Rev Dr Graham Edwards

Graham joined Cliff College in September 2024. 

Graham is a Methodist Minister and has served Methodist churches in Macclesfield, Altrincham, Stretford and Urmston and West Yorkshire. Graham’s ministry has included working with Fresh Expressions, school teams and Local Preachers. He has encouraged churches to engage theologically and practically as they explore mission and evangelism in their context. 

Graham is originally from Liverpool and grew up in a family with a strong Methodist tradition. He worked as a lay worker and youth worker in various churches around Liverpool and entered the Methodist ministry in 2008. 

Graham completed his first degree at Cliff College in 2001 and continued his theological education in the following years, leading to the completion of a doctorate through The University of Chester in 2019. His doctoral studies explored the concept of Lived Religion and argued for an understanding of Lived Methodism mediated through contextual narratives of place. Graham is interested in how lived experience shapes and is shaped by theology in the life of a community. 

Education 

1998 – 2001 Cliff College. (The University of Sheffield) :  BA (Hons) Biblical and Evangelistic Ministry. Accredited by University of Sheffield  

2005 – 2007 The University of Leeds : MA Theology and Pastoral Studies  

2007 – 2008 Anglia Ruskin University : PGDip in Pastoral Theology 

2009 - 2018 The University of Chester, Doctor of Professional Studies in Practical Theology. The University of Chester.  Thesis: Telling Our Stories: Towards an Understanding of Lived Methodism. 

Publications 

Various blogs for https://theologyeverywhere.org/