Kingdom leading
New Vice Principal for Formation
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Revd. Helen Johnson as Vice Principal for Formation, starting on 1st April 2023. Helen has been Pastoral and Formation Tutor at Trinity for more than two years and more recently has been Acting Director of Formation. She will continue to teach on a number of different academic […]
Women in the New Testament Course.
As a college, we fully support the ordination of women and are especially proud of those who attended and are attending this institution as part of their own journeys as well as those who are currently discerning their calling. However, while the church has come a long way since the first ordinations of women in […]
Trinity’s pioneer programme expands
This academic year, we are expanding the opportunities for both pioneers and those who wish to learn more about pioneer ministry. Currently, up to thirty-five students have participated in ‘input classes’, which are half-termly meetings, timed to coordinate with our dispersed learners’ block weeks. As they meet through Zoom, the group hears a seminar from […]
Black History Month at Trinity
Our BAME student group has posted around college portraits and photos of significant Black Christians who have influenced faith across the UK: ten people from a variety of denominations and spheres of society. [View a map of where they are around college.] Each poster at college highlights a different person, along with a QR code […]
The persevering people of God
What does it mean to be the people of Jesus in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic? A timely message from Tutor in Pastoral and Ministerial Studies Revd Dr Helen Collins, shared in our virtual chapel this morning. Three weeks ago, I began to think about what passage to choose for what would have been an […]
Poverty in the Early Church and Today
Trinity Tutor in New Testament Prof Steve Walton and Tearfund’s Hannah Swithinbank have co-edited an innovative book of essays that brings the expertise of those working to alleviate poverty together with the expertise of biblical scholars. This allows for a unique conversation about how Christians might think and act about poverty today. Q. Can you […]
One couple, two training tracks
Ordinands Sarah and Jonathan Lee chose Trinity so Sarah could train residentially and gain the space needed to reflect on her Christian practice in community, and so Jonathan could train non-residentially for more hours in context after twenty-five years as a barrister and part-time judge. When, as a biblical studies student at Sheffield University, Sarah […]
What is ‘dispersed learning’ at Trinity? (video)
Train for ordination in the Church of England by coming to Bristol for six block weeks a year, remaining embedded in your local context, and participating in weekly virtual seminars and pastoral groups with your cohort. (2:31) To request a prospectus, arrange a visit, or ask questions about how what we offer might best […]
Read our autumn newsletter
You can download a pdf to read the entire autumn 2019 Trinity News, and if you haven’t seen our new video yet you can click the link here. This issue includes: Going greener: Trinity students are finding ways to connect with and care for the world around them. The pain and gain of learning Greek: […]
Trinity students engage with practitioners during Workshop Week
Last week, Trinity’s Student Exec welcomed several speakers to college as part of a Workshop Week. Ordinand Leah Thompson coordinated the week as part of her responsibilities as Spirituality and Leadership Rep, a new role on the Student Exec this year. Speakers were chosen in part based on a survey completed by students last year, […]