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Appointment of new MATM Director at Cranmer Hall We are delighted to announce the appointment of the Revd Dr Nicholas Moore as MATM Director at Cranmer Hall.   Among a strong field he was the unanimous choice of the panel who were particularly impressed with Nick’s application and interview together with his accomplishments and publications to date.     Raised and educated […]

Cranmer Undergraduates Did you know you don’t have to be an ordinand to live and study at Cranmer Hall? We have a special type of student, called a CUG (Cranmer Undergraduate). You can come to Cranmer at 18, and live in St John’s College, and have a wonderful experience as a Durham University student doing a degree in Theology and […]

Dr Ruth Perrin’s Book The Bible Reading of Young Evangelicals (an Exploration of the Ordinary Hermeneutics & Faith of Generation Y) will be launched in Bowes Dining Room on Tuesday 21 February at 6pm. All very welcome. Interested in: The effects of the Bible on preaching and teaching? The Faith of Millennials? The current state of British evangelicalism? Researching ministerial […]

Cranmer Hall is delighted that another of our alumni has been appointed to the office of Bishop. The Right Revd Joanna Penberthy was appointed as the 129th Bishop of St Davids on Saturday 21st January 2017. Joanna started her training at Cranmer Hall in 1983, before serving the Church in Wales in a wide range of vital roles. We are […]

What comes to mind with the word “Theology?” Boring? Academic? Dry? Maybe so. But “theology” is about God—the dynamic, surprising, and thrilling Creator who became flesh but will not sit still in a university library or in an academic classroom. “Theology” is rigorous thinking about the God of Christian faith who reveals himself not just to theologians, but to everyone who […]

Step Forward 2017 Bookings are now being taken for the 2017 Step Forward event which will take place on Saturday 4th February 2017 at Bishopthorpe in York. Hosted by Archbishop Sentamu, this exciting free event is for anyone aged 18 – 30 who is considering ordained ministry in the Anglican Church and has been a real help in encouraging vocations. […]

New Book on Global Anglicanism from Cranmer Cranmer Hall’s Centre for Church Growth Research has produced Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion, 1980 to the Present, newly published by Routledge in paperback and hardback. This was also featured in the recent Church Times at: https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/6-january/features/features/a-story-of-growth-and-decline The Anglican Communion is one of the largest Christian denominations in the world. Growth and Decline in the […]

Revd Dr Philip Plyming appointed as the new Warden of Cranmer Hall in St John’s College, Durham University.  We are delighted to announce the appointment of Revd Dr Philip Plyming as successor to Bishop Mark Tanner as Warden of Cranmer Hall. Philip is currently Vicar of Claygate in the Diocese of Guildford and also Area Dean of Emly. Holy Trinity […]

I pray that the new Warden will continue the ethos of warm welcome, diversity and inclusivity…and do so with humour and humility. Micah 6:8 ~ He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. God of wisdom, we […]

St John’s College and Cranmer Hall are delighted to hear the news that one of our former Cranmer Hall tutors, Rev Dr Michael Volland, has been appointed as Principal of Ridley Hall, an Anglican theological college in Cambridge. Michael was supported by the College in his doctorate here at Durham and was nurtured in his thinking and teaching as Director of […]