Online Theology Degrees

 Introduction

 Nationality: British

 Education

• 2007: A.C.I.T.P, Certificate in Desk Top Skills Level II, Distinction Grade, Certificate Microsoft Office XP Course, Distinction grade

•  1999: Ph.D [Church History], University of Stirling

•  1992: Diploma in Theology and Diploma in Practical Theology, Scottish Baptist College [University of Paisley]

•  1991: B.D.  University of London

•  1989: Diploma in Religious Studies, University of Cambridge

•  1987: B.A. (Hons) [Religious Studies and History], University of Leeds

Field of Expertise

• Ethics

• Church and Dogma History

• Church Polity

• Missiology

• New Testament

• Pastoral Studies

 Focus of Research

• ‘Can Baptists be identified in the 21^st century?’, a paper for the Scottish Baptist theological Society, August 2011.

•  ‘Confronting the Powers: Baptists in Scotland and the Commonwealth Government’, a paper for the ‘Freedom and the Powers: Perspectives from Baptist History’ conference, Regent’s Park College, Oxford, July 2012 

•  Global Bible Commentary member of commentary team for I Timothy; responsibility for I Timothy 3, exegesis and history of exegesis (start autumn 2011)

•  A Distinctive People: A Thematic Study of Aspects of the Witness of Baptists in Scotland in the Twentieth Century editing a collection of essays by different scholars on aspects of the life of this religious tradition in Scotland, including writing the chapter on Baptist home missions. This book is intended for publication in the Paternoster Studies in Baptist History and Thought Series in 2013.

•  In the Shadow of Geneva: Spirituality in the Scottish Reformed Tradition from the Reformation to the Nineteenth Century to be published by Paternoster in their Studies in Christian History and Thought Series, no date fixed.

•  Mother of Nobody’s Children: The Life and Work of Annie MacPherson and Louisa Birt

• Pioneers of child care in the 19^th C for unwanted children in the east-end of London and mentors to William Quarrier and Thomas Barnado, who gained the recognition denied to Annie and Louisa. I have begun a little work on primary sources.  No publication schedule in view

•  Building on a Common Foundation: The Growth and Development of the Baptist Union of Scotland 1870-2000 accepted by Paternoster in principle for the Studies in Baptist History and Thought Series (no publication schedule in view) This book will be a follow up volume to Search for a Common Identity: The Origins of the Baptist Union of Scotland 1800-1870, published by Paternoster in this series in 2003.

Publications

Books and Booklets

• The Search for a Common Identity: The Origins of the Baptist Union of Scotland,  1800-1870Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2003, 402 pages

•  Edited The History of Scottish Baptists Glasgow: Scotbuild, 2003, 100 pages (a collection of primary documents)

•  A Brief History of Central Baptist Association, 1909-2002 Glasgow: Baptist Union of Scotland, 2005, 40 pages

•  Co-Writer, Children, Church and God, Glasgow: Baptist Union of Scotland, 2005, 72 pages

•  Standing on the Rock: A History of Stirling Baptist Church, 1805-2005 Stirling: Stirling Baptist Church, 2005   185 pages

•  Series Editor of the United Board History Publications. N.E. Allison, The Clash of  Empires 1914-1939 The Official History of the United Board Volume One, 2008

•  A Man sent from God The Life and Ministry of  John T. Hamilton 1916-1999 Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Volume 7; Oxford: Regent’s Park College, 2011

 Articles and Chapters in Books

•  ‘The Scotch Baptists in Scotland and Wales, 1765-1842′, in R. Pope (ed.), Religion and National Identity: Wales and Scotland c.1700-2000, Cardiff; University of Wales Press, 2001.

•  ‘Baptists and the Scottish Commission of Enquiry on Religion, 1836-1838′, Baptist Quarterly, 39.8, October 2002.

•  ‘John Saffery 1763-1825′, in M.A.G.Haykin (ed.), The British Particular Baptists 1638-1910, Vol.3, Springfield, Missouri: Particular Baptist Press, 2003.

•  ‘“A Sharp Shrewd Scotchman”: David McLaren (1785-1850)’, Baptist Quarterly, 41.2, April 2005.

•  ‘Forgotten in the Glory of God’: The Vision of George Barclay 1774-1838, Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology, 23.1 (Spring 2005).

•  ‘Fellowship in the Gospel’ a brief survey of Baptist relationships, in Baptist History and Heritage (U.S.A.), 40.1, Winter 2005.

