Phill Marshall will be teaching on Saturday on the theme of partnership. He is passionate about making a difference in a world through involvement in HIV & AIDS ministries and theological education.  Phill and wife Diane lived in Peru - educating and training church and mission leaders. A fun day for them is catching up with their children, creating the perfect latte, and a leisurely walk or bike ride.

Phill joined the Morling faculty in 2004 as Lecturer in Missions and Old Testament. Prior to coming to Morling, he and his wife, Diane were SIM's HIV/AIDS Consultants for Africa and beyond, which Diane continues. Phill’s Doctorate in Mininistry from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School is on SIM's response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa.

Johan Linder has worked in Thailand for 14 years church planting and evangelising among Thai Buddhist people where he was a team leader. Johan and wife Debbie now work among Thai migrants in Sydney. They have three children. Johan plays tennis, jogs and still enjoys Thai food every now and again.

Johan will be speaking to highschoolers during the Friday night sessions. On Saturday he will present an elective about global church planting.

 

 

Pippa has been involved in youth ministry for over ten years, working as a Youth Pastor with the Wesleyan Church and as the National Director of Wesleyan Youth Ministries. She is committed to seeing young people connected with Christ and living devoted adventurous lives for Him. Pippa has a Bachelor of Ministry through Morling College as well as a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of NSW.

Pippa is passionate about social justice and mission and is committed to seeing followers of Jesus actively engaged in these areas as an active expression of their faith. Pippa works as the Campaigns Coordinator for Micah Challenge Australia, connecting with local churches, schools and individuals as they together live lives which 'do justice, love mercy and walk humbly before God.' She remains involved with other Christian movements concerned with bringing God’s just reign to this world.

Pippa will run the Developing World elective on Saturday.

Brian Stark is living out the model of cross-cultural partnership. He works for DELTA Ministries International in the USA, but is living in Australia, serving in partnership with International Teams as their Church Team Facilitator. He has over 17 years of experience with cross-cultural ministries with the last ten being primarily focused on short-term missions. Brian lives in Sydney with his bride of 17 years, Melanie, and their three children.

Brian will be presenting the Short Term Mission elective on Saturday.

 

He worked for 35 years in manufacturing management roles with a multinational consumer goods company before taking early retirement in 1997. In addition to Australia, he and his wife Carol have lived in The Netherlands, South Africa and the USA and have travelled widely. His involvement as a Board member in Africa Evangelical Fellowship gave him a good grounding in missions. He has served in a number of leadership roles in SIM (Serving In Mission). He sees enormous potential for people to use their business experience and professional skills as a means for sharing the Gospel with sections of the community not readily reached by traditional missionary approaches.

"Are missionaries different to those of us who train for and work in normal occupations? Do professionals have to undergo full retraining if they want to become ministry specialists? Is it possible to use business and professional experience as a platform for cross-cultural ministry? Graeme's elective session on Business & Ministry will explore these issues to see how effective partnerships can bridge the two areas".

A former pastor in NSW, missionary in French West Africa, and mission executive in Asia/Australia, Bruce is currently senior lecturer in mission and Director of the School of Cross Cultural Mission at Sydney Missionary and Bible College.  At the local level, he conducts seminars on mission in local churches, and at the international level he is a Mission Commission Associate with the World Evangelical Alliance and a member of the International Missionary Trainers Network.

This elective will seek to explore this relationship and to identify the potential benefits of handling it as an active partnership. The relationship between a local church and the mission agency can be a delicate one for the missionary, as well as for the church and the agency. The seminar will start in the Scriptures, explore some common scenarios, and clarify some working principles.

Married to Janet, Peter has two married children and one grand-daughter. Apart from hanging out with his crew, he enjoys swimming, reading, watching movies and bashing away on his guitar. Peter leads the ministry team at Woonona Presbyterian Community Church. WPCC stepped up in 2007 to become the sending church for Dal & Corinne Proudfoot to Indonesia. The church also has mission interests in India, Cambodia and Africa.

Partnership in effective financial involvement explores Biblical foundations and practical ways to effectively finance missionaries through the local church.