The annual lecture is held during February – the month designated for education throughout The New Testament Church of God.
Grace Bally-Balogun is a minister in New Testament Church of God. She is a former District Youth Director for Deptford district and is currently serving on the National Youth and Discipleship Board. She is currently pursuing a DMin degree in Ministry Leadership at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary.
Grace lectures in Practical Theology and is the Course Director for Beginning Theology at St. Mellitus College (www.stmellitus.ac.uk). She is also involved at the college in preparing students from diverse backgrounds for lay/ordained ministry.
Grace was a member of Tearfund’s Dream Team from 2017-2018 providing strategic input into Black-Majority Churches strategy. She is also the Founder of The Deborah Gathering™, a network for women in ordained ministry, lay ministry and the marketplace. She has a commercial career that spans over 25 years in the Oil/Gas, Retail and Public Sector, performing senior roles in IT, Change Management and HR. She was the first Chair of Shell UK African Employee Network (2003-2011) and is the Chair of Bringing Hope Ltd. She is a Trustee of the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
She holds two MAs in Theology : Church Ministries and Christian Leadership and an MSc in Computing for Commerce & Industry. Grace provides leadership development and strategic consultancy to a number of charities, small businesses and churches. .