Bruce and Kathleen were married 62 years ago, and began serving God in India two years later.
Bruce has arts and theology degrees from Auckland, London, Princeton, and an honorary doctorate of divinity from Ashland, Ohio. Kathleen is an Associate of the London College of Music, and a Licentiate of Trinity College London in speech and drama.
They taught theology, English, speech, and communications at the Union Biblical Seminary in India from 1955 to 1973.
They pioneered a research community in New Delhi relating theology and communications in the context of Indian culture.
They founded a publishing company and made films for national TV.
Bruce arranged interest-free loans for small-scale industries. Kathleen took Christian dramas to the villages, cities and military camps of central India.
They have both authored and edited numerous books including Kathleen’s Asian Arts and the Christian Hope which was recognised at a World Book Fair, and the journal Bruce founded Evangelical Review of Theology. Bruce continues as the editor of the 50-volume Asia Bible Commentary series, written by Asian, Middle Eastern and South Pacific scholars.
Bruce was the co-founder of the Asia Theological Association in 1970, which now coordinates up to 250 theological colleges across Asia and the Middle East. He regularly travels internationally promoting these works.
Bruce was the founding director of the Theological Commission of what is now called the World Evangelical Alliance from 1975 – 1992, the world body which we are part of. Kathleen was a director of the International Christian Media Commission for the same body and Lausanne for 6 years from 1986.
Bruce was ordained in India by the Bishop of Delhi, and pastored a Hindi congregation for the Church of North India. His ordination is recognised in Anglican and Presbyterian churches in New Zealand.
They are inspirational, they’re even on Wikipedia, and they are our Unsung Heroes in Theology and the Arts.