Blog archive

Moving in to Carter?

While many of our students live in homes and flats in the various neighbourhoods of Bristol, in an average year, a close-knit community of between 25 and 30 single and commuter students live in our Carter building. Will you be joining the Carter community this autumn? Read more here about life in Carter from our […]

Meet our 2019-20 chaplains

Our chaplains offer a listening, impartial ear, as well as a willingness to pray with and for those within our community, whether you are wrestling with personal issues, or just needing a space to vent. We have one returning chaplain and three new chaplains joining us this autumn. Read more about each of them here.

What did the first Christians say about Jesus?

Twenty years passed between Jesus’ lifetime and the writing of the first New Testament books. Do you ever wonder where the stories we read about Jesus in our Bibles today came from? That question is at the root of associate faculty member Rev Dr David Wenham’s new book From Good News to Gospels (Eerdmans, 2018). […]

Alumni story: A voice for women in Pakistan

Many women in Pakistan are caught in a patriarchal system that denies them equal rights with men. Alumna Naureen Akhtar is daily working to empower them. Last March, Naureen Akhtar (Trinity 2013) stood shoulder to shoulder among the thousands of women who marched in the cities of Pakistan for gender equality, demanding equal social, […]

Meet Tom: A church planter on our dispersed learning programme

Last December, Tom Morgan moved to Swindon to help plant a church. After finding out that he had been approved to pursue ordination through the Church of England, Tom says, ‘I was looking for somewhere to train where I could be fully involved in my context but still have some of the benefits of […]

Leaver stories: Jon and Lydia Holder

After completing an arts degree at Falmouth University, Lydia Rudge felt the tug of a possible call toward Christian ministry. Exploring this call, she spent two years working with adults with learning difficulties through a charity and seven months exploring chaplaincy in a school in Kenya before participating in a New Wine Discipleship Year in […]

Leaver stories: From catering to ordination

From feeding those on the margins to ordination… read more about Trinity leaver Katy Gough. For nine years, Katy Gough was a caterer and manager of a baker’s shop, though the idea that she might one day pursue ordination had taken root in her mind. In 2014, she stopped catering in the traditional sense […]

My Trinity highlights

At the end of June, Trinity leaver Claire Gerard was ordained deacon in Oxford Diocese. Here are some of her unexpected Trinity highlights… Doctrine lectures on eschatology, atonement theory and salvation A growing love for the Daily Office (who am I?!) Rocking the cassock and surplice and spending a small fortune on bespoke clergy wear […]

Trinity welcomes new board member

In June, Trinity’s association members voted Rev Canon Mike Duff its newest Board of Trustees member. Mike is vicar of St Jude’s in Southsea. He completed the BA and MA at Trinity and, following his curacy, moved to Indonesia with CMS where he was responsible for national theological training. Mike now leads a lively […]

Meet our new principal

Our new principal, Rev Dr Sean Doherty, and his family have just relocated to Bristol from London. Watch the video below to hear from Sean and his wife, Gaby, and click here to read more about Sean’s story. Posted June 2019

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This blog hosts a collection of voices, some from within the Trinity community and others from beyond it. Although all opinions are each author’s own and cannot necessarily be considered to represent Trinity’s position, our prayer is that you will be inspired, informed, and challenged through your engagement with our bloggers.