Taught To Serve

Taught to Serve: the history of Barry and Bryntirion Colleges
By Noel Gibbard
Evangelical Press of Wales. 256 pages. £6.99
ISBN 1 85049 122 4

This little book begins with an account of the beginnings and early years of the Barry School of Evangelism.
Established to train Christian workers for evangelism and service both at home and overseas, it became the centre and springboard for much Gospel ministry. There are numerous insights into the character of college life, and the work of students. Evangelical zeal is evident, along with faith which persevered through times of difficulty and severe financial constraints. In 1950, when John Waite became principal, the teaching was more clearly reformed with a healthy emphasis on biblical languages.
In 1985 the Barry work joined forces with EMW to form the Evangelical Theological College of Wales at a new location - Bryntirion, under a new Senior Tutor, Dr. Eryl Davies. Courses were validated through the Polytechnic of Wales, and a research programme has been developed. The ETCW correspondence course has been widely used. Over the years many have been taught and prepared for service, and our attention is drawn to some notable servants of the church both at home and overseas who were trained at the college.
This book will be of special interest to those who have been associated with the college.

Bill James

© Evangelicals Now - November 1996
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Main Articles

• Penetrating public life - interview with Juraj Kusnierik
  How the Central European Foundation seeks to introduce biblical Christianity in Central Europe
• Billy the Kid in Wales
  An account of the Billy Graham visit in 1946 to South Wales
• Whose life is it anyway?
  The sanctity of human life
• God's providence and unreached peoples
  Lessons from the AEF work among the Tsimihety people in Madagascar
• Hakuna Matata
  God's hand in a visit to Western Kenya
• Stepping into Arab culture
  The paramount need for love and understanding when dealing with Arab Christians
• Pastoral style - especially for Baptists
  Advice on bearing and behaviour for pastors

Other articles

• Jesus for a new generation - How to reach Generation X - an extract from the book Jesus for a new generation
• Luther's Commentary on the Letter to the Galatians - Precious pronoun - an edited extract from Luther's Commentary on the Letter to the Galatians
• Taught To Serve
• Housegroups - The Leaders Survival Guide
• Defender of the Faith - the Church and the Crisis in the Monarchy
• Doing Theology for the People of God
• 1 Corinthians (Welwyn Commentary Series)
• Serving God? Serving Mammon?
• Shut up Sarah
• Down to Earth
• Biblical Interpretation Past and Present
• For Such A Time As This