WADR online team

Dr Andrew Dunstan

Andrew is Assistant Dean of Bible & Theology at Morling College, Sydney. Graduating from Oxford University, where he was Junior Research Associate of the Oxford Centre for Religion and Culture, he researches intersections of the doctrines of God and humanity to nourish churches. He has been a pastor/elder of numerous Baptist churches.

Rev Dr Andrew Sloane

Andrew is Dean of Bible and Theology at Morling College, Sydney. He teaches and researches in the areas of Old Testament, philosophy of religion, theology of medicine, bioethics, and integration of faith and work. Andrew practiced briefly as a doctor before training as a Baptist pastor.

Arthur Davis

Arthur is a Ministry Partner at Partners in Ministry. He previously spent twelve years as an Intercultural Worker with CMS.

Dr Chris Fresch

Chris is Lecturer in Biblical Languages and Linguistics at the Bible College of South Australia

Dr Chris Seglenieks

.Chris is a New Testament scholar with special interests in the Johannine literature and in the topic of faith. He currently works at Bible College SA as Academic Administrator, where he has taught New Testament and Greek. He has previously worked in several pastoral roles in Baptist churches in SA.

Christine Jolly

Christine is senior staff with AFES campus ministry in Tasmania. She also teaches high school Visual Art and Christian Studies. Once described her as a digital chaplain, this is her excuse to spend time on Twitter advocating for the impact of the Kingdom of God on our day-to-day lives.

Erica Mandi Manga

Erica is Young Adults Minister at St Paul’s Castle Hill Anglican Church in Sydney. She holds an MDiv from SMBC.

Dr Erin Martine Hutton

Erin is Moderation and Inclusion Manager at the Australian University of Theology. Her PhD was on Song of Songs.

Grace Lung

Grace is the Director of the Centre for Asian Christianity at the Brisbane School of Theology. She also co-pastors Rise Alliance Church in Brisbane. She writes, researches and teaches people to build ethnic, culture and racial competency. She completed her studies through SMBC and Fuller Theological Seminary.

Jeri Jones Sparks

Jeri is Strategic Consultant for Satya Network & the Director of Good News Series. Jeri loves all things pop culture and is a Tamil Indian-Australian living on Wangal Country in Sydney.

Rev Dr Jill Firth

Jill is Lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament at Ridley College, Melbourne. She is an ordained Anglican priest and holds an MA in Spiritual Direction. She has ministered in WA, Groote Eylandt, Hong Kong, and Melbourne. Her current writing projects include book chapters, journal articles, a monograph, and a commentary.

Joanna Jihanian

Joanna teaches English to adults and ponders theology in her spare time. She holds an MDiv, a BA in Communications, and a Diploma of Journalism. She’s an aunt, cat mum, and wife to Armen. She relaxes with womanly arts like stabbing things repeatedly (cross stitch), baking and board games.

Kara Martin

Kara is a speaker, lecturer, mentor, and author of the books Workship and Keeping Faith. She is passionate about the Jesus way of working and being, as well as reading, kayaking, friendship and women having opportunities to use their gifts. She also has a very loud laugh.

Karl Grice

Karl is the owner of the Wandering Bookseller, an online Christian bookstore.

Kristen Young

Kristen is the Director of Community and Student Care and Lecturer in Practical Theology at SMBC.

Laura Cerbus

Laura teaches secondary English at Christway College in Melbourne’s southeast suburbs. She is working on her PhD at Trinity College Theological School in Melbourne, researching beauty and the work of the Holy Spirit.

Dr Leisa Aitken

Leisa is a Clinical Psychologist. She works in clinical practice as well as teaching on the practical applications of the many synergies between psychology and theology. Her PhD was on the Psychology of Hope.

Dr Lyn Kidson

Lyn is an independent scholar in New Testament and her PhD was on 1 Timothy. She usually works in academic administration, primarily for the Australian University of Theology, and regularly speaks and writes on the New Testament, early Christianity, numismatics (coins), and gender.

