LCT News – New Staff Appointment
LCT are delighted to announce the appointment of Revd Dr Tim Wall as our new Director of Foundational Learning and Elizabeth Pathway Tutor, a 0.5 post starting on September 1st this year. Tim brings a wealth of ministry experience to the role – including the last 7 years as an incumbent in East Durham. He has also recently completed his PhD in theology looking at questions of human identity. His new post involves overseeing the training programmes of students on a range of 1-year (‘foundational’) pathways, and especially the C of E’s new ‘Elizabeth Pathway’, an integrated discernment and ordination-training track.
Lindisfarne’s Principal Revd Dr Richard Briggs writes ‘We are excited to have Tim join us, and value the important contribution he will bring from his up-to-date experience of being an incumbent in the North East. He is joining a lively college team, committed to serving the needs of the Church of England in the North East. We look forward to welcoming him to the college.’
Tim adds: ‘I am thrilled to be taking up this position with LCT. Ministering in the North East over the last ten years, it has been wonderful to see how LCT has supported churches across the region by equipping and empowering students from a range of backgrounds. I am looking forward to being a part of that work, particularly through the new Elizabeth Pathway and other foundation courses.’
Welcome to Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne College of Theology is a Church of England training college in England’s glorious North East. We prepare people for ministries of various kinds, across all Christian churches.
We take our name from the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, with its rich history of Christian spirituality – but we are not based on the island itself. We work across Durham and Newcastle Dioceses. Weekly teaching is in the Church of England centres just outside Durham (Cuthbert House) and in North Shields (Church House).
At Lindisfarne College of Theology we offer
- a community of learning – theological and formational
- a context for training – rooted in our local North Eastern setting
- a calling to a journey – for all ages and stages
If you are preparing for official ministry in the Church of England, then in dialogue with your Diocese we can help you. Our students train for a range of ministries:
- ordained ministry as a priest or deacon
- reader ministry as a licensed lay minister
- authorised roles such as ‘Lay Minister of the Word’, ‘Lay Pastoral Minister’ or ‘Lay Chaplain’
- some are part of the C of E’s ‘Ministry Experience Volunteer‘ scheme
Talk to your Diocese (Durham or Newcastle) and talk to us.
If you want to study to deepen your Christian faith or prepare for service in your local church (of any tradition), then we can help you too. Get in touch to talk about joining one of our courses. We have many wonderful students from outside the Church of England studying with us.
We work at a range of levels: from taster 1-year part-time courses up to full postgraduate MA courses. But most of all, we work together to make training and study work for you. At Lindisfarne we say: No size fits all!
We hope you will enjoy exploring our website to see what we have to offer.
Revd Dr Richard Briggs
Principal, Lindisfarne College of Theology