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Founded in 1936 as the Barry School of Evangelism (1936-1950) ( also called Barry Bible College), was called South Wales Bible College (1950-1985), and then the Evangelical Theological College of Wales (1985-2006).<ref name=History /><ref>''Taught to Serve: History of Barry and Bryntirion Colleges'', Noel Gibbard, Bryntirion Press (1996)</ref> The school was situated in [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]] from 1950 to 1985.<ref name=genuki>http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/TheoColl.html</ref><ref name=Orchard/><ref name=Oylcott>"Preaching--Pure and Simple," Stuart Olyott, Evangelical Movement of Wales, 2005, p. 181.</ref><ref>Bruce, Steve, Conservative Protestant politics, Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 68.</ref> [[Eryl Davies (academic)|Eryl Davies]] became Principal in September 1985, moving the college to the seven acre grounds of the historic [[Bryntirion House]] in Bridgend. [[Jonathan Stephen]] became Principal in 2006 and the college was renamed Wales Evangelical School of Theology.<ref name=History /><ref name=genuki/>{{Self-published inline|date=May 2011}}<ref name=Orchard/> It had 170 students in 2009-10 in undergraduate and graduate degree programs up to the Ph.D.<ref name=History>{{cite web|title=History of WEST|url=http://www.west.org.uk/About-Us/History|publisher=Wales Evangelical School of Theology|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref>
Founded in 1936 as the Barry School of Evangelism (1936-1950) ( also called Barry Bible College), was called South Wales Bible College (1950-1985), and then the Evangelical Theological College of Wales (1985-2006).<ref name=History /><ref>''Taught to Serve: History of Barry and Bryntirion Colleges'', Noel Gibbard, Bryntirion Press (1996)</ref> The school was situated in [[Barry, Vale of Glamorgan|Barry]] from 1950 to 1985.<ref name=genuki>http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/TheoColl.html</ref><ref name=Orchard/><ref name=Oylcott>"Preaching--Pure and Simple," Stuart Olyott, Evangelical Movement of Wales, 2005, p. 181.</ref><ref>Bruce, Steve, Conservative Protestant politics, Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 68.</ref> [[Eryl Davies (academic)|Eryl Davies]] became Principal in September 1985, moving the college to the seven acre grounds of the historic [[Bryntirion House]] in Bridgend. [[Jonathan Stephen]] became Principal in 2006 and the college was renamed Wales Evangelical School of Theology.<ref name=History /><ref name=genuki/>{{Self-published inline|date=May 2011}}<ref name=Orchard/> It had 170 students in 2009-10 in undergraduate and graduate degree programs up to the Ph.D.<ref name=History>{{cite web|title=History of WEST|url=http://www.west.org.uk/About-Us/History|publisher=Wales Evangelical School of Theology|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref>


The graduate program is a "well-known British training schools for ministers and missionaries" that attracts evangelical Christians wishing to study for the ministry.<ref name=Murray> Iain H. Murray [http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/articles/article_print.php?1379]"Reinventing Evangelicalism", 2008, Banner of Truth.</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=May 2011}}<ref name=EMF>[http://www.emf-welwyn.org/about/school]"School of Biblical Studies", Jan.-Feb. 2011, European Missionary Fellowship.</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=May 2011}} WEST has a significant international enrolment, including students from Korea.<ref>[http://www.bkcuk.com/english/school2.htm]Bournemouth Korean Church webpage.</ref>{{Better source|date=May 2011}} It has trained generations of men for the Reformed ministry.<ref name=Keevil> Philip Keevil[http://awaketoday.org/blog/?page_id=2] church web site.</ref><ref>''Vehicles of grace and hope: Welsh missionaries in India, 1800-1970,'' D. Ben Rees (2002) Rev. Ernest Garfield Evans, p. 37.</ref><ref>[www.bible.lv/information/our_teachers.html] Rev. Dr. John Wook, Faculty page, Riga International Bible Institute.</ref><ref>[http://gethsemaneministry.org/about_us.html] Gethsemane Ministry; In Christ's service in India, Rev. V.J.H.S. Nelson.</ref><ref>[http://www.icc.ac.uk/users/dsmith] faculty page of the [[International Christian College]], Rev. David Smith, missionary to Nigeria.</ref>
The graduate program is a "well-known British training schools for ministers and missionaries" that attracts evangelical Christians wishing to study for the ministry.<ref name=Murray>{{cite web|last=Murray|first=Iain|title=Reinventing Evangelicalism|url=http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/articles/article_print.php?1379|publisher=[[Banner of Truth Trust]]|accessdate=27 May 2011|authorlink=Iain Murray}}</ref><ref name=EMF>[http://www.emf-welwyn.org/about/school]"School of Biblical Studies", Jan.-Feb. 2011, European Missionary Fellowship.</ref>{{Verify credibility|date=May 2011}} WEST has a significant international enrolment, including students from Korea.<ref>[http://www.bkcuk.com/english/school2.htm]Bournemouth Korean Church webpage.</ref>{{Better source|date=May 2011}} It has trained generations of men for the Reformed ministry.<ref name=Keevil> Philip Keevil[http://awaketoday.org/blog/?page_id=2] church web site.</ref><ref>''Vehicles of grace and hope: Welsh missionaries in India, 1800-1970,'' D. Ben Rees (2002) Rev. Ernest Garfield Evans, p. 37.</ref><ref>[www.bible.lv/information/our_teachers.html] Rev. Dr. John Wook, Faculty page, Riga International Bible Institute.</ref><ref>[http://gethsemaneministry.org/about_us.html] Gethsemane Ministry; In Christ's service in India, Rev. V.J.H.S. Nelson.</ref><ref>[http://www.icc.ac.uk/users/dsmith] faculty page of the [[International Christian College]], Rev. David Smith, missionary to Nigeria.</ref>


