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1920s

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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