Helen Wareing is IME Liaison Officer for the Methodist Church in Scotland.
SUBJECT AREAS
TISEC's ‘Theology for Ministry’ Course is divided into nine subject-areas, each with modules taught over a three-year period. The following Module Co-ordinators oversee and develop the learning materials:
- Kenneth Fleming (Ministry Development Officer) - co-ordinates our Missiology module.
- Paul Foster - teaches New Testament at New College, and co-ordinates our New Testament module.
- Michael Fuller (Ministry Development Officer) - co-ordinates our Doctrine and Contemporary Issues modules.
- Rosemary Hannah - lives on the Isle of Bute in the diocese of Argyll and the Isles. She has a doctorate in Church History, and co-ordinates our module in that subject.
- Ian Paton - is a Rector of a city centre church in Edinburgh. He is our director of liturgical studies, and co-ordinator of our Liturgy module.
- Nathan MacDonald - teaches Old Testament at the University of St Andrews. He co-ordinates our Hebrew Scriptures module..
- Jane Wallman-Girdlestone - is a priest in Moray diocese, and is the co-ordinator of our Spirituality module.
- Jim Mein - is a recently retired priest in the Edinburgh diocese, and co-ordinates our Ministry module.
CURRICULUM DESIGN
Every-year Entry. IME provision has been designed in such a way as to allow students to begin studies every autumn.
Lay and Ordained. It is intended that students for ordained and lay ministries should train alongside each other: indeed, it is possible for students to undertake the Course with no definite ministry in mind. However, we do ask that a student who senses a vocation to a particular ministry undertake the appropriate selection process prior to beginning their studies at the Institute.
Vocational and Educational Standards. The TISEC IME Curriculum has been validated by the Church of England's Ministry Division. The academic standards of the ‘Theology for Ministry’ Course are benchmarked against those of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) and Scottish Higher Education (SHE), and the course is validated by the University of Wales, Bangor.
LIBRARY
IME students can register to use the library of the International Christian College (ICC) at St James's Road in the center of Glasgow. The library has an online catalogue and operates a postal service for TISEC students. The library can be accessed via http://www.icc.ac.uk/library.php IME students who take the UWB validated 'Theology for Ministry' Course can also register for the UK Libraries Plus scheme, which enables them to make use of University libraries. Membership forms for the ICC Library and UK Plus scheme can be obtained from the TISEC office, which processes all membership applications.
HANDBOOK
Detailed and current information on the shape and provision of IME are given in our Handbook, Ministerial Formation with TISEC, which can be downloaded by clicking here.
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