The Governing Board of the College
In general terms, the management and control of the College is vested by the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney in the Moore Theological College Council. The Moore Theological College Council is incorporated under the Anglican Church Bodies Corporate Act 1938 and is constituted by the Moore Theological College Ordinance 2009. Under the Ordinance the Council is charged with the provision of training for ordination candidates and other church workers.
The affairs of the Moore Theological College Council are managed, governed and controlled by the Governing Board of the College.
Governing Board Members
The Most Rev K D Raffel (President)
The Rev Dr M D Thompson (Principal)
Mr K M Chapman
Mr S Simonds (Hon. Treasurer)
Professor D R Cohen (Chair of Academic Board)
The Right Rev C Edwards
The Ven K L Hartley (Archdeacon for Women’s Ministry)
Dr W J Hurditch
Mr A J Killen
The Rev K M Kim
The Rev D R Mears
Mr D Clark (Student Representative)
The Rev Dr T Habib (Faculty Representative)
The Rev J L Ramsay
Dr R Tong AM (Secretary)
Dr D W Warren
Academic Board
The Governing Board has delegated to the Academic Board responsibility for:
- Policy formulation and decision making in all academic matters; and
- Maintaining the academic values, quality and standards of the College.
The Academic Board is, in relation to all academic matters, the pre-eminent source of advice to the Governing Board.
The members of the Academic Board are:
- Professor David Cohen, University of NSW;
- The Principal;
- All members of the Faculty;
- Student representatives elected by the students;
- The Registrar;
- At least one external academic (currently two, Tamara Bleach and Di Warren);
- The Directors of the College Centres (CCL, CGM, CMD and P&A);
- The Chief Operating Officer (non-voting member);
- The Manager of Library and IT Services (non-voting member)
This Board is chaired by Professor David Cohen and meets five times per year.
The Board delegates various functions to committees which report to it. The committees are:
- The Learning and Teaching Committee;
- The Research Committee;
- The Moore PTC Committee
The Academic Departments of the College with the respective Heads of Department are:
Division of Biblical Studies
- Department of Old Testament and Hebrew — Andrew Shead
- Department of New Testament and Greek — Philip Kern
Division of Christian Thought
- Department of Theology, Philosophy and Ethics — Andrew Leslie
- Department of Church History — Mark Earngey
Division of Christian Ministry
- Department of Pastoral Ministry — Paul Grimmond
- Department of Mission — Simon Gillham
