Tom de Bruin, PhD, (The Netherlands/South Africa) has been appointed as lecturer in New Testament Exegesis and Early Christian Literature at Newbold College of Higher Education. De Bruin studied at Rijksuniverstiteit Groningen (NL), University of Amsterdam (NL) and Newbold College, graduating from the latter in 2008 with distinction. De Bruin finished his PhD is New Testament Exegesis and Early Christian Literature at Leiden University in 2013, with a thesis on the Great Controversy theme in early Christian literature.
Before coming to Newbold, De Bruin served as a pastor, Union Secretary, Union departmental director, and independent researcher at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.