150 Year Celebration Story
Phil King
I sensed a call to ministry in my early twenties and began my theological degree in 1986 aged 24. I was fortunate to be living in Dunedin and didn’t need to relocate. I recall the challenges facing students and their families who had to adjust to life in Dunedin’s climate. I took a year off…
Read MoreMaurice Andrew
I was drawn to train at the Theological Hall (TH) because I had known a call as a teenager, influenced by my parents who had been Salvation Army officers before my father became a Presbyterian minister. An experience at a Knox social event still makes me smile: I was listening to a conversation between, Profs…
Read MoreMartin Stewart
I was 25 years old when I entered the Hall – part of an intake of 17 or 19 people! We were a mixed lot that year! A merry mixture of naivety, suspicion, readiness and unreadiness – mostly male – but we got on well together. I was grateful for the people in the two…
Read MoreGeoff New
I arrived at Knox Theological Hall at the beginning of 1996 having completed an undergraduate degree at Laidlaw College (formerly Bible College of NZ). I had little to no understanding of what to expect in terms of the training programme. Upon arriving, I discovered this was the year that the relationship with Otago University had…
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