Engage with experienced mentors, develop practical tools, and be empowered to serve with greater wisdom, compassion, and confidence in your professional role.

At Laidlaw College, we offer professional development opportunities tailored for Christian educators, counsellors, pastors, and ministry leaders. 

Whether you’re looking to deepen your expertise in Christian teaching, refine your skills in counselling and pastoral care, or enhance your ministry supervision and coaching, our programmes are designed to equip you for effective, faith-driven leadership.

Study Options

We offer a range of study pathways that can help you to grow in how you work out your faith in the marketplace, in whatever vocation, including Graduate and Postgraduate options. 

• Graduate Diploma in Theology

• Postgraduate Certificate in Theology
• Postgraduate Diploma in Theology

"What I really appreciated about this course was the ability to help me recognise the current pressures and questions that our students have... this is content that would be valuable for anyone working in Christian education."

Teresa Thomson - Theology for Education Graduate

Theology staff

Our staff are leaders in their fields. Here are some of our faculty who are involved in equipping professionals in their leadership and work.

Rev. Dr Karen Kemp

Senior Lecturer (Theology) | Senior Coach (Centre for Church Leadership)

Karen is a Senior Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Studies/Pastoral Theology and teaches leadership and spiritual formation, conflict transformation, and ministry supervision. Karen is also the Pastoral Leadership Lead at Laidlaw, part of the Theology leadership team, a senior coach for Centre for Church Leadership and an ordained Anglican minister. Read more about Karen here.