ACADEMIC STAFF

Revd Dr John M Parry is Acting Principal since 1st September 2011.  He was originally ordained into the Church of Bangladesh but is now a minister of the United Reformed Church.  His field of teaching is Missiology and World Faiths, primarily Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism, thanks mainly to experience of work in Bangladesh and Southall in West London.  John has contributed to a number of publicationis and has published through the Centre for Contemporary Christianity in Bangalore, a book entitled: The Word of God is Not Bound, a history of the encounter of Sikhs and Christians in India and the UK.  For more information and contact details, click here.

Revd Dr Kathy White is Tutor in Biblical Studies (Hebrew/Old Testament) at Northern College.  A Warringtonian by birth, she lived and worked mostly in London and then in West Sussex before recently returning 'home' to the North West to take up her present post.  She was ordained in 2001 to the United Reformed Church pastorate of East Grinstead and North Sussex Area of Shared Mission.  Before entering ordained ministry she worked as a graphic designer in the book publishing industry, and for 17 years as Head of Drama in a Croydon comprehensive school.  She has also worked with the Urban Churches Support Group in Thames North and Southern Synods.  Her special area of interest is the language of imagery and symbol in the Hebrew Scriptures.  For more information and contact details, click here.

 Revd Dr Christine Jones is a Methodist Minister and Tutor in Church-Related Community Development at Northern College.  Christine was ordained in 1981 and has served in Circuits as diverse as Stoke-on-Trent and the North of Scotland Mission Circuit.  Since 1997 she has been working at The Urban Theology Unit in Sheffield, first as Director of Studies and then as Director.  At UTU she has had responsibility for the Methodist Ministerial students and has taught Biblical Studies and Pastoral Theology.  She has had prayers, liturgies and sermons published: the most recent in 'Forty-four Sermons to Serve the Present Age' (Ed. Angela Shier Jones).  Christine is married to Colin with a grown up family.  The eldest is recently married and living in Hong Kong: their daughter is married and lives in Durham and their youngest son currently remains at home in Sheffield.

Academically her main interests are adult education and pastoral theology, specifically from a feminist perspective, and she retains her interest in Biblical Studies specifically using feminist and socio-political methods of interpretation.

 Revd Wendy White has joined the team as a part-time tutor to the weekend students for 2011/12 whilst the college is without a Principal.

Administrative Staff

Mrs Christine S Thornborough - College Administrator