SCHOOL of THEOLOGY
Deepen your knowledge and love of God each month
October 2026–May 2027
St Michael’s Street, Oxford
PLUGGING THE GAP between CHURCH and SEMINARY
Since 2020, our School of Theology has welcomed people from all around the world to grow in their knowledge and love of God.
No matter what your theological background or experience, we invite you to take a heart-warming journey into a range of theological topics with experienced pastor-theologians each month. Whether in-person or online, you’ll also have the opportunity to put your questions after each talk.
Join us from 10 am to 12 noon, as we gather to understand, know and love God more deeply.
SCHEDULE
AUTUMN SEMESTER
10th October 2026
The Holy Spirit: Reflections from an Oxford Puritan
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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.
21st November 2026
What does it mean to be human? Learning from Herman Bavinck
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Dr. Cory Brock (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is a minister at St. Columba’s Free Church of Scotland 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.
12th December 2026
How to read the Bible — for life, not just for Christmas
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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.
SPRING SEMESTER
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13th February 2027
J. C. Ryle — from Oxford student to contending for the faith
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Rev Professor Andrew Atherstone is Latimer Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and a member of Oxford University’s Faculty of Theology and Religion. He has published widely on the history of evangelicalism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Andrew studied mathematics and theology at Christ’s College, Cambridge, following this with a doctorate in ecclesiastical history at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He was ordained in 2001 as curate of Christ Church, Abingdon, and returned to Wycliffe Hall in 2007 to teach. Andrew also serves as associate minister in Eynsham and Cassington in West Oxfordshire, where he lives with his wife, Catherine and their three children.
A fellow of the Royal Historical Society and member of the Church of England’s General Synod, Andrew currently serves on the Faith and Order Commission, the Liturgical Commission, and the Council for Christian Unity. His main research explores Anglicanism and Evangelicalism from the 18th Century to the present.
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Rev Dr Steffen Jenkins is Senior Lecturer in Greek and Biblical Studies at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom. He has served as Lecturer in Old Testament at various seminaries in Cuba and was previously a tutor in Biblical Languages at Tyndale House, Cambridge. His books include Imprecations in the Psalms: Love for Enemies in Hard Places, Scripture Is Inspired, Hearing God's Voice in Leviticus and Enjoy the Psalms.
13th March 2027
The ceremonial law — what can we learn from it today?
10th April 2027
Redemption, pilgrimage and rest —
the theme of exodus in scripture
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Rev David Pfeiffer (MA, University of Cambridge; PGCE, University of Cambridge; Theological Studies, London Seminary), is a minister of Whaddon Road Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Cheltenham. A recent moderator of EPCEW, he also examines prospective ministers in New Testament Greek. He has been a visiting lecturer in Old Testament at London Seminary since 2017.
8th May 2027
Guidance — knowing God’s will for
my life
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Rev David Campbell was born and raised in Scotland. Receiving a call to gospel ministry at university, he trained at the Free Church College in Edinburgh before taking a call to Geneva Road Baptist in the northeast of England. This was followed by a fourteen-year pastorate in Pennsylvania, USA. David now ministers at North Preston Evangelical Church.
David is a Banner of Truth trustee, and the author of several books including Opening up Galatians, and Handle that New Call with Care. David and his wife Mairi have two daughters, now married themselves.
WHAT TO EXPECT
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LOCATION
Our School of Theology is hosted at Union House in the heart of Oxford, located 10 minutes from the train station.
“The School of Theology offers a good opportunity to study and discuss different topics related to the Christian faith, both theological and practical. Since the School is available online, you can join wherever you are.”
JOANNE, NETHERLANDS
“As a church elder and doctor, the School of Theology has opened up whole new areas of theology that I have never considered in such depth before. It has been a joy to listen to these challenging talks with brothers and sisters who share a hunger to know our great God better.”
CHRIS, NEWCASTLE
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