Kenneth David Chant (6 June 1933 – 24 September 2024) was an Australian
Pentecostal
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pastor with
CRC Churches International
CRC Churches International, formerly known as the Christian Revival Crusade, is a Finished Work Pentecostalism, Finished Work Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in New Zealand and Australia by Leo Harris in Adelaide, South Australia, ...
. He was
ordained
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in 1952 in the CRC. He was the elder brother of
Barry Chant, who is the founder (with the Reverend Dennis Slape) and former president of
Tabor College, Australia.
Chant planted eight churches and was pastor of several others. For several years he was the editor of two Australian charismatic and Pentecostal journals, ''Revivalist'' and ''Vision''. He has been the principal of four Bible colleges (in Australia and the USA) and has spoken and taught in churches, crusades, conferences, seminars and colleges in a dozen different countries worldwide.
[Biography of Ken and Alison Chant, included in "Discovery", Vision College Publications, 2009.]
On 9 June 2014, Chant was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (OAM), General Division, in the Queen's Honours List.
Chant died on 24 September 2024, at the age of 91.
Vision International College and University
In 1974 he established
Vision International College
Vision International College was founded in 1974 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia by Ken Chant, an Australian theologian and author. Now located in the Sydney suburb of Minto, New South Wales, the college provides vocational ministry training ...
in
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk River, North Esk and South Esk River, South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River, Tasmania, Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, the Launc ...
, as a "Bible
correspondence school". To enhance this teaching ministry, he moved to the US in 1981 and, with Stan DeKoven, established
Vision International University, which merged the correspondence courses with a local church campus program.
[ In 2010 the college had some 7,000 teaching centres in more than 150 countries with more than 100,000 students.
]
Author and composer
Chant was the author of 50 books, including many college texts. He has also composed a number of gospel songs published in various collections both in Australia and other countries.
Bibliography
* ''Sitting on Top of The World'' (Bethany Fellowship, 1972)
* ''Building the Church God Wants''
* ''Dynamic Christian Foundations''
* ''Dazzling Secrets for Despondent Saints''
* ''Authenticity and Authority of the Bible''
* ''Faith Dynamics''
* ''Clothed With Power''
* ''The Pentecostal Pulpit'' (Vision Publishing, 2012)
* ''Better Than Revival'' (Vision Publishing, 2012)
* ''The Cross and The Crown'' (Vision Publishing, 2012)
* ''Throne Rights'' (Vision Publishing, 2013)
Notes
External links
Personal website
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1933 births
2024 deaths
20th-century Christian clergy
Australian Pentecostal pastors
Pentecostal writers