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Cranmer Hall, St John’s College,

3 South Bailey, Durham DH1 3RJ

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Cranmer Hall is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Samuel Tranter as Academic Dean. Sam joins the senior leadership team and will have oversight of teaching and research across our BA, MA, and Doctor of Theology and Ministry programmes. Sam, who currently serves as Director of Postgraduate Studies at Cranmer Hall, will take up post in January 2024 following […]
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The Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research exists to tell the theological story of the Church Planting movement across the Church of England through quality theological reflection on original empirical research. We are hosting a series of webinars in 2023-24 on the theology of church planting. More details on the series can be found here. Our first webinar will […]
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We are delighted to announce the appointment of the Revd Dr Nick Moore as the new Warden of Cranmer Hall. Nick, who is currently serving as Academic Dean at Cranmer Hall, will take up the role as Warden at the start of the Michaelmas term. He succeeds the Revd Canon Dr Philip Plyming.    A passion for theological education  Bishop […]
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What Church Planters can Learn from English Medieval Renewal Movements Revd Dr Scott Harrower (Ridley College, Melbourne), Tuesday, 9th July 2pm  Church planters may draw powerful vital lessons from the life and ministries of Aelred of Rievaulx for the sake of developing contemporary stable and deeply Christian communities. Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167) was a vital community leader and renewer in […]
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“Avoiding Technique: Church Planting as Attuned Response to the Holy Spirit in Place and Time”  Sarah Shin (University of Aberdeen) Thursday 30th May, 2pm This webinar explores the relationship between technique and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the task of church planting. The paper will consider the work of the French sociologist, Jacques Elliul, and his warning against […]
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Cranmer Hall is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Cynthia Bennett Brown as Director of the MA Programme. Cynthia will take on oversight of our thriving MA in Theology and Ministry, with responsibility for recruitment, academic support and advice, and the core module in Theological Reflection. Cynthia is currently Lecturer in Systematic and Historical Theology at Belfast Bible College, […]
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The College is delighted with the news that the Warden of Cranmer Hall, Revd Canon Dr Philip Plyming, has been appointed as the new Dean of Durham Cathedral. This is an exciting new phase for both Philip and the Cathedral and strengthens the already strong partnership St John’s holds with the Cathedral. The Principal, Revd Professor David Wilkinson, comments, ‘We are […]
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Cranmer Hall is pleased to announce the appointment of the Revd Dr Joshua Cockayne as the new Director of Mission and Evangelism.  Josh is currently the clergy lead of Holy Trinity Boar Lane, a church plant seeking to reach the weekday community within central Leeds.  Prior to this he was a Lecturer in the School of Divinity in the University […]
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Cranmer Hall, St John’s College is delighted to announce it has been selected to be a Growing Faith Learning Hub in partnership with the Growing Faith Foundation. As such, we hope to become a dedicated research and training centre with the focus of enabling a radical shift in our churches so that our children and teenagers are invited and empowered […]
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Cranmer Hall, St John’s College is delighted to announce that it has received a grant of £60k from the Sir Halley-Stewart Trust to develop the work of the Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research. The funding will enable the Centre’s Director Revd Dr Will Foulger over the next two years to undertake pioneering research into theology and church planting […]
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