About 10 years ago some of us sensed that God wanted to create a new training resource that would serve the Charismatic churches in the UK with a kingdom-focused theology.

In 2006 a number of theological educators and church leaders from around the world started to talk with renewed vigour about intentional cooperation. Westminster Theological Centre (WTC) and leaders of New Wine quickly sensed a common purpose; God was bringing together ministries and birthing something new.

WTC has grown out of the experience of theological training delivered in the local church context that began when Crispin Fletcher-Louis started work as Resident Theologian at St Mary’s Bryanston Square, in September 2004. WTC is dedicated to the delivery of robust theology and training that equips local churches for the growth of Jesus’ Kingdom; and since its foundation in 2006, has trained students in degree-level theology. The result is nearly five years’ experience of the needs, challenges and opportunities of the context of a local church focused on mission and church planting.

Church history suggests that significant movements of God are stimulated by a convergence of theological content, ministry and mission. Often theological exploration has been taken up with concerns removed from the front line of Church life in the power of the Spirit. But at times of renewal and revival, theological content and training becomes aligned to the needs and character of God’s kingdom manifestation and church growth. In the 18th Century, England was swept by a revival initiated by a group of Oxford-educated and highly literate evangelists: the Wesleys preached outside the confines of existing church structures and emptied the gin-halls of the downtrodden working classes who became intoxicated by God’s love and his Spirit. In the first half of the same century in New England, the Great Awakening was accompanied by many signs of the Spirits presence and was led by the philosopher/theologian Jonathan Edwards. In our own time, the recovery of Jesus’ message and the experience of God’s kingdom was spearheaded by the late John Wimber, a onetime member of the teaching faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary (in California). At these times of renewal there has been a growth in confidence in God’s power, obedience to his word and, simultaneously a renewed clarity of theological perception focused on Jesus (his words, deeds and personal presence).

In creating the New Wine Training Partnership (NWTP) we are offering local churches and individuals the opportunity to invest time and energy in training that equips the whole Body of Christ to see Jesus’ Kingdom grow. We hope you will join us in this venture, and this site and the links to WTC and New Wine will provide you with more information.