Bible colleges are closing and I think this is why...

Jake Owen  |  Comment
Date posted:  3 May 2026
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Bible colleges are closing and I think this is why...

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The last few years have seen many of Britain’s Bible colleges – from specialist schools like the Nexus Institute of Creative Arts to historic Church of England institutions like St. John’s College – shut their doors for good, with the latest and arguably biggest to fall being Spurgeon’s College last July.

And those which are still accepting students at the time of writing continue to record a progressively widening gap between income and expenditure in their reports filed with the Charity Commission.

The London School of Theology, for example, received around £200,000 less income last year than two years prior, whilst expenditure increased by nearly £400,000 in the same period.

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