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Independent Students Ordination Training
  • Thinking about training for ordination, or church leadership at some point in the future?
  • Just done the Alpha Course, and want to learn more about Christianity?
  • Been a Christian for a while and just want to understand your faith better?
  • Getting involved in ministry in your church and want some basic theology training?
SPTC runs courses for those searching for more from their faith. It brings theology to the heart of the church, equipping next-generation leaders with the knowledge and practical skills to enrich their lives and guide others. All whilst remaining in their local church.

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The Beautiful Mind? - Emotional Health and Christian Theology

How we deal with our emotions is an increasingly popular topic.  Yet things seem to be getting worse not better, with growing numbers of people suffering from depression.  People are looking to faith and spirituality for answers -- but is the church ready to respond?

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School of Prayer

SPTC are running a 'School of Prayer' event designed to inform and ignite your prayer life by exploring the ancient riches of Christian prayer. Included in the day will be insights into prayer from some past masters, including C.S. Lewis (by Simon Barrington-Ward who knew him personally) and Martin Luther (by Graham Tomlin). The 'School of Prayer' forms part of St Paul's Theological Centre's 'School of Theology', but for once, they are opening out the invitation to others as this is such a vital area for everyone.

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Back to Basics or Business as Usual?

On Saturday 12th December, St Mellitus College, in partnership with King's College London and the Centre for Contextual Theology is hosting a day conference on a Christian response to the economic recession.  The two main speakers will be Prof John Milbank of Nottingham University, one of the UK's top theologicans, and Andrew Dilnot, Principal of St Hugh's College Oxford, former Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies and one of the UK's formeost economists.  There will also be a panel of commentators from the worlds of Finance, Politics, Theology and the Ch

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One of the World's Leading C.S. Lewis Scholars Gives Annual Lecture

On Monday, November 16, Revd Dr Michael Ward, one of the world’s leading experts on C.S. Lewis, came to SPTC to give this year's Annual Lecture entitled 'Planet Narnia'.  Dr Ward spoke on a discovery he made in 2003 which he and many critics believe has finally unlocked the secret meaning of C.S. Lewis's famous Narnia stories.  Dr Ward has written his discovery into a book, Planet Narnia, which was profiled in a BBC 1 documentary at Easter 2009, called 'The Narnia Code'.

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International Update

Following the successful launch of the SPTC School of Theology resources at St. Andrew's Mount Pleasant in Charleston, Christ Church in Kansas have just launched their own pilot programme of the School of Theology. 

 

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