In 2005, Alistair and Jenny Wilson and their children, Rachel, Bethany and Stephen, moved to King William's Town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

This photograph was taken in December 2006.



Alistair worked for a year as 'Principal Designate' of Dumisani Theological Institute under the direction of Ronnie Christie. Then, in July 2006, Alistair assumed the role of Principal himself.

Read the June 2009 Dumisani News (PDF).

Read articles by Alistair Wilson (PDF) and Norman Reid (PDF) which originally appeared in the 2007 edition of From the Frontiers, the Free Church of Scotland's missions magazine.

Find out how you can support the work of Dumisani in this Financial Information Leaflet (PDF).



Jenny Wilson writes very informative newsletters. Read the Wilsons' most recent news here.

::  november 2008 newsletter (PDF)

::  february 2009 newsletter (PDF)

::  april 2009 newsletter (PDF)

::  may 2009 newsletter (PDF)

If you would like to find out more about the country in which they have made their home, take a look at The Official Gateway to South Africa.



::  Pray for the many aspects of work in Dumisani.

::  Pray for the building fund so that it might be possible to go ahead with the vision to develop the work at Dumisani.

::  Pray for the church in South Africa that it will know blessing and be serious in being a good witness to the living God.



In his younger days, Alistair was a member of Smithton-Culloden Free Church and his parents, Iain and Edna Wilson, still belong to the congregation. Alistair later studied at the University of Edinburgh and the Free Church College before being ordained and inducted as Assistant Minister of the Free North Church, Inverness. He was then appointed as Lecturer in New Testament at the Highland Theological College, Dingwall. Alistair completed a PhD in New Testament at the University of Aberdeen under the supervision of Professor I Howard Marshall. His thesis was published as When will these things happen? A study of Jesus as Judge in Matthew 21-25 (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2004).