Highland Theological College (geograph 4382817)

The Highland Theological College (HTC;

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: ''Colaiste Diadhaireachd na Gaidhealtach'') is located in

Dingwall Dingwall ( sco, Dingwal, gd, Inbhir Pheofharain ) is a town and a royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It has a population of 5,491. It was an east-coast harbour that now lies inland. Dingwall Castle was once the biggest cast ...

, Scotland. It is part of the

University of the Highlands and Islands , type = federal, public , image_name = UHI Coat of Arms.jpg , image_size = 150px , established = 2011 – University status 1992 – UHI Millennium Institute , chancellor = The Princess Royal , vice_chancellor = , budget = £139m (2022 ...

. In 1994 the Highland Theological Institute was set up with the assistance of Moray College and based in a small building in its grounds. The initial staff team was made up of two

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ministers

Andrew McGowan Andrew Brian McGowan (born 1961) is an Australian scholar of early Christianity and an Anglican priest. He is McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies at Yale Divinity School and dean and president of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. Prior to ...

and Hector Morrison. In 1999 they moved to premises that had been acquired in the centre of

and the name was changed to Highland Theological College (HTC). In 2006 it was approved by the

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as a college for the training of

ministers. Theologically, it is within the evangelical and Reformed Christian tradition. Hector Morrison has been the principal since 2009. In 2014 there were 141 students. In 2015, the college opened a satellite site in

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* Church of Scotland Bible colleges, seminaries and theological colleges in Scotland University of the Highlands and Islands 1994 establishments in Scotland Educational institutions established in 1994 Dingwall {{UK-university-stub