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Dr. David Instone Brewer, Technical Director
David
Brewer is a Baptist minister with his roots in Wales. He trained
for the ministry in Cardiff and was minister of the Llanishen
Baptist Church in Cardiff for 5 years. During this time he noticed
a lack of useful computer art on the market for use in church
publicity and Bible study, so he decided to start his own collection.
The collection started simply as "Christian Clip Art" on the Amstrad
PCW (a CP/M machine) and developed with the market. Dr. Brewer
achieved fame in the PCW graphics market with a disk of graphics
utilities called "Brewers Utilities", one of the most popular
of which was a program to anti-alias 2-colour files. He now uses
his skills in computer graphics to compile the Christian Computer
Art range of disks.
As
an academic, Dr. Brewer achieved his Ph.D. at one of the greatest
Universities in the world: Cambridge (UK). His thesis on the Rabbinic
background to the Bible was published under the title Techniques
and Assumptions in Jewish Exegesis before 70CE. In 1995 he
was appointed as Research Librarian at Tyndale
House, a Biblical Studies institute linked to Cambridge
University. This is not a job that involves date-stamping books!
David's role is to become involved with students' theses and help
students research the material they need. He has had a significant
input to many Tyndale House theses. In 1999 he was promoted to
Research Fellow and Technical Officer.
Also
in 1999 Dr. Brewer was appointed Consulting Editor to Lion
Books and has contributed to the famous Lion Handbook to the Bible.
David
Instone-Brewer is also the author of
"Divorce & Remarriage in the 1st & 21st Century"
- a summary for church leaders
http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Brewer/PPages/121/
"Divorce
& Remarriage in the Bible"
- a detailed academic book
http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Brewer/PPages/drb/
"Divorce
& Remarriage in the Church"
- a popular version for church members
http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Brewer/PPages/drc/
Enid
Instone Brewer BA(hons) RMN, RGN, Commercial Director
The
other half of this husband and wife team, Enid is responsible
for sorting out the paperwork, stock control, tax, sales, advertising
and basically running the business. Enid graduated in Classical
and Religious Studies from Cardiff University and qualified as
a psychiatric nurse and then as a general nurse. Her nursing skills
helped finance the family whilst David was studying for the ministry
and at Cambridge.
Now
her business and leadership skills are to the fore, but not only
with Christian Computer Art. She is secretary of the local pre-school
committee, a voluntary-sector organisation responsible for maintaining
pre-school education in the community — as well as being
an active member of the church. Enid field tests Christian Computer
Art products regularly as she is editor of the church weekly newsletter
and responsible for church publicity.
Importantly, Enid also runs the home and is mother
to Alice and Joanne.
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