Community sponsorship for refugees

This is the eleventh BMO for Southwark, which has the second largest number of BMOs among all Church of England dioceses. During the presentation, Bishop Christopher said, “A Bishop’s Mission Order is created for extending, creatively, areas of outreach in missional, encouraging and life-enhancing ways – and this particular Mission Order represents the growing regard we have for the work Betsy has done to pioneer and reach out in arts ministry.”

Revd Betsy thanked Bishop Christopher, The Venerable Simon Gates, Archdeacon of Lambeth, and others; and spoke about this work as the fulfilment of a vision that God had given her for the previous five years. She said, “I had absolutely no idea how it could ever come to pass… It’s been a fascinating and sometimes challenging five years but, I think, the best of my ministry so far.” Betsy will also be supported by Bishop Rob Gillion, Bishop for the Arts.