Veronika was born and raised in Belarus in a post-communist environment. No one from her family was Christian. As a child, she attended a Russian Orthodox Church (the national church in Belarus) with her grandmother. From a young age, she had an idea about God but in her words, “it was a very general one, as the Gospel wasn’t presented clearly”. As she grew up, she came across a variety...

Stu was brought up going to church in South Sydney. Although he was baptised as a baby and then confirmed as a teenager, Stu remembers truly asking for forgiveness from God in his mid to late 20s. Before coming to College, Stu was self-employed, worked for an electronic security company, and then served as the president of Ambassadors Christian Motorcycle Club Sydney. Moore was Stu’s first experience of university when...

Before coming to college Rebecca and I lived in Carcassonne (France). She was a nurse and I was working in an engineering firm. We were very involved in our local independent reformed evangelical church and I was being encouraged to consider further training. One of the things that tipped it for us was me having to take a funeral. The reality of death and the need to prepare people to...