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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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Chris Starrrenburg
1998-2000 / Bachelor of Ministries (Henderson campus) I attended BCNZ after many years of lay leadership feeling the need to deepen my...
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Chris Strom
1961-1963 / NZBTI Diploma and Third Year Diploma (Henderson Campus) J.O. Sanders opened the new Henderson campus with a fortnight of...
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Christine Coussell (née Verrall)
1983-1984 / 2 year College diploma (Henderson campus) I remember worship times in chapel, in ladies' chapel, and in the small group led...
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Clare Knowles (née Stirling)
2010-2014 / Graduate Diploma in Theology, Master of Theology (Henderson campus) Doing my MTh with a cohort of other awesome students was...
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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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Cyril Edwin Taylor
1940-1941 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) Cyril had worked for three years as a shop assistant in the clothing trade in...
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David and Jenny Wilkinson
1987 – 1 Year Course We came to College from Napier with five children! We lived at the Laingholm Manse and drove in each day - dropping...
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David Piper
2010-2013 / Bachelor of Theology (Henderson Campus) As part of a faithful crew of Monday to Saturday library junkies, we would play...
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Dawn Tayles (née Fox)
1962-63 / NZBTI Diploma (Henderson Campus) I went to BTI to learn what I believed so that I could help my friends and Indian friends in...
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Denis Keen
2001-2003 / Ministry Internship Diploma (Whangarei) My memories of my diploma include the many friends that I made while studying and the...
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Diana Hamilton
1990-91, 1993 / Diploma in Theology (ACT) I was a student in 1990, ‘91 and ‘93... so I missed being capped in 1992! From 1990-1996 my...
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Donald (Don) Forrest Bullin
1952-1953 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street campus) Don entered the NZ Bible Training Institute as a 20-year-old to train for missionary...
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Doreen Payne (née Troughton)
1970-1972 / BCNZ Diploma, Diploma of Religious Education (MCD) (Henderson Campus) From the beginning College felt like a taste of heaven....
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Asetoa Eddie Pilisi
1965-1966 / NZBTI Diploma (Henderson Campus) Eddie was born and raised in Niue. He became a school teacher, and taught for four years in...
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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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Edward Sands
1979-1983 / BCNZ Diploma; ACT BTh; ACT MTh I planned one year maximum at College, and that under sufferance, but that was the minimum...
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Eileen Taylor
1969-1970 / NZBTI Diploma (Henderson Campus) I enjoyed my studies – learning Greek and some Hebrew (though none of the latter remains!)....
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