Dr Ken Chant is an Australian who began his ministry in 1952 as an assistant pastor in two Baptist churches in Adelaide. He was ordained in Melbourne in 1954, as a pastor in the CRC Churches International, so he has been actively involved (as of 2009) in Christian ministry for 55 years (ten of which he and his family spent in the USA). Ken is currently the director of Vision Christian College for Australia. He is also the author of more than 40 books, including many college texts. In addition he has written large amounts of curriculum material, lecture notes, and scores of magazine articles. He is the composer of several choruses that have been published in various collections, notably Fill My Eyes and Be Glad Ye Sons of Zion. Although committed to the Pentecostal movement, Ken has always been ecumenical rather than parochial, and he has often ministered in other denominational settings. Hence the students enrolled in one or other of the Vision Christian College programmes come from a wide array of churches and denominational backgrounds. In 2009, Ken and his wife Alison (who herself has a master's degree in Christian counselling, and is a sought-after speaker) celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. They have four children and twenty-one grandchildren.