Partnership Academic Staff
The five colleges who make up the Partnership contribute staff to teach on modules offered at Luther King House, where necessary additional external staff are also employed.
Revd Graham Adams
Revd Jan Berry
Revd Dr John Campbell
Rachel Eichhorn
Dr David Goodbourn
Revd Dr John Harrod
Revd Dr Lesley Husselbee
Frances Ives, PG Cert., B.Sc
Revd Dr Richard Kidd
Revd Glen Marshall, MA
Revd Dr John Parry
Revd Ann Peart
Revd Anne Phillips
Revd Dr Andrew Pratt
Revd Dr Sean Winter
All staff may be contacted by mail by writing to:
Staff name, Luther King House, Brighton Grove, Manchester, M14 5JP
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| E-mail: jan.berry@lkh.co.uk | 47 | 0161 249 2503 | |
| The Revd Jan Berry MA (Theology) MA (Education) Diploma in Professional Studies (Counselling) Brief Introduction I teach in the area of practical theology, including pastoral care, liturgy, and feminist theology. I am convenor of the MA committee, and a tutor in Northern College (URC and Congregational) My research interests are in feminist theology and liturgy, and I am currently working on a Ph.D. on women’s rituals of transition. I have a strong commitment to inclusive worship and liturgy; I write prayers and hymns, and enjoy encouraging others to be creative in worship. I was ordained as a Baptist minister in 1977, and worked in Baptist/URC congregations before taking up an appointment as ecumenical chaplain at Sheffield City Polytechnic (now Sheffield Hallam University). I became a minister of the United Reformed Church in 1997. Publications: ‘Liberating worship’ in Life Cycles: Women and Pastoral Care ed. Elaine Graham and Margaret Halsey Sermon in Silence in Heaven ed Susan Durber and Heather Walton – details to follow Chapter in Studying Local Congregations: A Handbook – details to follow Prayers and material for worship in various anthologies including: Bread for Tomorrow ed Janet Morley Wisdom is Calling ed Geoff Duncan A World of Blessing ed Geoff Duncan Courage to Love ed Geoff Duncan Shine on Star of Bethlehem ed Geoff Duncan Friends and Enemies ed Ruth Burgess Worship: from the United Reformed Church URC 2004 | |||
| John Campbell | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: john.campbell@lkh.co.uk | Room 73 | 0161 249 2530 | |
| B.Sc. Hons. in Botany (St. Andrews, 1974); Ph.D. in Plant Genetics (Birmingham, 1977); B.D. Hons. in New Testament (Aberdeen, 1982). Brief Introduction: teaches New Testament, Christian Apologetics, Urban Theology & Church-related Community Work. Biographical Details: 1977-79 Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. 1982-1990 Minister in the Hackney Team Ministry of the United Reformed Church and part-time staff member of the Zebra Project, a Christian race relations project in the east end boroughs of London. 1990-2004 Minister of South Aston United Reformed Church in inner city Birmingham Publications: 2002 - "Springs of Living Water - five Bible studies", United Reformed Church, London (36pp) 2003 - "Being Biblical - How can we use the Bible in constructing ethics today?", United Reformed Church, London (196pp) 2004 - "Being Biblical - a study guide", with Paul Whittle, United Reformed Church, London (36pp) particular interests: the use of the Bible in the church; racial justice; urban ministry and mission | |||
| Rachel Eichhorn | Room: | Phone | |
| E-mail: library@lkh.co.uk | Library Office | 0161 249 2514 | |
| Job title: Learning Resources Tutor I am responsible for the provision and monitoring of library and learning resource facilities at Luther King House, including computer access for participants. I also offer sessions for participants on study skills, Internet use and accessing resources for research. I report to the Learning Resources Development Group, which manages the overall policy for learning resource provision. I have worked in library/information services for 10 years. Prior to joining Luther King House, I was employed as Principal Information Assistant by the University of Salford Information Services Division. I obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Information and Library Management from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1999. I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. | |||
| David Goodbourn | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: d.goodbourn@lkh.co.uk | Room 74 | 0161 249 2504 | |
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| John Harrod | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: john.harrod@lkh.co.uk | 71 | 0161 249 2516 | |
