Avondale College of Higher EducationStudy tour helps lead students to Christ
Brenton Stacey
Public relations officer
Avondale College of Higher Education
Cooranbong, New South Wales, Australia
A Bible lands study tour and Seventh-day Adventist education entities have influenced four Avondale students to publicly declare their belief in Jesus Christ.
Clockwise from top left: Emma McCrow, Gina Siller, Maree Bagley and Kylie Stewart—with members of her family—at their baptisms. Credit: Kirsten Groves.
Emma McCrow, an international poverty and development studies major, joined chaplain Dr Wayne French on the Middle East tour in 2011. The experience, among others, contributed to a “gradual growing in her life” that led to the decision for baptism.
Primary education student Gina Siller wanted to get baptised on the tour in 2013 but decided to wait so her husband could attend.
Studying at the college of higher education helped Maree Bagley (bottom right), also a primary education student, make her decision.
Enrolling her children at Avondale School helped Kylie Stewart (bottom left) not only make a decision for baptism but also a decision to study primary education.
The baptisms at 7.28 this past Friday are likely to lead to others. Wayne says they and the Bible studies that precede them are the “best parts of my job.”