NSW

The Church’s Mission after the Royal Commission

Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations 1-5 Marion Street, Blacktown, NSW, Australia

Professor Neil Ormerod is Professor of Theology at ACU and has worked professionally in theology for over 30 years. He is widely published in Australia and internationally in leading journals such as Theological Studies, Gregorianum, The Irish Theological Quarterly and The Heythrop Journal. He is an internationally recognised expert on the thought of Bernard Lonergan...

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The National Church Life Survey and overseas mission

Sydney Missionary and Bible College 150 Croydon Avenue, Croydon Park, NSW, Australia

Sam Sterland Sam is a researcher with NCLS Research and a Fellow at the Australian Catholic University. He is the key contact person for the network of NCLS Regional Coordinators in each diocese, region and state in Australia. He has co-authored NCLS publications on church life and sustainable leadership. Sam has a particular interest in...

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AAMS-NSW Mission Seminar

Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations 1-5 Marion Street, Blacktown, NSW, Australia

Christian-Muslim relations: crisis or opportunity? Fr Diego Sarrio Cucarella is the President of the Pontifical Institute for the Study of Arabic and Islamics, Rome. Fr Diego is a member of the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers). He has worked in Sudan, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia, where he directed the Bibliothèque des Sciences des...

AAMS-NSW Mission Seminar

Morling College 122 Herring Rd, Macquarie Park, New South Wales, Australia

Eco-farming: Down to earth missional theology Dr Matt Anslow is co-Director of the PLUNGE programme, Morling College, an eco-farmer, community organiser, musician, follower of Jesus, and Vice-President of the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand. Matt has a PhD on Matthew's Gospel and farms a property on the edge of the Blue Mountains.  ...

Christian responses to the Sydney Statement

Columban Centre for Christian-Muslim Relations 1-5 Marion Street, Blacktown, NSW, Australia

The Sydney Statement is an interfaith charter for "Building Bridges Between Believers from Different Religions". It was led by Youth PoWR (Parliament of the World’s Religions), developed over two years of consultations and drafting, and overseen by a Steering Committee of representatives from different religions, including members of peak state and national bodies. Four Sydney-based...

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An Embedded Australian Pentecostal Missiology

Alphacrucis 30 Cowper Street, Parramatta, NSW

Pentecostal Missiology in Australia has been critiqued on various counts, for preferencing the importance of growth over discipleship, for attractional methods and for emphasis on emotionalism. This presentation explores the usefulness of ethnography for reviewing Pentecostal practice. If mission truly is the mother of theology, this presentation shares how Aboriginal-led Pentecostal missiology may be rewriting...

The New Normal? Christian mission in a (post-)COVID world

Bishop Vincent Long from the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta and Dr Jay Matenga, Executive Director of WEA Mission Commission, will both address this theme via Zoom. A Zoom link has been circulated via email to our regular AAMS-NSW members and friends. AAMS members are welcome to join us from across Australia and should receive notification...

Global Glimpses of Jesus: The Intersection of Art, Mission and Theology

Centre for Ministry 16 Masons Drive, North Parramatta, NSW, Australia

  Artists have portrayed Jesus as black, white, Chinese,among others, and occasionally as a Jew. With the global spread of the Gospel, the biblical story has entered new cultures and artists have responded by depicting the biblical narratives in their artistic vernacular. What does this wonderful diversity of representation suggest about our theology and what...

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