Pastors Dale Skewes and David Strong have been running VBC training at their church in Wagga for the past five years. They identified a need to equip people, like farmers and tradesmen, for preaching and leading within the church without needing to leave town.

John Delezio never expected to end up in full-time ministry, let alone church planting. “I went along and did one subject and I was hooked straight away, because Andrew (Beddoe) was teaching in a way that was similar to the way I had learnt my trades,” John explains. “I had learnt like that at TAFE. It was side-by-side learning; it was round table learning.” 

Kim Wright juggles being a wife, a mum to two teenage boys and a part-time job as an Occupational Therapist. She’s also a student at Vocational Bible College.

Despite growing up as a Missionary Kid, David Sinden never expected to study theology or end up in ministry himself. He’s now a VBC graduate working for Global Recordings Network.

“One of the great joys has been to see and hear of students who have said, ‘Do you know what? I didn't think I could study anything at all. But I've studied and loved it here.’”