{"id":4245,"date":"2019-05-09T11:13:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T11:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2019-05-09T13:43:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T13:43:02","slug":"blog-interview-all-nations-christian-college-dr-mark-galpin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblicalstudies.org.uk\/blog\/blog-interview-all-nations-christian-college-dr-mark-galpin\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Interview: All Nations Christian College – Dr Mark Galpin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr Mark Galpin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Today I am continuing a series of interviews with the faculty members of Bible Colleges around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Please introduce yourself and your role at All Nations Christian College<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My name is Mark Galpin<\/a> and I teach poverty and justice studies and also leadership here at All Nations. I also head up the Postgraduate Programme. I have served here for three years and prior to that served with my family in Nepal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) Tell us a little about All Nations.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All\nNations Christian College exists to train men and women for effective\nparticipation in God\u2019s mission to his multicultural world. Over the years we\nhave trained and sent out thousands of people to countries all over the world\nwho have worked in diverse ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All Nations Christian College<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

3) Are the courses full time, part-time or a\nmixture of both?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have a number of short courses<\/a> (10 weeks; 5 days) and an Undergraduate Programme<\/a> in Biblical and Intercultural Studies which are full-time. Our MA degree<\/a> can be done full-time over 11 months, or part-time over 2 years or as a distance learning course<\/a> over 3 years.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) How do All Nations students fund their studies,\nand do you take students from overseas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many All\nNations students raise their own funds to come and study here. Others are\nfunded by their churches or mission agencies. UK citizens can also access\nstudent loans for both the BA and MA courses. \nWe have students from all over the world.  Currently we have students from about 25 countries,\nand many come from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A typical class at All Nations<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

5) What type of ministry is All Nations intended\nto prepare students for?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The All\nNations focus is to prepare people for cross-cultural mission, either in their\nown country (including the UK) or further afield.  We are committed to a holistic understanding\nof mission and students are equipped for a broad range of ministry including church-planting,\nevangelism, Bible translation, community development and discipleship, among\nothers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) What is distinctive about what All Nations offers compared with other colleges in the UK and overseas?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All\nNations is distinctive from other Bible colleges in the UK in its focus on\ncross-cultural mission. Mission is not one topic among many but the focus of\neverything we do.  Our learning ethos is\nfocused on \u2018head, hearts and hands\u2019 so we have both an academic and a practical\nemphasis to our training and want to see all our students transformed during\ntheir time here at All Nations. All our courses have a strong Biblical and\ntheological foundation, and an emphasis on personal and spiritual formation and\ncross-cultural and anthropological understanding. We also have a range of\nmodules including those focusing on the arts in mission, understanding other\nreligions, poverty and justice, and leadership.        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7) Please tell us about the library and other research facilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With 60,000 books, papers, maps and audio-visual\nitems and periodicals, the All Nations library is one of Europe\u2019s largest\ncollections of Biblical, theological and missiological material, with\nparticular emphasis on intercultural and mission studies. The details of 45,000\njournal articles are indexed on the library’s catalogue, searchable by subject\nor key word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research is integrated into our undergraduate and\npostgraduate courses. At postgraduate level we have a significant emphasis on\nresearch, with a 15,000-word dissertation worth 60 credits from a total of 180\ncredits. Students have a dedicated supervisor and modules to equip them with\nthe tools and knowledge they need to carry out their research.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

8) Does All Nations offer a distance or online learning option? If yes, please tell us more about it.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Yes, we do. Our MA can be accessed both residentially and remotely<\/a>. However, the mechanism for online students is quite different from many other institutions, as we use \u2018Zoom\u2019 technology and have a unified cohort of both residential and online students.  Students from all across the world attend lectures in real time, and interact with each other face-to-face through the video conferencing facility. This leads to an incredibly rich learning experience as students come from very different cultural backgrounds and work in a huge diversity of contexts and ministries, but have in common a passion for mission. As one student put it: \u2018I was expecting a distance learning course, but this is non-distance learning\u2019! We also have a number of online short courses for people just starting their involvement in cross-cultural mission. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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