Kenneth David Chant (born 6 June 1933) is an Australian

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with

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. He was

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in 1952 in the CRC. He is the elder brother of

Barry Chant Barry Mostyn Chant (born 1938) is an Australian academic, pentecostal pastor and author. His most significant contribution to the Pentecostal movement in Australia was as its primary historian. ''Heart of Fire: The story of Australian Pentecost ...

, who is the founder (with the Reverend Dennis Slape) and former president of

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. Chant has planted eight churches and been 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.

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, "The Reverend Dr Kenneth David Chant - For service to religion, and to theological education."

Vision International College and University

In 1974 he established

Vision International College Vision International College was founded in 1974 in Launceston, Tasmania by Ken Chant, an Australian theologian and author. Now located outside of Sydney, Australia in Minto, New South Wales, the college provides vocational ministry training by dis ...

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, as a "Bible

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". To enhance this teaching ministry, he moved to the US in 1981 and, with Stan DeKoven, established

Vision International University Vision International University is an American interdenominational Christian Seminary based in Ramona, California. The university offers distance education and online academic degree programs designed to prepare people for professional ministry. ...

, 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 is the author of 50 books, including many college texts. He has also composed a number of

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s 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)

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External links

Personal website
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