PERSONAL PROFILE of Dr Barry Chant

Family Details

• Date of birth: 23 October 1938
• Wife: Vanessa (married 1960)
• Children: Rebekah, (married to Steve Cook); Michael, (married to Bronwyn Hancox); Clinton, (married to Natasha White).
• Grandchildren: Joseph, Gwendolyn, Jake, Alexander, William, Stuart, Vanessa, Dominic, Wyatt, Tia, Keely, Lani.

Professional Background

• Senior pastor, Wesley International Congregation, Sydney, NSW (2003-)
• Founder/Principal, Tabor College, Sydney (1992-2002)
• Sunday night talkback radio host, 5DN, Adelaide, South Australia (1983-1986)
• President, New Day Magazine (1980-1997)
• Chairman, United Charismatic Conventions in South Australia (1980-1991)
• Founder/President, Tabor College (1979-2003)
• Principal Crusade Bible College (1977-1978)
• Associate Pastor Adelaide Crusade Centre (1975-1978)
• Dean Crusade Bible College (1964-1977)
• Pastor, Port Adelaide assembly of the Christian Revival Crusade Inc (1964-1975)
• Ordained minister in the CRC (1962-)
• Secondary school teacher at Murray Bridge High School in South Australia (1960-1963)

Academic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts degree, with honours in English literature (University of Adelaide, 1960)
• Diploma of Education (University of Adelaide, 1963)
• Bachelor of Divinity degree (Melbourne College of Divinity, 1968)
• Doctor of Ministry degree (Luther Rice Seminary, 1985)
• Doctor of Philosophy degree (Macquarie University, 2000); thesis topic - The origins and development of the Pentecostal movement in Australia, 1870-1939.

Positions Held

• Editor, PCBC Journal (1997-2003)
• President, Association of Pentecostal and Charismatic Bible Colleges of Australasia (1994-2002)
• Chairman, Association of Pentecostal and Charismatic Bible Colleges of Australasia (1990-1993)
• Secretary, Australian Pentecostal Ministers Fellowship Steering Committee (1988-1991)
• Member, Advisory Committee International Charismatic Consultation on World Evangelism (1987-1997)
• Member, Austral-Asian Christian Church (1983-2003)
• Member, Heads of Churches Committee, Adelaide, S.A. (1979-1985)
• Member, Australian Pentecostal Ministers Fellowship Steering Committee (1978-2004)
• National Vice-Chairman, Christian Revival Crusade Inc, Australia (1977-1980)
• Member, Rotary Club of Adelaide West (1976-1985)
• State Chairman, Christian Revival Crusade Inc, South Australia (1974-1985)

Ministry

• Primarily teaching ministry, including prophetic Scripture ministry. Seminar leader (NB Marriage Joy Seminars, together with Vanessa). Speaking engagements throughout Australia and various overseas countries, including Brazil, England, Germany, Ghana, Holland, Indonesia, India, Israel, Jordan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, USA, Yugoslavia.

Notations

• Included in Contemporary Authors (Gale, 1978) and Who's Who in the World (Marquis, 1980).

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