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Emma Ineson named Queen’s Chaplain
Yesterday, Buckingham Palace announced that our principal, Revd Dr Emma Ineson, has been appointed as a Chaplain to the Queen. Queen’s chaplains are members of the College of Royal Chaplains, which forms part of The Queen’s Ecclesiastical Household. This largely honorary role involves preaching occasionally in the Chapel Royal in St James’ Palace, London. These […]
DDO Newsletter, February 2016
Did you know about our new School of Leadership? This autumn, Trinity College has unveiled a School of Leadership, run in partnership with CPAS, an Anglican evangelical mission agency. Key facts: The programme takes Trinity College students through topics in four areas: leading yourself, leading others, leading change, and leading mission. The autumn term’s sessions […]
The Problem with the ‘God-Shaped Hole’
We have a habit of telling people about Christ by first telling them about the hole within themselves. But is this really the best way to share the gospel? In the seventeenth century classic Pensées, Blaise Pascal wrote of an ‘infinite abyss’ in each person that can only be filled by ‘an infinite, immutable object, […]
The Challenge of the Suburban Church
How can we go beyond the programmes, strategies, growth targets, and competitiveness, and have the courage to seek the Kingdom of God? An informal Q&A with pastor and author Ian Stackhouse. Q: What are the primary challenges facing suburban churches today? How did you come to recognise those challenges? A: If I was to tackle […]
Church in a Crypt
If you found yourself surrounded by people living on the edge of life and death, what would you tell them? What would you do? Do you believe in the power of the gospel, in the power of the love of Jesus Christ, to change a life? When Jon Swales (MLitt, ADMT 2007-2011) began his […]
New School of Leadership
This autumn, Trinity College has unveiled a new School of Leadership, run in partnership with CPAS, an Anglican evangelical mission agency. The programme takes Trinity College students through topics in four areas: leading yourself, leading others, leading change, and leading mission. The autumn term’s sessions included ‘What do we mean by “leader”’, ‘Understanding who you […]
On Jargon
Jargon is not usually meant to marginalise or exclude—at best, it is meant to communicate, to build community, not to hinder it! So when we use special language—which God-talk is inevitably going to require—how do we use it best? Down at the garage, the man with the wrench says I need a new Fetzer Valve. […]
DDO Newsletter, October 2015
Did You Know? Did you know that we are the only theological college to offer our students every mode of training? Trinity students can now choose from three pathways to ordination: full-time residential training, full-time context-based training, and part-time training. Our residential students live in the Bristol neighbourhoods surrounding Trinity, where they are assigned, alongside […]
A newly refurbished chapel
Over the summer months, we refurbished the interior of our chapel building with new lighting, a new audiovisual system with wall monitors, new carpeting and colour scheme, and new chairs, bought thanks to generous donations from alumni and friends of the college. We are especially delighted with a piece of artwork commissioned from Sheona Beaumont, […]
New partnership with Aberdeen University
After many years working with Bristol University as the accrediting partner for our degrees, we now embark on a new partnership with the University of Aberdeen to validate our postgraduate research degrees. ‘The University of Aberdeen has housed a divinity faculty for more than five hundred years and has contributed significantly to the study of […]