MISSION AND DISTINCTIVES
Westminster prepares leaders to hold fast the faithful Word and proclaim Christ to the ends of the earth
OUR VISION
TO SEE CHRIST’S CHURCH REVIVED AND REFORMED IN ITS PASSION FOR GOD’S GLORY
We long to see Christ-centred churches, the gospel proclaimed in every nation, and God glorified to the ends of the earth.
OUR MISSION
TO PREPARE LEADERS WHO WILL HOLD FAST THE FAITHFUL WORD
The need is great: within the UK and across Europe, there are empty, churches without shepherds, communities without the gospel.
We exist to meet this need by preparing faithful leaders who hold fast the faithful Word and proclaim it wherever Christ calls them.
‘HOLDING FAST THE FAITHFUL WORD’
Titus 1:9 underlies our approach to equipping shepherds of Christ’s flock.
We teach men to make God’s true, faithful and eternal Word foundational to everything they do.
OUR DISTINCTIVES
THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION
We joyfully adhere to the Westminster Standards, and believe them to be a faithful subordinate standard to God’s Word. Our students come from a range of theological backgrounds, but all benefit from the careful, consistent and committed approach to Scripture that our faculty adopt.
EXPERIENTIAL CALVINISM
Following God is a matter of the heart as well as the head; those who know most about God should also be the most loving and joyful. As Jonathan Edwards put it, true religion consists in genuine affections alongside true doctrine. We don’t just respond to Christ on an intellectual level.
PRESBYTERIAN DISTINCTIVES
There is only one Church, the glorious body and bride of Christ.
Faculty members are pastor-theologians who teach from a Westminster Presbyterian perspective, but we warmly welcome students with other denominational affiliations.
THE ORDINARY MEANS OF GRACE
God has appointed the Word, prayer and sacraments, in the context of pastoral care and discipline, for our spiritual nourishment. These 'ordinary means' are the way the Church is to fulfil the Great Commission.
THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE
God has revealed to us through His Word how we should worship Him. We are not to imitate the world around us, nor to invent new ways of worshipping Him.
OUR STORY
Discover more about our history and place in England’s rich history of confessional Presbyterianism
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