People
Meet the staff and fellows of Newton House
Leadership
Professor Donald Fairbairn
Dean
Donald Fairbairn is Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at Union School of Theology and the Robert E. Cooley Professor of Early Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has ministered and taught throughout Europe and North America. His books include Grace and Christology in the Early Church, Life in the Trinity, The Story of Creeds and Confessions, and The Global Church—The First Eight Centuries. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two adult children, Trey and Ella.
Rob Trenckmann
Director
Rob Trenckmann is Director of Newton House in Oxford and lectures in Systematic and Historical Theology and pastoral ministry at Union School of Theology. Prior to joining Newton House, Rob was involved in national training, local evangelism and discipleship, and church planting while serving as Country Lead in Hungary for Josiah Venture. He also served on Josiah Venture's international leadership council and trained leaders across Europe. Prior to his work in Hungary, he ministered in a church in the states. His current research focuses on Augustine's theory of knowledge within his affective framework of anthropology. He and his wife, Liz, have three children.
Senior Fellows
The Senior Fellows of Newton House speak at our conferences, produce theological research, and mentor younger scholars.
Professor Gwenfair Adams
Gwenfair Adams is Professor of Spiritual Formation at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. She is the author of Reformation Commentary on Scripture, Romans 1–8 (IVP Academic, 2019) and Visions in Late Medieval England: Lay Spirituality and Sacred Glimpses of the Hidden Worlds of Faith (E.J. Brill, 2007).
Dr. Michael Haykin
Michael A. G. Haykin serves as the Chair and Professor of Church History and the Director of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of a number of books, most of which are focused on fourth-century Patristic thought and British Dissent in the long eighteenth century.
Dr. Andrew Atherstone
Andrew Atherstone is Tutor in Church History at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and Latimer Research Fellow. He co-edited Making Evangelical History: Faith, Scholarship and the Evangelical Past (Routledge, 2019).
Professor Gerald Bray
Gerald Bray is Research Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, AL, USA. He is editor of the journal Churchman and author of God Has Spoken (Crossway, 2014).
Professor Bradley Green
Bradley Green is Professor of Theological Studies at Union University in Jackson, TN, USA. He is the author of several books, including The Gospel and the Mind: Recovering and Shaping the Intellectual Life (Crossway, 2010).
Professor Robert Letham
Robert Letham is Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at Union School of Theology in the UK. He is author of a number books, including The Holy Trinity (P&R, 2019) and Systematic Theology (Crossway, 2019).
Professor Michael Reeves
Michael Reeves is President and Professor of Theology at Union School of Theology in the UK. He leads the European Theologians Network and is author of Rejoice and Tremble: The Surprising Good News of the Fear of the Lord (Crossway, 2020).
Dr. Philip G. Ryken
Philip Ryken is President of Wheaton College in IL, USA. He has authored a number of books including The Message of Salvation (IVP, 2001) and When Trouble Comes (Crossway, 2016).
Professor Corneliu Simuț
Corneliu Simuț is Professor of Theology at Aurel Vlaicu University in Arad, Romania. He has authored numerous books, including Spiritual Formation: a Concise Introduction and Guide (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and F. C. Baur's Synthesis of Böhme and Hegel: Redefining Christian Theology as a Gnostic Philosophy of Religion (Brill, 2015).
Professor Kevin Vanhoozer
Kevin Vanhoozer is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL, USA. He is author and editor of a number of books, including Hearers and Doers: A Pastor's Guide to Making Disciples through Scripture and Doctrine (Lexham, 2019).
Fellows & Associates
Newton House offers Junior Fellowships to PhD students, providing them with teaching, writing and overall academic experience. For more information about the Union School of Theology PhD programme, please click here.