Blayne was born and raised in a farming community in Saskatchewan. He's been an ordained minister for over 30 years, and he has pastored churches on the Prairies and in the Maritimes as well as spending some years teaching in a Bible college context. Currently, Blayne serves as senior pastor of Caronport Community Church in Caronport, Sask. Blayne is married to Peggy and they have four children: Sarah, Nathan, Hannah, and Benja...
Marty’s 20 years of involvement in Bible translation ministry have allowed him to live out his love for other languages and cultures. He has been married to his wife, Jo-Anna , since 1985, and they have three children.
Marty serves as the editor of the Baylor Handbook on the Greek New Testament series. He has written two volumes himself, Acts (with Mikeal C. Parsons) and I, II, II John, and is curre...
Kevin was raised in a Christian home and, at the age of eight, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour and Lord and was baptized at Rosemont Park Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Much later, he became a Bible major at Hardin-Simmons University, where he surrendered his life to full-time vocational service. He returned to Fort Worth to attend seminary and married Myra, who had felt called into missions since she was fourteen ye...
Brad likes the diversity that his job brings; from book selection and collecting statistics to managing a budget, changing light bulbs, and sorting books, no two days are ever the same in the library. He enjoys helping students learn, whether it’s the history of Christianity, how to find information in the library, or doing better research. Brad is also passionate about the church and is involved in a local congregation as part of...
Charles was born in Moose Jaw, Sask., while his parents were attending Briercrest College and Seminary, but he was raised in Cameroon, Africa, where his parents worked as missionaries with Wycliffe Bible Translators. He later returned to Canada as a teen and graduated from Caronport High School in the mid-80s. The next years were spent largely in Alberta, where he studied chemistry at the University of Calgary and then worked as a...
David mainly teaches theology at Briercrest College and Seminary. Previously, he served as an Assistant Pastor in Lacombe, Alta., for three years.
David mainly teaches theology at Briercrest College and Seminary. Previously, he served as an Assistant Pastor in Lacombe, Alta., for three years.
David’s theological interests are diverse, though his research and writing has focused on the doctrines of the Trinity and the church, the theology of forgiveness and reconciliation, and the theology of Karl Barth. His B.R.E. and M.A. (Historical Theology) are both from Briercr...
Dr. Hackney is a social/personality psychologist. He and his family have lived in Caronport since January 2010, and he has found that his background in Fairbanks, Alaska, has equipped him well for the task of living in the middle of nowhere! He is fond of Shakespearean theatre, having performed in a number of productions. He is also a martial arts instructor with the Caronport Bartitsu Society.
Dr. Hackney's specializati...
David completed a Ph.D. in Religious Studies at McMaster University in 2004, the same year he began teaching at Briercrest College and Seminary. As a scholar and a teacher, David’s priorities are studying the New Testament in its first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman context and learning with students what it means to hear and respond to the Bible’s address to us today.
Growing up in Kenya as a child of missionary parents...
Eric, his wife, Erin, and their two children, Kate and Will, moved to Caronport in July 2006. He worked on an M.Div. at Trinity Evangelical Divinity Seminary in Chicago for two years and served as a youth pastor in a local Presbyterian church before sensing God’s call to study the Old Testament. His interests focus in Isaiah and the Psalms, but he loves studying and teaching any part of the Hebrew Bible as well as the OT's Ancien...
Following a sense of call to ministry, Jim attended Briercrest College and Seminary from 1978 to 1981. While there, he met his wife, Anne, and they were married in 1982. After graduating from BCS, he earned an M.Div. from Bethel Theological Seminary (Minnesota), concentrating his studies in the area of pastoral care.
His Bethel schooling led to various chaplaincy opportunities and eventually to six years of full-time chapl...
Tim grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and worked there with his wife, Susan, from 1982 to 1996. He went on to do a Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and he is currently overseeing the Global Studies program at Briercrest College and Seminary.
During the summers, he often returns to the Congo where he continues to be involved in leadership training at various levels. In hi...
Don grew up in Ontario, and after high school and some odd jobs, he joined the RCMP. He was stationed in B.C. for ten years, and while he was there, he got married, raised two children, and worked in youth ministry for six years. Then he came to Briercrest College and Seminary. After studying at both the college and seminary and taking on the task of policing in Caronport, Don was hired to teach part-time for the college and has ...