Dr Derek Newton

Ministry with OMF International since 1980 took Derek and his family to Indonesia to work with the Torajanese Church and University in Sulawesi for 9 years.  This was followed by further study in the UK for Masters and Doctorate in New Testament Studies at the University of Sheffield. 

For 6 years Derek worked at Asian Theological Seminary in Manila as New Testament Lecturer and Dean for Faculty whilst his wife Audrey took on the role of Director for International Students and Chaplain to Ladies.  Their two sons, Michael and Stephen, share Derek's interest in football, fishing and travel. 

Derek is seconded to ICC from OMF International, and as part of their secondment arrangement he and Audrey currently make short teaching trips each year to different parts of Asia.

Areas of Research Interest / Supervision
Biblical Interpretation
Pauline Studies
Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics
Contextualisation
Expository Preaching.

Publications & Papers
In preparation: a book of applied expositions on Paul’s Letter to the Colossians.

2010: “Faith, Doubt and Biblical Criticism: Spiritual Survival in the Shifting Sands,” Evangelical Quarterly 82.4 (October) pp. 326 - 339

2007: “Principalities and Powers in the New Testament” in Principalities and Powers: Reflections in the Asian Context (Manila: OMF Literature Inc)

2003: And the Word Became...a Sermon: A Guide to Biblical Expository Preaching (UK: Christian Focus Publications)

2000: “Dare to Disciple: Christ’s Great Commission”, Phronesis, (a journal of Asian Theological Seminary), Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 87-95

1999: “Paul’s Plea for Onesimus: Reinstatement as Slave, Welcome as Brother, or Manumission as Freedman? Rhetoric and Intention in the Letter to Philemon”, Phronesis, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 66-92

1998: Deity and Diet: Dilemma of Sacrificial Food at Corinth, PhD Dissertation, published in Journal for the Study of the N.T. Supplement Series 169 (Sheffield Academic Press)

1998: “Food offered to Idols in 1 Cor. 8-10”, Dissertation abstract by Derek Newton, Tyndale Bulletin, 49.1

1998: “Biblical Criticism: A Working Paper”, Phronesis, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 59-78