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 Common Award 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 The Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide (CCCW) is a study, teaching and research centre in Cambridge, England and a member of the Cambridge Theological Federation which is affiliated with the University of Cambridge. History The centre ...

(formerly the Henry Martyn Centre) *

Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies The Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (IOCS) is a theological college in Cambridge, England. It works in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a public university ...

(

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 " canonical ...

) *

Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology is a Roman Catholic theological college in Cambridge, England. The institute was founded in 1993 to provide religious and theological education to Catholic laywomen: it now offers theological education t ...

(

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

) * Ridley Hall (

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 expe ...

) *

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 stu ...

(

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...

) * Westcott House (

/ Liberal Catholic) *

Westfield House Westfield House is a Lutheran theological college in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1962, it is the theological studies centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE) and is part of the Cambridge Theological Federation. The central ...

(

Evangelical Lutheran Church of England The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE) is a confessional Lutheran synod in the United Kingdom. It has congregations in England, Wales and Scotland. The ELCE's oldest congregations date back to 1896, and the ELCE itself was founded ...

) * 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 The Eastern Region Ministry Course (ERMC), based in Cambridge, is a part-residential theological training course which offers initial ministerial training on behalf of the Church of England. It used to offer this for the Methodist Church in Britain ...

(

) *

Faraday Institute for Science and Religion The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion is an interdisciplinary academic research institute based in Cambridge, England. It is named after the 19th-century English scientist Michael Faraday, the pioneer of electromagnetic induction. It wa ...

The Woolf Institute The Woolf Institute is an academic institute in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1998 by Dr Edward Kessler MBE and the Revd Professor Martin Forward, and now located in central Cambridge on the Westminster College Site, it is dedicated to the study ...

(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