Gareth Garland has been an accredited minister with the Baptist Union of Great Britain since 2013 at Rickmansworth Baptist Church. He has a PhD in Practical Theology from the University of York St John and studied for a Masters in Applied Theology at the University of Oxford and for a Masters in Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Bangor. Gareth has previously worked as a teacher, and as a missionary in Rwanda. He loves spending time with and going for walks with his wife, four daughters and dog.
In my PhD thesis, An exploration of classical and emergent theologies of ordained / accredited Baptist ministry amongst Baptist ministers within the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) (Garland, 2022), I resolved to identify some key theological ideas surrounding the… Read More »A Ministry of Word?