We are keen to encourage all students to develop good Bible handling skills, while understanding that they will exercise their teaching gifts in a variety of different contexts.
Cornhill is committed to complementarian ministry and recognises that men and women have equally valid but different roles to play in the ministry of God’s church. Students and their local churches may apply the biblical principles that speak on this issue in slightly different ways but our number-one priority is to equip all students for a lifetime of faithful Bible teaching.
Cornhill graduates move onto a range of different ministries after completing the course. Some of the men will end up leading churches, either here in the UK or overseas, and have a full-time expository preaching ministry. Some of the women will work for a church, either full-time or part-time, teaching the Bible to women, or to students, young people or children. Others return to the secular workplace and continue to serve the church in a variety of ways in their spare time. Whatever the future holds for students, we want them to teach the Bible faithfully, with wisdom and integrity, honouring the Lord Jesus as they do so.
The majority of Cornhill is taught with students learning together but, in order to reflect the diversity of roles that they will have in the local church, there are occasions when teaching is done in gender-based groups (see diagrams below).
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| WOMEN IN MINISTRY STREAM | MEN IN MINISTRY STREAM |
| Women’s ministry in the local church Youth and children’s ministry Being a woman on the team | Leading the church Leading the team How not to quarrel Playing second fiddle |
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| WOMEN’S MINISTRY ELECTIVE | MEN’S MINISTRY ELECTIVE |
| Evangelistic talks Training women in discipleship Training women in personal evangelism | Evangelistic preaching Apologetics |
