Oak Hill College

22/10/2026

What are some things that make vocational ministry so uniquely challenging?

Recent decades have seen an escalation of ministry leaders, who expected to minister for a lifetime, leaving the ministry altogether. What changed from previous generations? What kinds of things can we do now to help us lead healthier, fruitful ministries for a lifetime?

Join us at Oak Hill College in February to learn from Dr Tasha Chapman (Associate Teacher on our MA in Contemporary Christian Leadership).

🎟 Link in bio or visit our website to get your ticket - just £35 inc. lunch and a free book.

She will share some intriguing research findings about self-care, spiritual formation, and leadership that begin to answer these questions. And she will lead us in some exercises towards healthy habits that can sustain us in ministry.

Her material comes from over seven years of research on pastoral sustainability conducted by the Center for Ministry Leadership at Covenant Theological Seminary in the USA. The initial research findings were published by IVP in 2013: Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told Us About Surviving and Thriving by Bob Burns, Tasha D. Chapman and Donald C. Guthrie.

Due to the nature of this event, it is being run in-person only at Oak Hill College, London.

21/10/2026

How does God respond when we know we don't measure up? In this clip from his Oak Hill Chapel talk on Zechariah 3, Dr. Eric Ortlund highlights the breathtaking depth of God's grace:
💬 "God comes to you and braces you. And he says, 'I'm going to clear all of that out in a single day. I will heal and beautify and cleanse and embrace and kiss and atone and expunge...' so that you could deeply breathe a sigh of relief."

If you’re feeling worn out by your own shortcomings or standing under the weight of accusation, remember that Christ’s work on the cross clears it all away in a single moment.

📺 Watch the full chapel message: https://youtu.be/rpjyFw1Arvk

20/10/2026

We often measure successful leadership by task completion and easily countable metrics. But what if real leadership is actually the opposite?

In this clip from Season 1, Episode 6 of Jesus Work in Jesus Ways, Dr. Tasha Chapman shares why the core work of leadership is gathering people together to help them work together effectively.

When we bring a team together, we are interconnected like a child’s mobile—every hidden expectation and emotion impacts the whole system.

Catch the full conversation hosted by Mark Stirling on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.

18/10/2026

Ready to see what study at Oak Hill is all about?

Join us for next Open Morning on Saturday 7th November to meet staff and students, tour our campus and get your questions answered.

Sign up on our website.

17/10/2026

"It's wonderful to think about why theology matters in the real world."

Tom is a final year residential Church of England ordinand 🗒️

14/10/2026

“The only person who can give you perfect love.” A great joy to have Rector of with us in chapel today. Jago helped us leave chapel loving Jesus more than when we first walked in. Jago preached on Ephesians 5 and you can listen to the full talk on our Chapel Talks podcast. 🎧

13/10/2026

Yesterday at college we remembered Martyrs' Monday 🇺🇬

This is one of the ways in which we celebrate our partnership with Uganda Martyrs Seminary, Namugongo (UMSN). Uganda Martyrs Seminary takes its name from and is located on the site where in May-June 1886, 26 Christian converts were burned alive for refusing to recant their faith. Their act of faith is remembered on June 3rd every year with thousands of pilgrims making their way to Namugongo. Many of these pilgrims trek hundreds of kilometres with some coming all the way from Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda, or the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Oak Hill College marks Martyrs' Monday as a sign of our partnership with UMSN. We remember, learn and draw encouragement from the history of the Uganda Martyrs.

Christians in Uganda dress smartly for church. Many don their "Sunday Best" as a way of showing reverence for the day of the Lord and the church.

Students at UMSN dress smartly - daily - for college too. For this reason, one of the ways we mark Martyrs' Monday is by dressing smartly for college.

Do pray for the students and staff at UMSN and thank God for them as they train many for Christian ministry.

13/10/2026

"We tend to put people in charge of other people because they've accomplished a lot of expertise, but actually their people skills or their emotional intelligence is very low." — Dr Tasha Chapman

In this excerpt from Jesus Work in Jesus Ways, Dr Tasha Chapman explores the challenge of prioritising cognitive capability over emotional maturity when appointing leaders in both secular and church contexts.

How can we cultivate healthier, grace-centered leadership formation in our churches and institutions?

👉 Watch or listen to Part 1 of the full conversation on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.

09/10/2026

Our 2026 MA in Contemporary Christian Leadership cohort have had their first intensive this week.

They've been reflecting on Biblical leadership through studying the book of Ephesians and numerous case studies throughout scripture - as they begin to reflect on what it looks like to do Jesus work in Jesus ways.

08/10/2026

Psalm 148 calls upon the sun and moon to praise the LORD, and also on lightning and hail, snow and clouds, mountains and hills.

What is going on when we do this?

In our latest faculty blog, Old Testament Lecturer Revd Dr Thomas Renz explains...

Psalm 148 calls upon the sun and moon to praise the LORD, and also on lightning and hail, snow and clouds, mountains and hills. What is going on when we do this?