His collected sources, are now deposited in the archives of Alphacrucis, a Bible college in Sydney, New South Wales.
[5] Chant graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1960 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with honours in English literature.
He obtained a Diploma of Education (University of Adelaide, 1963), Bachelor of Divinity degree (Melbourne College of Divinity, 1968) and Doctor of Ministry degree (Luther Rice Seminary, 1985) Chant began his working life as a secondary school teacher at Murray Bridge High School in South Australia, where he taught until 1963.
He also hosted a regular Sunday night talkback radio show on 5DN in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1983 to 1986.
In 1986 the convention at Wayville Showgrounds included international speakers: Reinhard Bonnke and Paul Yonggi Cho and it drew crowds from diverse church backgrounds from throughout Australia.