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Professor of Religious Studies; Director, MA Biblical Studies; Co-Director, Dead Sea Scrolls Institute.

Peter Flint was born in 1951 in South Africa. In 1972, Flint completed his first B.A. from Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. The following year, he obtained his Teacher's Higher Diploma from Johannesburg College of Education in South Africa. In 1979, he obtained a second B.A. in Classical Hebrew from the University of South Africa in Pretoria, followed by a M.A. in 1983. In 1990, Flint completed his second M.A. at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, followed by a Ph.D. in Old Testament and Second Temple Judaism in 1993, where is studied under Eugene Ulrich, the chief editor of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls.

Flint arrived at Trinity Western in 1995 as a professor of Religious Studies. He was co-director (with Marty Abegg) of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity. In 1997, Flint published the Psalms Scrolls, which were the second largest portion of the biblical Dead Sea Scrolls. He was editor of the Great Isaiah Scroll. Flint's book "The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls" received an award from the Biblical Archaeology Society. His work includes "The Dead Sea Scrolls Bible", the first translation of the Dead Sea Scrolls Biblical texts into any language, and "The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls". In addition, his "The Official Edition of the Isaiah Scrolls from Cave 1 at Qumran "(the first critical edition of one of the most important of the documents found at Qumran) was published by Oxford University Press in 2010.

Peter married TWU School of Business professor Amanda (Dossett) Flint, MBA, CPA-CA, in 2000. They had six children.

In 2004, Flint was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Dead Seas Scrolls Studies and was renewed in 2011. Flint held this position until his passing on November 3, 2016. Flint was posthumously awarded the honorary degree Doctor of Humanities at Trinity Western's 2017 commencement ceremony.

Norma Marion Alloway (nee Pike) was a Christian woman who communicated her love for the Lord Jesus Christ through her writings, her speaking, and through the example of her life. Norma was an only child, born on March 25, 1922 and raised in Toronto. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1944 with a degree in English. In 1945, Norma married Donald Miller and they had five children.

Norma had an active writing career as an author and poet. In addition to writing three books, she wrote articles for numerous magazines and newspapers. In much of her writing Norma shared informal anecdotes which related a personal faith to everyday living. She was also an international traveler and speaker, and was widely known for sharing the message of the Creator in her Seashell presentations. Conchology was a lifelong hobby and her shell collection reflected the breadth of other world class collections.

She served actively in a wide variety of ministries, as a member of several Christian boards, participating in her local church, opening her home to children's Bible Clubs, youth groups, neighbourhood Bible studies, and visiting missionaries. The Association for Christian Libraries was formed from an event of Christian librarians hosted by Norma in her summer Muskoka home, and the association’s first monthly meeting was held in the same place.

In 1973, Norma and Miller Alloway established the Maranatha Foundation, a private Christian foundation that raises funds for various Christian ministries.

Norma was a board member of the United Nations Association working primarily in the area of Human Rights. She reminded senior politicians and diplomats of their responsibility to preserve the spiritual principles on which their nations had been founded.

Norma passed away in 1988.

Lloyd Mackey is a retired journalist and founding editor of "BC Christian News", which circulated for almost 30 years until 2011 in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Born and raised in Victoria. After an early start toward a pastoral vocation, Lloyd transitioned to journalism. He was a reporter for and, later, editor of "The Chilliwack Progress". Lloyd was a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery from 1998 to 2013, writing for several Christian publications and websites on stories relating to what he calls the faith-political interface. He wrote several books in that genre about, among others, Preston Manning, and Stephen Harper, as well as producing a weekly column of faith-based analysis of the Ottawa scene, known most of the time as OttawaWatch.

Lloyd earned an MBA from Simon Fraser University in 1984 and, in 2015, was awarded a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) degree from Tyndale Seminary in Toronto. From of his DMin thesis emerged the Online Encyclopedia of Canadian Christian Leaders which, after a year of setup, was rolled over into Faith in Canada 150, a Canadian sesquicentennial project of Cardus, a Christian think tank.

