From September 2024 Cranmer Hall will be offering a new pathway through the Certificate in Theology, Ministry and Mission with a focus on children’s and youth ministry.
Our vision for this pathway is training students to enable children and young people to grow in their faith and develop their discipleship. In this Certificate, students will be given the opportunity to deepen their theological understanding and develop their practical skills.
The range of modules will not only help students to grow in their own faith and discipleship, but also help them to play a key part in enabling our local churches to grow younger and more diverse. Alongside a solid grounding in theological study, one third of the Certificate will be directly exploring ministry with children and young people.
The Certificate is validated by Durham University through Common Awards. All of our modules aim to enable students to connect their learning to their own contexts, so that knowledge is harnessed and becomes fuel for faithful, committed and fruitful service in churches and communities.
After completing the Certificate, you would have the option to continue your studies and progress to the Diploma. As part of the Diploma, you would be able to build on your knowledge and practice in the area of children’s ministry and/or youth ministry, taking modules such as our pioneering Diploma level ‘Growing Faith’ module.
You will also be able to continue to deepen your theological study with modules in subjects such as:
Preaching
Spirituality and Discipleship
Christian Ethics
Leadership and Theology for Mission and Ministry
Old Testament Studies
New Testament Studies
Topics in Christian Doctrine
Sacramental Theology
After the Diploma, you would have the choice to take your studies even further and complete the BA. You could even write a dissertation in an area of children’s or youth ministry that interests you!
You will also be able to continue to deepen your theological study with modules in subjects such as:
Course structure
Year 1 modules
Core modules:
Introduction to Growing Faith in Children and Young People
Values, Policy and Practice in Children and Family Work / Youth Work
Introduction to Theology and Human Development in Childhood and Adolescence
The Certificate is studied for part-time over two years.
Outside of these core academic components, you would be part of a Discipleship Group which would meet twice a term with a dedicated tutor. This is a space for prayer, for the deepening of fellowship, and where you can join the dots between your studies and your contexts.
Students on this course would also be part of the wider Cranmer Hall community, and you would be welcome to join in with any of the rhythm of prayer and worship we have here.
Our hope is that everyone is able to engage fully with teaching and learning, and we offer particular support for students with Specific Learning Differences, neurodivergences, or disabilities. You will have access to a range of support from Durham University and Cranmer Hall, including help and advice about applying for Disabled Student Allowance (DSA) or other appropriate funding, specialist study skills support, and reasonable adjustments for teaching and assessments. You can also speak to Cranmer's SEND Tutor at any time, to discuss how your particular circumstances impact the ways in which you navigate your learning and ministry.
Additional opportunities
During the third term, once your modules have finished, you would have the opportunity to opt in to some additional formational teaching, in areas such as Conflict Transformation, Race and Culture, or Disability Awareness. Throughout the year we also run conferences and training on Church Planting through our Centre for Church Planting Theology and Research, and you would be very welcome to take part in these events as well.
The fees for this academic year have not been confirmed yet.
The tuition fees shown for home students are for one complete academic year of full-time study and are set according to the academic year of entry. Fees for subsequent years of your course may rise in line with an inflationary uplift as determined by the government.
The tuition fees shown for overseas and EU students are for one complete academic year of full-time study, are set according to the academic year of entry, and will be subject to an annual inflationary increase expected to rise throughout the programme of study.
Our degrees are designed to give you a strong and broad foundation of subject-specific knowledge as well as transferable skills and personal qualities developed during your studies: thinking clearly, writing well, presenting arguments, analysing texts, assessing evidence, solving problems, pursuing and organising research. These skills are highly valued across many sectors.
Our graduates readily find employment in fields such as church leadership and ministry, chaplaincy, para-church organisations, youth and children’s ministry and the charity sector.
A significant number also progress onto higher-level study, such as postgraduate study in Theology and Ministry or our Doctor of Theology and Ministry programme.
The majority of our students go straight into employment after completing their studies with us.
Department information
Cranmer Hall
Cranmer Hall is a vibrant and diverse Christian community forming Christlike leaders for today’s church through transformational learning.
We cherish our rich Anglican and Evangelical tradition, our beautiful North East context, and our world-class Durham University setting as part of St John’s College.
We are a Christian community, members of Christ’s body who need each other in our diversity to learn and flourish as disciples of Christ. Come and meet people different to you who will become friends for life.
We form Christlike leaders, training people in a wide range of knowledge and skills whilst believing that character matters so much more than competence. Come willing to be changed by God’s Spirit more into the likeness of his Son to the glory of the Father.
We serve today’s church, believing that the unchanging gospel of grace is ever relevant and needed in a changing world. Come to see the world afresh through God’s eyes and to be sent out with a renewed heart for the church as central to God’s mission.
We offer transformational learning, seeking to go deeper in the Scriptures, the inheritance of faith, and the practices of the church within one of world’s leading universities. Come and explore your faith like never before.
Facilities
Cranmer Hall is part of St John’s College, founded a little over 100 years ago to provide a place for evangelical Anglicans to train for ordained ministry in the context of Durham University.
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