John Valentine is the co-founder of St Martha’s College, a non-residential theological college in Surrey, training both lay leaders and ordinands for the Diocese of Guildford. He has been involved in mission and church leadership training in a wide variety of contexts for over a decade, helped launch an Asbury Doctor of Ministry programme in this country, and has been a parish clergyman for 30 years.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I             The State We’re In1 Bias to academics2 Bias to the status quo 3 How we trainSummary reflections on Part IInterlude – Where this book is goingPart II           Theological Resources4 How Jesus trained5 How Paul trained6 Theological education in historySummary reflections on Part II     Part III          Contemporary Voices         7 Recent perspectives   8 Educational theory9 The church around the worldSummary reflections on Part IIIPart IV                      Some Possible Strategies                10 The cognitive domain11 The affective domain12 The behavioural domain13 The relational domain14 Spiritual resources for transformational ministerial formation15 Some hard questionsSummary reflections on Part IV                    Part V Proposals for change 16 Ministerial formation for the future of the church

John Valentine is the co-founder of St Martha’s College, a non-residential theological college in Surrey, training both lay leaders and ordinands for the Diocese of Guildford. He has been involved in mission and church leadership training in a wide variety of contexts for over a decade, helped launch an Asbury Doctor of Ministry programme in this country, and has been a parish clergyman for 30 years.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I             The State We’re In1 Bias to academics2 Bias to the status quo 3 How we trainSummary reflections on Part IInterlude – Where this book is goingPart II           Theological Resources4 How Jesus trained5 How Paul trained6 Theological education in historySummary reflections on Part II     Part III          Contemporary Voices         7 Recent perspectives   8 Educational theory9 The church around the worldSummary reflections on Part IIIPart IV                      Some Possible Strategies                10 The cognitive domain11 The affective domain12 The behavioural domain13 The relational domain14 Spiritual resources for transformational ministerial formation15 Some hard questionsSummary reflections on Part IV                    Part V Proposals for change 16 Ministerial formation for the future of the church

John Valentine is the co-founder of St Martha’s College, a non-residential theological college in Surrey, training both lay leaders and ordinands for the Diocese of Guildford. He has been involved in mission and church leadership training in a wide variety of contexts for over a decade, helped launch an Asbury Doctor of Ministry programme in this country, and has been a parish clergyman for 30 years.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I             The State We’re In1 Bias to academics2 Bias to the status quo 3 How we trainSummary reflections on Part IInterlude – Where this book is goingPart II           Theological Resources4 How Jesus trained5 How Paul trained6 Theological education in historySummary reflections on Part II     Part III          Contemporary Voices         7 Recent perspectives   8 Educational theory9 The church around the worldSummary reflections on Part IIIPart IV                      Some Possible Strategies                10 The cognitive domain11 The affective domain12 The behavioural domain13 The relational domain14 Spiritual resources for transformational ministerial formation15 Some hard questionsSummary reflections on Part IV                    Part V Proposals for change 16 Ministerial formation for the future of the church