The Latimer Trust is a

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in the

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Overview

The Latimer Trust is an evangelical think-tank dedicated to providing biblical input and a considered response to significant issues within the Christian community and elsewhere, with a particular focus on the Church of England. The trust is continuing and developing the work of Latimer House in

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during the 1960s. It produces books, studies, briefings and publications and supports research by grants and funding posts. The Latimer Collection is now housed within the library at Oak Hill Theological College in

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. Trustees have included

Donald Allister Donald Spargo Allister (born 27 August 1952) is a retired Church of England bishop who served as the Archdeacon of Chester from 2002 to 2010 and the Bishop of Peterborough from 2010 to 2023. Allister served in parish positions in Hyde, Greater ...

and

Wallace Benn Wallace Parke Benn (born 6 August 1947) is a bishop of the Church of England. He was the area Bishop of Lewes in the Diocese of Chichester from May 1997 until his retirement in October 2012. Early life and education Benn was born in Bray, Cou ...

, and J. I. Packer was Hon. President. The director of research is Gerald L Bray.

History

Latimer House (the Oxford Evangelical Research Trust Limited) was set up under the initiative of J.I.Packer and John Stott as a centre for research. It was funded by donations, and published Studies, Briefings and Comments from 1978 onwards. The first Warden was Richard Coates (1960–61); he was followed by J.I.Packer (1962–69),

John Wenham John William Wenham (1913 – 13 February 1996) was a conservative Anglican biblical scholar, who devoted his professional life to academic and pastoral work. Two of his four sons, Gordon Wenham and David Wenham, are also noted theologians. Wenh ...

(1969-73), Roger Beckwith (1973–94) and Nigel Atkinson (1995–98). Towards the end of the 1990s the trust struggled financially so the decision was made, with the permission of the Charities Commission, to wind it up and roll the proceeds of the sale of the house in Oxford into a new charity, The Latimer Trust, reg. charity no. 1084337. The books and journals have been rehoused in the library at Oak Hill Theological College, London N14 4PS, where the Latimer Trust office is now situated.

Current activities

Since 2001 the trust has resumed its publishing activities, and maintains the interest in research by funding posts and offering small grants. The first director of research (2006-) is Gerald Bray; research fellows have been Matthew Sleeman (2001-5), Andrew Atherstone (2005-) and Kirsten Birkett (2013-). The trust has been approached by international organisations to publish significant works, such as ‘Being Faithful’ and its predecessor, ‘The Way, The Truth and the Life’ for

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(now the

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Books

*Series of Studies (approx 40-100 pages)- well researched discussions of topical issues *Series of Briefings - usually shorter discussions aimed at a wider audience *J. I. Packer, N. T. Wright, ''Anglican Evangelical Identity: Yesterday and Today'' (Latimer Trust, 2008) *Lisa Nolland (ed.), Chris Sugden (ed.), Sarah Finch (ed.), ''God, Gays & the Church: Human Sexuality in Christian Thinking'' (Latimer Trust, 2008) *

John Stott John Robert Walmsley Stott (27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was a British Anglican pastor and theologian who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974. I ...

, Alec Motyer, Lee Gatiss, ''The Anglican Evangelical Doctrine of Infant Baptism'' *

, ''Being Faithful: The Shape of Historic Anglicanism Today'' (Latimer Trust, 2009) *GAFCON, ''The Way of the Cross: Biblical Resources for a Global Anglican Future - 6 studies'' (Latimer Trust, 2008) *Gerald Bray, ''The Faith We Confess: An Exposition of the 39 Articles'' (Latimer Trust, 2009) *Lee Gatiss (ed.), ''Pilgrims, Warriors, and Servants: Puritan Wisdom for Today's Church'' (Latimer Trust, 2010) *Lee Gatiss, ''The True Profession of the Gospel: Augustus Toplady and Reclaiming our Reformed Foundations'' (Latimer Trust, 2010) *Gerald Bray, ''Translating the Bible: from William Tyndale to King James'' (Latimer Trust, 2010) *Charles Raven, ''Shadow Gospel: Rowan Williams and the Anglican Communion Crisis'' (Latimer Trust, 2010) *Lee Gatiss, ''Preachers, Pastors, and Ambassadors: Puritan Wisdom for Today's Church'' (Latimer Trust, 2011)

References

External links

*{{official, https://www.latimertrust.org/ Research institutes in London Evangelical Anglicanism