Oak Hill Theological College

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Oak Hill College is a theological college located on Chase Side in Southgate, London, England. It is one of the largest seminaries in the UK.

Its students are drawn mainly from the Church of England, mostly ordinands, though an increasing number come from other denominations, and the college trains men and women for a wide range of ministries, including Youth and Children's ministry and World Mission.

Oak Hill has been associated with conservative evangelical theology since its foundation in 1932, and continues to have a strong emphasis on Bible teaching as the core aspect of church leadership. It is an associate college of Middlesex University and its current Principal is the Revd Dr Michael Ovey. Dr Ovey succeeded New Testament Scholar, Revd Professor David Peterson at the start of the 2007-2008 academic year. Dr Ovey co-authored the book Pierced For Our Transgressions with Dr Steve Jeffery and Dr Andrew Sach.

[edit] Current Faculty include

Vice Principal: Revd Chris Green

New Testament: Dr Paul Woodbridge; Revd Dr Matthew Sleeman, Charles Anderson

Old Testament: Dr Thomas Renz; Revd Dr James Robson

Doctrine: Revd Dr Michael Ovey, Revd Dr David Field

Public Theology: Dr Daniel Strange

Church History: Dr Garry Williams

Spirituality: Revd Marian Raikes

Youth and Children's Ministry: Ian Fry

Counselling: Dr Kirsten Birkett

World Mission: Revd Ray Porter

Research Fellow: Revd Nick Tucker

Part Time Lecturers include: Revd David Jackman and Revd Gareth Lewis (Independent Church Leadership) and Chris Thomson (Hebrew).

Oak Hill hosts an annual School of Theology, which is currently published by Apollos, and numerous other conferences and training events.

[edit] Notable alumni and staff

• George Carey, 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury
• J. I. Packer, conservative evangelical theologian
• Michael Baughen, former Bishop of Chester
• Cyril Ashton, Bishop of Doncaster (Diocese of Sheffield)
• Philip Hacking, former Chairman of the Keswick Convention

[edit] External links

• Oak Hill College
• God's Power to Save - the latest School of Theology to be published The new volume, ' A Higher Throne: Evangelicals and Public Theology" is due to be launched in May 2008.
• Church of England Evangelical Council