Mike Ovey

Posted on January 8, 2017 
Filed under People

Dr Mike OveyWe are very saddened to hear of the death, after a heart attack, of Dr Mike Ovey, Principal of Oak Hill College in London, this morning Australian time.

A graduate of Moore College, and then a member of the faculty, Mike returned to the UK to teach at Oak Hill.

Mike was also a key member of the GAFCON theological team. He was due to return to Sydney to speak at the NEXUS Conference in April.

He will be sorely missed, and his death is a blow for English Evangelicalism.

Please uphold Mike’s family in prayer at this time – as well as the communities at Oak Hill and Moore College, and Mike’s many friends around the world – pray that they may cling to Christ, and receive the comfort and hope only he can give.

From Oak Hill:

‘Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants’ (Psalm 116:15).

It is with profound shock and sadness that we announce the sudden and unexpected death of our Principal, the Revd Dr Mike Ovey, at the age of 58.

As the Oak Hill community comes to terms with the loss of our dear brother and leader, we cling on to the promise that ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life’. It reminds us that for Mike, death is not an end but a glorious beginning.

Please hold in your thoughts and prayers Mike’s wife Heather and their three children Charlie, Harry, and Ana. More details about Mike’s funeral and thanksgiving will follow in the coming days.

See also:

Moore College tribute to Rev Dr Mike Ovey.

The Grace of God – or the World of the West? – Dr Mike Ovey.