Ken Chant
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Ken Chant, MRE, ThD (born June 6, 1933), is an Australian Pentecostal pastor with the CRC Churches International, he was ordained in 1952 in the Christian Revival Crusade. He is the elder brother of Dr Barry Chant, President of Tabor College, Australia.
He has planted eight churches and been pastor of several others. For several years he was the editor of two of Australia's most successful charismatic/pentecostal journals ("Revivalist" and "Vision"). He has been the principal of four Bible colleges (in Australia and the USA), and has spoken and taught at crusades, conferences, seminars, and colleges in Australia, the UK, the USA, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, the Philippines, and New Zealand
[edit] Vision International College and University
In 1974, he set up Vision International College in Launceston, Tasmania, as a "Bible correspondence school". To enhance this teaching ministry, he moved to the USA in 1981, and with Dr Stan DeKoven set up Vision International University, which merged the correspondence courses with a local church campus programme. The college now operates in about 140 countries.
[edit] Author and composer
He is the author of more than 35 books, including many college texts. He has also composed a number of gospel songs published in various collections both in Australia and overseas. Details of his writings can be found on his personal web site (see link below).
