Tutors and Occasional Lecturers
Revd Prof. Jeremy Duff

Principal
My responsibilities include:
- Leading and managing St Padarn’s Institute so we deliver outstanding mission-orientated formation and training
- Focus on praying, setting and maintaining St Padarn’s culture, looking to the future, supporting the senior team, and our relationships with the wider church
- Teaching and Publishing in New Testament Theology and Greek
You can contact me on:
jeremy.duff@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Revd Dr Manon Ceridwen James

Dean for Initial Ministerial Training
My responsibilities include:
- Initial Ministerial Development which includes preparation for ministry and formation for candidates.
- Welsh mission and development of Welsh resources
You can contact me on:
manon.c.james@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379

Revd Dr Mark Griffiths JP

Dean of Discipleship
My responsibilities include:
- Newly Licensed Minister Training
- Lay Discipleship Development & Resources
- Children, Young People & Family Ministry Development
- Missional Research
You can contact me on:
mark.griffiths@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Revd Dr Jordan Hillebert

Director of Formation
My responsibilities include:
- Teaching, researching, and supervising in the areas of Christian theology and ethics
- Overseeing the fulltime community of ministerial candidates at the St Padarn’s Cardiff site
- Bringing together and giving coherence, drive, and energy to all of the work in personal, spiritual and character formation for our candidates for ministry
You can contact me on:
jordan.hillebert@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Revd Dr Julian Raffay

Director of Chaplaincy Studies
My responsibilities include:
- Leading and overseeing the development of the St Padarn's Chaplaincy Programme
- Teaching a variety of subjects, but primarily those related to ethics, mental health and general healthcare
- being actively involved in research into the relationship between mental health services and faith communities.
You can contact me on:
julian.raffay@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Dr Charlie Shepherd

Director of Learning Strategy, Resources and Technology
My responsibilities include:
- The development of St Padarn’s Learning Strategy
- Digitisation of Resources for Learning & Teaching
- Biblical studies lecturing and supervision for BTh, MTh, and PhD programmes
You can contact me on:
charlie.shepherd@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Revd Chris Burr

Tutor in Ministerial Development
My responsibilities include
- Ongoing ministerial training and development for Ordained Ministers, Readers and Licensed Lay Ministers (in collaboration with other colleagues)
- Resourcing and supporting the development of Ministerial Development Review
- Resourcing and supporting Life Events in the Church in Wales
You can contact me on:
christopher.burr@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Revd Dr Trystan Owain Hughes

Tutor in Applied Theology
My responsibilities include:
- Leading on the work of developing the MA Theology, Ministry and Mission
You can contact me on :
trystan.hughes@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Revd John-Daniel Laurence

Tutor in Mission and Preaching
My responsibilities include:
- Teaching Mission, Apologetics, and Preaching
- Supervising ministry candidates
- Supporting part time theology students in St Davids Diocese
You can contact me on:
jd.laurence@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 07552 385330
Revd Helen Rees

Tutor in Theological Education
My responsibilities include:
- Teaching New Testament Studies
- Support candidates training for Licensed Ministry
- Supporting students and facilitators in the Theology for Life programme
You can contact me on:
helen.rees2@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Revd Chris Thomson

Convenor of the Pioneer Community and Tutor in Contextual Learning
My responsibilities include:
- Supporting Pioneer Ministry across the Church in Wales, networking and encouraging those who wish to connect with the concept of ‘pioneering’, which reaches far beyond those identified as Pioneer Ministers.
- Ensuring that the contextual training (placements) for all those training to be licensed ministers (lay and ordained) in the Church in Wales, best equips them for their future ministries.
You can contact me on:
Chris.thomson@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Dr Siôn Aled Owen

Tutor in Welsh Theology
My responsibilities include:
- Supporting learning through the medium of Welsh, and from the perspective of Welsh culture, history and theology, throughout St Padarn’s programmes
- Leading the work of increasing vocations and theological learning among Welsh speakers
You can contact me on:
Tel: 02920 563379

Dr Elizabeth Corsar

Tutor in Biblical Studies
My responsibilities include:
- Teaching within St Padarn’s broad range of programmes
- Supporting the spiritual and communal life of the community of full-time candidates for ordained and licensed lay ministries
You can contact me on:
Elizabeth.corsar@stpadarns.ac.uk
Tel: 02920 563379
Revd Dr Sally Nash

Senior Research Fellow
My responsibilities include:
- Teaching on the Master's programmes
- Supporting the spiritual and communal life of the community of full-time candidates for ordained and licensed lay ministries
You can contact me on:
sally.nash@stpadarns.ac.uk
Phone: 02920 563379
Occasional Lecturers
Meg Burton

