Lecturers

We believe that the best-equipped lecturers for pastors in training are men who themselves have pastoral experience. Most of the lecturers at LTS therefore are or have been pastors.

Each of the main subjects taught at LTS is taught by a Faculty member, assisted by other visiting lecturers as appropriate.

 

Robert Strivens,  Principal

MA (University of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College)
ThM (Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia)

Faculty member for New Testament theology & exegesis; Greek; contemporary issues 

Having trained for the pastoral ministry at LTS, Robert pastored an evangelical church in Banbury for 8 years. Prior to training for the ministry, he was a solicitor in private practice, working in London and Brussels. He has been involved in training pastors in French-speaking West Africa. Currently he is engaged in doctoral research on Philip Doddridge and early 18th century Dissent. He is married to Sarah and they have three sons.  He enjoys classical music, Scottish hills and Italian sunshine.

 

David Green,  Vice-Principal

BA (Loughborough)
DPhil (University of Oxford, Hertford College)

Faculty member for Old Testament theology & exegesis; Hebrew; contemporary issues

David studied Fine Art before completing a doctorate in the History of Art, concerned with aspects of art, music and popular religion in fifteenth-century Italy. He taught the history and theory of art and design in further and higher education before training for the ministry at LTS, and was the minister of Bishopdown Baptist Church in Salisbury for ten years before his appointment as vice principal of the seminary. He has spoken widely on aspects of contemporary culture, postmodernism and consumerism and, in addition to journal articles and published conference papers, contributes a regular column to Grace Magazine. He is married to Hilary and they have one son.

 

Christopher Bennett

MA (University of Cambridge, Peterhouse)

Faculty member for Preaching; also lectures in New Testament theology & exegesis; Greek

After assisting churches in Islington and Ashford (Middx) he was pastor of Hounslow West Evangelical Church for 17 years. He is currently pastor of Wilton Community Church, Muswell Hill. Chris plays the violin and is married to Esther. They have three daughters.

 

Stephen ClarkStephen Clark

MA (University of Oxford, Lincoln College)

Faculty member for Systematic Theology

After practising as a solicitor for some years, Stephen trained for the ministry on the Evangelical Movement of Wales’ Theological Training Course. He pastored a new church in Llandrindod Wells, Mid Wales, then in his home church at Abersychan, South Wales before becoming pastor of Freeschool Court Evangelical Church, Bridgend. In addition, he has recently been appointed Director of the Evangelical Movement of Wales’ Theological Training Course. He is married to Lynne and they have three children and three grandchildren. He enjoys trying to beat his wife at scrabble.

He serves as chairman of Affinity’s Theological Study Conference and has contributed to and edited Tale of Two Cities: Christianity and Politics (IVP/Apollos, 2005) and The Forgotten Christ (IVP/Apollos, 2007). Stephen has also written Putting Asunder: Divorce and Remarriage in biblical and pastoral perspective (Bryntirion Press, 1999).

 

Basil HowlettBasil Howlett

Faculty member for Pastoral Theology; also lectures on Preaching

Basil has had pastorates in Cheltenham, Clevedon and Wrexham, and is presently co-pastor of Carey Baptist Church, Reading. A former president of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, he now serves on their council. He has been very involved in two indigenous missions in India and has preached and taught in Africa and South America. Married to Margaret they have four children and four grandchildren.

 

Robert Oliver

BA (University of London)
PhD (CNAA, London Bible College)

Faculty member for Church History and Historical Theology

Robert pastored the Old Baptist Church, Bradford on Avon for 35 years and has taught at LTS for the past 20 years. He has preached and taught in various countries and has been invited to lecture at the National Portrait Gallery on several occasions. He is currently visiting professor of Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia and Puritan Reformed Seminary Grand Rapids. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Reformed Baptist Studies, Escondido, California. He is married to Rachel and they have two children and five grandchildren.

He is the author of History of The English Calvinistic Baptists
1771-1892 (Banner of Truth, 2006) and has contributed to and edited John Owen, the Man and his Theology (Evangelical Press, 2002). He has also contributed to The Life and Thought of John Gill (Brill 1997), At the Pure Fountain of Thy Word: Andrew Fuller as an Apologist (Paternoster 2004) and Living for God’s Glory: An Introduction to Calvinism (Ligonier 2008).

 

 

 

Phil Arthur

MA (University of Cambridge)

Church History

Phil has been pastor of Free Grace Baptist Church in Lancaster since 1988. He comes from the North East of England. After studying history at Cambridge, he returned to his home area where he worked as a teacher and then a college lecturer before crossing the Pennines to Lancaster. Phil is married to Barbara, a teacher, and has three sons. He is Consulting Editor to Grace Publications Trust and was responsible for editing the popular series on church history, 2,000 Years of Christ’s Power. Phil is a regular contributor to the Westminster Conference and is the author of a number of devotional commentaries published by Evangelical Press. As a life long supporter of Sunderland Football Club, Phil reckons he has seen a number of life’s ups – but far more of its downs!

