Seven UK Baptist Colleges are members of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB): Bristol, Northern, Regent's, Scottish, South Wales, North Wales, and Spurgeon's.
The BUGB also has close ties to the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague, Czech Republic. Baptist Colleges prepare men and women for ministry and offer ongoing ministerial development and training once they are accredited.
They also provide training for youth ministry, lay pastors and preachers, and courses on a range of topics including Baptist history and principles, counselling, mission and pastoral care.
Bristol Baptist College
The Promenade, Clifton Down, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 3NJ.
Principal: The Revd Dr S Finamore LLB MA DPhil
Office Manager: Mrs Fran Brealey
Telephone: 0117 946 7050
E-mail: admin@bristol-baptist.ac.uk
Website: www.bristol-baptist.ac.uk
The College participates in the mission of God through the formation of competent, passionate, Spirit-filled and evangelical men and women for different forms of Christian ministry. There are a variety of flexible study options. Students train for Baptist ministry full-time, in student pastorates and in mission contexts. The College is affiliated to the University of Bristol which awards the degrees. All ministerial students have the opportunity to visit mission projects in the developing world as part of their learning. Other students train in Youth Work and Applied Theology often with a view to accreditation as a Youth Specialist Minister. A new course in Children and family Ministry will be launched in 2009. These courses are validated by the University of Gloucester. A well-supported Saturday Learning Programme offers opportunities for those who wish to be more effective in their local churches or prepare for local ministerial accreditation.
South Wales Baptist College
54-58 Richmond Road, Cardiff, CF24 3UR
Principal: The Revd J D Weaver BSc MA PhD
Office Telephone: 029 2025 6066
E-mail: admin@swbc.org.uk
Website: www.swbc.org.uk
South Wales Baptist College offers a distinctive approach to ministerial formation. The friendly and informal atmosphere of the College provides the primary context for the community of staff and students, with academic lectures delivered in the excellently resourced and diverse setting of the Cardiff University School of Religious and Theological Studies. Together, these two settings of College and University comprise a first class, creative, challenging and exciting environment in which to train for twenty-first century ministry. Students can pursue courses which are either full-time College-based or part-time congregation-based, with a full range of Undergraduate and Postgraduate degrees available (BA, BTh, MA, MTh, MPhil, PhD). Applications are welcomed from women and men from both the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the Baptist Union of Wales.
Northern Baptist Learning Community
Luther King House, Brighton Grove, Rusholme, Manchester, M14 5JP.
Co-Principals: The Revd R L Kidd MA BD MTh DPhil; The Revd Dr Anne Phillips MA PhD
Office: Luther King House Reception
Telephone: 0161 224 6404
E-mail: richard.kidd@northern.org.uk, anne.phillips@northern.org.uk
Website: www.northern.org.uk
Regent's Park Baptist College
Pusey Street, Oxford, OX1 2LB.
Principal: The Revd Dr Robert A Ellis MA DPhil
Office Telephone: 01865 288120
E-mail: postmaster@regents.ox.ac.uk
Website: www.rpc.ox.ac.uk
The Scottish Baptist College
Room K202 The University of the West of Scotland, High Street, Paisley, PA1 2BE.
Principal: Rev. Dr James M. Gordon MA
Office Telephone 0141 848 3988
Email Isabella.stevenson@uws.ac.uk
Website: www.scottishbaptistcollege.org
(Please note: Although in Scotland, The Scottish Baptist College is part of the Baptist Union of Great Britain. It is also a member college of the Baptist Union of Scotland.)
Spurgeon's Baptist College
189 South Norwood Hill, London, SE25 6DJ.
Principal: Dr N G Wright BA BD MTh PhD FRSA
Office Telephone: 020 8653 0850
E-mail: enquiries@spurgeons.ac.uk
Website: www.spurgeons.ac.uk
Spurgeon's College is the largest of the Baptist theological colleges and has trained ministers who have made a large impact both upon British churches and across the world. Its core activity is training attractive, evangelical ministers and it has always had a strong emphasis on evangelism and church planting. Today, it aims to train 'missionary ministers' who know what they are talking about when it comes to theology and are able to interpret the modern world effectively. In this sense, it is both 'classic' and 'contemporary'. It offers both church-based and college-based patterns of training (BTh and BD degrees respectively) and has a range of MA and MTh degrees that can be studied full-time, part-time, and through open learning. Degree studies can also be accessed online through Spurgeon's Online Learning. The college supervises research degrees to MPhil, PhD and DMin levels. Important opportunities exist through the Centre for Pastoral and Professional Counselling and the Centre for Continuing Development in Ministry. Spurgeon's is associated with the University of Wales and is accredited by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Higher and Further Education. As well as belonging to the Baptist Union, it is a member body of the Evangelical Alliance and of the Micah Network.
North Wales Baptist College
Y Coleg Gwyn, Ffordd Ffriddeodd, Bangor.
Principal-Emeritus: The Revd J R Rowlands BA BD
Office Secretary: The Revd I W Jones
Telephone: 01248 383 759
E-mail: rss013@bangor.ac.uk
(Please note: It is also in fellowship with the Baptist Union of Wales.)
International Baptist Theological Seminary
Nad Habrouvkou 3, 164 00, PRAHA 6, Czech Republic.
Rector: The Revd Keith Jones MA BA (Theol) PhD MCMI
PA to Rector: Ms Vanessa L Lake BA
Office Telephone: + 420 296 392 365
E-mail: ibts@ibts.cz