Tyndale Chapel Podcast

Having taught intercultural studies courses at Tyndale since 1995, Dr. Scott became the Associate Dean of Professional Studies at Tyndale College in January 2000. In July 2005, he became the Academic Dean. He is now currently the Associate Professor of Christian Ministries at Tyndale. He is also an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and serves as a teaching elder at St. John's...

Rev. Joan DeVries joined the Tyndale community on August 8, 2012 as the Seminary Dean of Students. Joan brings a valuable breadth of ministry and educational experiences to this key role in student development for the Seminary. Prior to coming to Tyndale Joan has taught high school, pastored several churches, served on a seminary board and is currently at the dissertation level of a PhD from McMas...

Dr. Kessler has served as Professor of Old Testament at Tyndale Seminary since 1992. He is Chair of the Biblical Studies Department. His publications include his recent monograph entitled, The Book of Haggai: Prophecy and Society in Early Persian Yehud (Brill, 2002) and a Festschrift for Donald Leggett, Teach Me Your Paths (Clements, 2000), coedited with Jeffrey Greenman. He has published articles...

Linda Tripp spent 31 years with World Vision Canada serving in a variety of capacities including VP International Programs, VP Advocacy, and VP Public Affairs. She was the first female Vice President in the World Vision global partnership. Linda has represented World Vision Canada's Relief, Development and Advocacy work to the government, other aid organizations, and served on several coalitions a...

Andrew Williams is a board member of Tyndale and Mission Program Officer of Yonge Street Mission. Yonge Street Mission has been providing help and aid to the individuals and families of the local community in Downtown Toronto since 1896. For more information, please visit www.ysm.ca/learn/about/about-ysm.

Carolyn Arends has released 10 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books.  15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts.  Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year. Carolyn’s newest project, Love Was Here First, features 10 new Carolyn originals an...

Carolyn Arends has released 10 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books.  15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts.  Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year. Carolyn’s newest project, Love Was Here First, features 10 new Carolyn originals an...

Carolyn Arends has released 10 albums and is the author of 3 critically-acclaimed books.  15 of Arends’ songs have become top 10 radio singles on the Canadian pop and US Christian charts.  Arends has earned 2 Dove Awards, 3 Juno Nominations, and was recognized as the West Coast Music Awards’ Songwriter of the Year. Carolyn’s newest project, Love Was Here First, features 10 new Carolyn originals an...

Dr. Gary Nelson speaks at Commencement Chapel to begin the Fall 2013 semester. Dr. Gary V. Nelson joined Tyndale on July 1, 2010 as President and Vice Chancellor after serving for ten years as General Secretary of CBM, the national and global work of Canadian Baptists. During those years, CBM experienced a striking capacity growth, expanding the organization’s global impact in the areas of leaders...

Dr. Livingston is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and has served congregations in Seattle, Scotland, Vancouver, Cambridge, and most recently, the historic Knox Presbyterian Church in Toronto. Passionate about the integration of pastoral ministry and theological education, he previously served as adjunct professor at McMaster Divinity College and Tyndale Seminary. He is co...

Lucas Cooper serves as Senior Pastor at Bayview Glen. Lucas brings a unique blend of humor, life-experience, passion, and honesty to his teaching. He is committed to helping men and women experience God's blessing by knowing and obeying His truth. With more than 15 years of vocational ministry experience that help shape his teaching, Lucas also holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Arizona State Universit...

James Pedlar joined the Tyndale faculty full time in 2013, having previously taught at Tyndale and Booth University College on a part time basis.  James loves teaching and is passionate about helping students understand how Christian theology has developed in response to the challenges that the church has faced throughout its history. James is a Wesleyan theologian whose work focuses on ecclesiolo...

Dr. Gary Nelson speaks at Commencement Chapel to begin the Fall 2013 semester. Dr. Gary V. Nelson joined Tyndale on July 1, 2010 as President and Vice Chancellor after serving for ten years as General Secretary of CBM, the national and global work of Canadian Baptists. During those years, CBM experienced a striking capacity growth, expanding the organization’s global impact in the areas of leaders...

