Christian certificate gets NZQA nod

27 May 2009

St John’s started offering courses through the polytech three years ago, and the certificate now embraces Old and New Testament, preaching, prayer, ethics, reconciliation, leadership, small groups, theology and culture.

The tutors are all trained theologically and come from a wide range of churches in Timaru. “It’s exciting that we no longer need to travel to Christchurch to study at this level,” says the Rev Nick Mountfort, one of the tutors. “One of the reasons NZQA gave the go-ahead for this course was the good working relationship among all the churches, and especially the ministers.”

For information contact: Alison.Waller@aoraki.ac.nz