Three Years at REGENTS will change your life
Regents Theological College is amongst the foremost Pentecostal Bible Colleges in Europe, and one of the largest in the UK. It is also the national training centre for the Elim Pentecostal Churches, and has been training people to serve in a range of Christian ministries, both in the church and wider community, for over 100 years.
The Regents campus is spectacularly located in a Victorian country house on the western slopes of the Malvern Hills, with views stretching across Herefordshire towards mid Wales.
The theological college welcomes students from different denominations and cultures, offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Applied Theology. It also runs the Ministry Foundation Certificate (MFC), a year’s course for people applying to become oradined ministers within the Elim Pentecostal Church Movement or who are interested in expanding their biblical knowledge without taking a degree.
Students at Regents either study residentially (on campus) or from home (in context) through our range of study programmes.
Living on campus at Regents gives you the opportunity to be fully involved in the academic, social and spiritual community at the heart of the college, whatever your age, leading to lifelong friendships; studying in context from home allows you to remain involved in your church ministry or current working environment, joining us on campus for the face-to-face module lectures. Following that you return home to complete the assessments with further input and online seminars from the Regents academic staff.
For residential students, we offer a range of budget, standard, and premier study bed-sitting rooms, with flats for married couples and families; most rooms are en suite, and all have internet access. Context students can book into our Conference Centre when they join us on site.
Our Vision
Regents Theological College is a Pentecostal, Christ-centred, Spirit-filled learning community that equips people for creative engagement in life, work and ministry within the Elim movement, the wider church, local communities and broader society.
We seek to encourage global flourishing as we extend Pentecostal thought and practice.
Our Mission Statement
To provide Spirit empowered, biblically rooted, creative Pentecostal theological education, for the purpose of spiritual formation and ministry training, as a preparation for life and ministry in Elim, the wider church, and beyond.
To be a united, vibrant learning and worshipping community where we love God and one another as we learn how to live and share the full gospel.
To demonstrate the value of Pentecostal theology to the community and society locally, nationally and globally.
To pursue innovative research in Pentecostal theology and spirituality that nurtures healthy communities through embodied practice.
To pursue creative expression that nurtures healthy communities through embodied practice.
Validation Regents is an approved academic partner of University of Chester
Regents Theological College is an approved academic partner of the University of Chester. Our courses are validated by the University of Chester and students who successfully complete their programme of study will be eligible for a University of Chester award, with the exception of The Ministry Foundation Certificate (MFC), which is a Regents/Elim Churches recognised course.
The University of Chester is one of the oldest English higher education establishments of any kind, pre-dating all but Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham, and its original buildings in the City of Chester were the first in the country to be purpose-built for the professional training of teachers. Educational degrees are now just a small part of the 477 course combinations on offer.
In the 20th Century, the institution steadily expanded its student numbers and the variety and nature of its courses, which range from Applied Theology to Weight Management.
The University of Chester now has some 16,800 students, drawn from the United Kingdom, Europe and overseas, and particularly France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Australia, the United States, India, China, Nigeria, Georgia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. For more information about the University of Chester please click here.
