Trinity College Bristol is a theological college affiliated to the
Church of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches...
. It is located in
Stoke BishopStoke Bishop is a very affluent and medium-sized outer city suburb in the north-west of Bristol, located in between Westbury-on-Trym, Sneyd Park, and Sea Mills, Bristol. Although relatively small, Stoke Bishop's population has increased due to substantial infilling on the Smelting Works sports...
, a prosperous suburb in
BristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff.With an estimated population of 416,400 for the unitary authority in mid-2007, and a surrounding urban area with an estimated 561,500 residents, it is England's sixth, and...
,
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, next to the
University of BristolThe University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876...
's residential halls. It offers various undergraduate and postgraduate courses which are validated by the University of Bristol and chiefly trains students for
ordinationThe term Holy Orders is used by many Christian churches to refer to ordination or to a group of individuals who are set apart for a special role or ministry....
in the Church of England, although the courses are interdenominational.
The building previously known as Stoke House was built in 1669 and has been designated by
English HeritageEnglish Heritage . is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government with a broad remit of managing the historic built environment of England. It is currently sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
as a grade II*
listed building.
Trinity College Bristol was formed in 1972 from a merger of three
evangelicalEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s.Most adherents consider its key characteristics to be: a belief in the need for personal conversion ; some expression of the gospel in effort; a high regard for biblical authority; and an emphasis on the...
colleges in Bristol: Clifton, Dalton House with St Michaels, and Tyndale Hall.
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Trinity College Bristol is a theological college affiliated to the
Church of EnglandThe Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches...
. It is located in
Stoke BishopStoke Bishop is a very affluent and medium-sized outer city suburb in the north-west of Bristol, located in between Westbury-on-Trym, Sneyd Park, and Sea Mills, Bristol. Although relatively small, Stoke Bishop's population has increased due to substantial infilling on the Smelting Works sports...
, a prosperous suburb in
BristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London, and east of Cardiff.With an estimated population of 416,400 for the unitary authority in mid-2007, and a surrounding urban area with an estimated 561,500 residents, it is England's sixth, and...
,
EnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, next to the
University of BristolThe University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876...
's residential halls. It offers various undergraduate and postgraduate courses which are validated by the University of Bristol and chiefly trains students for
ordinationThe term Holy Orders is used by many Christian churches to refer to ordination or to a group of individuals who are set apart for a special role or ministry....
in the Church of England, although the courses are interdenominational.
Building
The building previously known as Stoke House was built in 1669 and has been designated by
English HeritageEnglish Heritage . is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government with a broad remit of managing the historic built environment of England. It is currently sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
as a grade II*
listed building.
History
Trinity College Bristol was formed in 1972 from a merger of three
evangelicalEvangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s.Most adherents consider its key characteristics to be: a belief in the need for personal conversion ; some expression of the gospel in effort; a high regard for biblical authority; and an emphasis on the...
colleges in Bristol: Clifton, Dalton House with St Michaels, and Tyndale Hall. Trinity College Bristol is rooted in the evangelical tradition but offers training to Christians from a variety of theological traditions.
All of the colleges had their origins in the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society (BCMS, now
CrosslinksCrosslinks is an evangelical Anglican missionary society, drawing its support mainly from parishes in the Church of England and Church of Ireland. It was known as the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society until 1992-The Society's foundation:...
). The Bible Missionary Training College opened in Bristol in 1925, and was recognized by the Church of England in 1927. The BCMS college faced great difficulties in its early days. Its conservative evangelical constituency was numerically and financially weak. The staff split over the issue of subscription to BCMS' doctrinal basis, and those who did not view subscription as essential left to form Clifton Theological College. Subsequently, Dalton House was opened to train women. The Principal of the men's college (C.S.Carter) resigned in the early 1930s after dismissing a student. It was renamed
TyndaleWilliam Tyndale was a 16th-century Protestant reformer and scholar who, influenced by the work of Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther, translated considerable parts of the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day...
Hall in 1952.
An earlier attempt at merger in the 1960s was poorly handled and resulted in considerable conflict.
Since September 1997, Trinity College Bristol has been a member of the Bristol Federation. Its partners are Bristol Baptist College,
Wesley CollegeWesley College, Bristol is a theological college in Bristol, England. It is the oldest provider of theological education for the British Methodist church and the core institution of the Soth West Regional Training Network of the Methodist Church where its partners are The South West Ministerial...
, and the West of England Ministerial Training Course (WEMTC).
Notable staff and alumni
- George Carey
George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton PC FKC was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002. He was the first modern holder not to have attended Oxford or Cambridge University...
– 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury. Principal of the college from 1982–1988.
- David Jackman
David Jackman is a renowned British Evangelical Christian speaker, and former president of The Proclamation Trust. He founded the Cornhill Training Course in 1991 and was previously Minister of Above Bar Church, Southampton from 1976 - 1991.Jackman attended Downing College, Cambridge, and...
– Former student. President of the Proclamation TrustThe Proclamation Trust is a British evangelical Christian association founded in 1986 by Dick Lucas, led by Vaughan Roberts, based in Willcox House, London that is dedicated to training preachers in expository preaching. The Trust runs the Cornhill Training Course, the Evangelical Ministry Assembly...
and former Minister of Above Bar Church, SouthamptonAbove Bar Church is an evangelical church in Southampton, affiliated to the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches. The building is on the corner of Above Bar Street and Ogle Road in Southampton City Centre, with shops on the ground level and the auditorium and other rooms above...
.
- J. Alec Motyer – Former principal of the college, well known as the author of several key books, including The Prophecy of Isaiah. He is also the Old Testament editor of the Bible Speaks Today series of commentaries.
- J. I. Packer
James Innell Packer is a British-born Canadian Christian theologian in the low church Anglican tradition. He currently serves as the Board of Governors' Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia...
– Associate principal from 1971-79. In 2005, Time Magazine named Packer one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in America.
- Joyce G. Baldwin - Former principal and author of numerous commentaries.
- Gordon Wenham
Gordon Wenham is an Old Testament scholar and author of several books about the Bible.He read Theology at Cambridge University, graduating in 1965 with distinction, and completed his PhD on Deuteronomy in 1970. He has been awarded several scholarships in connection with Old Testament studies and...
- Emeritus professor of Old Testament at the University of GloucestershireThe University of Gloucestershire is a university primarily based in Gloucestershire, England, spread over five campuses, three in Cheltenham, one in Gloucester and one campus in London...
.