Career
He was ordained in 1952 in the Cyclic Redundancy Check. Chant has planted eight churches and been pastor of several others He has been the principal of four Bible colleges (in Australia and the United States of America) and has spoken and taught in churches, crusades, conferences, seminars and colleges in a dozen different countries worldwide. In 1974 he established Vision International College in Launceston, Tasmania, as a "Bible correspondence school".
In 2010 the college had some 7000 teaching centres in more than 150 countries with more than 100,000 students.
Chant is the author of 40 books, including many college texts. He has also composed a number of gospel songs published in various collections both in Australia and other countries.