Learning from a Pattern in Black Baptist Women’s Formation for Ordained Ministry at English Baptist Colleges

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article firstly identifies an early pattern of Black Baptist women predominantly choosing to undertake formation for ministry at one of the Baptist Union of Great Britain’s (Baptist Union’s) colleges, namely, Spurgeon’s, over and above Bristol, Northern, and Regent’s Park. Secondly, it highlights the contextual particularities of each of these four Baptist colleges – from the 1980s onwards – with reference to women’s and Black people’s engagement, and the potential for all of the colleges to better document and share their history with reference to women and Black people’s engagement in order to cultivate a sense of welcome and belonging for all.