Faculty

Trinity's faculty combines the attributes of academic depth, teaching excellence, and pastoral experience. To read articles written by our faculty, visit our Downloads page.

Principal
Lecturer in New Testament and Pastoral units

Rev Donald West
BCom, ThL, BD(Hons), MA

Prior to his involvement in Trinity Theological College and the Perth Centre for Applied Christian Studies (PCACS), Don and his wife, Athena, served in Anglican churches in Sydney for fourteen years. In addition to his role as Principal, Don teaches in biblical studies and ministry and is working towards a PhD in New Testament on the topic of petitionary prayer.

Acting Vice-Principal
Academic Counsellor

Dr Ian Malcolm
BA(Hons), DipEd, PhD, LSDA

Ian is the former Professor of Applied Linguistics at Edith Cowan University and is engaged in ongoing consultancy on the linguistic and communicative needs of Aboriginal people. Having many years’ experience in charge of a university faculty, department and research centre, he is applying his administrative, educational and pastoral skills to the further development of Trinity.

Senior Lecturer - New Testament

Dr Allan Chapple
BA, ThL, BD(Hons), PhD

Allan has pastored churches in WA and England, taught in an inter-denominational theological college in Malaysia, and served as Perth staffworker for the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (AFES). He was the founding director of the Perth Centre for Applied Christian Studies (PCACS), before becoming the Principal of Trinity. He is married to Alison and they have three children.

Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology and Church History
Dean of Studies

Rev Martin Foord
BSc, BD(Hons), DipMin, MTh

Before joining our faculty in 2000, Marty worked as a part time evangelist in Sydney, and was on the ministry team of a large church in Manly. His main teaching areas are systematic theology and church history. Marty’s master’s thesis research focused on Richard Hooker’s doctrine of justification and he is currently working towards a doctorate on the doctrine of the gospel in seventeenth century England. Marty is passionate about the church as God’s great vehicle of mission, and the gospel as news for the public square.

Biblical Languages Lecturer
Dean of Students

Dr Tony Nichols
BA, MEd, BD(Hons), ThSchol, MA(Hons), PhD

Tony has served as Bishop of the Diocese of North West Australia and with CMS. He has taught biblical languages and exegesis at Moore Theological College (Sydney) and Satya Wacana Christian University (Salatiga, Indonesia). Tony has also been the principal of Nungalyina College (Darwin) and St Andrew's Hall (Melbourne), which is the CMS Missionary Training Centre.

Church History Lecturer
Dean of Students

Mrs Judith Nichols
BA, ThL, MLit

Together with her husband, Tony, Judith served with the Church Missionary Society (CMS) for nineteen years firstly in Indonesia and then among Australian indigenous people and subsequently training missionary candidates for overseas service. She has four adult children and six grandchildren. In addition to supporting Tony in his ministry, she has worked as an adult educator at RMIT, Melbourne and Geraldton TAFE running workshops on literacy, ESL and cross cultural communication. Until recently she taught at Greenough Regional Prison.