The Cambridge Theological Federation (CTF) is an association of theological colleges, courses and houses based in

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and founded in 1972. The federation offers several joint theological programmes of study open to students in member institutions; these programmes are either validated by or are taught on behalf either the

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Anglia Ruskin University Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public university in East Anglia, United Kingdom. Its origins are in the Cambridge School of Art, founded by William John Beamont in 1858. It became a university in 1992, and was renamed after John Ruskin in ...

. It also offers courses as part of the

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validated by Durham University.

Programmes

CTF has the following undergraduate programs: *BTh: Bachelor of Theology for Ministry (University of Cambridge) *DTM: Diploma in Theology for Ministry (University of Cambridge) *Certificate of Higher Education in Theology, Ministry and Mission (Common Award) *Diploma of Higher Education in Theology, Ministry and Mission (Common Award) *BA (Hons) in Theology, Ministry and Mission (Common Award) *Graduate Diploma in Theology, Ministry and Mission (Common Award) CTF has the following post-graduate programs: *Postgraduate Certificate in Theology, Ministry and Mission (Common Award) *Postgraduate Diploma in TMM (Common Award) *MA in TMM (Common Award) * MA in Contemporary Ethics, Contemporary Faith and Belief, Pastoral Care and Chaplaincy, or Spirituality (Anglia Ruskin University) *Professional Doctorate in Practical Theology (Anglia Ruskin University) *PhD or MPhil in Theology (University of Cambridge or Anglia Ruskin University or Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary - USA)

Members

Member institutions are: * Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (formerly the Henry Martyn Centre) * Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (

Eastern Orthodox Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or " canoni ...

) * Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology (

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) *

Ridley Hall Ridley Hall is a theological college located on the corner of Sidgwick Avenue and Ridley Hall Road in Cambridge (United Kingdom), which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and member ...

(

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual exp ...

) *

Wesley House Wesley House was founded as a Methodist theological college (or seminary) in Jesus Lane, Cambridge, England. It opened in 1921 as a place for the education of Methodist ministers and today serves as a gateway to theological scholarship for ...

(

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related Christian denomination, denominations of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John W ...

) * Westcott House (

/ Liberal Catholic) * Westfield House ( Evangelical Lutheran Church of England) * Westminster College (

United Reformed Church The United Reformed Church (URC) is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom. As of 2022 it has approximately 40,000 members in 1,284 congregations with 334 stipendiary ministers. Origins and history The United Reformed Church resulte ...

) Associate members are: * Eastern Region Ministry Course (

) * Faraday Institute for Science and Religion * The Woolf Institute (which includes the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian relations) * The Kirby Laing Centre for Public Theology in Cambridge

References

External links

Cambridge Theological Federation website
{{authority control Organizations established in 1972 Bible colleges, seminaries and theological colleges in England Organisations associated with the University of Cambridge Anglia Ruskin University Christianity in Cambridge