Dr Sofanit Abebe (pictured) has been appointed as a Lecturer in New Testament and Greek, while Dr Robin Barfield has been appointed to serve in the newly created part-time post of ‘Lecturer in Practical Theology and Support for Digital Pedagogies’ at Oak Hill College, and Dr Chris Howles has been appointed to the role of Director of Cross-Cultural Training. Oak Hill has also announced the return of Dr Thomas Renz, who taught Old Testament and Hebrew at Oak Hill from 1997–2009, before being ordained in the Church of England.