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

 

 

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    "I warmly commend Lindisfarne College of Theology. Lindisfarne offers an inclusive approach to theological formation. The staff have significant skills and experience in working with those from a wide variety of theological traditions, and educational backgrounds. The College works closely with local dioceses, and is responsive to their training needs and requests. You will find a learning community which has a diverse and rich ecology of people learning together as Christian disciples for lay and ordained ministries. "

    The Rt Revd Rob Saner-Haigh, Bishop of Carlisle (designate)

    "Set in the context of the land of the Northern Saints with its rich heritage of mission, spirituality and learning, Lindisfarne College of Theology provides a unique opportunity for the formation of God’s people, equipping them for the work of the gospel today."

    The Rt Revd Sophie Jelley, Bishop of Coventry