Rev Dr D(Donald) Morcom, Vice Principal

Rev Dr D (Donald) Morcom - Vice Principal

LTh(Hons), BA, MDiv, PhD
Wife: Jackie
Fields: Field Education, Greek, Church History, Theology

Donald ("D", as he is usually called) was born in Brisbane, but has spent most of his life in South Africa, where his parents were missionaries. He trained for the Christian ministry at the Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa, graduating with the LTh(Hons) in 1978. He earned his BA in Biblical Studies and History from the University of South Africa (1981). After serving in two Baptist pastorates, he pursued graduate studies in the United States, where he earned his MDiv (1985) and PhD (1989) from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a visiting scholar at Regents Park College, Oxford, during the Trinity Term of 1986. After completing his graduate work, he was appointed as Lecturer (1989-1993) and Principal (1994-2001) of the Baptist Theological College of Southern Africa, during which time he also served on the Executive of the Baptist Union of Southern Africa and a number of other denominational committees.

He returned to Australia in January 2002 at the invitation of the Park Ridge Baptist Church, where he was Senior Pastor until accepting the position of Lecturer at Malyon in 2005.  At the start of 2009 he was appointed Vice Principal.