•  ‘Who are the Baptists? –Scotland’ A brief article on the history of Baptist witness in Scotland on the Baptist World Alliance Baptist Heritage website www.bwa-baptist-heritage.org/hst-scot.htm, February 2006.

•  ‘Catching the Infection of his zeal’: Francis Johnston and the mid- Nineteenth Century Scottish Evangelical debate on the work of the Holy Spirit’, Pacific Journal of Baptist Research, April 2006.

•  Blest be the tie that binds? Reformation Today, Volume 211, May – June 2006.

•  ‘United in Christ?’ Scottish Baptists and their Relationships with other Christian Churches, 1900-1945, American Baptist Quarterly, XXV.1, Spring 2006.

•  ‘George Barclay (1774-1838), the founder-pastor’, in R. & D. Polland (eds) The History ofIrvine Baptist Church, Irvine: Irvine Baptist Church, 2006.

•  Fellowship in the Gospel: Scottish Baptists and their Relationships with other Christian Churches, Evangelical Quarterly Vol.78, No.4, October 2006.

•  ‘Unity and Diversity? Success and Failure amongst Baptists in Scotland prior to 1870’, Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology, Vol.25, No.2, Autumn 2007.

•  ‘The Fields are White unto Harvest but the Labourers are Few’: Baptists and Home Mission in the Nineteenth Century, primarily in the USA and the British Empire’, in A.R. Cross & I.M. Randall (eds), Baptists and Mission, Proceedings of ICOBS IV conference, Paternoster Press, 2008.

•  ‘Writing the History of a Scottish Baptist Church, illustrated by the bicentenary history of

• Stirling Baptist Church’, Scottish Archives, 14 (2008) The Journal of the Scottish Records Association

•  ‘Competing Voices: Three Contrasting Approaches to the Development of a Distinctive Evangelical Identity amongst Baptists in Nineteenth Century Scotland’, a chapter in M. Smith (ed.), British Evangelical Identities, Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2008.      

•  ‘Preserved from Erroneous Views?’ The Contribution of Francis Johnston as a Baptist voice in the Scottish Evangelical debate, in the mid-Nineteenth Century, on the work of the Holy    

• Spirit’, in D.W. Roberts (ed.), Revival, Renewal and the Holy Spirit, Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 2009

•  ‘City Missions, Baptists and’, in John H.Y. Briggs (ed), European Baptist Dictionary, Carlisle: Paternoster 2009.

•  ‘Scotland, Baptists history in’, European Baptist Dictionary, 2009.

•  ‘Free Will’, European Baptist Dictionary, 2009.

•  ‘Predestination’, European Baptist Dictionary, 2009.

•  ‘Scottish Baptist College’, European Baptist Dictionary, 2009.

•  ‘Haldaneite Tradition’, European Baptist Dictionary, 2009.

•  ‘William Quarrier: Philanthropist and Social Reformer’, Records of the Scottish Church History Society, Vol. XXXIX, 2009.  

•  An article ‘Defining Goodness’ in The Monthly Record of the Free Church of Scotland, (September 2009).

•  ‘Baptists and other Christian Churches’, Perichoresis, 7.2 (2009). This is the theological journal of Emmanuel University of Oradea, Romania.

•  ‘Why Celebrate Edinburgh 2010?’, a brief article for the Edinburgh 2010 website, November 2009

•  “Rousing the Attention of Christians”: Scottish Baptists and the Baptist Missionary Society prior to the Twentieth Century’, a chapter in J.H.Y. Briggs & A.R. Cross (eds), Baptists and the World: Renewing the Vision, papers from the Baptist Historical Society Conference, IBTS, Prague, 16-19 July 2008, (Oxford: Centre for Baptist history and Heritage, 2011).

•  ‘Bible Translations in the Twentieth Century’, short article in Reformation Today, Vol. 242 (July-August 2011).

•  ‘The King James Bible A Reflection on 400 Years of its history’, Evangelical Review of Theology, forthcoming in October 2011.

•  ‘Baptists and other Christian Churches in the first half of the twentieth century’, accepted for the proceedings of the ICOBS V ‘Baptists and Others’ conference Melbourne Australia (due September 2012).

•  ‘Baptists and the King James Bible’, forthcoming in the American Baptist Quarterly.

•  ‘Fellowship in the Gospel: Scottish Baptists and their relationships with other Baptist Churches, 1900-1945’, in D.W. Bebbington & A.R. Cross (eds), Global Baptist History, Carlisle: Paternoster Press, due 2012.