Taylor, Michael2019-09-252019-09-252016-08-2019810950-1703http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/156372"Since most of this article will be devoted to a modest experiment called AP! (Alternative Pattern of Training), still barely three years old, let me make 1t clear at the outset that it is not the only pattern of training for ministry offered by the Northern College. lt co-exists with· two others: a more traditional and a non-residential pattern; and they will be joined by a third in the Autumn of 1981. The' more traditional pattern accounts for just under half of our students. In addition we are heavily involved in lay training or adult Christian education as a sponsoring member of the Manchester Christian Institute, and in an ecumenical scheme for training the pastors of black-led churches in the city"engWith permission of the license/copyright holderMinisterial TrainingNorthern CollegeChristian educationReligious StudiesReligious ethicsCommunity ethicsEducation and ethicsChristian denominationsPractical theology and theological educationArticle