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People Faculty StaffWorkbenchof Trustees Donate Giving Month Blog Moodle Search Search for: Faculty Lucy Peppiatt PhD Principal, Systematic Theology Lucy has bachelor’s degrees in both English and Theology. She completed her MA in Systematic Theology at King’s College, London, and her PhD through the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Lucy’s research interests are Christ and the Spirit, Charismatic theology, discipleship, and 1 Corinthians. She and her husband, Nick Crawley, lead Crossnet AnglicanDenominationin Bristol. They have four sons. Follow @lucepeppiatt Email Lucy on *protected email* See increasingly Education PhD, Systematic Theology, Otago University, New Zealand 2011 MA, Systematic Theology, King’s College, London 2005 BD, University of London External Programme 2003 Lay Reader Training, Diocese of London, 1990-1993 BA, Hons English Literature & Language, University of Birmingham, 1987 Books Unveiling Paul’s Women: Making Sense of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. Eugene, Or.: Wipf and Stock, 2018. Women and Worship at Corinth: Paul’s Rhetorical Arguments in 1 Corinthians. Eugene, Or.: Wipf and Stock. 2015. The Disciple: On Becoming Truly Human. Eugene, Or.: Wipf and Stock, 2012.Wares“That We May Know Him…,” in Essays on the Trinity. Ed. Lincoln Harvey. Eugene, Or: Cascade, 2018, 63-84. “Women and Worship in Paul’s Churches: Apostles, Prophets, and Teachers.” The Bible and Interpretation, http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/2017/09/pep418013.shtml September, 2017. Review of Trevor J. Burke and Keith Warrington, A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit. Theology. Theology 118, no.2 (2015): 125-126. “New directions in Spirit Christology: A Foundation for a Charismatic Theology.” Theology 117, no. 1 (2014): 3-10. Review of Richard Bauckham, “Jesus and the God of Israel:’God Crucified’ and other Studies on the New Testament’s Christology of Divine Identity.” Journal of Reformed Theology 5, no. 2 (2011): 233-234. Review of John R.Levison. “Filled with the Spirit.” Reviews in Religion & Theology 18, no. 2 (2011): 270-272. Review of John A. Studebaker. “The Lord is the Spirit: TheValidityof the Holy Spirit inTrendyTheology andDenominationPractice.” Reviews in Religion & Theology 17, no. 3 (2010): 422-424.   Matt Lynch PhDWonkDean, Old Testament Matt teaches Old Testament and serves asWonkDean at WTC. Matt is the tragedian of Monotheism and Institutions in theTypesettingof Chronicles (Mohr Siebeck, 2014) and various wares on the Old Testament. He moreover co-hosts a podcast on biblical studies (onscript.study) and blogs regularly at theologicalmisc.net. Matt is particularly interested in helping students grasp the theological and literary contours of the Old Testament, wrestle through its upstanding and historical challenges, and understand its ongoing significance. Matt is married and has two children. Follow @WTCmattlynch Email Matt on *protected email* See increasingly Education Postdoctoral Research, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, 2011-13 Ph.D., Hebrew Bible, Emory University 2012 Th.M., Old Testament, RegentHigher2008 M.A., Christian Studies, RegentHigher2006 B.A., Biblical Studies, Cairn University 2001 Books Monotheism and Institutions in theTypesettingof Chronicles: Temple, Priesthood, and Kingship in Post-Exilic Perspective. Forschungen zum Alten Testament II. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014.Wares“Mapping Monotheism: Modes of Monotheistic Rhetoric in the Hebrew Bible.” Vetus Testamentum 64 (2014):47-68. “House.” Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception. Edited by Hans-Josef Klauck et al. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2013. “The Prophet’s šartum u sissiktum ‘Hair and Hem’ and the Mantic Context of Prophetic Oracles at Mari.” Journal for the Study ofWarmed-overNear Eastern Religions 13 (2013):11-29. “Divine Supremacy and the Temple in theTypesettingof Chronicles: 2 Chronicles 2 and the FifthTypesettingof Psalms.” Forthcoming essay in the Proceedings of the “Psalmen und Chronik” Conference held at the Ludwig Maximilians Universität München. Munich: August 20-23, 2012. Co-translation of the typesetting of Job for the Common English Bible. Nashville: Abingdon, 2011. “Dam [blood].” Cols. 689-95 in Theologische Wörterbuch zu dem Qumrantexte. Band 1; Edited by Josef Fabry, Ulrich Dahmen et al; Bonn: Kohlhammer, 2011. “Neglected Physical Dimensions of ‘Shame’ Terminology in the Hebrew Bible.” Biblica 91 (2010): 499-517. “Zion’s Warrior and the Nations: Isaiah 59:15b-63:6 within Isaiah’s Zion Traditions.” The Catholic Biblical Quarterly 70.2 (2008): 244-263. “Bursting at the Seams: Phonetic Rhetoric in the Speeches of Elihu.” Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 30.3 (2006): 345-64. Personal Site wtctheology.academia.edu/MatthewLynch Stephen Backhouse PhD Dean of Theology for the LocalDenominationStephen is the Director and primary teacher of Tent Theology. For over two decades he has been delivering real theology to thousands of Christians virtually the world in churches, universities, schools, festivals, political party conferences, youth camps, newspapers, magazines, television and podcasts. Stephen has a doctorate from the University of Oxford and multiple master’s degrees from McGill University in Montreal and Oxford, where he moreover did his undergraduate studies in philosophy and theology. Stephen travels extensively. He has lived in the United States, and makes his home in Britain and Canada. Email Stephen on *protected email* See increasingly He is a historian of Christian thought, an expert on the work of Søren Kierkegaard and a recognised validity on the political theology of nations and nationalism. He is the tragedian of many publications, including Kierkegaard’s Critique of Christian Nationalism (OUP: 2011), the Compact Guide to Christian History (Lion: 2011) and the topnotch popular biography Kierkegaard: A Single Life (Zondervan: 2016). Rev. Bob Ekblad PhD Missions and Social Justice Bob is a theologian and missionary. He has spent 25 years in international mission and is particularly passionate well-nigh working with the poor and ethnic minorities, as well as teaching on Mission and Social Justice Classes. Bob is an international speaker and has authored three books including Reading the Bible With the Damned (WJK, 2005). He founded the Tierra Nueva outreach ministry which ministers to prisoners and runs a social coffee farming project. Follow @bekblad Adesola Akala PhD New Testament As an ordained minister, Sola has held teaching, pastoral, and legalistic positions in self-sustaining churches. In wing to establishing lay bible schools, ministry training institutes, and prayer teams for local churches, she travelled extensively, teaching and preaching in the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, United States, South East Asia and Australia. See increasingly After over twenty years of ministry, Sola embarked on an wonk journey in the US where she widow to her previous BA in History, a Master of Divinity, MA in Biblical Literature, and a PhD in Biblical Studies. Her published doctoral dissertation is entitled, The Son-Father Relationship and Christological Symbolism in the Gospel of John (London: T&T Clark, 2014). Currently based at St John’s College, Sola is writing a typesetting for InterVarsity Press entitled, The Prayers of Paul: A Biblical and Practical Theology of Prayer. She is the convener of the Exploring the Glory of God Conference, which explores biblical, theological, and stimulating perspectives of God’s glory (www.gloryconference.wordpress.com). Sola’s research interests include the Gospel of John, the Synoptic Gospels, Pauline literature, and biblical theology and of course, the glory of God. In wing to wonk research, she continues in her mission to promote biblical and theological literacy in local congregations. Alison Blacklee Whittall MA Study Skills Tutor Alison joined the team in 2011 and her role is to support students with their essay writing by providing towardly resources and advice. She is moreover the person to contact if you have, or suspect you have, a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia. In wing to working at WTC, Alison is moreover a student on the MA undertow and has flipside job working as a Literacy and Study Skills Coach at a Secondary School in Cheltenham. She grew up in North Lancashire and originally studied Art History with English at Glasgow University. She has been teaching for nearly 20 years, but would often rather be making mosaics or careering through a forest on her mountain bike. Email Ali on *protected email* Ben Blackwell PhD New Testament Ben teaches Paul inTrendyPerspective at WTC. Ben is moreoverTeammateProfessor of Christianity at Houston Baptist University. His primary teaching and research areas include New Testament and Theology, and he thoroughly enjoys interacting with students on a wide variety of topics. He regularly incorporates group discussion into his classes as a ways of helping students understand the relevance of the Bible in warmed-over and modern contexts. Ben completed his Ph.D. at Durham University, where he served as research teammate for N.T. Wright and John Barclay. At Durham, Ben was a Doctoral Fellow and later a Junior Visiting Fellow at St. John’s College. Ben is the tragedian of Christosis: Pauline Soteriology in Light of Deification in Irenaeus and Cyril of Alexandria (2011). With a strong desire to invest