Over the course of his 50-year journalism career, Lloyd freelanced for the "Presbyterian Record, Canadian Baptist, United Church Observer, Decision Magazine, Mennonite Brethren Herald, ChristianWeek, Western Report, Faith Today, National Post, Vancouver Sun and Christianity Today.

Lloyd was a sessional instructor at Trinity Western University (TWU) after completing his MBA. In the 1980s, he taught Micro and Macro Economics for the Institute of Canadian Bankers (ICB). TWU contracted with ICB to provide professional development programs emerging chartered bank leaders. Later, he taught in the TWU media and communication program. He developed the original curriculum for Introduction to Journalism and taught a senior class for communication students intending to transition into journalism careers.

During the early 2000s, while in Ottawa, Lloyd served on the Mel Smith Committee, a group that arranged the former Mel Smith lecture at Trinity Western. Smith was a long time distinguished constitutional and administrative law director for the British Columbia government. Lloyd’s involvement in the committee grew out of his long-time links with Smith, going back to when they were both Christian young people at Oaklands Gospel Hall (later Oaklands Chapel) in Victoria. Lloyd delivered the Mel Smith lecture in 2011. The title was: "The Role of a Christian Press in a Pluralistic Society". While in Ottawa, Lloyd periodically participated in panels and guest lectures at Trinity Western’s Laurentian Leadership Centre.

Lloyd is married to Edna who was administrative assistant for 15 years, to Dr. Maurice Vellacott, a member of parliament for one of the Saskatoon ridings. During their time at Trinity Western, Edna was executive assistant to Dr. Guy Saffold, executive vice-president of Trinity Western.

In retirement, Lloyd has been involved in several free-lance or voluntary projects. He co-edited "The Church in Surrey and White Rock: The Untold Story", spearheaded by Dr. John H. Redekop, Wilfrid Laurier University political science professor emeritus who has also taught at Trinity Western.

Lloyd provides “chaplaincy support” for the Multifaith Centre at Simon Fraser University, focusing on the Surrey campus.

Andrew Perrin, Ph.D. (2013, McMaster University), former Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute at Trinity Western University (TWU). His research used the Dead Sea Scrolls as a lens for exploring the early formation and interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures in ancient Judaism and Christianity. Following undergraduate studies in theology (Rocky Mountain College, 2006), Dr. Perrin developed an interest in biblical literature under the supervision of the late Peter Flint, Ph.D., while earning his M.A. Biblical Studies (2009) from TWU. Dr. Perrin’s research has included multiple graduate scholarships and grants from the SSHRC, the George A. Barton Fellowship at the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, and the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for his monograph “The Dynamics of Dream-Vision Revelation in the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls” (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015). He is a past fellow of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem and of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. In 2018, Dr. Perrin received the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Religious Identities of Ancient Judaism today.

In the summer of 2020, Dr. Perrin left TWU to assume the role of Associate Vice President Research at Athabasca University.

Dr. Sonya Grypma joined TWU in 2007 as a faculty member in the School of Nursing, and was promoted to Full Professor in 2012. She served as Dean of Nursing from 2013-2019, and Dean of GLOBAL from 2019-2021, and Vice Provost of Graduate Studies from 2019-2022. She also served as TWU Senior Health Advisor for COVID-19 from 2020-2022.

Both a nurse and historian, Sonya has been a research fellow at UBC, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Virginia. Her program of research for the past 20 years has focused on transnational nursing history, particularly the intersection of Canadian, American and Chinese nursing networks developed through philanthropic, missionary and nursing organizations prior to 1948. Published works includes: "Healing Henan" (UBC Press, 2008); "China Interrupted" (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2012), and "Nursing Shifts in Sichuan" (UBC Press, 2021).

Dr. Grympa is the former President of the Canadian Association for Schools of Nursing--Association canadienne des écoles de sciences.

Dr. Grympa left TWU in April 2022.

Dr. Eve Stringham, PhD (UBC 1997), was former TWU Vice Provost of Research and Graduate Studies), where she had been a faculty member in the biology department since 1997. Dr. Stringham was the first TWU faculty member to be awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grant (1999) and has since held tri-agency funding continuously for 20 years. Stringham held a Canada Research Chair-NSERC, Tier 2 for 10 years in developmental genetics and disease. She has supervised numerous undergraduate students as well as M.Sc. and Ph.D. students through an adjunct appointment at Simon Fraser University (SFU) and co-developed the biotechnology program at TWU.

