Takanori Oba
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 a teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church of Japan, having served as pastor of Kita Yokkaichi Christ Church from 2009–2019. In addition to his role at CBS, Dr. Oba is the director of the Chubu Division of the Japan Evangelical Theological Society and lectures part-time at Nanzan University. He is the author of Irenaeus’ Pneumatology: Interpretation of the Trinity and Theosis in the Second Century (Yobel, 2022).