Jim Cruickshank
The Right Reverend Jim Cruickshank holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, an L.Th. degree from the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, Saskatoon and a Doctorate from Chicago Theological Seminary. He has also received two Doctor of Divinity degrees (honoris causa) - one from the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad and the other from Vancouver School of Theology.

Bishop Jim was ordained priest in the Diocese of Cariboo in 1962 and was Vicar of the Upper Fraser Mission in that Diocese until 1965. He was Founding Director of the Sorrento Lay Training Center (now Sorrento Center) and subsequently came to VST to become Vice Principal and Professor of Pastoral Theology at VST. In 1982, he left VST to be Rector and Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver and later Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Cariboo. He is now officially retired, but continues to pursue his passion - teaching theology students - at VST.

Rahel Halabé
Rahel Halabé has a B.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, majoring in Arabic Language & Literature, and an M.Ed. degree from the University of British Columbia in Language & Literacy. She has developed curricula for the introduction of biblical Hebrew the practical way, as well as the teaching of Modern Hebrew to adults through children’s literature. Nine books of her translations from Modern Arabic Literature into Hebrew have been published. Please see her web-site for more information on the types of classes she teaches at http://www.hebrew-with-halabe.com.

Thomas Harding
Former tutor and lecturer in liturgy and homiletics at Trinity College, Emmanuel College and the Centre for Christian Studies, Toronto. Former Executive Director of The Churches' Council on Theological Education in Canada. Former editor of the United Church worship resource "Gathering" and of the popular series "Worship for All Seasons." Author of a number of scholarly books and articles in the field of Christian worship. Currently coordinator of children's ministry and of the community lunch program at St. Barnabas Anglican Parish, New Westminster, and skipper of the charter sailboat La Sonrisa II. Thomas is married to the rector of St. Barnabas, Elizabeth Beale, and is father of the well-known United Church musicians Bruce and Cheryl Harding.

Bruce Hiebert
Bruce Hiebert is a former Mennonite minister currently working on a Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University in the area of Mennonite masculinity in the context of World War I. Previous degrees include a M. Div. from Mennonite Biblical Seminary, a M.T.S. from V.S.T. and a B.A. from the University of Manitoba.

For the last six years he has been teaching philosophy, ethics, religion, history, and management at variously the University of Phoenix, Vancouver Campus; University College of the Fraser Valley; and Simon Fraser University. He has won an award for teaching excellence. Besides pastoral ministry, he has worked in community economic development, housing management, management consulting, and business management. He has two books on the nature of work, most recently Your Soul at Work and is currently developing a book on the ethics of leadership. He lives in Abbotsford.

Helen Hobbs
Dr. Hobbs holds a Master of Divinity from Vancouver School of Theology, and a Doctorate in Theology from the University of Strasbourg,France (Hebrew Scriptures. An ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, she has offered a number of courses at Vancouver School of Theology, and has been in Pastoral ministry for ten years. In the Spring term she will offer a course on Rural Ministry. Helen is the author of The Prophets Speak.

Michael Ingham
Bishop Michael Ingham is the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster (Vancouver Area) and will teach TH205 Religious Pluralism for first year students in the Spring Term. Bishop Ingham received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Vancouver School of Theology in 1998 and published his book on inter-faith dialogue, Many Mansions in the same year.

Ted Siverns
Dr. Siverns holds a BA from the University of Manitoba, a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Knox College, a Master of Theology degree from Toronto School of Theology (Drama and the Dramatic in the Fourth Gospel) and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from McGill University. His doctoral thesis was entitled Parable Interpretation from Julicher to Ricoeur.

Ordained in 1967, Dr. Siverns has been Minister of several Presbyterian churches, and has served on local and national boards and committees for the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Dr. Siverns has taught New Testament classes at Okanagan College, Kelowna and Memorial University, St. Johns. He was Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at the Near East School of Theology in Beirut, Lebanon, teaching both Hebrew Bible and New Testament classes. Most recently, he was the Director of Presbyterian Formation at VST until June 2006 and now teaches the online Hebrew Bible introduction course, HB100D.

He has published many articles, reviews, poems and other works and is a regular contributor to The Presbyterian Record.