For nearly 80 years, Tyndale House has been resourcing Christian scholars from across the world to undertake rigorous Bible research that equips the global church.
1941 – Casting the vision
A group of Christian leaders meets to discuss their concern for the lack of believers engaged in biblical studies, and the effect of this on the Church. W. J. Martin, Lecturer in Hebrew at Liverpool University, proposes the founding of “a residential research library”
1945 – A home for Bible scholarship
Inter Varsity Fellowship (later UCCF) establishes Tyndale House as a “library and research centre devoted to the highest and most permanent interests of biblical scholarship”. The Tyndale Fellowship of Christians engaged in biblical and theological research is founded
1964 – First Tyndale Commentary published
This series of concise, clear, text-focused commentaries will become a globally trusted resource for Bible study
Our faith is inseparably linked with certain historical events recorded in an extensive corpus of written documents, hence its credentials are open to objective investigation. The need for the scholarly defence of the faith is as great today as ever.
W. J. Martin, ‘A Later Statement of the Aims of Tyndale House’, 1941
1984 – Room for growth
Tyndale House expands to accommodate increasing numbers of books and readers. The “Hexagon” extension is built and the library is enlarged
1990 – Houses for scholars
Land behind Tyndale House is purchased, and accommodation for researchers and their families is built
We shall never capture the church for the truth of the gospel unless and until we can re-establish biblical scholarship [and] hold (and not lose) the best theological minds in every generation.
John Stott, 1992
1994 – The digital age
Tyndale House becomes the first library in Cambridge to have a fully computerised catalogue
2015 – The birth of a charity
Tyndale House is launched by UCCF as an independent organisation in its own right
2017 – Tyndale House Greek New Testament
The Greek New Testament Produced at Tyndale House is published. It aims to present the earliest recoverable wording of the Scriptures
Today – For the future
Tyndale House continues to grow and develop as the home of a worldwide community of evangelical Bible scholars who seek to equip the Church
