and displacement” hosted by Memoria Indígena, in multiple locations throughout Colombia. Memoria Indígena staff organized a week-long meeting of fifteen Indigenous church and organizational leaders from Colombia, Panama, Brazil, Paraguay, Guatemala, Peru, Costa Rica, and Chile, who, together with Wheaton faculty, visited three different Indigenous communities facing displacement due to conflict, environmental loss, and territorial threats. Participants engaged in workshops that identified shared needs for ongoing psychosocial support, and will continue to work together to develop networks of pastoral accompaniment and practical training for indigenous Christians leaders across Latin America.

group of Wheaton faculty and staff with members and participants of Memoria Indigena workshops

Dr. Arielle Akines

Modern and Classical Languages

Dr. Danielle Corple

Communication

Dr. Alex Haskins

Politics and International Relations

Dr. George Kalantzis

Biblical and Theological Studies

Dr. Kristen Page

Biological and Health Sciences

2025 - 2026 Stott Fellows 2

The Stott Fellows 2 cohort traveled to London, England in July 2025 to attend the Peacebuilding Summit: Palestine in Comparative Perspective. The Summit hosted 120 Christian scholars, leaders, and practitioners from around the world who gathered to worship God and to learn about the witness and the work of the body of Christ in places impacted by settler colonialism, apartheid, and genocide. Summit presentations and workshops centered the histories and experiences of Christians from Palestine, South Africa, and Indigenous communities in the Americas. Stott Fellows joined Summit participants in collaborative action workshops to develop long-term action plans that aim to strengthen peacebuilding work through academic publications, advocacy, and church discipleship. To conclude their time in London, the Stott Fellows participated in a day-long workshop titled “Interweaving Pasts: Encountering Indigenous Theologies and Memories" organized by Memoria Indigena (a HNGR partner organization) at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.

Dr. Jamie Goodwin

Humanitarian Disaster Institute