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We regret that the 2020 School of Theology scheduled for 7-9 July did not take place due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Information and recordings from the 2019 School are below.

School of Theology will take place this year, God-willing; the provisional dates are 6th to 8th July 2021.

Theme 2019: ‘The True Dynamism of the Local Church’
The churches of Christ are increasingly being infiltrated by the mis-named ‘missional’ model of church organisation, that wilfully discards fundamental biblical obligations of Christian commitment, taking churches into deepening worldliness. A new generation is being beguiled by a wave of unscriptural innovations, making a stand for ­authentic ­evangelical life more vital than at any other time.

All the topics contributed directly to the building up of the individual congregation as an organism for soul-­winning effectiveness, scriptural obedience and blessing in these perilous last times.

CDs and DVD box sets of the complete 2019 School may be purchased from the Tabernacle Bookshop.

The Necessity of Dedicated, Persuasive Evangelistic Preaching
Dr Masters presented the biblical arguments in favour of regular evangelistic preaching as an essential and divinely central thread in…Continue reading »

The Kind of Praise God Requires (1)
In a further two daytime addresses, Dr Masters reviewed the biblical reason for worship being kept distinctive and apart from…Continue reading »

The Kind of Praise God Requires (2)
In a further two daytime addresses, Dr Masters reviewed the biblical reason for worship being kept distinctive and apart from…Continue reading »

An Inspirational Survey of Persecuted Baptists of 17th-18th Centuries
Our guest overseas speaker was Dr David Beale, for 35 years Professor of Historical Theology at Bob Jones University, USA,…Continue reading »

From a Dead Calvinism to the Evangelistic Calvinism of Andrew Fuller and William Carey (1)
The first of two daytime sessions.

From a Dead Calvinism to the Evangelistic Calvinism of Andrew Fuller and William Carey (2)
The second of two daytime sessions.

Back to Scripture with Office Bearers and Church Structure (1)
A systematic overview of the office-bearing passages
Rev Thackway provided in two addresses an overview of the office-bearing passages, including…Continue reading »

Back to Scripture with Office Bearers and Church Structure (2)
A systematic overview of the office-bearing passages
Rev Thackway provided in two addresses an overview of the office-bearing passages, including…Continue reading »

Back to Scripture with Office Bearers and Church Structure (3)
Pastoral passages for the biblical pattern for the local church
Pastor Hand expounded in two addresses the pastoral passages showing…Continue reading »

Back to Scripture with Office Bearers and Church Structure (4)
Pastoral passages for the biblical pattern for the local church
Pastor Hand expounded in two addresses the pastoral passages showing…Continue reading »

Dramatic Historic Falls from Grace (1)
From Divine Revelation to Human Experience
Dr Nick Needham brought two timely addresses, sounding an alert about the subtlety and…Continue reading »

Dramatic Historic Falls from Grace (2)
From Divine Revelation to Human Reason
Dr Needham’s second address was a case study of the Free Church of Scotland…Continue reading »

The Loss of the Working Church and its Restoration (1)
A survey of the texts and how to honour them
Pastor Buss examined a frequently-buried aspect of church life, yet…Continue reading »

The Loss of the Working Church and its Restoration (2)
A study of the working verbs of the New Testament
Pastor Ibrahim expounded the ‘working’ verbs that call all believers…Continue reading »

Sunday School and Young People’s Workers’ Preparation Classes (1)
Two sessions, each self-contained, covered the setting up of Sunday Schools and recruiting, the organisation of the Sunday School hour,…Continue reading »

Sunday School and Young People’s Workers’ Preparation Classes (2)
Two sessions, each self-contained, covered the setting up of Sunday Schools and recruiting, the organisation of the Sunday School hour,…Continue reading »