Tony Payne has spent more than 25 years in Christian ministry, serving for much of that time as the Publishing Director of Matthias Media. He is the author or co-author of many popular books and resources, including The Trellis and the Vine, Two Ways to Live: The choice we all face, Fatherhood: What it is and what it’s for, Guidance and the Voice of God, Prayer and the Voice of God, and the video-based courses Six Steps to Reading Your Bible and Six Steps to Reading Your Bible.

If you want to know about Tony’s theology, he’s also the author of the Matthias Media Gospel Convictions Statement. He is a graduate of Moore Theological College, husband to one wife, father of five children, and frustrated golfer.

Tony developed and trialled the course in the context of his own local church.