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Welcome to TEEnet – the Theological Education by Extension Network

Our website aims to be a home for those involved in Theological Education by Extension (TEE). We want to support, promote, bring together, reflect, and contextually develop TEE in partnership with local and regional TEE programmes and bodies, churches, and those interested in theological education, specifically extension programmes. One of the features of the TEE […]

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TEE Funding #2: Filling the Gap

01.04.2026 / Eli Fader While this blog post is focused on TEE programs, we are aware that many of the same issues face the broad spectrum of training and equipping programs from grassroots ministerial training to academic institutions providing theological education. We believe the solutions suggested may also help these programs as well. In our

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In memory of Rev Terrick Barratt

Rev. Terrick (Terry) Barratt called home: 18.02.2026 With profound sadness but unshakeable hope in our risen Lord Jesus Christ, we announce the homegoing of our brother Rev. Terrick (Terry) Barratt on 18.02.2026 at his home in Seaton, Devon in the UK. As founder and former Director of SEAN International, Terry’s life provided a radiant testimony

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Increase Association

01.03.2026 / Graham Aylett The Increase Association celebrates twenty years this February! February 2006, a group of some twenty people involved in church-based training came together in Atlanta, Georgia, with a vision for in-context leadership training for churches across the non-western world. But by 2010, the focus turned to Asia, with Increase’s conference in Nepal,

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Theological Education, TEE and funding

(a four-part mini series – part 4) 01.02.2026 / Volker Glissmann In part 1 of this mini-series (The original questions that shape TEE), we looked at the original questions that shape TEE: who is called to participate in Christian ministry, and who are the right leaders to be equipped. In both cases, TEE practitioners recognise

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Metanarrative as a theological tool in understanding the Bible

01.01.2026 / Volker Glissmann and Ruth Guinness Metanarratives are single overarching interpretations of reality that provide individuals with a lens through which to evaluate their lives. A theological metanarrative offers a comprehensive yet focused retelling of the biblical story, emphasising the most important themes that connect God’s revealed plan from Genesis to Revelation. The metanarrative

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