Occasional Lecturer - Chaplaincy
A little about me:
- I am a Methodist Minister who has worked in circuit for 5 years and then worked as a healthcare chaplain for 20 years
- I has extensive experience in Healthcare Chaplaincy which includes; mental health, bereavement and hospice work
- I was also the Editor of the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy and also was the UK Free Church representative at the European Network for Healthcare Chaplaincy in Salzburg, Austria (2014), Debrecen, Hungary (2016) and Blankenberge (The Netherlands) (2018).
David Crees

Occasional Lecturer - Chaplaincy
A little about me:
- After serving as a schools-worker and lay church-plant leader I was ordained into the CofE.
- He has served in the Army since 2004 and have served 11 units including 2 Artillery, 4 Infantry (including tours of Iraq and Afghanistan), Army HQ and both Assistant and Senior Chaplain roles at Sandhurst.
- Currently I am Deputy Principal and Chief Instructor at the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre at the Defence Academy and head up the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department ethical teaching to Junior and Commanding Officers.
David Grimwood

Occasional Lecturer
A little about me:
- I have served in parishes in Newcastle upon Tyne before moving to Hampshire.
- I am also a a tutor at the Centre for Chaplaincy Studies at Llandaff.
Lisa Lyall

Occasional Tutor - Children, Youth and Families
A little about me:
- I have over 25 years experience in kids ministry and launched many new initiatives and built a large team of leaders.
- I also lead the UK team for one of the Pentecostal denominations, running conferences and equipping and training workers.
- My main passion is investing in others
Lucy Moore

Occasional Lecturer- Children, Youth and Families
A little about me:
- I work for BRF as the Messy Church team leader.
- I am responsible for developing the work of Messy Church nationally and internationally; writing, speaking, reflecting and developing Messy projects.
- I also help lead the local Messy Church in my own church, where my husband is the minister.
Yvonne Morris

Occasional Lecturer - Children, Youth and Families
- I am an author and Children's Adviser for the Diocese of Oxford, helping, supporting, training and advising churches and their workers on their ministry with children.
- I also still get to practise ministry locally at St Matthew's and Luke's Churches in Oxford, where I was Youth and Children's Minister for ten and a half years before taking up her diocesan role.
Andrew Parker

Occasional Lecturer
A little about me:
- I have served as Professor of Sports Chaplaincy at St Padarn’s since 2019 and my current responsibilities include oversight of the MTh Chaplaincy Studies residential programme and postgraduate research pathways.
- I have extensive experience in academic teaching and research roles
- My research interests centre around: sports chaplaincy and ministry, sport and social identity, and sport and marginalised youth.
Gary Smith

Occasional Tutor - Children, Youth and Families
- Following working for many years for The Boys' Brigade, helping launch and develop Boys Brigade initiatives across the UK. I later established an organisation called Big Ideas, best known for the discipleship initiative, Ignite.
- I also helped with developing the Cardiff Street Pastors that deploys trained Christians to work on the streets of the city centre every Friday and Saturday night.
- I am currently the UK Hubs Director overseeing workers in Scotland, Wales and the Midlands and my main focus is Leadership Development.
Matt Summerfield

Occasional Tutor- Children, youth and Families
- I am the Senior Pastor of Zeo Church.and from 2000 to 2018 I was CEO and, more recently, President at the youth and children’s missionary movement, Urban Saints.
- I am passionate about releasing potential in people, teams and organisations, with a particular bias towards seeing children and young people live God’s great adventure for their lives.
Chloe Swart

Occasional Lecturer
A little about me:
- I live in Swansea and I work for my local Church Cornerstone, as the student worker and I am also head of Alpha Wales.
- I am currently studying a PhD in Theology studying healing miracles in Wales.
Rachel Turner

Occasional Tutor - Children, Youth and Families
- I am the Parenting for Faith Pioneer at Bible Reading Fellowship (BRF) and have worked in churches for over 12 years as a Family Life Pastor, Children's Pastor, and a Youth Pastor.
- I continue to consult, speak at conferences and run training days for parents, children, youth workers and church leaders around the UK and Europe.
- I am also the author of four books and a Parenting for faith course
Dr John Wilks

Occasional Lecturer
A little about me:
- former Director of Chaplaincy
- I specialise in Old Testament Teaching
Carol Wilson

Occasional Lecturer - Chaplaincy
A little about me:
- I specialise in teaching Mental Health Chaplaincy
Paula Yates

Occasional Lecturer
A little about me:
- I teach the module Exploring Welsh Christianity Past, Present and future for St Padarn's
Postgraduate Teaching Assistants
Jamie Ellis