| Ph.D. (Manchester) M.A. (Cambridge) B.Sc.(Soc) (London) M.H.E.A. John Harrod contributed to the Conference on Faith and Films (Durham October 2004) in his capacity as Chair of Interface, formerly the Methodist Apologetics Group. This year he has published book reviews in Expository Times and Crucible. He is now convenor of the Partnership's Research Committee. He continues to be an examiner for A Level Religious Studies - the paper in Philosophy (OCR) and to be theological advisor to the Methodist Church's Interfaith Relations Committee. In January he offered a paper to the connexional working party on the Pilgrimage of Faith. He has just signed a contract with the Epworth Press to write a book : Christian Ethics in Contemporary Contexts : Weaving the Tapestry of Moral Judgement. He intends to complete this during his study leave (Second Semester 2006) with a view to publication in the new year of 2007. He is now a member of the District Complaints Panel | |||
| Lesley Husselbee | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: l.husselbee@lkh.co.uk | 46 | 0161 249 2528 | |
| Leads the Community Work programme at the Partnership for Theological Education | |||
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| Frances Ives | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: registrar@lkh.co.uk | Room 78 | 0161 249 2540 | |
| I joined the Partnership in 2003 having previously worked for Manchester University, The National Blood Service and a member of the European Parliament. I am a member of the Association of University Administrators. I have recently been awarded Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice (higher education administration and management) so remain familiar with the challenges of meeting deadlines and reading regulations from a student perspective. I am particularly interested in developing the use of electronic resources in administration, finding sources of funding for higher education and providing a participant centred administration service. | |||
| Richard Kidd | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: richard.kidd@northern.org.uk | Room 75 | 0161 249 2522 | |
| MA BD MTh DPhil My teaching covers a wide range of material spanning the traditional disciplines of philosophical and historical theology. Much of it is now focused in the area of Christian Apologetics and am interested in almost everything which begins with the phrase "Theology and ...". I take a special interest in the relationship between Theology and Science, and between Theology and the Visual Arts. Currently I serve on the Board of LKH Educational Trust and its Executive, and I am the Convenor of both the Validated Courses Committee and the Faith in Living Course Committee. Biographical Details, (study/research interests) My first degree, in Cambridge, was in Theoretical Physics, and it was in Cambridge that I first became committed to the journey of Christian discipleship. After initial training at Spurgeon's College in London, I was ordained and accredited as a minister of the Baptist Union of Great Britain in 1976. Since then I have served 9 years as a minister in local Baptist congregations. I came to Manchester in 1986, first as part-time Tutor and part-time local minister in Urmston. In 1989 I became a full-time Tutor, and I have been the Principal of Northern Baptist College since 1994. I greatly enjoy preaching, and am a non-stipendiary member of a ministry team in the Uniting Partnership (Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and URC) in Whaley Bridge, where I now live. In recent years I have re-discovered a childhood interest in the visual arts, both theoretical and practical. This now influences my teaching and other ministries in a variety of ways, and gives me a growing focus for relaxation with paint and canvas. My particular research interests continue the theme of "Theology and ...": Theology and Disability, Theology and the Visual Arts, Theology and the Natural Sciences - and, of course, Adult Christian Education. Publications: (with Graham Sparkes), God and the Art of Seeing: Visual Resources for the Journey of Faith, Oxford, Regent's Park College, 2003. | |||
| Glen Marshall | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: glen.marshall@lkh.co.uk | 44 | 0161 249 2520 | |
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| John Parry | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: john.parry@lkh.co.uk | 45 | 0161 249 2529 | |
