The Bible College of Wales will be re-launching later this year with a new name and new premises, as part of a strategy to increase the number of students that can be trained in coming years.

 

The Board of Global Horizons, which runs the Bible College of Wales in Swansea, has decided to relocate its UK training base to Rugby in Warwickshire and operate under the name of The Trinity School of Theology from autumn 2009. The new, designed-for-purpose centre is non-residential thereby reducing operating costs in the UK.  For more information please visit www.trinityschooloftheology.org.uk .  There you will find information on our Open Day on July 11th and details on how to apply.

 

The decision, which was taken after careful consideration and prayer, is part of a wider strategic review which aims to increase the number of students Global Horizons is able to train both in the UK and abroad. As well as the new approach to UK training, the organisation also intends to increase its investment in overseas training.

 

As part of this strategy, it is anticipated that a new accredited UK training programme will be established with York St John University with which discussions are at an advanced stage. The new programme will include theology courses at the degree, foundation degree and certificate levels, as well as a number of work-place secondments.

 

For the foreseeable future the Swansea site will be used as a base for prayer and will continue to be the home of Swansea Community Church. However all academic studies will be moved to Warwickshire from this autumn. Existing students will be offered the option of completing their courses at the new Rugby site or transferring to local higher education institutes within South Wales.

 

Alan Scotland, Chairman of Global Horizons said; “We believe that this new strategy provides the best way of continuing the original aims of the founders both at home and abroad and securing its future in the decades to come. Our intention is to train people who are well equipped to take the Christian message to many parts of the world in the 21^st century. It is important that we train in a way that is relevant to this century.”

 

The missionary, preacher and well-known prayer intercessor Rees Howells originally established the Bible College of Wales in 1924, with the aim of taking the Christian message to the Nations. Global Horizons currently trains approximately 150 students a year both in the UK and overseas, in partnership with Lifelink International.