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

This photograph was taken in December 2006, eighteen months after their arrival in South Africa.



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 May 2008 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).



The Wilsons were home in December 2007 and January 2008. Read their most recent news here.

::  october 2007 newsletter (PDF)

::  february 2008 newsletter (PDF)

::  march 2008 newsletter (PDF)

::  april 2008 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 that John’s work permit and Elizabeth’s visa will be granted.

::  Pray for those studying the correspondence courses – especially those in prison.

::  Pray for safety and useful meetings in Australia.



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).