Hilary 2025 Term Card

A great collection of curated interviews with leading Christian academics and scholars at the University of Oxford.

Check out the videos on the website.

Developing a Christian Mind at Oxford provides space for postgraduate students, post-docs and faculty to consider how they integrate their Christian faith and their academic life. The programme includes two conferences, Christianity and the Life of the Mind: An Introduction (January), and Seeking Wisdom: Engaging the Academic Disciplines from the Standpoint of Faith (March). It also includes a smaller group called Christians in Academia that runs through the year for discussion, mentoring, and prayer.

Check out the Developing a Christian Mind website for information on these conferences and more.

The Oxford Pastorate is a Christian charity, an historic Anglican chaplaincy that has been serving Oxford University students since 1893. We now serve the postgraduate community, offering: pastoral care through an international team of experienced chaplains; connection to Christian groups and initiatives in Oxford; a welcome and orientation programme for internationals; Christian leadership development programmes; and opportunities for Christian postgraduates to engage with the wider University in service and mission.

For more information:  http://oxfordpastorate.org.

Each year, Oxford and other world-class universities produce leaders and thinkers who go on to have significant influence and impact around the world. The Oxford Character Project, affiliated with the Oxford Pastorate, aims to help talented postgraduate students develop key virtues of character which will prepare them to be the wise thinkers and good leaders the world so desperately needs.

For more information go to http://oxfordcharacter.org.

Thesis is the postgrad community for St. Ebbes church, located in the center of Oxford. We are a diverse group of people from over 20 nationalities, DPhil and Masters students, single and married (including spouses of postgrads). Whether you are a committed Christian seeking to grow as a follower of Christ during your time in Oxford, or someone looking into the Christian faith from the outside, you are very welcome.

During term, we meet at St Ebbe’s each Tuesday evening from 7:00pm to share a meal, get to know each other and to discuss a passage or topic from the Bible and pray. Thesis Together, or T2, is our Friday study day for postgrads, providing an opportunity to study alongside others and enjoy fellowship during breaks. Lunch and refreshments are provided. T2 runs from 9:30am-5:30pm.

Glenn Nesbitt is the postgraduate student minister at St Ebbe’s. Email him to find out more: glenn.nesbitt@stebbes.org.

Find community at the heart of Oxford – we’re a group of postgrad students seeking God together. Some of us are exploring faith, some are committed Christians, some are somewhere in between! We eat, pray, worship and discuss together, including in small groups for deepening friendships.

Postgrads meet on WEDNESDAY EVENINGS, 7PM in the Christopher Room in the Parish Centre (40 Pembroke Street).
For more info see our website or email postgrads@staldates.org.uk. Or find us on facebook.

The Orthodox Christian Student Society is a dynamic and open community of Oxford students of different nationalities united by Orthodox faith. The Society aims to bring together Orthodox students and other Orthodox members of the university, as well as help introduce the Orthodox Christian faith to anyone interested.

E-mail: ouorthosoc@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page.

St Stephen’s House is an Anglican theological foundation and Permanent Private Hall in the University of Oxford, offering formation, education and training for a variety of qualifications and ministries. But, we also take non-ordinand postgraduates of all faiths.

Visit our webpage  for more information.

Postgraduate students are an important part of the Emmanuel family. We aim to help you grow in your relationship with God through practical teaching from the bible and an openness to the Holy Spirit.

We meet on a Sunday 10:30 AM at Oxford Spires Academy, Glanville Road. We encourage our postgraduate students to join one of our mid-week groups called Connect Groups and we have a Student and Young Adult group that meets 3 times a term – visit the website for more information and to get in touch!

Trinity is a small evangelical church in the heart of the city, seeking to reach people with the good news of Jesus and welcome them into our church family. As well as events for students, we encourage the church to live and work together as family.

For more information visit our website.

Meeting on Wednesday evenings from 7:45pm and beginning with pizza, God in the Quad provides a supportive and friendly environment for post-graduate research students wishing to make connections between scholarship and their faith. The group is accompanied by Fr. Mark Aloysius SJ, a DPhil student at Campion Hall.

For more information visit our website.

St Mary Magdalen’s is an Anglican church in central Oxford. We are a vibrant all-age and inclusive community, offering worship and witness in the Catholic tradition.

For more information visit our website.

The highly recommended National Christian Postgraduate Conference in June: https://transformingthemind.org/ for more info.

The Veritas Forum is an annual event, which engages student and faculty in life’s hardest questions and the modern relevance of Jesus Christ. See the website for more details and previous recordings of their lectures and discussions with the pre-eminent experts of a wide range of topical issues.

The place to go for all the latest and best talks, lectures, and events happening in Oxford. A lot are free, others require registration and a few charge for tickets, but if you want to make sure you don’t miss out on the best talks in town this is the website you want, they also have an active and useful Facebook page, perhaps you’ll even see a GCF talk advertised there too.

Faith in Scholarship blog: http://faithinscholarship.org.uk/

The Christian Scholar blog: https://thechristianscholar.wordpress.com/

Scholar’s Compass: online blog for Christian Graduate Students

http://blog.emergingscholars.org/category/scholars-compass/

Christians in Science:  http://www.cis.org.uk/

Biologos: http://biologos.org/, a place to explore the harmony between science and biblical faith.

Faraday Institute for Science and Religion: https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/

Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics: https://kirbylaingcentre.co.uk/

Supports postgrads through a Christian public lecture series, mentoring and apprenticeship programs, summer schools, Scriptorium, etc http://www.christianheritageuk.org.uk/

IFES: The International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (of which UCCF and InterVarsity USA are members):

http://ifesworld.org/en

IFES Word and World: promotes theological reflection and conversation around IFES and beyond: https://en.ifesjournal.org/

InterVarsity USA’s Emerging Scholars Network: http://blog.emergingscholars.org/, seeks to encourage, and equip the next generation of Christian scholars to be a redeeming influence in the academy, church, and the world.

The Well: http://thewell.intervarsity.org/, an online gathering place to encourage and equip women in the Academy and professions.

list compiled by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship:

https://gfm.intervarsity.org/resources/christian-professional-and-academic-societies

OCCFCA are a group of university students and young professionals who are passionate about sharing our Christian faith with the others, through discussion and communication. All Christians or those who are keen to know more about Christian faith are welcome to participate in our meetings and activities.

Our regular meetings, to be conducted in Cantonese, will be held on most of the Friday evenings during the term time of Oxford’s two universities. Our weekly program includes dinner, singing of hymns, sharing, and praying. But from time to time, we will also organise a range of activities, including seminars, Bible study sessions, workshops, and outdoor activities.

If you are interested in joining us, you are most welcome to email oxfordcfcs@gmail.com or join our facebook group for further details. We will be most happy to answer any questions you may have.

A set of questions for personal bible study and praying from the scriptures.

by Joe Martin

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