Kingdom learning

Scholarships available!

We are delighted to share the news that we are offering several fully-funded scholarships for full- and part-time independent study, particularly aimed at those who might struggle to meet the cost of fees or are otherwise disadvantaged. The scholarships, available in partnership with the Relay Trust, are for candidates who either live in the South-West […]

Open Evening for Part-Time Study

Open Evening for Part-Time Study   ⁠Live in the Bristol area? Fancy studying theology alongside your existing work, church and family commitments? Why not consider studying part-time at Trinity? We are holding an Open Evening to discuss part-time study at Trinity on 6 June 2023.⁠ For more information, and to sign up for the Open […]

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 […]

Academic Awards celebration

We had a wonderful day on Saturday at our annual Academic Awards ceremony, celebrating the academic achievements of students  at Trinity College Bristol and Bristol Baptist College. At the service at St Mary’s, Stoke Bishop, Bishop Graham Tomlin delivered an uplifting address. The celebrations ended with lunch at Trinity and a chance for old friends […]

Jubilee Scholarship launched

At the time of Trinity College’s 50th Anniversary, research was conducted into the history of our building, which showed that the family who built Stoke House had links with the transatlantic slave trade. In response to this history, and in recognition of the ongoing benefits we receive from the building, Trinity College is pleased to […]

New Principal announced for Bristol Baptist College

Congratulations to Revd. Peter Morden who will be taking up the role of Principal at Bristol Baptist College at the start of the 2023/24 academic year. He has served as Senior Pastor at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Leeds since 2017, and in the 10 years before that held a variety of roles at Spurgeon’s College, […]

Exploring Black History and Black Theology

Black history on and off campus October was Black History Month; something we were keen for everyone at Trinity to engage with. Students and faculty took the opportunity to share reading and resources around Black history, racism and the Church, to reflect on their experiences, and take part in a number of events. Students arranged […]

MA course now available to dispersed learners

In recent years, the college has developed and grown a new cohort of context-based ordinands, whom we call ‘dispersed learners’. We are delighted that dispersed learners can now join our Master of Arts in Theology, Ministry and Mission programme. We really value our dispersed learners. They live out in their communities, serving their local churches and neighbourhoods while still […]

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 […]

Summer reads

We asked the faculty what are they reading this summer and what they would recommend. Here is what they said: Donna Lazenby: After Whiteness: an Education in Belonging, by Willie James Jennings A Promised Land – Barack’s Obama (autobiography) Jamie Davies: Macaskill, Grant. Living in Union with Christ: Paul’s Gospel and Christian Moral Identity (Baker […]