
Extramural study requires devotion and ongoing dedication. This is so much easier to sustain when you enjoy the process, like a favourite hobby, and when you don't feel alone. After nearly 20 years providing academic correspondence courses in theology, we have learned how to make home study more collegiate, more supportive and more successful for you.
That's why our distance tutors keep in contact with course participants during the whole course process... with ongoing help, comments and encouragement.
The Ecumenical Board of Theological Study has the oversight and governance of EIDTS and its work in distance theological education.
The Board is registered as a private training provider by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority under the provisions of the Education Act 1989 and its subsequent amendments.
The Board of Trustees consists of two representatives from each of the Anglican, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches and the Salvation Army.
Read the Chairperson's Annual Report:
Chairperson_AnnualReport_2010-11.pdf 437.40 KB
Chairperson:
Major Kingsley Sampson
Appointed by the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand:
Rev John Daniel CPMIR, BTheol, MTheol (Hons), Dip Min
Rt Rev Dr Graham Redding BCom, BTh, DipTh(Hons), PhD
Appointed by the Methodist Church of New Zealand:
Rev Dr David Bell BA, BD, MTh, PhD
Rev Jill van de Geer BTheol, LTh, LTCL
Appointed by the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia:
Revd Peter Osborne BTheol
Revd Chris Honore BA, BA(Hons), LTh, Dip Tchg
Appointed by the Salvation Army:
Major Kingsley Sampson MA, BD, Dip Ed, Dip Tchg
Major Garth Stevenson BAgSc, DipTchg, LTh(Hons)
Executive Officer:
Linda Cowan
Associates:
Rev John Hunt (BA (Otago), LTh (Joint Board),Diploma in a Jungian Approach to Counselling
(Albany Trust), Fellow of Knox College)
Mrs Sue Haley