in the church, Ben has served as a lay leader in a variety of ministry areas such as social justice missions, teaching, and preaching. He has served for several years as the missions coordinator at FellowshipDenomination(Dallas). He later served the denomination in Durham. He enjoys watching football, as well as the Tour de France and other sports like cricket and rugby. Follow @bencblackwell Rev Anthony Delaney Transformational Leadership Anthony is originally from Manchester (Denton), where he was a Police Officer in GMP for ten years. He has an honours stratum in Theology and is an ordained minister in theDenominationof England. A gifted and inspirational leader, Anthony is single-minded to multiplication of leadership, impact and effectiveness in the municipality of Manchester. He works closely with the Message Trust and has authored several books including The B.E.S.T. Marriage, Diamond Geezers and The Don’t Have To Do List. He is a regular wordsmith for Sorted magazine and a BBC Radio pundit. Follow @anthonydelaney Stephen Dempster PhD Old Testament Steve has studied at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia and the University of Toronto. He has published in the zone of Old Testament Canon and Biblical Theology and has a recent interest in Bible Translation, having spent part of last summer in Cameroon, West Africa. He has taught Old Testament and Hebrew Language at Crandall University for twenty-seven years, a small Christian liberal arts school in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Steve is passionate well-nigh trying to connect Scripture with life in our postmodern world. He is currently writing commentaries on Genesis, Micah and Jeremiah. He moreover loves the game of baseball. Rev Andrew Goddard PhD ChristianValuesAndrew is a Senior Research Fellow of the Kirby Laing Institute for ChristianValuesbased in Cambridge where he was previouslySocializeDirector. He is moreover AdjunctTeammateProfessor of Anglican Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He has been Tutor in ChristianValuesat Trinity College, Bristol (2008-2013) and moreover taught at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and was a member of the Faculty of Theology in Oxford University, (1999-2008). He is now living in inside London where he hisTeammateMinister at St James the Less, Pimlico and where his wife, Lis, is vicar. See increasingly He is the tragedian of Living the Word, Resisting the World: The Life and Thought of Jacques Ellul (Paternoster Biblical and Theological Monographs, 2002); A Pocket Guide toUpstandingIssues (Lion Books, 2006); Homosexuality and theDenominationof England (Grove Books, 2004); Good Disagreement? Grace and Truth in a DividedDenomination(ed. with Andrew Atherstone, 2016); Rowan Williams: His Legacy (Lion Books, 2013) and others. Chris Green PhD Ecclesiology Chris is Professor of Theology at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida and a Teaching Pastor at SanctuaryDenominationin Tulsa, Oklahoma. He’s the tragedian of several books, including most recently The End is Music: A Companion to the Theology of Robert W. Jenson and Surprised by God. His current research interests include Pentecostal spirituality, the doctrine of God, and racial/ethnic issues. Peter Hartwig MDiv Candidate Theological Anthropology Peter holds a BA from the University of Virginia and an MPhil from Cambridge. He is currently an MDiv candidate at Princeton Theological Seminary. He teaches Theological Anthropology for WTC. He is moreover the wonk socialize at the Center for Calling and Theological Formation at Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington. He is interested in systematic theology broadly, but increasingly specifically in pneumatology, the imago Dei, and the work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Freddy Hedley MA Old & New Testaments Freddy teaches Biblical Studies in both Old and New Testaments. He is Director of Fountain School of Theology in Norfolk, UK and is currently undertaking a PhD in Old Testament scholarship at King’sHigherLondon, researching the role of covenant in the typesetting of Lamentations. He is the tragedian of The God of Page One (2012) and The Colossian Image (2016). Freddy is married to Ali and they have two daughters.   