There are so many questions one should ask about the best way to train for full time gospel ministry. Are the languages really necessary? What about church involvement? Why not study part-time while also working at a church? These were my thoughts in 2014 as I thought about the next step in training for local parish ministry in Scotland. We knew our nation was desperately gospel poor, especially when we...

Asking a Northern Irish man to be brief with words is a challenge, but here it goes. Prior to college I was working as a Medical Doctor in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Before I started studying Medicine there had always been an intention to complement my medical studies with theological training. The idea of serving God with both ministerial and medical skills in the 3rd World sounded pretty cool to a...

I started studying the Moore College PTC course back in 2007, shortly after becoming a Christian at the age of 16. My large, suburban, Sydney Anglican Church offered the ‘Intro to the Bible’ subject to all new believers, and I loved it so much that I simply kept studying! I quickly completed all the PTC subjects and planned to move on to more study, but, my studies were put on...