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London School Of Theology
The London School of Theology (LST), formerly London Bible College, is a British interdenominational evangelicalism, evangelical theological college based in Northwood, London, Northwood within the London Borough of Hillingdon. History During the 1930s A. J. Vereker, secretary of the Urban Saints, Crusaders' Union, John Laing (businessman), Sir John Laing and others set up a meeting to propose a Bible college in London which would provide high quality academic training for Christian teachers in the City. The initial meeting, in May 1939, was followed by a larger one with greater representation, which set the vision and plans for the college. Subsequent meetings that year, which included preacher Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd Jones, drew up a report which included an outline of the fundamentals of the college. It would be residential for 40 (expanding to 80) places with a possibility of including evening students. It aimed for its courses to be recognised by London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dan Forshaw
Dan Forshaw (born 19 May 1981) is an English jazz musician and music educator who started his career aged sixteen. He plays the tenor saxophone, tenor, soprano saxophone, soprano and alto saxophone and has also recorded on bass clarinet and the Electronic Wind Instrument or EWI (musical instrument), EWI. He is a passionate advocate for improving and facilitating music education for both adults and children, and is a figure in the digital revolution sweeping through music education. Background Forshaw was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, into a musical family. He grew up in nearby Fleetwood and began playing piano at an early age. He attended Stanah Primary School, in Thornton, Lancashire, Thornton, where he first started playing the clarinet aged seven. He progressed onto the saxophone aged ten, before attending Saint Aidan's Technology College, St. Aidan's C of E High School in Preesall near Poulton-le-Fylde, and then onto the Blackpool Sixth Form College, where he starred in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New Testament
The New Testament (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus, as well as events relating to Christianity in the 1st century, first-century Christianity. The New Testament's background, the first division of the Christian Bible, is called the Old Testament, which is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible; together they are regarded as Sacred Scripture by Christians. The New Testament is a collection of 27 Christianity, Christian texts written in Koine Greek by various authors, forming the second major division of the Christian Bible. It includes four Gospel, gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, epistles attributed to Paul the Apostle, Paul and other authors, and the Book of Revelation. The Development of the New Testament canon, New Testament canon developed gradually over the first few centuries of Christianity through a complex process of debate, rejection of Heresy, heretical texts, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ruth Edwards
Ruth Rosamond Edwards (née Davis, 11 May 1984) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rushcliffe after the 2019 general election until the 2024 election. A member of the Conservative Party, she worked in cybersecurity policy prior to her political career. Early life and career Edwards was born in Bristol as the daughter of Christopher Charles Davis and Nelly Davis. She was privately educated at Clifton High School, Bristol, before studying theology at the London School of Theology, where she gained a First Class BA in Theology. She went on to complete a master's MSc degree in International Development and Security at the University of Bristol, achieving a Distinction. After graduation, she worked as a parliamentary researcher for then Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Counter Terrorism Crispin Blunt. She then worked as a strategy consultant for Deloitte from 2010 to 2012. Edwards subsequently worked as a specialist for the Home Affairs S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Clive Calver
Clive Calver (born 1949) is a British Evangelical Christian leader, teacher, author and international speaker. Biography During the early 1970s, Calver founded and led the groundbreaking mission team "In the Name of Jesus", which included Graham Kendrick, Stephen Maxted, Steve and Cathy Coupe and Rob Buckridge among its members. He went on to lead British Youth for Christ, and was heavily involved in the Spring Harvest series of Christian Conferences. Calver was the programme director of Billy Graham's Mission England before leading the Evangelical Alliance of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997. (170th anniversary edition, marking anniversary of the Evangelical Alliance in the UK) In the latter role, he was a major spokesperson for Evangelicals on both sides of the Atlantic. It was during that time that Calver and his commentaries on current issues were featured often on the BBC. He has also appeared on ABC's ''Nightline'', CNN and National Public Radio. He has written 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg (born May 22, 1952) is an American pastor of Scottish birth. He is the senior pastor of Cleveland's Parkside Church (located in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio), a position he has held since 1983. He is the voice behind the Christian preaching and teaching ministry Truth For Life, which broadcasts his sermons daily to more than 1,800 radio stations across North America. He is also the author of several books. Biography Begg was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1952 and still carries a distinctive Scottish accent after years of ministry in the United States. On 2 November 1972, his mother died. Regarding the incident, Begg wrote that "more spiritual progress is made through failure and tears than success and laughter." Begg graduated from the London School of Theology in 1975 and then served eight years in Scotland at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist Church in Lanarkshire. Begg became senior pastor of Parkside Church, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jeremy Balfour
