www.acom.edu.au
Randy Edwards has been teaching Bible (both Old and New Testament) for nearly 30 years with the Australian College of Ministries and its Queensland predecessor, Kenmore Christian College. He has served as Principal of KCC twice and was instrumental in the formation of ACOM. He has also been involved in generating a “Missional curriculum” which seeks to train people for mission within Australian culture.
He has a passion for not only discovering the original message of Scripture, but also for recasting it in contemporary Australian culture so that the message remains the same as it is transferred into a new setting.
Randy is married to Marie and they have two children (twins) and one grandchild. Recently Randy and Marie have moved into a unit in the Brisbane CBD and love the way the city resonates with life. They have been involved with Pathways, an experimental mid-week church that has been operating for over 5 years. Its goal is to equip its members to be incarnationally relevant in their daily lives and to help find ways of communicating the great news of Jesus to those who don’t or won’t attend a church.
(Friday 2:00pm-3:15pm)
The Jewish Jesus of the 1st century is often presented to us through the filters of American or European culture. As a result, it is often difficult to speak with Aussies about Jesus, his life, death and resurrection. This seminar looks at ways we can contextualize the stories and understandings of Jesus in an Australian culture, starting with the concept of Jesus as a “battler who survived the cross”. Come have some fun and explore what the gospel of Jesus should look and feel like in an Australian setting. |
