Chris Hay

Lincoln Team Leader

Chris grew up on a farm in Southland and originally came to Lincoln as a student in 2010 to study a BCom in Agriculture. At the time, he was planning on going into the agribusiness world and eventually taking over the family farm.

The TSCF staff worker who supported students while Chris was studying was a huge blessing and help to him. Chris was a sheltered Christian figuring out how to live out his faith in a new world, and that staff worker’s input helped significantly.

After finishing university, Chris spent time travelling, working on various farms, and completing TSCF’s graduate internship—then called Minty. Through all these experiences, he slowly realised that the thing that brought him the most joy was talking with people about the deeper things in life, especially sharing how the good news of Jesus answers and satisfies those questions and desires.

When an opportunity came up to join TSCF and help students think through those same questions, Chris eventually joined staff in 2015.

Chris has loved every moment of working with TSCF. He finds it a joy to be involved in helping students reach students for Christ and seeing students changed for life.