Hi there! It’s a privilege to be one of the most recent additions
to the Tabor team, coming on Board as a Lecturer in Ministry
Practice and in partnership with Baptist Churches of South
Australia, where I oversee Accredited Ministry
Formation.
One of the hopes of our
partnership with Tabor is to make early connections and build
relationships with students thinking about vocational ministry;
this being with “Baptist connected” students of course - although
I’m always up for a chat with any and every
one! That’s because the truth is that I’m endlessly
fascinated by (most) human beings, also…easily distracted, and a
lover of new experiences including this one!
This is probably why my
own vocational journey has taken me far and wide on this earth;
I’ve explored life as a youth pastor, truck driver, school
teacher, bartender, shelter manager for folks experiencing
homelessness, and most recently serving as the Lead Pastor for
the King’s Community in leafy Golden Grove – which is near
where I live with my beautiful Canadian wife Rochelle, our brood
of 3 dual citizens, a neurotic kelpie and, like they all do,
a cat who struggles with his identity.
I studied for an M.A. in
Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary in
Kentucky, where I nurtured a (continuing) passion for
understanding the relationship between belief and practice, and
the ways that sacred texts play a role in the formation of
individual and community imagination. I’m currently on the hunt
for a PhD supervisor to continue to this area of enquiry in the
near future...
I look forward to having a
chat!
Grace and peace!