Moderator
Moderator of the General Assembly 2005 - 2006
The Revd Dr David Peel
David was born and educated in Keighley, West Yorkshire. After leaving
Keighley Boys' Grammar School he graduated in Chemistry from the University
of London (BSc) and then prepared for ministry at the Congregational
College, Manchester (BD) and Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, Texas (STM).
Membership of Knowle Park Congregational Church, living at New College in
London, and involvement with Congregational Youth provided a challenging
context within which a call to ministry was heard and accepted. He was the
first chair of FURY.
After twelve years of pastoral ministry at Toiler, Kettering and in
Stockton-on Tees, David became Tutor for Community-based Training at
Northern College, Manchester (1988), concerned with developing theological
reflection and practical skills needed for the ministry, in active
collaboration with local communities and churches. He became Principal of
the College in 1993 and helped develop a programme as intellectually
rigorous as it was rooted in practice.
David gained his PhD from the University of Manchester for a study of the
theology of his American tutor Schubert Ogden. He has published Reforming
Theology (2002), Ministry for Mission (2003) and numerous articles. Feeling
called to more grass-roots involvement, while maintaining a presence in
theological education, David returned to the North East in 2003 to undertake
the twin roles of Strategy Development
Officer in Northern Synod and Director of Traditional Theology for the
North East Oecumencial Course.
David and Pat, his wife, have two children, Andrew a research biologist at
Cambridge and Heidi who works at The University of Manchester. He enjoys
classical music, bird watching and collecting cricket autographs.
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