Welcome:

You are at the website of The Portland Trust and Alan Jamieson.

On these pages we have some information about the Portland Trust and the research, seminars, courses and books the trust offers.

Chrysalis: The hidden transformation in the journey of faith Now Available -$30 (NZ) incl of postage (within NZ). email aj@portland.org.nz for orders


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About:

Portland Trust

The Portland Research Trust was established in 2004 to “promote the education, research and study of religion and faith”. The Trust has three trustees, Chris Bryant (Chairman), Richard Hunt (Treasurer) and Sandra Jamieson (Secretary). The Trust’s principal Researcher and Writer is Alan Jamieson.

To date the focus of research has been in the areas of:

    • faith development
    • faith journeys of church leavers
    • potential future expressions of church
    • Christian faith and church involvement in New Zealand
    • spiritual intelligence 
    • a relevant theology of Christian Hope

Alan Jamieson          aj.jpg         

Alan Jamieson is a pastor who has also trained as a sociologist. His PhD,  (published under the title – A Churchless Faith) researched why people leave churches and their journeys of faith beyond regular church involvement.

 

Seminars and Workshops

Alan Jamieson is available to lead workshops and seminars in the following areas:

    • journeying with people of faith in and beyond congregations
    • Christian faith development and how churches can nurture multiple faith stages
    • journeying in the wildernesses of faith and despair
    • stages of faith in a postmodern context