Re-Membering the Body

This volume celebrates the ministry and theological contribution of Dr. Ruth Gouldbourne one of the foremost Baptist and Free Church women ministers and scholars in Britain and Europe. Following studies at St Andrews University and King's College London and ministerial training at Spurgeon's College she served at Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church the Free Church Bunyan Meeting Bedford and had been a Tutor after which she returned to the local pastorate at Bloomsbury then Grove Lane Baptist Church Cheadle. Her doctorate explores gender and theology in the writings of the radical reformer Caspar Schwenckfeld and she has recently earned her MA in Shakespearean Studies. She has served the Baptist Union on the Baptist Women in Ministry and Training group the Covenant 2000 Committee the Working Groups on Membership and Superintendency as well as the Baptist Historical Society. Internationally she chaired the Academic Board of the International Baptist Theological Seminary (IBTSC) and its the Board of Trustees and her ecumenical commitment has included sitting on the World Council of Churches' Faith and Order Commission and serving Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. An Associate Fellow of Spurgeon's College she is also Senior Research Fellow of IBTSC Amsterdam and a Research Fellow of Bristol Baptist College.