Dr Mark Stephens

Mark is Lecturer in New Testament at SMBC.

Matthew Ventura

Matthew is Student Minister at City South Presbyterian Church in Brisbane.

Rev Dr Megan Powell du Toit

Megan is co-director of The WADR Project and one of the co-hosts of the With All Due Respect podcast it produces. She is the Senior Pastor at Rouse Hill Baptist Church in Sydney. She has worked as an academic, pastor, and editor. Her PhD was on tensions within evangelicalism.

Rev Dr Melinda Cousins

Melinda is the Director of Ministries for Baptist Churches SA & NT. She has a PhD in the Psalms, and has taught biblical studies at Tabor and Bible College SA. She was ordained in 2002, serving as a pastor, global mission leader, and in training and accreditation of pastors.

Rev Dr Michael Bird

Michael is Deputy Principal: Academic, Postgraduate Coordinator, and Lecturer in Theology at Ridley College Melbourne. He has written 30 books including The Gospel of Lord: How the Early Church Wrote the Story of Jesus, Evangelical Theology, and with N.T. Wright, The New Testament in its World.

Rev Dr Michael Jensen

Michael is co-director of The WADR Project and one of the co-hosts of the With All Due Respect podcast it produces. He is also Rector at St Mark’s Anglican Church Darling Point in Sydney.

Mikey Lynch

Mikey is the Editorial Director of TGC Australia and also serves as Campus Director of the University Fellowship of Christians (AFES group), UTAS, Hobart. Mikey is a board member of Reach Australia. He is also the chairman of New Front Door: the Church IT Guild.

Rev Nathan Campbell

Nathan is the Pastor at City South Presbyterian Church in Brisbane.

Nicole Jameson

Nicole is a Wollongong-based mother of four. She has a Master of International Public Health and Bachelor of Arts. She has experience in women’s & children’s health advocacy. Nicole works in admin at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral and loves to encourage Christians to have healthy conversations about difficult things.

Rachel Wilson

Rachel has been a member of the St Mark’s Anglican Church Darling Point Choir for 30 years, where she is on Parish Council and also preaches occasionally. She is a Christian Studies, English and Music teacher and serves on the board of The Abigail Project.

Rev Richard Glover

Richard is the Site Pastor at St. John’s Ashfield in Sydney

Dr Rory Shiner

Rory is the Senior Pastor of Providence City Church in Perth. He has a PhD from Moore College in Church History, on the life and work of Donald Robinson.

Dr Ruth Lukabyo

Ruth is the Dean of Women and Senior Lecturer at Youthworks College in Sydney. Her PhD was on the history of youth ministry.

Rev Dr Scott Harrower

Scott teaches Theology, Church History, and Philosophy of Religion at Ridley College Melbourne. He was brought up by missionary parents in Argentina and has wide-ranging ministry experience in several countries. His PhD is in Systematic Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Dr Siu Fung Wu

Siu Fung is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at Whitley College, the Baptist college in Melbourne. He has worked in IT, pastoring, and advocacy. From East Asia he has been in Australia since the late 1980s. His research areas are Pauline Studies, New Testament Studies, Intercultural studies, and Poverty.

Stephanie Leung

Stephanie is the Children’s Mnister at St Marks Darling Point in Sydney. She holds an MDiv from SMBC.

Dr Tamie Davis

Tamie is a missiologist, theologian, and feminist. She served for 10 years in Tanzania with CMS Australia and did a PhD about Tanzanian women’s prosperity theology. She is the Mobilisation Lead for CMS SANT and a Mentor at the Angelina Noble Centre.

Rev Dr Tim MacBride

Tim is the Principal of Morling College, a Baptist college in Australia. His PhD work straddled the border between New Testament and Preaching.

Dr Tim Silberman

Tim is a lecturer in the Centre for Cross-Cultural mission at SMBC. He teaches in the areas of evangelism, church, and other religions. Tim wants to see every follower of Jesus wholeheartedly participating in God’s mission. He is married with three teenage/young adult children.