On Bivocational Ministry-focused training in British theological schools: dialoguing with British theological educationalists

The incidence of ministers who also have another vocation outside of ministry (Bivocational Ministers) continues to rise, globally. This raises the question of the need for theological education, which specifically trains and prepares students and ministers for this unique approach to ministry in Britain. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative inquiry involving four educationalists at four British theological schools – on the notion of Bivocational Ministry (BM)-focused theological education and training. The research concluded that: (1) the educationalists were well versed with the concept of BM (2) a significant number of current and former students at the four institutions practised BM (3) the educational curriculums at the four institutions did not incorporate BM training. These findings stimulate further discourse and research on BM training in UK theological schools.