Rev Richard Tiplady

Before becoming Principal, Richard served in a variety of leadership roles including British Director
of European Christian Mission and Associate Director of Global Connections. He has worked
as a consultant for a number of Christian organisations including Tearfund, for whom he managed or contributed to projects in Russia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and taught at Samuel Bill Theological College in Nigeria.

Richard was a student at BTI/GBC from 1988-1991 where he gained a Bachelor of Divinity (Hons) degree. He has since obtained an MA in Theology of Mission and Ministry, and an MSc in NGO Management.

He is married to Irene, who has worked in a variety of roles in the mental health field. They have one son, Jamie. Richard is an FA-trained junior football coach (which mainly involves standing in a field shouting at children), an alumnus of the Windsor Leadership Trust, and an Associate of the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission.

Areas of Research Interest / Supervision
Leadership
Christian mission in contemporary Western culture
History of Christian mission

Publications and Papers
2011: “How The West Was Won (And Might Be Again)” in Word To The World: Good News To The Nations, Ed. E McQuoid (Milton Keynes:Authentic)

2011: “The Pilgrim Church Needs A New Home : Contextualizing the Church in Europe” in Global Mission: Reflections and Case Studies in Contextualization for the Whole Church, Ed. R Dowsett (Pasadena: William Carey Library)

2010: “105 Not Out: Change and Renewal in a Centenarian Mission Agency”. Connections 9:1

2009: “A Personal Perspective on Personal and Spiritual Formation”, in the Global Mission Handbook: A Guide for Crosscultural Service, Ed. S Hoke & B Taylor (Downers Grove: IVP)

2007: “Promoting Good or Best Practice”, in Worth Keeping: Global Perspectives on Best Practice in Missionary Retention. Ed. R Hay et al.  (Pasadena: William Carey Library Publishing)

2006: “Missiological Challenges for the Future”. Connections, 5: 2&3

2006: “The End of the World as We Know It: Church Planting in Postmodern Europe”. Connections, Special Edition on Europe

2006: “Misión y Globalización”, COMIBAM Internacional

2005: “The Legacy of Ernest Oliver". International Bulletin of Missionary Research, 29:1

2003: World of Difference: Global Mission at the Pick ‘n’ Mix Counter (Carlisle: Paternoster Press)

2003: One World or Many? The Impact of Globalisation on Mission (Pasadena: William Carey Library Publishing)

2002: Postmission: World Mission by a Postmodern Generation (Carlisle: Paternoster Press)

2000 “Moravian community, spirituality and mission” in Global Missiology for the 21st Century Ed. William D Taylor (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic)

2000: “Let X=X: Generation X and World Mission” in Global Missiology for the 21st Century Ed. William D Taylor (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic)

1995: “History of Christian Mission” (10 week study course for Oak Hill College Open Learning Centre)