Our heartiest welcome to Senior Professor Ernst Marais Conradie from the University of Western Cape in South Africa. Professor Conradie is being hosted at the Pacific Theological College while he carries out work in the Pacific. Professor Conradie is giving a lecture on the topic, ‘In God We Trust? Understanding God’s Care in the Context...Read More

The inspirational, renowned and revered Tongan poet and Professor of Education Konai Helu Thaman reminded Toloa participants of the Pasifika Philosophies Course the importance of critical thinking and poetry. “The English did not invent poetry, it was everywhere! My mother who did not finish high school caused me to look more closely at Tongan indigenous...Read More

The PTC Alumni in the Solomon Islands had their first meeting with the Principal in Honiara, both from the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) and the United Church of Solomon Islands (UCSI), hosted by the Archbishop Leonard Dawea of ACOM at his residence. The president and the committee of the Alumni association presented to the...Read More

She’s one of the few Tongan students studying at the Pacific Theological College. Forty-year-old Tupou Aonu’u Lino from the Episcopal Anglican Church of Tonga chose PTC to follow in the footsteps of the great Tongan theologians who’ve gone ahead of her. “Many church leaders across the Pacific studied at PTC, like Archbishop Emeritus Rev. Dr...Read More

In 2020, the Institute for Mission and Research of PTC started the Young Academics Programme. The 17 months programme worked with 24 young persons from six provinces and 14 villages in Fiji to critically look at development. The social analysis and leadership and management training they received equipped them with skills to examine the issues...Read More

The PTC women’s fellowship received 5 tablets from the Center for Gender and Social Justice of PTC. Centre Director Reverend Melanie Smith said members of the Fellowship can use the tablets to access the internet for learning skills, being informationally empowered and active participants of the digital age. Vice Principal Professor Derrick Armstrong handed over...Read More

New students spent Friday in a retreat focussed on familiarising themselves with the ‘whole of life’ vision of PTC. Principal Reverend Professor Upolu Vaai presented on the topic: “Whole of Life” Vision: A Deep Dive 1, with a focus on PTC history, Graduate Attributes, Whole of Life vision, Ecumenical Focus, and the Contextuality Focus. His...Read More