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...

We’re a couple of country kids who’d love to see the nations praise Jesus. I grew up on a ‘hobby’ farm in Armidale, while Sarah was on a ‘real’ farm in Oberon. We both were blessed with Christian families at home, and benefited hugely from joining a ‘family’ of Christians when we came to Sydney for University. I was studying Engineering, but the most valuable thing I learnt at Uni...

There are so many questions one should ask about the best way to train for full time gospel ministry. Are the languages really necessary? What about church involvement? Why not study part-time while also working at a church? These were my thoughts in 2014 as I thought about the next step in training for local parish ministry in Scotland. We knew our nation was desperately gospel poor, especially when we...