    trinity college, bristol is an evangelical anglican theological college located in stoke bishop, bristol, england. it offers a range of full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate courses which are validated by the university of durham through the common awards scheme, though the college sets its own curriculum. many of its students are training for ordination in the church of england; and hence there is a strong vocational aspect to the courses it provides. it also has students of other christian denominations, as well as students who are intending to serve within various forms of lay ministry. the college also has a significant number of students studying for research degrees at masters and doctoral level. it runs evening classes which are used by the diocese of bristol for its training of ordained and lay local ministers. it also has an open learning department. ==history== trinity college, bristol was formed in 1971 from a merger of three evangelical colleges in bristol: clifton college, dalton house with st michaels, and tyndale hall. trinity college, bristol is rooted in the evangelical tradition (and is affiliated to the evangelical alliance) but offers training to christians from a variety of theological traditions. kings, 2003. "canal, river and rapids: contemporary evangelicalism in the church of england" by graham kings, published in the journal anvil vol 20 no 3, september 2003, pp167-184. retrieved on 9 september 2006. all of the colleges had their origins in the bible churchmen's missionary society (bcms, now crosslinks). the bible missionary training college opened in bristol in 1925, and was recognised by the church of england in 1927. the bcms college faced great difficulties in its early days. its conservative evangelical constituency was numerically and financially weak. the staff split over the issue of subscription to bcms' doctrinal basis, and those who did not view subscription as essential left to form clifton theological college. subsequently, dalton house was opened to train women. the principal of the men's college (c.s.carter) resigned in the early 1930s after dismissing a student. it was renamed tyndale hall in 1952.{{cite web |url=http://www2.special-coll.bham.ac.uk/catalogue_handlist_bibchmsoc.htm |title=preliminary listing of the records of the bible churchmen's 
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