Interests

Function
PhD in Practical Theology

Research Programme
Centre for Church and Mission in the West (CCMW)

Research Project
Church and Participation: What Local Congregations Can Learn From the Ontmoetingskerk

This study involves ethnographic research in a church in Amersfoort-Vathorst, called the ‘Ontmoetingskerk’ (Encounter Church). The Ontmoetingskerk is part of a new initiative called ‘Hart van Vathorst’ (Heart of Vathorst), in which some disability agencies, a day care center for children and a church share a roof. The aim of the initiative is that they will not only share this roof, but also their lives. My research strives to find out if and in what ways this goal is reached and what that means for the life of the congregation. Other congregations could benefit from these results in their struggle to find their place and relevance within their context.

Areas of Interest
Practical Ecclesiology, Disability Theology, Theology and Society, Inclusion, Empirical Theology

CV
2016-current

PhD, Kampen Theological University

2012-2015

Master of Ministry (MA), Kampen Theological University

2009-2012

Bachelor Theology (BA), Kampen Theological University

Other
2013-current

Assistant International Office, Kampen Theological University