Dr Murray Capill, BA, MA, BD, DMin(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.

Dr Bill Berends, BA, BD, ThM, ThD(ACT)
Vice-Principal, 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 Stephen Voorwinde, BA(Hons), MA, BD, ThM, ThD(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 Phillip Scheepers, BA, BTh, MTh, ThD (FSU)
CBTE Coordinator and Lecturer in Missions.

Phillip joins the College in 2010 bringing a wealth of experience in missions and church-based training. He is originally from South Africa where he studied for the ministry and obtained his Th.D in missions. After initial mission work in South Africa he moved to London where he worked for Veritas College for 8 years, establishing training ministries for local church leaders in the Arab world. That work eventually led him to Australia in 2007 to secure accreditation for the Veritas training in the Australian vocational training sector. This makes him ideally suitable for the tasks to which he is called as a lecturer in missions and coordinator of the RTC's new ministry training pathway, TASK3, that interfaces campus study with church-based training. Phillip is married to Chanel and they have two young boys.

You can listen to Phillip's address from his Induction Service here

Rev John de Hoog, BA(Hons), BD, MA(Theol), MTh(Cand,ACT)
Lecturer in Old Testament.

Rev de Hoog is well known to the supporting churches of the College. He trained at the RTC - receiving his BD in 1991. John also possesses a BA (Hons) from the University of Tasmania, a MA(Theol) from Moore College, and is completing his MTh through the ACT with his Thesis being ?The canonical function of Psalm 119?. He is originally from Tasmania, but has also ministered in CRCA churches in Sydney, Canberra and most recently in Geelong. John is married to Sallee and they have four sons, Michael, Christopher, Nathaniel and Joshua.

Dr Henk DeWaard, BD, ThM, MA, DMiss(Fuller)
Registrar and Lecturer in Church History.

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.

Rev Alastair McEwen, BD, BA(Hons), BLitt, ThM(Calvin Seminary)
Adjunct 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.