Highland Theological College

Highland Theological College We provide rigorous theological education from an Evangelical and Reformed perspective. A Community of Faith and Scholarship

Our 2026 induction days are up and running in Dingwall and Perth where we greet our new and returning students. Welcome ...
03/09/2026

Our 2026 induction days are up and running in Dingwall and Perth where we greet our new and returning students. Welcome to HTC

03/09/2026

Pathways begins soon and it's not too late to sign up!

Pathways is a partnership developed between Highland Theological College and Clèir Eilean ì - The Church of Scotland in the Highlands and Hebrides, designed to equip, encourage, and inspire. These courses are designed to give you a skillset to assist the church.

These are online courses conducted over a 10‑week period commencing mid-September every Tuesday evening, 7:30–9pm

Applications are welcomed with the approval of your minister or supporting Church Leadership.

Contact [email protected]
Join us on the journey.

We would like to thank our friends and supporters and extend an invitation to join us next week on the 10th of September...
03/09/2026

We would like to thank our friends and supporters and extend an invitation to join us next week on the 10th of September at 7:00pm, at the next of our quarterly meetings. We will share information about the college's ongoing work and vision.

This online meeting will last for about 45 minutes and the link is below or contact [email protected] for more information.

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/380530733751019?p=RjrikPENXeD08eggnB

Meeting ID:
380 530 733 751 019

Passcode:
LH6Tn2Fd

Our 2026 Research Seminar programme resumes next week (9th September).We have several sessions led by noted academics su...
01/09/2026

Our 2026 Research Seminar programme resumes next week (9th September).

We have several sessions led by noted academics such as Markus Bockmuehl (Oxford), Phil Sumpter (Bonn) and David Reimer (HTC), who will be be exploring their subject specialisms.

Our main focus for this season is a series of discussions based around Oliver O’Donovan’s landmark book ‘The Disappearance of Ethics.’ O’Donovan's work shows how ethics has lost its heart and how the field can regain its purpose. He completes his lectures by integrating theology and philosophy to recover ethics, contemplating theological concepts such as creation, divine law, and how justification undergirds ethics by generating 'existential wonder.'

Over seven online sessions we will be discussing the issues raised in the book, with a special final session (11th November) featuring a live Q&A with Professor Oliver O'Donovan himself.

When: Wednesday | 15:30 – 17:00
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams

Whether you are a student, minister, or theologian, don't miss these vital conversations. Links to seminars will be posted here the day before.

Pathways is a three‑module online course created to develop confident, grounded leaders in our congregations.Swipe throu...
31/08/2026

Pathways is a three‑module online course created to develop confident, grounded leaders in our congregations.

Swipe through to see what each module covers and how the programme builds your skills step by step.

Interested in joining?
Apply with minister or church leadership approval.
Email [email protected]

Come be part of the journey.

The story recounted in Matthew 14:13-21 of Jesus feeding the 5,000 carries a powerful message of what God can do. The fi...
28/08/2026

The story recounted in Matthew 14:13-21 of Jesus feeding the 5,000 carries a powerful message of what God can do. The five loaves and the two fish became a satisfying meal for so many people, ‘about five thousand men, besides women and children’. When we engage in God’s work whether through prayer, financial giving, practical service or full-time engagement, there is no knowing how abundantly God may bless that work. Done in His Name, God uses our little to advance His kingdom. As has been said many times, ‘Little is much when God is in it’.

The story of Pat Nixon is a powerful testimony to this. Pat was a disruptive child who, in Sunday school, had to be taken aside for individual attention which included the colouring in of a picture with the Bible text, ‘The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.’ As a teenager, in a moment of despair and anguish when he was considering taking his own life, that verse came back to his mind and distracted him from his intention. He came to know Jesus as his Saviour and Lord, ultimately founding and managing The Mustard Seed, a Canadian organisation that has aided thousands of homeless people – and still does so – in a Christian environment.
Did that Sunday school teacher ever think that the act of teaching a boy a Scripture verse would ultimately produce so much good for so many people?

HTC exists to train and equip ‘workers for the vineyard’, people of faith who feel called to serve God throughout the world. We are committed to a biblical focus on service that trains people to think biblically, to understand the historical context in which the Scriptures are set, to understand the relationship that exists between different parts of Scripture and above all, to encourage a living faith in Jesus, God’s Son, as the only way of salvation. It gives the HTC staff much pleasure and satisfaction to see the students go out into the world carrying the Good News of the Kingdom and multiplying ‘the loaves and the fishes’.

God is the same faithful God as He was yesterday and will be tomorrow and so we look to Him for the increase under the Holy Spirit’s blessing. In 1 Corinthians 3:6 the Apostle Paul writes, “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but it is God who has made it grow”. We look to God for His abundant blessing on our work.

- Dugald MacPherson
Chair of the Board of Governors

It’s always a pleasure to welcome back our alumni and we’d love you to keep in touch with us. Walter Waheed (graduated 2...
26/08/2026

It’s always a pleasure to welcome back our alumni and we’d love you to keep in touch with us. Walter Waheed (graduated 2005) came to see us yesterday from his home and ministry in Pakistan.

Thinking about applying for the Access Course? Our online Taster Session on 24 September at 7pm is the perfect way to tr...
25/08/2026

Thinking about applying for the Access Course? Our online Taster Session on 24 September at 7pm is the perfect way to try it out.

We’ll walk you through what studying looks like, how the modules work, and the kind of support you can expect along the way.

Sign up now and take your first step toward studying with HTC.
To register interest head over to [email protected]

24/08/2026

Melissa graduated this year, her story could be yours too!

Today is the Deadline for our course applications and we want to say a big hello to all of you who have applied - we will be in touch shortly!

Don't worry if you didn't quite make it today, we are still accepting applications.

21/08/2026

The Pathways course is a collaboration between HTC and the Church of Scotland in the Highlands and Islands. Over three online modules individuals will be offered valuable training to equip them to serve and build up their local congregations.

Here we have one of the course leaders talking through what to expect in each module.

Excited to join us and find out more?
Applications are welcomed with the approval of your minister or supporting Church Leadership.

Contact [email protected]
Join us on the journey.

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