Oak Hill College
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| Principal | Dr Daniel Strange (Acting) |
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| Students | 206 (2015)[1] |
| Location |
London, United Kingdom 51°38′26″N 0°08′46″W / 51.6405°N 0.1461°WCoordinates: 51°38′26″N 0°08′46″W / 51.6405°N 0.1461°W |
| Website |
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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.[2]
Overview
Its students are drawn 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.
It 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. Dr Daniel Strange is its Acting Principal following the sudden and unexpected death in January 2017 of 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 (Leicester: Apollos, 2006) with Dr Steve Jeffery and Dr Andrew Sach.
The Latimer Trust, an Anglican think tank, is located at Oak Hill Theological College.[3]
Current faculty
- Acting Principal: Dr Daniel Strange
- New Testament: Dr Paul Woodbridge; Revd Dr Matthew Sleeman; Dr Brad Bitner; David Shaw
- Old Testament: Dr Eric Ortlund; Chris Ansberry
- Systematic Theology and Church History: Dr Matthew Barrett
- Homiletics: Revd Dr Tim Ward
- Doctrine: Dr Matthew Barrett: Dr Kirsten Birkett: Dr Daniel Strange
- Director of Free Church Ministry: Dr Graham Beynon;
- Director of Anglican Ministry: Revd Dr Mark Pickles
- Pastoral Counselling: Revd Steve Midgley
- Public Theology: Dr Daniel Strange
- World Mission: Revd Ray Porter and David Baldwin
- Youth and Children's Ministry and Dean of Women: Revd Melanie Lacy
Notable former staff
- Gerald Bray, theologian and church historian
- George Carey, 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury
- J. I. Packer, conservative evangelical theologian
List of principals
- 1961–1971: Maurice Wood, later Bishop of Norwich
- 1971-1986: David Wheaton
- 1986-1996: Gordon Bridger
- 1996–2007: David G. Peterson
- 2007–2017: Michael Ovey
Notable alumni
- Cyril Ashton, Bishop of Doncaster (Diocese of Sheffield)
- Michael Baughen, former Bishop of Chester
- David Court, bishop of Grimsby (Diocese of Lincoln)
- Karowei Dorgu, Bishop of Woolwich (Diocese of Southwark)
- Philip Hacking, former Chairman of the Keswick Convention
- Peter Hancock, Bishop of Bath and Wells
References
- ↑ "Educational Oversight: report of the monitoring visit of Oak Hill College (The Kingham Hill Trust), June 2015" (PDF). Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
- ↑ Rudi Heinze and David Wheaton, Witness to the World: a History of Oak Hill College 1932-2000 (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002)
- ↑ Latimer Trust official website, About