London School of Theology

London School of Theology
Type Seminary
Established 1943 (1943)
Location London, England, United Kingdom
Website lst.ac.uk

The London School of Theology (LST) is an English interdenominational evangelical theological college based in Northwood within the London Borough of Hillingdon. LST is one of the largest evangelical theological colleges in Europe, with an extensive theological library containing around 50,000 volumes.

History

The London School of Theology began in the middle of World War II when a group of ministers, missionaries and business people with a vision for an interdenominational, evangelical college that would counter the rising tide of liberal scholarship in Western universities and prepare Christians to interact with post-war world. LST was founded in 1943 as the London Bible College and was originally situated on Marylebone Road in central London. By 1944, over 300 students were enrolled, and two years later the number was up to 1,400.

In 1970 the college moved to Northwood on a campus previously occupied by the London College of Divinity (or London School of Divinity), an Anglican institution. The 1990s saw the opening of a new postgraduate centre, the Guthrie Centre, which formerly housed the Centre for Islamic Studies (centre now closed). In 2004 the name of the college was changed to the London School of Theology.[1]

Its faculty has included New Testament scholars Donald Guthrie, R. T. France, Ralph P. Martin[2] and Max Turner as well as Derek Tidball, a practical theologian and sociologist of religion. LST also had strong connections with the Anglican theologian John Stott, an important supporter and former council member of the college.[3]

Principals

  • 1946–1965 – Ernest Kevan
  • 1966–1980 – Gilbert Kirby
  • 1980–1989 – Michael Griffiths
  • 1989–1995 – Peter Cotterell
  • 1995–2007 – Derek Tidball
  • 2007–2008 – Anna Robbins (acting)
  • 2008–2010 – Simon Steer
  • 2010–2012 – Chris Jack (acting)
  • 2012–2016 – No principal, senior leadership team model used
  • 2017–present – Calvin Samuel

Presidents

  • 2014 – June 2016: Krish Kandiah

Faculty (as of April 2018)

  • Ekaterina Kozlova
  • Nikolaos Souvlakis
  • Nicholas Lunn
  • Geraldine Luce
  • Carey Luce
  • Conrad Gempf
  • Christopher Grey
  • Jeremy Perigo
  • Matthew Knell
  • Graham McFarlane
  • Richard Hubbard
  • Graham Twelftree
  • John Dennis
  • Janet Penny
  • Kirsty Annable
  • Marvin Oxenham
  • Lyn Powell
  • William Atkinson

Notable alumni

Further reading

Ian Randall, Educating Evangelicalism: The Origins, Development and Impact of London Bible College, Carlisle: Paternoster, 2000, ISBN 0-85364-873-5

References

  1. ↑ "Blog Interview – Dr Graham McFarlane – London School of Theology". Biblical Studies Blog. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ↑ Ralph P. Martin 1925–2013
  3. ↑ Ian Randall: Educating Evangelicalism: The Origins, Development and Impact of London Bible College. Paternoster, Carlisle 2000, p. 18 (etc.).

Coordinates: 51°36′46″N 0°25′52″W / 51.6127°N 0.4311°W / 51.6127; -0.4311

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