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www.tonycampolo.org
Tony Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. He previously served for ten years on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Eastern College and earned a Ph.D. from Temple University.
Read more about Tony Campolo..
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Tony is the general session speaker Thursday 10:30am and Thursday 7:00pm |
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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.
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www.tear.org.au
Ross Farley began full time employment as a civil engineering draftsman. He commenced full time Christian ministry by serving six years with Brisbane Youth for Christ in high school youth ministry and was the Campus Life Director for Brisbane. He worked for eight years as a youth pastor for a local church (Wynnum Gospel Chapel). This was followed by ten years with the Scripture Union of Queensland where he was responsible for coordinating training ministries and missions. For three years he was also the part time chaplain for a private school.
Read more about Ross Farley..
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www.thechapel.org.au
www.tear.org.au/resources/incite
www.su-connect.org.au
Steve currently works 2 days per week for SU Queensland as their “At Risk Youth” Ministry Consultant, providing training and resources to chaplains working with “at risk” young people in state schools. For the other 3 days per week, he works for the Wynnum Gospel Chapel as their “Youth and Community Worker”, running a number of youth programs and developing pathways between the people of the church and other people in the community. Steve has a Bachelor of Social Work and a Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies. He has worked as a Social Worker on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane with homeless young people, and has worked as a SU Queensland chaplain at Wynnum North SHS. Steve has a long-standing volunteer role with Tear Australia in developing materials for youth leaders around issues of global justice and compassion through Tear’s Incite magazine, which has also been put into a book. Steve is married to Megan and they have a young son, Lewis, and an old dog, Jasmine.
Read more about Steve Forward..
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From Anglican Private School beginnings, youth work with the YMCA and then to a degree in Social Work, Chris began his working career with a passion for the gospel and a desire to change the world. His favourite pastimes include Rugby Union, fishing, surfing, music and family and his favourite food is eating the fish he or anyone else has caught.
Read more about Chris Harding..
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www.hawkinsministry.com
Tim Hawkins is one of the most experienced Christian Youth pastors in Australia. He has now been a full-time youth pastor in a local church for almost 30 years. He is currently the Youth Pastor Emeritus at St. Pauls Anglican Church, Castle Hill, in Sydney Australia where he has been for almost 20 years.
Read more about Tim Hawkins..
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Tim is the general session speaker Wednesday 10:30am |
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www.hopevalleyuc.org.au
www.forge.org.au
Tim is Young Adults Pastor at Hope Valley Uniting Church and the SA Director of FORGE. Tim has ministry experience in many contexts including a large pentecostal church, a new church plant, schools seminar ministry, a significant young adults ministry, as well as inner-city marginal contexts including 6 years at St Martin’s Community Church in Melbourne (God's Squad Church). He also assisted in the establishment of East, part of the Red Network missional churches in Melbourne. He was also previously on Faculty at Tabor College Victoria co-ordinating the yearintheson and Recharge programs. Tim speaks and preaches regularly around Australia especially on discipleship and mission to young adults. He is extremely passionate about relevant, biblical mission and ministry to our popular culture. He loves films, music and a good conversation over an Indian meal.
Read more about Tim Hein..
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www.youthdimension.org.au
Since joining Youth Dimension in 1996, Owen has enjoyed a variety of roles spanning from heading up the South Australian work, directing the Internship program, and also overseeing all the ministries as Director. Owen has a drive to see young adults prepared well for the rigours of ministry, equipping them through teaching in the areas of character and focused Bible study. He is currently overseeing the junior high ministry at YD and loves to connect with young teenagers through YD’s high energy junior outreach program into schools. Prior to joining YD, Owen worked in Human Resources with Amcor. He is married to Lynda and has three young children – Stephen, 8, Emily, 5 and Hannah 2 and lives in North Ringwood, Melbourne.
Read more about Owen Prout..
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Duffy Robbins, Associate Professor of Youth Ministry at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, is a twenty-four year veteran of youth ministry, having gained extensive experience as a youth minister in both para-church and local parish positions. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Duffy graduated magna cum laude with a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
Read more about Duffy Robbins..
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Duffy is the general session speaker Wednesday 7:00pm and Friday 1:00pm |
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Stephen is a husband, a dad, and a founding member of the Melbourne Victory Football Club. He is involved in leading missio Dei, a missional community in Melbourne’s north east. He is employed by Tear Australia as National Youth Coordinator and as a sessional lecturer at Tabor College Melbourne and ACOM. In addition, he is part of the Forge Mission Training Network’s national team.
Read more about Stephen Said..
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www.skitguys.com
Tommy Woodard and Eddie James are The Skit Guys. They have been best friends since high school, and have been communicating God's Word and impacting lives through comedy, drama, and teaching for over 15 years.
They recently released two new books through Zondervan called Instant Skits and Skits That Teach. They have also produced other plays, skits, and videos covering a wide variety of topics that are available to download through their website.
Read more about The Skit Guys..
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Late night comedy with The Skit Guys Wdnesday 9:15pm |
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www.college.youthworks.net
www.youthworkscollege.blogspot.com
Graham grew up in Sydney, and ‘tasted and saw that the Lord was good’ while at Christ Church Anglican St. Ives during the end of High School.
After leaving school, he studied Economics at Macquarie University and worked as a Business Economist for a Merchant Bank in Sydney for 2 years. He still remembers the sermon that challenged him to use his gifts in leadership in the church – so he left the world of pin-stripe suits to become a minister (telling people at work he was doing it for the money!).
Read more about Graham Stanton..
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www.tear.org.au
Ben was born in Hobart and steadily migrated north until getting stuck in Western Sydney where he now lives with Lyndall (wife) and Gabriel (son). He churches with the people of Blacktown Uniting.
He gets paid to be advocacy coordinator for TEAR Australia, a job which brings together his biggest passions - a love for Jesus, a hunger for justice, and a desire to educate and empower Australian Christians to respond to the needs of the poor with wholehearted generosity and voices raised, crying out for justice.
Read more about Ben Thurley..
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www.lyndawiles.com
www.echurch.org.au
Lynda is a gifted communicator and speaker, with a heart to see women unleashed in the fullness of the call of God on their lives. She is sure to bring a word that is challenging and inspirational.
Lynda has a passion to connect with the community and reach the lost. She provides training in discipleship to equip women of all ages to
- discover their identity in Christ
- walk as intimate disciples
- journey into healing and freedom
Read more about Lynda Wiles..
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www.acom.edu.au
Robyn Wrigley-Carr has been a lecturer in Spirituality at the Australian
College of Ministries (ACOM) for the past 6 years, teaching courses in
spirituality and leading both student retreats and spiritual formation
groups. She studied spirituality at Regent College, Vancouver and Wycliffe
Hall, Oxford University. Robyn met her husband, Gavin, at Regent College.
They have 3 daughters and live in Sydney.
Read more about Robyn Wrigley-Carr..
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