Editing Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (section)

==Ministerial formation==
[[File:Wycliffe Hall Chapel, Oxford.jpg|thumb|left|Wycliffe Hall Chapel]]
Ordination training remains central to the work of the hall, whose original purpose was to train men for ordained ministry in both the home and colonial service of the Church of England. Non-ordained ministries are also catered for, especially through courses in academic theology and apologetics.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} [[File:Service_in_WH_chapel.jpg|thumb|right|Morning prayer in Wycliffe Hall Chapel]]
Attendance at the daily chapel services is compulsory for full-time ordinands and optional for independent students.<ref>Wycliffe Ministry & Formation Handbook (2017-18), p.11</ref> For much of the hall's history, Greek was a daily ritual for all students; and training in the biblical languages remains important today, with all ministerial students strongly encouraged to take either or both of Greek and Hebrew.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Practical ministerial training is delivered via a system of Integrated Study Weeks on topics such as death, evangelism, ethics, and biblical hermeneutics.<ref>Wycliffe Ministry & Formation Handbook (2017-18), p.19ff</ref>
Student led fellowship groups supervised by college tutors, which take turns to run a week of chapel services, and training and practice in preaching are key elements of ministerial formation.<ref>Wycliffe Ministry & Formation Handbook (2017-18), p.21ff</ref>

Historically, Wycliffe students were assigned a 'pastoral job' on Sundays – whether preaching, pastoral visiting, or taking a Sunday school class.<ref>R.B. Girdlestone, 'Words to Workers' (London: Hamilton, Adams & Co, 1885), preface</ref> Today, ministry placements in churches and colleges emphasise observation and theological reflection as well as participation,<ref>Wycliffe Ministry & Formation Handbook (2017-18), p.44ff</ref> and a longer summer placement, before a student's final year, affords the opportunity to go further afield.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} Ministerial students also participate in college missions during their studies, with the choice of settings including schools, universities, urban and rural parishes, as well as social projects of various kinds.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}