B.A.(Theol), B.D. (Manchester), Ph.D. (Birmingham) Ordained as a Presbyter of the Church of Bangladesh in 1974 and served as Rural Dean of Rajshahi followed by co-founding a Bengali medium theological college in Dhaka. Returned to work as Director of an Interfaith Project in Southall, Middx. Teaching areas: Missiology and World Religions, primarily Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism, the last named being part the Ph.D. research topic. – The Encounter of Sikhs and Christians in India and the U.K. Secretary of the Mission and Other Faiths Committee of the United Reformed Church for 8 years and now Convenor of the URC’s Interfaith Relations Committee. Served on various British Council of Churches and World Council of Churches committees. External Examiner at the Universities of Sussex, Birmingham and Edinburgh. Short term teaching in The Muslim College, West London; Malua Theological College, Samoa and Tainan Theological Colege and Seminary, Taiwan. Publications include: The Christ of the Bengal Renaissance: The Beginnings of An Indian Christology in Kopf & Joardar: Reflections on the Bengal Renaissance, Rajshahi, Rajshahi University Institute of Bangladesh Studies, 1977 Exploring the Ways of God with People of Faith in International Review of Mission, Vol LXXIV, No 296, October 1985 Interfaith Dialogue with Diaspora Sikhs in Current Dialogue, 17, December 1989, WCC, Geneva Holy Land Pilgrimage: A Guide for Visitors, London, CCBI, 1992 Dialogue with Sikhs in the U.K. in The Indo-British Historical Review, Madras, October 1993 So you think you have all the answers – Other Faiths’ views of the Decade of Evangelism, pamphlet URC Southall – a Crossroads of Faith in Charles Brock: Sightings of Hope, London, URC, 1994 Guideline for Sikh-Christian Dialogue, written with Owen Cole and Piara Singh Sambhi, pamphlet, London, URC Sikhs and Christians Study Scripture Together – Some Reflections in Price, Sepulveda and Smith: Mission Matters, Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang Verlag, 1997 Sikhism in Markham and Ruparell: Encountering Religion, Oxford, Blackwell, 2001 “Truth is Highest, but Higher Still is Truthful Living” – The Nature of Sikh Theological Method in ed. Israel Selvanayagam: Moving Forms of Theology – Faith Talk’s Changing Contexts, Delhi, ISPCK, 2002 “Worship in Sikhism” in The New SCM Press Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship, London, SCM Press, 2002 | |||
| Ann Peart | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: ann.peart@lkh.co.uk | 3 | 0161 249 2531 | |
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| Anne Phillips | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: anne.phillips@lkh.co.uk | 42 | 0161 249 2513 | |
My teaching is largely in the area of faith development and Christian education. I also have a strong interest in pastoralia particularly connected with children and families, and victims and survivors of violence and abuse. I share the teaching of the Foundation module (Level 1) Biographical Details, (study/research interests) After studying theology at Oxford, I spent several years teaching RE at secondary and higher education level, in Ghana and several locations in the UK. I was ordained to Baptist ministry in 1990, and after a pastorate in Nottingham joined the staff of Northern Baptist College as part time Key worker for the Community Learning Network, developing learning initiatives mainly in Baptist churches across the East and West Midlands. I joined the full time staff of NBC in 1999 and am now Tutor with Special Responsibility for Regional Work, retaining through our part-time regional staff an involvement with lay people wanting to grow in their discipleship through locally delivered learning programmes. I also have responsibility in NBC for the learning of Newly Accredited Baptist Ministers, and I have worked extensively in the Partnership with lay students belonging to Manchester Ecumenical College. Over the years I have been involved in developing and writing ecumenical course material for children's workers and adult bible study groups, through CTBI and the National Christian Education Council, now Christian Education. My interest in children's spirituality and theologies of childhood is reflected in my main research focus: I am doing doctoral research into the spiritual growth of early adolescent girls. This involves significant engagement with related fields: women’s studies and feminist theology, human development, and issues of marginalization and injustice. In all of this, aware of my own cultural context, I aim for a global perspective. Publications: Seen and Heard: Reflections on children and Baptist tradition, Oxford, Whitley Publications, 1999 | |||
