Russ Parker
Rev Dr. Russ Parker was Director of the Acorn Christian Healing Foundation from 1995-2013. He was responsible for developing partnerships on listening and reconciliation in 12 nations ranging from Northern Ireland, Rwanda, Burundi, Hong Kong and the United States. Russ is now the Director of 2Restore which resources churches to resolve unhealed issues and move forward in a renewed ability to flourish as God intends. He is the author of Healing Dreams, Free to Fail, Forgiveness is Healing, The Wild Spirit, Healing Wounded History and Rediscovering the Ministry of Blessing. His second anthology or prayers and poems ‘Pilgrim Wild’ was published recently. Russ has hosted pilgrimages to Celtic holy sites around the British Isles for the last 20 years and for the last 12 years has shared this ministry with his long time friend, Michael Mitton. Russ travels extensively around the UK and abroad, lecturing and teaching on issues connected with Christian Healing and Healthcare, Reconciliation and Church Transformation. Russ is married to Roz and lives near Farnham, Surrey.
Upcoming programmes featuring Russ Parker
The call of the wild, the feel of the holy: Finding pilgrimage
5–9 May 2025 (Mon–Fri)
with Russ Parker
‘And how blessed all those in whom you live, Whose lives become roads you travel.’ (Psalm 84: 5, The Message Translation.) Pilgrimage is not so…
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