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History, Old Testament Studies, New Testament Studies and Pastoral Studies. Traditionally, most students have studied for four years, which includes an internship year working in a local church. However, the College now trains many students part-time and via distance learning, as well as through full-time in-house courses. Most students still work, nonetheless, either for a BA or MA degree (awarded by Anglia Ruskin University) or a BTh or BA/Tripos degree (awarded by Cambridge University).
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Currently, Westminster has connected with it around 50 students; some in training for ministry in the United Reformed Church, and some studying for other work or pleasure. Westminster is served by five academic staff, covering the traditional theological disciplines of Systematic Theology, Church
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combined to raise funds to buy the collection from Westminster after it was put up for sale. This is the first time the two libraries have collaborated for such a fundraising effort. The money was used by Westminster College to help finance a £7 million refurbishment of the College in 2013–2014.
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and his wife Margaret. The gift was to commemorate the death of their son William Black Noble in World War I. The 11 stained glass windows are by
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The Cairo Genizah collection was put up for sale by Westminster College for £1.2 million in 2013. The two
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Westminster College is also affiliated with the American writer and Presbyterian theologian,
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were noted for their study of one of the earliest versions of the Old Gospels, in the
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in 1899 following the gift of a prime site of land near the centre of the city by two
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In 1897 Lewis and Gibson also found and purchased some fragments of parchment of the
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of ministers, but is also used more widely for training within the denomination.
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they made several more trips to the Middle East, locating the majority of the
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and built between 1897 and 1899. In 1967 the college began to amalgamate with
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The dedication of a new college chapel took place in 1921; it was given by
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Leaflet Westminster College ("Newly Refurbished Accommodation"), July 2014
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The college was founded in London in 1844 with a temporary home in the
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Since 2017 the Westminster College site has also been home to the
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congregation, the college commissioned a new building designed by
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Westminster College sits on one of the busier intersections of
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Bible colleges, seminaries and theological colleges in England
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whilst travelling in the Middle East. With the support of
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They edited also many other important manuscripts in
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churches to form the United Reformed Church in 1972.
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Westminster College, Cambridge


Cambridge
theological college
United Reformed Church
ordination

Agnes Smith Lewis

Margaret Dunlop Gibson
Exeter Hall
Strand
London
Cambridge
Scottish
Agnes Smith Lewis
Margaret Dunlop Gibson
Presbyterian
Henry Hare
Cheshunt College
Congregational
Presbyterian
Sir William Noble, 1st Baronet
Douglas Strachan
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Agnes Smith Lewis
Margaret Dunlop Gibson
Syriac Sinaiticus

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