God has blessed DBC with a dedicated faculty and staff. The Day School full-time faculty has earned a Masters degree; the principal has earned a Doctorate. Our teaching staff has been involved in church or mission work for many years. They have hands-on experience in church planting, missions, and pastoral work. The faculty is diverse in several ways. There are international and national lecturers as well as missionaries and national pastors. At DBC you receive personal attention from your lecturers who take real interest in the life of each student. Their offices are open to help the students in any way. Our student to faculty ratio is a low 5:1.

Our Faculty

Principal / Facilitator

Rev. Lloyd Solomons

Rev. Lloyd Solomons is from Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a theological educator and an academic. He served for the last 10 years in theological education from a distance and online education to serve as the dean of theological studies as well as interim principal for a short period.

He also served as the Southern Education Field Director facilitating theological education within the Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Lloyd obtained his undergraduate theological degrees at the Nazarene Theological College in South Africa, Johannesburg, and then moved on to obtain his Master’s degree in Manchester at the University of Manchester in the UK. His pursuit of a Ph.D. in Kenya, Nairobi at the Africa Nazarene University is in the last phase of amending the dissertation. Rev. Lloyd is very passionate about theological education for training men and women for the work of ministry and brings with him a number of
experiences, from training, speaking at conferences, leadership, and working with accreditation. His goal is to see how theological education aligns its mission and vision with the greater mandate of the church to bring transformation to our communities and reconciliation.

Dean / Facilitator:

Rev. Eugene Yu Chin Chuang

Rev. Eugene and his wife Eva came to South Africa with their son and daughter, Leon and Leann, in December 2010. In October of the same year, he was ordained with five years of full time assistant pastor experience in his home church and was sent as a reverend working with ‘Serving In Mission,’ known as SIM.

He received his Master of Divinity in Theology from Taiwan Baptist Theological
Seminary in Taipei City in 2007. He obtained his second Master of Art in Intercultural Studies at Wheaton College, IL, USA in 2019. The Chuang were led by God to Africa with the indigenous focus and vision, and the zeal by hand-on-hand with churches to equip and disciple young generations for global missions. Ever since Eugene and Eva have served among a Zulu church and communities alongside churches discipling youth and children. Eugene has been active at DBC as a lecturer since 2014 and took up the duty of chaplain in 2016 and was newly appointed to be the vice principal in July 2021.

Facilitator

Dr. V. Sundrum Thomas (Retired Principal)

Dr. Thomas was raised in the Durban area. He received the Advanced Diploma in Theology from DBC in 1976, the Master of Divinity from Summit University in Pennsylvania in 1998, and the Doctor of Ministry from Summit University in Pennsylvania in 2001. He pastored several churches in the Durban area before coming on staff at DBC. He also engaged in short-term missions in Africa and India. Dr. Thomas married Marilyn in 1981. They have three sons: Jairus, Rufus, and Theophilus, and two grandchildren. He was the retired principal of the college and continues theological education with zeal and passion.

Facilitator / Chaplain

Pastor Llewellyn Saville

Pastor Llewellyn is a graduate of DBC in 1999. He has been in the pastoral ministry for more than 20 years. He married Angela with three children, Gerrard, Teshaan, and Tasmera. He is currently shepherding the church at EBCoSA Mariannridge while serving as the national chairman of the denomination. His passion for evangelism and caring for people and counseling people in need is God-given strength. He is newly appointed as the assisting chaplain to help the college shape student’s spiritual life.

Facilitator / Registrar

Mrs. Sangitha Sreepath

Mrs. Sangitha Sreepath is from Phoenix in the Durban area. She is a DBC alumnus and serving in her local church in the capacity of Head of the Children’s Ministry since 2017. She pursued and attained her BA in Theology from the International College of Bible and Missions at the DBC campus (2017-2019). She has been active in the theological education of men and women in the DBC Extension Campus from 2020-2022. Since July 2022, she has been active as a lecturer at DBC. Mrs. Sreepath is married to Anil and they have three 3 sons: Jenade, Tristan, and Jordan.

Our Staff

Finance

Mrs. Marilyn Thomas

Mrs. Marilyn Thomas is married to Dr. V. S. Thomas, former Principal of Durban Bible College. Dr. Thomas retired in 2021. They have been married for forty years and have three sons, two daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren. Mrs. Marilyn works at Durban Bible College in the position of office administrator. She has been in that position for over 20 years. Before working at DBC, she worked in a textile company as the accounts administrator / bookkeeper. She has also done some team teaching on spiritual temperaments with her husband. She graduated from Summit University in Pennsylvania with a certificate in Theology

Administrator

Mrs. Angela Saville

Angela Saville is married to Llewellyn, she is qualified and have worked in various administrative positions including Bookkeeping and all functions of Human Resource Management. She also involves in Children’s ministry, Youth ministry and as well as Ladies ministry at EBC in Mariannridge Pinetown. She is currently the Chairperson of the EBC KwaZulu-Natal Ladies Committee.

Librarian / IT / LMS

Mrs. Eva Chia Wen Chuang

Mrs. Eva Chuang is married to Eugene Chuang in 1998 and came to South Africa at the end of 2010 with their son and daughter. She received her certificate in Christian Education from Taiwan Baptist Theological Seminary in 2005. She serves as a missionary with SIM helping in the library of DBC and assisting students in the study. She also takes care of children and youth ministries in Zulu churches, and training young people to teach in Sunday school.