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Moore College’s Priscilla & Aquila Centre holds its largest conference to date

Moore College’s Priscilla & Aquila Centre holds its largest conference to date

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On Monday 6th February 2023, Moore College’s Priscilla and Aquila Centre held its annual conference at Moore College.

Over 428 people were in attendance, including 140 on livestream.

The topic of the conference was “Lazy Complementarianism: A fresh look at leadership, relationships and church family life”. The keynote speakers were Gary Millar (Principal of Queensland Theological College) and his wife, Fiona.

In their keynote talks, Gary and Fiona explored how Bible-believing evangelicals can slip into “lazy” thinking and practices around complementarianism, by simply doing what we have always done or mirroring the culture around us, rather than looking to the Bible.

There were also several electives, including “The ministry of motherhood” by Jocelyn Loane, “Speaking and relating well with other complementarians when we disagree” by Kara Hartley and Bill Salier, and “Nurtured by God’s word” by Sarah Sholl.

“It is good to keep thinking about how God wants us to live and minister together as men and women,” said Jane Tooher, Director of the Priscilla and Aquila Centre. “The annual Priscilla & Aquila conference gives us the opportunity to do that. The plenary sessions and the electives explored various aspects of complementarianism. This conference is primarily aimed at women and men in vocational ministry, but other Christians are most welcome and attend each year. This year we had our largest conference to date, and there was much to thank God for.”

For more information about the conference and the work of Moore College’s Priscilla and Aquila Centre, please visit paa.moore.edu.au.
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A weary pilgrimage

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This is an excerpt from John Chapman’s excellent book on actually doing evangelism, Know and Tell the Gospel.

I remember going to a weekend conference some eighteen months after I was converted, and a girl there asked me if I was a Christian. I answered, “Yes”.

“Tell me” she said, “what I have to do to become a Christian”.

I didn’t have the faintest idea where to begin.

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Moore College welcomes new Head Librarian Gabrielle Fury

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We are delighted to announce that Mrs Gabrielle Fury has accepted the role as the MTC Head Librarian. In early 2023 Gabrielle will take over the leadership of the Donald Robinson Library team, allowing Erin Mollenhauer to move into her new role as Senior Archivist and Special Collections Librarian.

Gabrielle is married to Glen and, together with two of their children, they attend Maroubra Presbyterian Church.

After studying Law, Gabrielle went on to complete her Master of Information Studies with a major in Librarianship.

She has worked in Librarian and Library Management roles at Morling College since April 2013, and her most recent role is the National Director of Library Services. At Morling College, Gabrielle has been responsible for the management of libraries at two campuses including the theological, counseling, and education collections.

She brings a great understanding of higher education library operations to this role, and we are excited to have her.

Gabrielle’s first day will be Monday 16 January 2023.

Please also pray for her as she prepares to undertake this new role.
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Fight For Your Pastor – Book Review

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Sometimes a preposition makes all the difference. We do not need to look far to find examples of Christians who fight with their pastor. If you speak to just about any one of them I expect he will be able to tell you of people who have fought him tooth and nail over some peeve, some cause, some perceived slight. But much rarer are those who fight for their pastor, those who honor him and his position by battling for his success, for his joy, for his encouragement.
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