SCHOOL of THEOLOGY

Deepen your knowledge and love of God each month

October 2026–May 2027 | St Michael’s Street, Oxford

BRIDGING THE GAP between CHURCH and SEMINARY

Our School of Theology has welcomed students from all around the world throughout five seasons; Season Six opens on October 10th 2026 in Union House, St Michael’s Street.

We invite you to join us from 10 am until 12 noon for a deep dive into biblical, systematic, historical and practical theology.

Whether in-person or online, you’ll have the opportunity to join in a discussion after our pastor-scholars have spoken.

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TERM ONE SESSIONS

10th October 2026

The Holy Spirit: Reflections from an Oxford Puritan

Dr. Benedict Bird (MA, University of Cambridge; ThM, Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD, University of Cambridge) is Adjunct Professor of New Testament Greek at Westminster. His doctoral work was on John Owen and the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints. He has taught Biblical Greek and Hebrew at London Seminary and serves as a trustee of London Seminary and Ebenezer Chapel, Luton. Before training as a theologian he worked for twenty years as an intellectual property lawyer in London. He and his wife are members of Cambridge Presbyterian Church.

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14th November 2026

What does it mean to be human? Learning from Herman Bavinck

Dr. Cory Brock (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is a minister in the Free Church of Scotland at St. Columba’s in Edinburgh. He also lectures in systematic theology and preaching at Edinburgh Theological Seminary. He is the author of Orthodox yet Modern: Herman Bavinck’s Use of Friedrich Schleiermacher. Cory is married to Heather, and they have four children.

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12th December 2026

How to read the Bible well — for life, not just for Christmas

Rev Andrew J. Young is originally from Cardiff and studied at Cambridge University. He has advanced degrees from Reformed Theological Seminary and Westminster Theological Seminary in the US. Andy is a Banner Trustee and Chairman of the Westminster Conference for Theological & Historical Study–a UK conference that celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2025. In 2018, after serving as the minister of Cheltenham Presbyterian Church for ten years, Andy became the minister of Oxford Evangelical Presbyterian Church, a new church planted in the centre of Oxford, England. He is a frequent speaker at conferences in the UK.