Takanori Oba
Takanori Oba was the first graduate of Christ Bible Seminary. From there he earned an MA and PhD in Religious Thought from Nanzan University with a specialization in patristics. He is currently a professor at Christ Biblical Seminary, teaching mainly church history. Taka is the author of Eirenaeus’ Theology of the Holy Spirit: The Trinity and Deification Revealed in the Second Century (Jobel, 2022). At Christ Bible Institute, he serves as assistant director of the JOJC Center for Church Development and Revitalization. He also serves as a director of the Chubu Division of the Evangelical Theological Society of Japan.