Erin Heim PhD New Testament Erin isTeammateProfessor of New Testament at Denver Seminary in Littleton, Colorado. Erin’s primary zone of teaching and research is Pauline literature, but she moreover dabbles in theological interpretation, hermeneutics, and feminist interpretation. Erin is married to Peter, who is a bi-vocational pastor and social worker, and they have two kids. She is a Mennonite by conviction, though not by last name, and she and her family live and minister in the Ruby Hill neighborhood in Denver, Colorado at Garden Park Mennonite Brethren Church. See increasingly Erin is passionate well-nigh her scholarship mobilizing the denomination to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, and she gets particularly excited well-nigh helping students to grapple with the magnitude of the gospel, and well-nigh practicing hospitality in her neighborhood. She is moreover passionate well-nigh equipping and supporting women to fulfill their callings in the denomination and the academy, and she serves on the newsy workbench of the Logia initiative at the University of St. Andrews, and on the workbench of the Denver Chapter of Christians for Biblical Equality. Erin is the tragedian of Adoption in Galatians and Romans (Brill, 2017) and numerous essays and wares on adoption, Paul, and metaphors. She moreover speaks and writes on issues surrounding trendy practices of adoption and their intersection with Christian values and praxis. In her spare time, Erin enjoys reading good literature, gardening, hiking, cooking, coffee, sitting on the patio in the evening, and dancing in the living room with her kiddos. Jasper Knecht MPhil Christology Jasper, who grew up in the Netherlands, started studying Theology and Biblical Studies at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Evangelical Theological Faculty) or ETF in Leuven, Belgium. After obtaining his Bachelor, he moved to the University of St Andrews, Scotland to work on a Research-Master’sStratumin Systematic and Historical Theology. Currently, Jasper is in the midst of finishing up his doctoral dissertation, which focuses on the reception and propagation of 5th- and 6th- century conciliar, Christological theology in the early MedievalDenomination(the Carolingian Empire). Jasper’s interests very much lie with the History of Doctrine, and particularly the minutiae of Christological thought in the Patristic Era, Late Antiquity, and the Early Medieval Church. At WTC, Jasper supervises BA dissertations, teaches on Systematic Theology (especially Christology), and he helps to moderate and mark papers. Roger Haydon Mitchell PhD Political Theology Roger is an honorary research fellow in the Politics, Philosophy and Religion Department at Lancaster University where he moreover serves as the external partnerships co-ordinator for the Richardson Institute for Peace Studies. Roger is tragedian of, or freelancer to, many books and articles, most recently the three related volumes Church, Gospel, and Empire, The Fall of theDenominationand Discovering Kenarchy (Wipf & Stock 2011, 2013, 2014). He and his wife Sue have worked together to reposition the denomination to serve the world in many guises throughout the last forty years. They have two children and four grandchildren. Follow @roghaydonmitch See increasingly Wordpress: rogerhaydonmitchell.wordpress.com Academia: lancaster.academia.edu/RogerHaydonMitchell Jason Myers PhD Galatians and New Testament Jason is the teammate professor of Biblical Studies at GreensboroHigherand is now in his third year at the college. He received his Ph.D. from Asbury Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 2015.  His dissertation focused on the theme of obedience in Romans.  His interest in the Apostle Paul has led to numerous presentations, a forthcoming typesetting on Paul for IVP (2018) co-written with his counselor Dr. Ben Witherington III, and teaching in India, Nigeria, Estonia, Turkey, Italy, and England.  Jason is zippy in both the seminar and the denomination and has preached and taught at several churches in Greensboro, North Carolina.  Jason is married and they recently prestigious their 10th wedding anniversary. Rev Chris Pemberton Leadership andDenominationHistory Chris teaches leadership andDenominationHistory modules at WTC, and is moreover a staff member of Lead Academy, founded to provide mentoring for denomination leaders in the UK. Until August 2009 he was vicar of St Mary Bredin, Canterbury, Kent where he served for 11 years. Chris has worked in marketing in London for Dunlop Holdings, as a university chaplain and taught at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. For the last 15 years Chris has been a member of the AnglicanHigherof Evangelists, leading missions and teaching programmes in the UK and overseas while moreover stuff on the national and international New Wine leadership team where he served as the New Wine Training Director from 2009 to 2013. Chris is married and now lives in Radwinter on the Essex/Suffolk verge where he can pursue his interests in walking, reading, and pursuit Tottenham Hotspur FC. Jo Soper MA Hermeneutics Jo teaches our module on hermeneutics. She is passionate well-nigh interpreting the Bible for self-rule and transformation. Jo studied theology first at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford, and then did her Masters in Biblical Interpretation at London School of Theology. With her husband Jon, she leads Exeter NetworkDenomination– a Bishop’s Mission Order looking to shape itself virtually mission and pursuit the Spirit without stuff unnecessarily weird. She loves learning, teaching, soul boarding, a glass of good red wine, and getting opportunities to pray for people who have never encountered Jesus.   