Ross Clifford became Principal of the College in 1997. He served as Lecturer in Theology, Ethics and Apologetics from 1992. He joined the College faculty after twelve years of pastoral work at South Windsor and Gymea. Before he entered the ministry he practised law in New South Wales and the Northern Territory. He is a graduate of the Australian College of Theology, Simon Greenleaf, University of...

Dr. Boers has taught for Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Conrad Grebel University College, Andover Newton Theological School, and the Canterbury College D. Min. program. Prior to teaching, he was a pastor in rural, urban church-planting and inner-city settings in the US and Canada. He is the author of a number of books: Living into Focus: Choosing What Matters in an Age of Distraction; Day...

Rev. Roché van Wyk, director of Learn to Earn (South Africa), has a background in engineering, theology, urban issues & community development and intercultural studies. He is married to Janet, has two sons, Stuart and Thomas, is involved in Rotary and his local church and thinks best with a fishing pole in hand. Since 1995 Roché has been the Director of Learn to Earn (LtE). He took over what wa...

Dr. Gary Nelson speaks at Commencement Chapel to begin the Fall 2013 semester. Dr. Gary V. Nelson joined Tyndale on July 1, 2010 as President and Vice Chancellor after serving for ten years as General Secretary of CBM, the national and global work of Canadian Baptists. During those years, CBM experienced a striking capacity growth, expanding the organization’s global impact in the areas of leaders...

Rev. Joan DeVries joined the Tyndale community on August 8, 2012 as the Seminary Dean of Students. Joan brings a valuable breadth of ministry and educational experiences to this key role in student development for the Seminary. Prior to coming to Tyndale Joan has taught high school, pastored several churches, served on a seminary board and is currently at the dissertation level of a PhD from McMas...

James Brooks has spent his whole life in the GTA. Born in North York and raised north of the city in a small community called Stouffville. James has attended Springvale Baptist Church in Stouffville his whole life, and has also served in many ministry teams at Springvale, in particular with the youth. He attended Stouffville District Secondary School, and upon graduation was admitted to Tyndale Un...

Professor LeBlanc is a Mi’kmaq-Acadian has been active in full-time vocational ministry with the Native North American community since 1978. He is currently CEO and Director of My People International and NAIITS.  He has convened and chaired many initiatives within the Native community – both Christian and non-Christian. As a consequence, Professor LeBlanc’s interest in formal education has been d...

Rev. Joan DeVries joined the Tyndale community on August 8, 2012 as the Seminary Dean of Students. Joan brings a valuable breadth of ministry and educational experiences to this key role in student development for the Seminary. Prior to coming to Tyndale Joan has taught high school, pastored several churches, served on a seminary board and is currently at the dissertation level of a PhD from McMas...

Dr. Gary Nelson speaks at Commencement Chapel to begin the Fall 2013 semester. Dr. Gary V. Nelson joined Tyndale on July 1, 2010 as President and Vice Chancellor after serving for ten years as General Secretary of CBM, the national and global work of Canadian Baptists. During those years, CBM experienced a striking capacity growth, expanding the organization’s global impact in the areas of leaders...

Dr. Reynolds is the author of The Apocalyptic Son of Man in the Gospel of John (WUNT II/249; Mohr Siebeck, 2008) and has published articles in Biblica, Early Christianity, Henoch, Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus, and Neotestamentica. He is currently co-editing a book entitled The Relationship of Biblical and Systematic Theology in the New Testament to be published by Mohr Siebeck, an...

Dr. Neufeldt-Fast brings to the position of Director of the Master of Theological Studies Modular Program a strong background in teaching and administration as well as international exposure. From 2000-2006 Dr. Neufeldt-Fast was the Coordinator of a MA in Pastoral Ministries modular program at the Theological Seminary, Bienenberg, Switzerland, in partnership with the University of Wales and the Ox...

Dr. Wong has taught at Tyndale University College since 2000. He has been teaching Preaching at Tyndale Seminary since 1997. He has had extensive pastoral experience at the Toronto Chinese Baptist Church in English ministry since 1982 and then when the church expanded to two locations in 1986 he pastored at the Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church before assuming his current ministry at Tyndale. In...