Grace Pengelly

Grace Pengelly

Grace is the United Reformed Church’s Secretary for Church and Society and a full time member of the Joint Public Issues Team, an ecumenical public issues team consisting of the United Reformed Church, The Methodist Church, The Baptist Union and The Church of Scotland.

Her role involves helping the Church to communicate powerfully and effectively in the public square, and helping people make links between their faith and social and political engagement.

Grace’s academic background is in political philosophy and religious studies. Her current research at SOAS explores the need for interfaith dialogue on the issue of religious persecution.

Before working for the United Reformed Church, Grace worked at Christian Solidarity Worldwide and as a Policy Researcher for a London MP.