Teaching Faculty

The College has five full-time teaching staff, assisted by a number of visiting lecturers.

Dr. Murray Capill, M.A., B.D., D.Min (Westminster, Calif.)
Principal, Lecturer in Pastoral Ministry

Murray was appointed Principal in January 2008. He comes from New Zealand where he pastored a church in Auckland for 10 years. He came to Australia in 2001 to teach part time at the College and continue in pastoral ministry in the CRCA. In 2006 he changed to full-time teaching at the College. He is author of Preaching with Spiritual Vigour. Murray is married to Wendy, and they have five children living at home.




Rev. Alastair McEwen, B.D., B.A. (Hons), B.Litt., M.Th (Calvin Seminary)
Vice-Principal, Lecturer in Old Testament.

Alastair teaches with a passionate love of Hebrew, the Old Testament and all things Middle Eastern. Prior to commencing teaching at the College in 1982 he was involved in pastoral ministry with the Reformed Presbyterian Church where he is still an active elder. Alastair is married to Margaret, and they have four adult children.




Dr. Stephen Voorwinde, B.A.(Hons), M.A., B.D., M.Th, Th.D (ACT)
Lecturer in New Testament.

Steve has taught Greek and New Testament at the College since 1985. He has years of pastoral experience in the CRCA, and has spent time studying and pastoring in the USA, where he met his wife, Nancy. Steve's doctoral dissertation on the emotions of Jesus in John's gospel was published in 2005 under the title, Jesus' Emotions in the Fourth Gospel: Human or Divine? Steve and Nancy have two adult children.




Dr Bill Berends, B.A., B.D., M.Th., Th.D (ACT)
Lecturer in Systematic Theology and Ethics.

Bill Berends came to the College in 1991 after extensive missionary work in Nigeria and Kenya. Bill's accent betrays his international background, having been born in the Netherlands, raised in New Zealand, studied in the USA, lived for 15 years in Africa, and now teaching in Australia. Bill and his wife Henny live on a small farm just out of Geelong. They have three adult children.




Dr. Henk DeWaard, B.D., M.Th., M.A., D.Miss (Fuller)
Lecturer in Church History and Missiology.

Henk de Waard has taught at the College for over twenty-five years and was Principal of the College from 1997 to 2007. Prior to teaching at the College he was in pastoral ministry in the CRCA, and worked as a missionary in Indonesia for 11 years. Henk continues to associate closely with Indonesian congregations there and in Australia. He has also had extensive involvement with the Reformed Ecumenical Council. Henk is married to Ria, and has four adult children.