Rev'd Dr Ian Paul
MA, MSc, BTh, PhD
Dean of Studies
Ian is Dean of Studies and also teaches New Testament and hermeneutics. His PhD was in New Testament interpretation, looking at Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutic of metaphor and how this helps us read the metaphorical imagery of Revelation 12 and 13. He has published both popular and academic works on the Bible and its interpretation. On the academic side, he chairs the Revelation Seminar at the annual British New Testament Conference, the main meeting place for UK academics. He is also a regular speaker at New Wine and other national and regional conferences.
'My passion for training is that folk at St John's will be formed by God's grace in the context of a dynamic, transforming community, where people are liberated to use the gifts God has given them, and which is broken open to make God's love available to others.'
He is married to Maggie, who is a GP, and they have three children, Lizi, Ben and Rebecca and a foster-daughter Jo Jo who comes from Burma. Ian's first degree was in Maths, and he worked in industrial business (making chocolate!) prior to ordination. Before moving to St John's, he spent eight years on the staff of St Mary's, a town-centre church in Poole, Dorset which saw significant growth over that time.
He is a former member of General Synod and is on the Church of England Evangelical Council (for a second time), is on the leadership team of Fulcrum, and is an inveterate chocoholic.
Academic details and previous experience, subjects taught, activities, research and publications
- Staff academic details
- Canon Dr Christina Baxter CBE
- The Revd Nick Ladd
- Rev'd Dr Ian Paul
- Rev'd Eileen Turner
- Rev'd Dr Tim Hull
- Dr Doug Ingram
- Rev'd Andii Bowsher
- Dr Ben Fulford
- Rev'd Dr Dee Dyas
- Dr Sally Nash
- Rev'd Paul Nash
- Jo Pimlott
- Mr Roy McCloughry
- Rev'd David Runcorn
- Dr Stephen Travis
- The Venerable Bob Jackson
- Associate Lecturers
- Administrative staff