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Principal
Rev Dr Graham Redding
BCom (Akld), BTheol, PGDipTheol (Otago), PhD (London)
Email: principal(at)knoxcentre.ac.nz
Telephone 03 473 0784 then options 2, 2, 2
Before taking up the position of Director in February 2007, Graham had fifteen years of ministry experience in two churches – Somervell Memorial Presbyterian Church in Auckland and St John’s in the City Presbyterian Church in Wellington. He is currently Moderator Designate of the General Assembly, and has served the Church in a variety of capacities, including as Co-convenor of the Equipping the Leadership Policy Group and Convenor of the Doctrine Core Group. His research interests have lain mainly in the fields of theology, liturgics, ethics and the arts. His book, Prayer and the Priesthood of Christ in the Reformed Tradition, was published by T&T Clark in 2003. He is married to Jenni and they have three children.
Lecturers
Rev Dr Kevin Ward
MA(Hons)(Canterbury) BD, DipEd, DipTchg, PhD(Otago), DipMin(NZBTC), MCAIRANZ
Church Leadership, Church and Society, Preaching.
Email kevin(at)knoxcentre.ac.nz
Telephone 03 473 0786 extension 7809; or 03-473 0109 then options 2, 2, 4
Cellphone: 021 490 913
Kevin joined the team at the School of Ministry in 2003. His previous experience has been as a secondary school teacher, Baptist minister and then for thirteen years as a lecturer and Associate Dean at the Christchurch Centre of the Bible College of New Zealand. His research interests are in religion and church in contemporary society and in congregational studies. He has published widely in these areas in New Zealand and overseas, for both academic and more general readers. He is currently working on manuscripts for two books in this area. He keeps himself balanced by running, tramping, golf, movies (he has taught on Spirituality in Film at Otago University) and enjoying red wine and good coffee.
Adjunct Tutor
Rev Dr Lynne M Baab
MDiv(Fuller) PhD(Washington)
Email lynne(at)knoxcentre.ac.nz
Website http://www.lynnebaab.com
Lynne is a Presbyterian minister and author of a number of books on pastoral and spiritual issues including Sabbath Keeping: Finding Freedom in the Rhythms of Rest and Beating Burnout in Congregations. She has a background in parish, self-supporting overseas mission, and campus ministry and as a writer and editor. She recently completed a Ph.D. in communication at the University of Washington. She lives with her husband in Dunedin, New Zealand, where she is a lecturer in pastoral theology at the University of Otago.
Registrar
Catherine van Dorp
BA (Edin)
Email: registrar(at)knoxcentre.ac.nz
Telephone 03 473 0783 then options 2, 2, 1.
Catherine emigrated from Scotland to NZ in 1982 and lived in Gisborne, Auckland and Orere before shifting to Waikouaiti in 2000. Her background is in accounting and administration management. She is married to David and they have three children. Catherine enjoys reading, entertaining friends and walking on Waikouaiti Beach
Hewitson Library
Telephone 03 473 0775, Email: hewitson(at)xtra.co.nz
John Timmins
BA, NZLSCert, PGD Museum Studies
Andrew McPherson
LTC BMus NZLSCert
Lynley B Trounson
DipILS
Presbyterian Archives
Telephone 03 473 0776 X 7851 Facsimile: (03) 473 8466
Email pcanzarchives(at)knoxcentre.ac.nz
Website http://archives.presbyterian.org.nz/
Yvonne Wilkie
Director of Archives : BEd, BA, PGDip (History)
Donald Cochrane
Curator of Photographs, Assistant Archivist & Webmaster
Jane Bloore
Research and Reference Archivist : BA, BD (Dist), Dip Grad, NZLA Cert.
Andrew Smith
Archives Assistant (Data Input & referencing): BA
John Irving
Library Collection Referencing : TTC.
Gifford Brown
Marriage & Baptism Register Cataloguing