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Andrew Johnston
2 July 1895 – 5 April 1985 One of the most influential and fruitful evangelistic contributions NZBTI made to this country was through the...
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Annie Jane Grantham (“Gran”)
1922-1946 / NZBTI Housekeeper, Matron (Hopetoun Street, Queen Street) One of the unheralded people in this College’s history is a woman...
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Charles Jubilee Rolls
NZBTI Superintendent, 1922-1930 Once the decision was made in July 1921 to establish the NZ Bible Training Institute, the search began...
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Cliff Mitchell
1927-1928 (Hopetoun Street/Queen Street Campuses) When George Clifford Mitchell was born his parents named him after a great Baptist...
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Professor Edward Musgrave Blaiklock, OBE
Lecturer in NT Greek, 1927-1975 Board Member (1939-1964), Board Chair and President (1965-1975) As a trainee teacher in 1921 Ted...
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Henry Yolland
1927-1960 Lecturer and Dean of NZ Bible Training Institute (Queen Street Campus) Born in August 1883, Henry Yolland was brought up in...
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Jack Nicholson and Vera Nicholson (née Civil)
Jack Nicholson 1923-1924 / NZBTI Diploma Vera Nicholson (née Civil) 1924-1925 / NZBTI Diploma Jack was born into a farming family in...
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John Oswald Sanders
John Oswald Sanders’ studies at the NZ Bible Training Institute in 1924 were cut short after six months when his father’s illness...
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Rev. Joseph W. Kemp
Founder and Principal, NZ Bible Training Institute, 1922-1932 Joseph William Kemp was born in the port city of Hull, England, in December...
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Laura Elvira (Elvie) Nicoll
1922-1923 / NZBTI Diploma (Hopetoun Street Campus) Twenty-year-old Laura Nicoll, more commonly known as Elvie, was among the first intake...
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Madeline (Madge) Forgie
1923-1924 / NZBTI Diploma In 1925, Madeline (known as Madge or Maggie) sailed for India to work with the Poona and Indian Village Mission...
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Margaret McGregor
1928-1929 - Queen Street Campus Secondary school teacher, Margaret McGregor entered the NZ Bible Training Institute in 1928 having...
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Robert Alexander Crookston Laidlaw, CBE
1922 – 1942 / Board member, NZ Bible Training Institute 1943 – 1965 / President, NZ Bible Training Institute Robert Laidlaw joined Rev....
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