Our Team
We have a fantastic staff team at Bristol Baptist College, get to know them better here.
Bristol Baptist College works closely with Trinity College Bristol and much of our teaching is shared. To find out more about Trinity College’s faculty and staff please click here.
Revd Dr Stephen Finamore
Revd Dr Helen Paynter
Revd Dr Tim Welch
Revd Clare Hooper
Glenda-Chadwick-Down
Revd Eleanor Moffatt
Dr Stuart Murray Williams
Revd Sam King
Revd Lindsay Caplen
Rebecca Thompson
Sophie Atkinson
Heather Lidington
Pavla Slugenova
Catherine Chorley
Abi Reid
Bristol Baptist College teaches its courses in partnership with Trinity College, Bristol. Click here for details of Trinity College teaching staff.
We have a variety of practitioners and scholars who contribute to our teaching programme. In the past year these have included:
Colin Norris
Ian Stackhouse
Rebecca Thompson
Carl Smethurst
Claire Pedrick
Adam Biddlestone
Mike Peat
Carmel Murphy
Revd Dr Stephen Finamore
Revd Dr Helen Paynter
Revd Dr Tim Welch
Dr Stuart Murray Williams
Research Fellows
The College’s Research Fellows supervise postgraduate research in their areas of expertise, alongside our permanent teaching staff. We offer MTh and PhD degrees, validated by Aberdeen University.
If you would like to discuss a research proposal with us, please contact Revd Dr Helen Paynter, our Coordinator of Theological Education by emailing paynterh@bristol-baptist.ac.uk
Our research fellows include, but are not limited to:
John Briggs MA, FSA, FRHistS
Revd Dr Ruth Gouldbourne
Dr Linda Wilson
Revd Dr Michael Peat
Dr Lloyd Pieterson
Dr Ash Barker
Revd Dr Sam Ewell
Dr Anna Ruddick
Revd Dr Peter Morden
Dr Georgina Jardim
Research Associates
The Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence has appointed Honorary Research Associates who are involved in research projects relevant to the Centre’s aims, and who are involved in working with the Centre.
The current Honorary Research Associates are:
Kristin Caynor, currently studying with the University of Aberdeen
Tony Deik
Dr Ashley Hibbard
Dr Valerie Hobbs
Dr Brandon Hurlbert
Revd Peter King
Dr Trevor Laurence
Will Moore, currently studying with the Cambridge Theological Federation and Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Maria Power
Dr Michael Spalione
Charlotte Thomas, currently studying with the University of Exeter
Ceri Webb, currently studying with the University of Aberdeen
For further information on the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, please click here.