About
Helen has been lecturing at our Christchurch Campus since September 2015, having previously worked part-time with the Moorlands Midlands centre. She took on the BA Course Leader role in February 2017. Helen’s doctoral studies were in the area of contemporary ecclesiology, which she completed at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, under the supervision of Professor Steve Walton and Dr Adrian Chatfield.
Prior to working at Moorlands College, Helen gained teaching experience in a variety of contexts. She initially taught life skills, literacy, and numeracy to young people not in education, employment, or training before lecturing in sports science at an FE College. She also taught English as a foreign language in Thailand and the UK.
Alongside working at the College, Helen is involved in the worship band at her local church and preaches in both her own church and others in the area. She is a ministry leader with Richmond holidays, where she gets to combine two of her biggest passions: teaching the Bible and skiing. She enjoys living near the sea, and makes the most of her proximity to the beach through paddle boarding, running, and swimming.
Teaching
- Church and Community
- Youth and Society
- New Testament 1 & 2
- Old Testament 2
- Exploring the Mission of God
- Missional Leadership
- Study Skills
- Theological Foundations for Practice
- Contexts of Practice
Publications
- Morris, Helen and Helen Cameron, eds. Evangelicals Engaging with Practical Theology: Theology that Impacts the Church and World. London: Routledge, 2022.
- Morris, Helen. “A wonderful plan for my life? Pete Ward’s “the Gospel and Change” in dialogue with Charles Taylor.” In Evangelicals Engaging with Practical Theology: Theology that Impacts the Church and World, edited by Helen Morris and Helen Cameron, 70-83. London: Routledge, 2022.
- Miller, Helen. “Lions in Lambs’ Clothing? A Response to Middleton’s The Violence of the Lamb: Martyrs as Agents of Divine Judgement in the Book of Revelation.” In Map or Compass? The Bible on Violence, edited by Michael Spalione and Helen Paynter, 139-156. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2022.
- Helen Miller. “30 days with the Book of Revelation: A toolkit for you and your church.” Bible Month. Leaders of Worship and Preachers Trust. December, 2022.
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Morris, Helen D. “Who we Worship: God the Son.” In Why Worship? Insights into the Wonder of Worship, edited by Tim Hughes, Nick Drake and Liza Hoeksma, 32–48. London: SPCK, 2021.
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Morris, Helen D. Flexible Church: Being the Church in the Contemporary World. London: SCM, 2019.
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Morris, Helen. “The City as Foil (not Friend nor Foe): Conformity and Subversion in 1 Corinthians 12:12-31.” In The Urban World and the First Christians, edited by S. Walton, D. W. J. Gill and P. Trebilco, 141-59. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017.
Research interests
Helen’s research interests include the relationship between church and culture. In her PhD she examined the writings of a variety of authors who urge the UK church to respond more intentionally and critically to recent cultural changes. Her PhD also had a strong New Testament component, in that she assessed the ecclesiology of the authors she was engaging with in reference to Paul’s body of Christ metaphor.