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| Andrew Pratt | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: andrew.pratt@lkh.co.uk | 305 | 0161 249 2510 | |
| Ph.D. (Liverpool) M.A.(Durham) M.Sc. (Wales) B.Sc. (London) P.G.C.E. (Exeter) Andrew Pratt's PhD thesis was published by the Methodist Publishing House in December 2004 under the title, O for a thousand tongues, the 1933 Methodist Hymn Book in Context. His article for the Christian Companion 2005. (Methodist Publishing House) on Frederick Faber was published during 2OO4.He is the author of an article entitled 'The Pros and Cons of Inter-Faith Hymnody' published in the Bulletin of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, April 2005 in preparation for giving a paper at the Society's Conference of 2005. He has been commission to write an article on the influence of Charles Wesley on contemporary hymnody for a proposed book (Charles Wesley: Life. Literature. Legacy edit. Rev Prof Kenneth Newport & Dr Ted Campbell) which it is anticipated will contain the most substantial critical assessment of the work of Charles Wesley to have been composed and which is due to be published simultaneously in the UK and USA for 2007. He is also preparing a book with the working title Charles Wesley Hymns and Reflections for the Methodist Publishing House. He has been commissioned by Prof. J.R. Watson and has written the entry on Methodism (1791 - present), together with some smaller articles, for a new Dictionary of Hymnology, The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. This to be published by the Canterbury Press in the UK and by Eerdmans in the USA, probably in 2007. He is preparing a collection of hymns, anticipated date of publication 2007 by Stainer & Bell Ltd., together with an anthology of original worship material related to death and bereavement (joint authorship, likely publication 2006). Two previous collections of his hymns have been published in by Stainer & Bell Ltd. He serves as Editor of The Hymn Society Bulletin, is a member of Board of the Methodist Publishing House and the Music Resource Group preparing new hymn resources for the Connexion. He is a Trustee of the Pratt Green Trust which provides grants for work in hymnology. Within the Partnership he is responsible for coordinating worship. | |||
| Sean Winter | Room | Phone | |
| E-mail: sean.winter@northern.org.uk | 43 | 0161 24j9 2534 | |
| BA (Hons), University of Bristol DPhil, University of Oxford I am the Tutor in New Testament Studies, appointed by Northern Baptist College. I teach Biblical Studies on the partnership programmes with a special focus on hermeneutics and New Testament texts and contexts. I am presently the Partnership University Liaison Officer, overseeing validation issues and relations with the University. I have been an ordained Baptist minister since 1994 and was Minister of Abbey Baptist Church in Reading before moving to my current role. My research interests are currently focussed in four main areas.
Publications include: "Michael Sattler and the Schleitheim Articles: A Study in the First Anabaptist Confession of Faith", The Baptist Quarterly 34 (1991), 52-66 Good News in the Gospels: A Study Guide (Didcot: The Baptist Union of Great Britain, 1996) "Source, Guide and Goal! The Persuasive Function of a Pauline Doxology (Romans 11.33-36)", in Roger Hayden and Brian Haymes (eds.), Bible, History and Ministry: Essays for L. G. Champion on his Ninetieth Birthday (Bristol: Bristol Baptist College, 1997), 9-26 "Preaching from Romans Today", Preaching Today: The Periodical for Baptist Preachers and Lay Pastors 43 (2000), 3-9 "Preaching from Luke's Gospel", The Baptist Ministers' Journal, no. 272 (2000), 6-10 "Preaching from Matthew", The Baptist Ministers' Journal, no. 276 (2001), 15-20 "John's Gospel and Mark's Gospel: A Commentary Guide", The Baptist Ministers' Journal 281 (2003), 18-24 "Images of Jesus: Review Article of Markus Bockmuehl (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Jesus", Journal of the College of Preachers 115 (2003) "Translocal Ministry: New Testament Perspectives", Translocal Ministry: "Equipping the Churches for Mission": Essays on Translocal Ministry among Baptists: Biblical, Theological and Historical Perspectives and their Application to Church Life and Mission Today (Didcot: Baptist Union of Great Britain, 2004), 14-23 | |||