Allan Knight
1957-1958 / NZBTI Diploma (Henderson Campus) 1980 - 1987 / Registrar, BCNZ 1998 - 2020 / BCNZ/Laidlaw College Foundation In preparing...
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100 years of stories.
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Barbara Harry
1979-1981 / Three year College diploma (Henderson Campus) My memories of my years at BCNZ: Hours of study! Critical thinking, especially...
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...
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...
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...
Gillian Bird (née Angell)
1986 – 1988 Diploma in Missions (Henderson Campus) I am currently working in Cambodia – the Kingdom of Wonder with Wycliffe Bible...
Helena Stretton
1966-1967 / NZBTI Diploma (Henderson campus) 1972-2006 Dean of Women, Lecturer (Henderson campus) Why cross the Tasman to come to a Bible...
Dr John M. Hitchen
1961-1962 / NZBTI Diploma, Bachelor of Divinity (MCD), Henderson Campus 1987-2021 / Christchurch Dean, National Principal, Lecturer in...
John Ferguson
1987 – / Property Assistant, Property Manager (Henderson Campus) I was involved in musicals through Source Theatre with BCNZ’s Property...
Judy Bedford
1976-1978 / BCNZ 3 year Diploma (Hons) (Henderson Campus) 1978-1981 (part-time) Bachelor of Theology (ACT) I studied at Henderson,...
Ken and Julia Brown (née Davidson)
1989-1991 / Bachelor of Theology (ACT), (Henderson Campus) - Ken 1968-1970 / NZBTI Diploma, DipRE (ACT), (Henderson Campus) - Julia A...
Maurice Harvey
1958-1959 / NZBTI Diploma (Queen Street Campus) 1989 / Diploma of Biblical Studies (Dunedin Branch College) I entered BTI as a young...
Neil Broad
1983-1985 / BCNZ Diploma, Bachelor of Theology (ACT) (Henderson Campus) Marian and I spent the first of three years at BCNZ living in a...
Ruth Swale (née Aitchison)
1987-1988 / BCNZ Diploma (Henderson Campus) I was at BCNZ's Henderson campus in 1987-88, and the communal living was both a joy and a...
Sheila Pritchard
1970-1972 / Diploma in Theology, Diploma in Religious Education 1980-2001 / BCNZ Lecturer (Henderson Campus) My memories of...
Steven Wild
1987-1989 / Bachelor of Theology (Henderson Campus) I left my job in Christchurch and moved to Henderson with my family for three years...
Suzanne Sands
1979-1981 / Certificate of part-time studies at Diploma level (Henderson campus) Living in the Family Flats was wonderful – friendships...
Yvonne Ennion
1982-1984 / Three-year Diploma (Henderson Campus) I remember the social interaction – whether in class with lecturers and students, or in...
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