Dr. Stringham developed the Office of Research and Graduate Studies and led initiatives to increase research capacity. As Vice Provost of Research and Graduate Studies, she sought to enrich graduate studies through a holistic approach that integrated faith with discipline specialization, research, internships and professional skills training to produce highly qualified graduates and leaders.

Dr. Stringham’s career path has included a dedication to service, including time as a University Senate Secretary; Chair of a Faculty Association; and as a member of key university committees, including the Animal Care Committee; the University Budget Committee; Academic Freedom Committee; the Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee; and the Faculty Work Environment Committee. In addition, she has been an executive member of the Alliance of Canadian Comprehensive Research Universities and has been honored as a Canada Research Chair in Developmental Genetics and Disease.

In 2019, Dr. Stringham left TWU for the position of Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology at Vancouver Island University.

Born in Calgary, Alberta on November 1, 1912, Lyle Wicks graduated
from McLean High School in Haney, British Columbia, in 1930. Mr. Wicks was one of the first employees of the BC Plywoods Company (now defunct), and in 1940 he joined the BC Electric Railway Co., where he worked as a conductor within the Vancouver transit system. He joined the Social Credit movement in 1943 and became actively involved in its organisational efforts. From 1946 to 1948, Mr. Wicks was elected Vice-President of the Social Credit Association of Canada, British Columbia Section. He also took on the position of Chairman of the Vancouver and District Social Credit Council in 1948. In 1949 Mr. Wicks became the founding President of the British Columbia Social Credit League. He was re-elected to this position until the time of his resignation in October of 1952. In June of that year Mr. Wicks was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of BC for the constituency of Dewdney; in August he was appointed Minister of Labour.
The first session of the Social Credit Party took place in 1953, under the leadership of W.A.C. Bennett. In September of 1956 Mr. Wicks was appointed Minister of Railways, a portfolio he held until March of 1959, at which time he was appointed Minister of Commercial Transport. He also served as the acting Minister of Agriculture for several months in 1959. During his political career, he played an active role in the establishment of the Albion Ferry on the Fraser River, the development of Allouette Park, the establishment of the Maple Ridge and Mission Hospitals, the completion of the north shore highway connecting Agassiz to Hope, and in the construction of the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge. He was made an Honorary Chief of the Kwakuitl Indian Nation in Harrison Hot Springs, BC in 1958. Mr. Wicks faced defeat in the 1960 general election. From 1961 to 1973 he served as a member of the Board of the Public Utilities Commission, which was abolished in 1973.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1934, Mel Smith was educated in British Columbia, graduating with Commerce and Law Degrees from UBC.
In 1960, he was called to the Bar of B.C. Later that year, he joined the public service of B.C. where he remained for 31 years. Mr. Smith rose to the rank of Deputy Minister in 1977, a position he held in various ministries until he left public service in 1991. From 1967 to 1987, he was the ranking advisor to four successive B.C. governments on the subject of constitutional reform and related federal-provincial issues. He was primarily responsible for developing the province’s constitutional position for the federal-provincial negotiations conducted over much of that period, including the negotiations leading up to the patriation of the Constitution in 1981. Since 1991, he has been engaged as a public policy consultant, as a columnist for B.C. Report magazine, and as an adjunct professor of political science at Trinity Western University. He is the author of the national bestseller, “Our Home or Native Land?,” which is highly critical of governments’ aboriginal policy.
He has held the position of Chairman of the B.C. Constitutional Law Subsection, Director of the Canada West Foundation, Director of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations at Queen’s University, and Director of the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation.
He received a Queen Elizabeth II, 25th Anniversary Medal in 1977, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in December of 1983.

Richard (Dick) Walters was one of the founding members of the faculty at Trinity; he served from 1962 until his retirement, in 1991. Following his retirement, he continued to teach for approximately three years.