London Theological Seminary was founded in 1977 by a group of ministers led by
Martyn Lloyd-Jones, who was chairman of the Board of Trustees until his death in 1981. It trains preachers and pastors for the
Christian ministry, and since the late 1990s has also provided ongoing study and support for those in ministry, including pastors and elders, women's workers and church planters. Its theological position is
Conservative Evangelical in the
Reformed tradition, and it only admits men on the seminary's flagship Pastoral Training Course. However, the seminary also runs a separate women's course called Flourish. Students are drawn from both the UK and overseas and from various
denominational backgrounds. London Seminary used to be licensed by the
Home Office to enrol international students and in past years students have come from Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Burma, Cameroon, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Honduras, India, Italy, Korea, Madagascar, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, and the USA. However, this is now no longer the case, and overseas students can typically only study remotely. Its name was shortened to London Seminary in September 2016. The college is housed in buildings formerly occupied by the Kensit Memorial Bible College, which are still owned by the Kensit Memorial Trust, part of the
Protestant Truth Society. ==Pastors' Academy==