Background
Wright was born in Manchester, and joined the Baptist Church at the age of fifteen.
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Nigel Wright
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He attended the University of Leeds, graduating in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts He earned a M.Th. degree from the University of Glasgow in 1987 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1994 from King"s College London.
Career
Wright trained for the ministry at Spurgeon"s College and served as a Baptist minister, then as a tutor at Spurgeon"s College, again as a local minister, and became principal of Spurgeon"s College, London in 2000. He retired in 2013.
Wright has written a number of books and essays on various Baptist theological topics. His views are summarized in Free Church, Free State: The Positive Baptist Vision, published by Paternoster in 2005.
His writings have been widely cited and discussed by other theologians.
Wright is also a frequent speaker and presenter about Baptist theological renewal. In 2009, at the age of 60, he was honoured by a festschrift: Lalleman, Pieter J. (ed), Challenging to Change: Dialogues with a Radical Baptist Theologian: Essays Presented to Doctor Nigel G. Wright on His Sixtieth Birthday.
London: Spurgeon"s College, 2009.