 

 

David Bond

BMus (University of Birmingham) MPhil

Hebrew, Voice Production

David graduated with the degree BMus (with theology as a subsidiary subject) from the University of Birmingham in 1968. He gained the Certificate in Education from Victoria University of Manchester in 1969, following which he taught Music at Truro High School, Cornwall, for 13 years. He joined the staff of Christian Witness to Israel in 1985, in order to engage in the work of the Gospel among Jewish people in North London. In 1999, he gained the M Phil degree in Jewish Studies from the University of Wales, submitting a thesis on ‘Messianic Expectation in Second Temple Judaism’. David is an elder of the Kensit Evangelical Church in Finchley, north London.

 

 

Ken Brownell

BA (Harvard)  PhD (St.Andrews)

Church History

Ken was born and brought up in the United States where he received his BA from Harvard University. In 1976 he came to study for a doctorate at St. Andrews University. After teaching in American schools and colleges in London he attended the London Theological Seminary and worked at Cholmeley Evangelical Church in North London. In 1986 he was invited to become associate minister at ELT Baptist Church in East London and became its minister in 1989. Ken chairs the committee of the John Owen Centre, visits Burma and Thailand to lecture and preach and has edited Foundations, the theological journal of Affinity. He is married to Alison, a hospital physician, and has two children.

 

Philip EvesonPhilip Eveson 

BA (University of Wales, Bangor)
MA (University of Cambridge, Selwyn College)
MTh (University of London, King’s College)

Old Testament theology & exegesis

After serving churches in South Wales, he was minister of Kensit Evangelical Church Finchley for 25 years and has been involved with the church in pioneering work in Ghana. He is still an elder of the church. His preaching and lecturing have taken him to every continent. He is married to Jennifer and they have one married daughter and three grandchildren. His hobbies include playing the piano and pipe organ.

Publications include The Great Exchange, Justification by faith alone in the light of recent thought (Day One, 1996), The Book of Origins, Genesis simply explained (Evangelical Press, 2001), Travel with Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Day One, 2004), The Beauty of Holiness, Leviticus simply explained (Evangelical Press, 2007) and he has contributed to The Gospel Ministry: practical insights and application (Evangelical Press, 2005), which he also edited, and to The Forgotten Christ (IVP/Apollos, 2007).

 

 

Stuart Olyott

MA  BD  ThD

Preaching

Stuart was ordained to the Christian ministry in 1964 and has pastored churches in London, Liverpool and Lausanne. Now semi-retired, he continues his work as Pastoral Director of the Evangelical Movement of Wales, as well as writing books and travelling widely to speak at ministers’ conferences.

 

 

Mostyn Roberts

MA (University of Cambridge, Pembroke College)  MTh

Systematic Theology

Mostyn Roberts is the pastor of Welwyn Evangelical Church in Hertfordshire. After reading law at Pembroke College, Cambridge (where he was converted) he practised as a solicitor for seven years. He responded to the call to the ministry, taking a BA at Spurgeon’s College in London followed by the MTh at the University of London. After a pastorate in the north of England he came to Welwyn at the end of 1998. He has taught Systematic Theology at LTS since 2002. A number of his articles and book reviews have appeared in Christian papers and journals over the past decade. Mostyn is married to Hilary and they have two young sons, Nathaniel and Thomas. To relax, he enjoys reading and the Welsh countryside.

Visiting Lecturers

The following also give occasional lectures in the subjects indicated:

Rod Badams
Legal Issues relating to churches
John Beale BM BS DCH MRCGP
Medical Ethics
Ray Evans
Preaching
Geoff Gobbett
Urban Evangelism,
Church Partnership Administrator
Philip Grist
Hinduism
Brian Harris BSc MBBS FRCPsych
Psychiatry and the Ministry
Roger Hitchings
Social Services
Mark Johnston MA MDiv
Paedobaptist Church Principles and Practice
Peter Kennelly
Evangelism
David Kingdon MA BD
Baptist Principles and Practice
Tony Lambert  MA
Buddhism
Bernard Lewis
Mission
Keith Mawdsley
Pastoral Counselling
Anthony McRoy
Islam
Michael Plant BA
Congregationalism
Peter Seccombe BD
Church Administration
Jonathan Skinner
Cults
John Steley
Internet Abuse
John Stevens
FIEC
Ray Tibbs
Ministry among Children
Daniel Webber
Mission
Garry Williams
Church History
Gwynn Williams MA BD
Preaching
Steve Wilmshurst
Multiculturalism
Peter Woodcock
Evangelism

From time to time other visiting lecturers from the United Kingdom and Overseas are invited to lecture on subjects of their own choice.

Inagural Lecture

The Local Church:
A Little Heaven on Earth?

Given by Robert Strivens in October 2008

Full text available here