Soon after assuming the Presidency, Stephen announced major fundraising and expansion campaigns.<ref name=Orchard>Kerry Orchard [http://www.evangelicaltimes.org/Website_Pages/ArticleDetail.php?articleID=2396]"West's annual meeting", July 2007, [[Evangelical Times]].</ref>{{Better source|date=May 2011}} As of 2008, the School was looking for suitable real estate to purchase.<ref name=Harrison>Andrew Harrison [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/bridgend-maesteg/2008/09/18/religious-school-interest-in-site-of-ogmore-centre-91466-21845892/]" Religious school interest in site of Ogmore Centre", Sept. 18 2008, Glamorgan Gazette </ref> The proposal met local opposition from groups that did not want the change to come to the proposed site and difficulties over the high price.<ref name=AHarrison> Andrew Harrison [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/bridgend-maesteg/2008/10/09/am-backs-facebook-school-petition-91466-21995213/]" AM backs Facebook school petition", Oct. 9 2008 Glamorgan Gazette.</ref><ref name=Moses>Rachel Moses [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/bridgend/2010/12/30/council-delay-residential-home-s-fate-91466-27904428/] "Council delay residential home's fate", Dec. 30, 2010, Glamorgan Gazettes.</ref>
Soon after assuming the Presidency, Stephen announced major fundraising and expansion campaigns.<ref name=Orchard>Kerry Orchard [http://www.evangelicaltimes.org/Website_Pages/ArticleDetail.php?articleID=2396]"West's annual meeting", July 2007, [[Evangelical Times]].</ref>{{Better source|date=May 2011}} As of 2008, the School was looking for suitable real estate to purchase.<ref name=Harrison>Andrew Harrison [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/bridgend-maesteg/2008/09/18/religious-school-interest-in-site-of-ogmore-centre-91466-21845892/]" Religious school interest in site of Ogmore Centre", Sept. 18 2008, Glamorgan Gazette </ref> The proposal met local opposition from groups that did not want the change to come to the proposed site and difficulties over the high price.<ref name=AHarrison> Andrew Harrison [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/bridgend-maesteg/2008/10/09/am-backs-facebook-school-petition-91466-21995213/]" AM backs Facebook school petition", Oct. 9 2008 Glamorgan Gazette.</ref><ref name=Moses>Rachel Moses [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/bridgend/2010/12/30/council-delay-residential-home-s-fate-91466-27904428/] "Council delay residential home's fate", Dec. 30, 2010, Glamorgan Gazettes.</ref>

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51°30′25″N 3°36′25″W / 51.507°N 3.607°W / 51.507; -3.607

The Wales Evangelical School of Theology (formerly the Evangelical Theological College of Wales) is a Reformed Christian educational institution located in Bryntirion in Bridgend, South Wales. Its doctrinal position is conservative evangelical.[1][better source needed][2][improper synthesis?]

Founded in 1936 as the Barry School of Evangelism (1936-1950) ( also called Barry Bible College), was called South Wales Bible College (1950-1985), and then the Evangelical Theological College of Wales (1985-2006).[3][4] The school was situated in Barry from 1950 to 1985.[5][1][6][7] Eryl Davies became Principal in September 1985, moving the college to the seven acre grounds of the historic Bryntirion House in Bridgend. Jonathan Stephen became Principal in 2006 and the college was renamed Wales Evangelical School of Theology.[3][5][self-published source?][1] It had 170 students in 2009-10 in undergraduate and graduate degree programs up to the Ph.D.[3]

The graduate program is a "well-known British training schools for ministers and missionaries" that attracts evangelical Christians wishing to study for the ministry.[8][9][unreliable source?] WEST has a significant international enrolment, including students from Korea.[10][better source needed] It has trained generations of men for the Reformed ministry.[11][12][13][14][15]

Soon after assuming the Presidency, Stephen announced major fundraising and expansion campaigns.[1][better source needed] As of 2008, the School was looking for suitable real estate to purchase.[16] The proposal met local opposition from groups that did not want the change to come to the proposed site and difficulties over the high price.[17][18]

According to some sources, including the political advocacy organization, British Centre for Science Education WEST is "a leading centre of creationism amongst theological training seminaries." [19][unreliable source?] WEST faculty including Dr. Robert Letham appear at creation science conferences.[20]