Jeremy Ross Balfour (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothian region since 2016. A solicitor and Baptist Minister, he was first elected in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. Early life and career Balfour was born in Edinburgh in 1967, the third of four children of Ian and Joyce Balfour. Balfour attended the independent Edinburgh Academy and has spoken about the impact of his disability on his childhood. In 2005 Balfour praised his parents and teachers saying that they got the correct balance "between pushing me to do things and when I could not, finding other ways of getting me involved. For example I could not play rugby but I was made touch judge". Balfour came from a family which included several lawyers and decided to pursue a legal career so then studied at the University of Edinburgh. He trained as a solicitor. After working as a solicitor, he studied at London Bible College to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Krish Kandiah
Krish or Krrish may refer to: * Krish, an alternate name for Krishna * Krish (singer), Indian singer * Krish Jagarlamudi, Indian film director * Krish (Tamil director), Indian film director in Tamil cinema * John Krish (1923–2016), British film director * ''Krrish'' (franchise), Indian media franchise centred on a series of science fiction films **Krrish (character), fictional Indian superhero, titular character of the franchise **'' Koi... Mil Gaya'', 2003 Indian film by Rakesh Roshan, first film in the series **''Krrish'', 2006 Indian science-fiction film by Rakesh Roshan, sequel to the 2003 film **''Krrish 3'', 2013 Indian film, sequel to the 2006 film, third film in the series **''Krrish 4'', 2024 Indian film, sequel to the 2013 film, fourth film in the series **''Kid Krrish'', 2013 Indian superhero animated film * Krrish S. Kumar (born 1989), Indian actor See also *Kris (other) *Krishna (other) Krishna is a Hindu deity. Krishna may also refer to: Hindui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Calvin Samuel
Calvin T. Samuel is a Barbados-born Methodist minister and theologian, working mostly in the UK. He has served as Director of the Wesley Study Centre at Durham University and Principal of the London School of Theology. Samuel was born in Barbados. His father and mother were, respectively, a politician and teacher. He grew up in both Antigua and Barbados in the Caribbean. His early career was in banking before he moved to the UK in 1993 to study for an undergraduate degree in Theology and Pastoral Studies at Nazarene Theological College, Manchester. He subsequently gained an MBA from Manchester Business School and completed a PhD at King's College London. Initially a licensed minister of the Wesleyan Holiness Church, he was received into full connexion and ordained into the Methodist Church in 2001. He was subsequently a member of Methodism’s Faith and Order Committee. Career in Higher Education Samuel was Assistant Director of Research and Faculty Administration at London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
John Stott
John Robert Walmsley Stott (27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was a British Anglican pastor and theologian who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974. In 2005, ''Time'' magazine ranked Stott among the 100 most influential people in the world. Life Early life and education John Robert Walmsley Stott was born on 27 April 1921 in London, England, to Sir Arnold and Emily "Lily" Stott (née Holland). His father was a leading physician at Harley Street and an agnostic, while his mother had been raised Lutheran and attended the nearby Church of England church, All Souls, Langham Place. Stott was sent to boarding schools at eight years old, initially to a prep school, Oakley Hall. In 1935, he went on to Rugby School. While at Rugby School in 1938, Stott heard Eric Nash (nicknamed "Bash"), director of the Iwerne camps, deliver a sermon entitled "What Then Shall I Do with Jesus, Who Is Called t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sociology Of Religion
Sociology of religion is the study of the beliefs, practices and organizational forms of religion using the tools and methods of the discipline of sociology. This objective investigation may include the use both of Quantitative research, quantitative methods (surveys, polls, demographic and census analysis) and of Qualitative research, qualitative approaches (such as participant observation, interviewing, and analysis of archival, historical and documentary materials). Modern sociology as an academic discipline began with the analysis of religion in Émile Durkheim's 1897 suicide (Durkheim book), study of suicide rates among Catholic Church, Catholic and Protestantism, Protestant populations, a foundational work of social research which served to distinguish sociology from other disciplines, such as psychology. The works of Karl Marx (1818–1883) and Max Weber (1864–1920) emphasized the relationship between religion and the economic system, economic or social structure of soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Practical Theology
Practical theology is an academic discipline that examines and reflects on religious practices in order to understand the theology enacted in those practices and in order to consider how theological theory and theological practices can be more fully aligned, changed, or improved. Practical theology has often sought to address a perceived disconnection between dogmatics or theology as an academic discipline on the one hand, and the life and practice of the church on the other. As articulated by Richard Osmer, the four key tasks or questions to be asked by practical theology are: # What is going on? (the descriptive-empirical task) # Why is this going on? (the interpretative task) # What ought to be going on? (the normative task) # How might we respond? (the pragmatic task) Definition Gerben Heitink defines practical theology as “the empirically oriented theological theory of the mediation of the Christian faith in the praxis of modern society.” Practical theology consists of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Derek Tidball
Derek John Tidball is a British theologian, sociologist of religion, and Baptist minister. From 1995 to 2007 he was the principal of London Bible College which later took the name London School of Theology. Education A graduate in sociology (University of Durham) and theology (University of London), Tidball was awarded a PhD (Keele University, 1981) for a dissertation entitled "Evangelical Nonconformist Home Missions, 1796-1901". Career Tidball has served as minister of Northchurch Baptist Church in Berkhamsted and part-time tutor at the London Bible College (1972–77); Director of Studies of the London Bible College (1978–85); Senior Minister of Mutley Baptist Church, Plymouth (1985–91); Secretary for Evangelism and Mission of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (1991-1995); Principal of London School of Theology (the renamed London Bible College) (1995-2007) and as Visiting Scholar at Spurgeon's College, London.Ian Randall, ''Educating Evangelicalism'', Paternoster Press, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