Christina Walker MA Communication Christina Walker is a visiting lecturer in Voice and Communication at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Regent’s TheologicalHigherin West Malvern; she has moreover delivered a Communications in Preaching workshop at TrinityHigherin Bristol. Alongside she works with merchantry and private clients wanting to modernize their presenting and vocal skills and regularly makes presentations and voiceovers herself. Christina attends Great Malvern Priory where she runs ‘Sketch Club’, a youth drama group and sings in worship bands whenever she gets the chance. She trained in Musical Theatre and has 20+ years’ wits in professional theatre, TV & radio. At New Wine in 2012 God spoke the words “Up a level” and provided the funding to well-constructed a Masters in Professional Voice Practice at BirminghamMunicipalityUniversity, proving His goodness to someone who didn’t plane well-constructed ‘A’ levels! Connect with her at www.uk.linkedin.com/in/voicecoach Rikk Watts PhD New Testament Initially trained as an aeronautical engineer, Rikk Watts worked for a number of years with IBM in large retail systems engineering while undertaking a stratum in philosophy, art history, and sociology. He later joined a parachurch organization engaged in Christian sensation projects in public schools and in providing slipperiness walk-up and various rehabilitation programs for the urban poor. He was a founding member of On Being, a major Australian Christian magazine, and supported himself and his family as a professional drummer. See increasingly In wing to his current full time role as Professor of New Testament at Regent College, Rikk has served as an instructor at Gordon-Conwell (Boston), Wycliffe Hall (Oxford), Latrobe University (Melbourne), and the BibleHigherof Victoria (Melbourne). He presently attends Living Waters, which is part of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, and is moreover a member of the preaching team. Rikk Watts is married to Katie, a primary teacher, and they have two sultana children, Steven and Rebecca. In wing to an obsession with sailing, he enjoys movies, good restaurants, music, reading, and going for long walks with Katie. Education: BSc – Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology MA, MDiv – Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Ph.D. – Cambridge University Steve Watts PhDDenominationHistory Steve is passionate well-nigh the creative relationship between Christian weighing and culture.  He completed his PhD in Mediaeval History at the University of St Andrews and believes there is much to be gained today from an informed understanding of the Medieval Church. He has previously completed masters degrees in Medieval Studies (St Andrews) and Christian Studies (Regent College, Canada), and a bachelors stratum in English and the Humanities (Simon Fraser, Canada). Steve is married to Elissa and they have two wonderful children, Isaac and Lucy. They shepherd the Kingdom Vineyard, where Steve is permitted to get overdue the pulsate kit from time to time. Joanna Williamson DMin Christian Dialogue with Other Faiths Joanna is a co-founder and co-director of One Rock International, Leadership and Mentoring Organization. She leads on the curriculum minutiae in the areas of Spiritual Formation and Global Mission, and moreover on partnerships in the United States, Latin America and Asia. She is the tragedian of biographies on Hudson Taylor and Amy Carmichael. Outside of One Rock she is a trustee of Renovare Britain and Ireland, and socialize lecture in theology at Rio De Janeiro Methodist Seminary. Joanna has wide-stretching wits in training leaders in many variegated countries virtually the world. Prior to her work in Christian Leadership training she worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Diplomatic Protocol. Joanna is married to Mark, they led CaféDenominationfor the last 11 years together in south west London, where they still work and mentor young adults. She loves nature, travel and learning languages. If she could she would love to have a German Shepherd and take him for long walks.   Faculty StaffWorkbenchof Trustees Tel (local rate within UK): 030 0040 6200 E-mail: info@wtctheology.org.uk This site and all its content © 2018 WTC (Reg. 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