Since 2007 WEST's mission of spreading the gospel has been backed though a partnership with the SaRang Community Church which has added WEST and Wales to its worldwide areas of active mission.[21][22][better source needed][23] [24][25][26][27] According to WEST lecturer Sungho Choi, Welsh and Korean evangelicals have a "unique link" because the first Protestant missionary to Korea, the 19th century Robert Jermain Thomas, was from Llanover, Abergavenny, Wales. [28]

Notable alumni

  • Ian Paisley began his theological training at WEST when it was known as South Wales Bible College (Barry).[29]

Sources

  • Taught to Serve: History of Barry and Bryntirion Colleges, Noel Gibbard, Bryntirion Press (1996)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kerry Orchard [1]"West's annual meeting", July 2007, Evangelical Times.
  2. ^ Deborah Ross [2]"Ian Paisley - what a laugh", May 22, 1998, The Independent. Source confirms Reformed Church Christianity.
  3. ^ a b c "History of WEST". Wales Evangelical School of Theology. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  4. ^ Taught to Serve: History of Barry and Bryntirion Colleges, Noel Gibbard, Bryntirion Press (1996)
  5. ^ a b http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/TheoColl.html
  6. ^ "Preaching--Pure and Simple," Stuart Olyott, Evangelical Movement of Wales, 2005, p. 181.
  7. ^ Bruce, Steve, Conservative Protestant politics, Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 68.
  8. ^ Murray, Iain. "Reinventing Evangelicalism". Banner of Truth Trust. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
  9. ^ [3]"School of Biblical Studies", Jan.-Feb. 2011, European Missionary Fellowship.
  10. ^ [4]Bournemouth Korean Church webpage.
  11. ^ Philip Keevil[5] church web site.
  12. ^ Vehicles of grace and hope: Welsh missionaries in India, 1800-1970, D. Ben Rees (2002) Rev. Ernest Garfield Evans, p. 37.
  13. ^ [www.bible.lv/information/our_teachers.html] Rev. Dr. John Wook, Faculty page, Riga International Bible Institute.
  14. ^ [6] Gethsemane Ministry; In Christ's service in India, Rev. V.J.H.S. Nelson.
  15. ^ [7] faculty page of the International Christian College, Rev. David Smith, missionary to Nigeria.
  16. ^ Andrew Harrison [8]" Religious school interest in site of Ogmore Centre", Sept. 18 2008, Glamorgan Gazette
  17. ^ Andrew Harrison [9]" AM backs Facebook school petition", Oct. 9 2008 Glamorgan Gazette.
  18. ^ Rachel Moses [10] "Council delay residential home's fate", Dec. 30, 2010, Glamorgan Gazettes.
  19. ^ Wales Evangelical School of Theology, British Centre for Science Education.
  20. ^ Gary Brady [11]"'Creation, the Bible and Science' Conference", 2008 The Banner of Truth.
  21. ^ Jonathan Stephen,East meets WEST; On how Koreans are backing Wales Evangelical School of Theology, May, 2011, Evangelicals Now.
  22. ^ Kerry Orchard[12]"WEST" July 2010, Evangelical Times.
  23. ^ [13] (google translate title: "Love Church Discipleship Ministry is expected to expand into Europe.) March 11, 2011.
  24. ^ [14] “서진시대 교두보 역할 감당하겠다” 사랑의교회, 웨일즈복음주의신학교와 파트너십 맺어 (Google translate dateline and title:Church of Love on October 27 16:00 WEST (Wales Evangelical School of theology) and the signing of the partnership has promised.) (newspaper name according to Google translate:"Hunan Power News Power Chungcheong News", )
  25. ^ [15]사랑의교회, 영국 웨일즈 신학교와 조인식 가져 크리스천투데이 김진영 기자 jykim@chtoday.co.kr (Google translate dateline and title:Love Churches, seminaries, and the signing of Wales brought Christian Today reporter Kim Jin Kim Jin, March 1, 2011) Christian Today newspaper. This one has an illustration of the signing ceremony)
  26. ^ [16]사랑의교회, WEST신학교와 조인식 유럽복음화 위한 전초기지 마련 (Google translate dateline and title:Digital Holiness - Mar 9, 2011 Namwonjun reporters Church of Love (ohjeonghyeon Rev.) southwest of England and Wales last February 27 the only college in evangelical theology 'Wales Evangelical School of theology) also has illustration of the agreement signing.
  27. ^ [17]March 3, 2011, (Google translate title: Wales Evangelical Theological Seminary and the signing of the Church...)(First paragraph according to google translate: Church of Love (ohjeonghyeon pastor) to go on a European jaebok negative campaign. Five ministers in the Church of the recent Seoul Seocho-loving Jonathan Stephen Wales Evangelical Theological Seminary (WEST · Wales Evangelical School of Theology) have the next president and the signing of a special program for church leaders, missionaries, education and home, including the world jaepasong seminary exchange, the lay Promote global education and decided to get out.
  28. ^ Dai Blatchford[www.westwalesexporters.co.uk/pdfdocs/BusinessLife_Feb09_Korea.pdf]"Deals are Done over the Dinner Table", Jan./Feb. 2010, Business Life.
  29. ^ Dr. Ian Paisley's Stand for the Old Bible, Free Presbyterian Church

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