Jane Leach | |
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Principal of Wesley House | |
Assumed office September 2011 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater |
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University of Oxford University of Nottingham |
Profession | Minister and theologian |
Jane Leach is a British Methodist minister and academic, who specialises in pastoral theology. Since September 2011, she has served as Principal of Wesley House, a Methodist theological college in Cambridge. [1] She was also President of the Cambridge Theological Federation from 2015 to 2016. [2]
Leach grew up in the village of River, on the outskirts of Dover, and attended the Dover Grammar School for Girls. Leach has degrees in history and theology. [2] She read history at the University of Oxford. She then trained for ordained ministry at Wesley House, a Methodist theological college in Cambridge, [2] while reading theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. She undertook postgraduate research at Nottingham, completing her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in 1997. [3] [4] Her doctoral thesis was titled "The appeal of faith development theory: a sociological perspective". [4]
In 1998, Leach was ordained as a presbyter in the Methodist Church of Great Britain. [2] From 1996 to 2001, she was a circuit minister, with her early ministry spent in the Fenland Methodist Circuit. [1] [2] Since joining Wesley House, she has been a minister of the Cambridge Methodist Circuit. [5]
In 2001, Leach joined Wesley House, a Methodist theological college in Cambridge, as its Director of Pastoral Studies. [1] In September 2011, she was appointed Principal of Wesley House. [1] For 2015/2016 academic year, she served as President of the Cambridge Theological Federation. [2]
Leach lectures and researches in the area of practical theology and theological education at Wesley House and in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. [1] [2] She is also a Fellow Commoner of Jesus College, Cambridge, and an associate lecturer of the University of Cambridge. [3]