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Dr David McCulloch, Principal of Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, announced the establishment of two new scholarships for full-time PhD students. Focussed on resourcing emerging scholars from the non-Western world, the scholarships will be available from the 2011-12 academic year. They have been made possible by the generous action of Don and Bonnie Irons, lay persons from Dodge City, Kansas.
McCulloch observed, ‘These scholarships, coming as they do in a time of financial challenge for the Global Church, underline our historic commitment to education. They will help prepare future faculty for institutions around the world.’
NTC-Manchester is able to offer the PhD through its academic partnership with the University of Manchester. Currently, almost fifty students are registered on research degree studies in Biblical Studies, Theology & Church History, and Practical Theology, from sixteen different countries.
The ‘Don and Bonnie Irons Scholarships’ are designed to support full-time study, with the explicit intention of partnering with other colleges in the majority world to support emerging faculty. NTC currently has students from over 30 countries studying for advanced degrees.
Dr Kent Brower, Vice Principal (Research), observes that ‘many of our EU and North American students study part-time, taking advantage of flexible residency requirements. But many international students do not have access to the necessary academic resources in their home contexts, and so full-time study in Manchester where the resources are readily available is the best option for them. These new scholarships help to make this possible, and help resource the church in parts of the world where it is growing most swiftly.’
