Rev Dr Stephen Spence
Cert IV AWPT, B Sc [Melbourne University], M Div [Asbury Seminary, Kentucky], MA (Theol) [ACT], PhD [Fuller Seminary, California]
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Dr Aaron Chalmers
Cert IV AWPT [Tabor], B Th [Tabor]. GD Min [Tabor], B Th (Hon) [Flinders], PhD [Flinders]
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David Turnbull
Cert IV TAA [Tabor], Dip Ed [Monash], BA [Monash], Dip Missiology [ACT], B Th [ACT], MA [Victoria University, Wellington]
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David McGregor
Cert IV WPT [Tabor], B Th [Flinders], MA (Religion Studies) [University SA]
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 Geoff Sunstrom
Cert IV AWPT [Tabor], B Sc [Adelaide University], Dip Ed [Adelaide University], B Div (Hon) [MCD], M Th [MCD], M Soc Sc (Couns) [University SA]
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Matthew Gray
Dip PWE [Chisholm], B.Comm [Monash], M.Div [ACT], Th M [Regent College, Canada]
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Dr Graham BUXTON
Cert IV WPT [Tabor], BA (Hons) [York University, UK], Dip. Indust. Admin [Bradford University, UK]., M.Sc, Cert. Theol. [St Johns College, UK], M Min [MCD], PhD [Flinders]
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DR Don OWERS
B Th (Hon) [ACT], M Management [University Tech, Sydney], D Min [Fuller Seminary, California]
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Bruce Hulme
BSc(Ma) & Grad Dip Ed (Adelaide Uni), BTh & GradDipMin (Tabor Adelaide) |
Rev Leslie Vince
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Miranda Dixon |
Dean Eaton |
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Sandra JayasingHE |
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Rev Dr Stephen Spence
Cert IV AWPT, B Sc [Melbourne University], M Div [Asbury Seminary, Kentucky], MA (Theol) [ACT], PhD [Fuller Seminary, California]
As both Dean of the MTC Faculty here at Tabor, and our New Testament and Theology Professor, Stephen provides a fine balance of experience, academic rigor, and that certain Scottish charm to the Faculty.
Stephen has international theological training, including a PhD from Fuller Seminary. His PhD thesis, Parting of the Ways: The Roman Church as Case Study has since been published. Stephen also comes with his experience as a pastor in several churches in Victoria.
Stephen is married to Colleen (who is also on staff at Tabor), and has two children. He supports the Richmond Tigers, and won the 2008 Tabor football tipping! |
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Dr Aaron Chalmers
Cert IV AWPT [Tabor], B Th [Tabor]. GD Min [Tabor], B Th (Hon) [Flinders], PhD [Flinders]
Dr. Chalmers is responsible for all Tabor’s Old Testament classes, but also for our entire External Studies program, ensuring that all Tabor’s students who are studying outside of the College are made to feel valued as part of the Tabor community. He also has a passion for Biblical languages. Aaron is a true “son” of Tabor, having received his Bachelor of Theology and Graduate Diploma of Ministry here.
He has also had several articles published in prominent Biblical journals, including Vetus Testamentum and Ugarit Forschungen.
Aaron is married to Catherine. They recently had their first child, James. He came third in the 2008 Tabor football tipping competition. |
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David Turnbull
Cert IV TAA [Tabor], Dip Ed [Monash], BA [Monash], Dip Missiology [ACT], B Th [ACT], MA [Victoria University, Wellington]
One of Adelaide’s leading thinkers on the Missional and Emerging Church, David has extensive knowledge of bringing Christ to people in many different cultures and contexts in Australia and beyond. He has lectured at both BCSA and Tabor in these areas for a decade.
David also brings a tremendous heart for the under-privileged, and performed several ministries in Nigeria, Africa and in Papua New Guinea actively trained local evangelists in mission. He is also currently on the national leadership team of Missions Interlink, and the Australian Committee for Lausanne for World Evangelisation.
David is married to Cheryl with one son, Matthew. He is a mad sports-nut, particularly for the Hawthorn Football Club. |
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David McGregor
Cert IV WPT [Tabor], B Th [Flinders], MA (Religion Studies) [University SA]
David has been on staff here at Tabor since 1993, and is responsible for Tabor’s renowned “Creative Living” class. Before he arrived at Tabor, he had worked both as a pastor, a school principal, and as the Coordinator of the Christian Revival Crusade College of Ministry.
David has a strong passion for the theology of the eminent neo-Orthodox theologian, Karl Barth, and wrote his MA thesis on Barth’s weighty Church Dogmatics. |
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Geoff Sunstrom
Cert IV AWPT [Tabor], B Sc [Adelaide University], Dip Ed [Adelaide University], B Div (Hon) [MCD], M Th [MCD], M Soc Sc (Couns) [University SA]
As well as having academic lecturing experience that spans nearly 30 years throughout Australia, including over a decade at Tabor, Geoff provides extensive pastoral experience to his classes here.
Geoff has also been the pastor at nine Baptist churches, and since 2000 has had a successful counselling business as well. He also has worked successfully as a mentor and Spiritual director.
Geoff teaches primarily in the New Testament, Biblical languages, hermeneutics and exegesis, and occasionally has taught in the disciplines of discipleship and Spirituality.
Geoff is married to Sue, and enjoys watching car racing. |
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Matthew Gray
Dip PWE [Chisholm], B.Comm [Monash], M.Div [ACT], Th M [Regent College, Canada]
One of the most recent additions to the Tabor MTC Faculty, Matt joined us in February 2008. At that time, he had just returned from studying his Masters of Theology at Regent College, Vancouver. There he had studied under some of the most eminent evangelical scholars today, including Dr J.I. Packer, and had written his thesis on Billy Graham and the Missional Church.
Matt is originally from Victoria, and had served on staff with the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students at RMIT University. He now works also as the youth & children’s pastor at the GO Christian Network, a Missional Christian community here in Adelaide.
He and his wife, Leanne, do have “fur-kid” – a cat, “Psuche.” |
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Dr Graham BUXTON
Cert IV WPT [Tabor], BA (Hons) [York University, UK], Dip. Indust. Admin [Bradford University, UK]., M.Sc, Cert. Theol. [St Johns College, UK], M Min [MCD], PhD [Flinders]
Graham has over 30 years of pastoral experience, especially from England where he was born. He arrived from the UK in 1991, and has been a member of Tabor’s MTC faculty since that time. He is presently the director of MTC Post-Graduate studies here at Tabor.
An author of several theological and pastoral works, including Celebrating Life: Beyond the Sacred-Secular Divide and Dancing in the Dark: The Privilege of Participating in the Ministry of Christ, he has also written many articles for theological journals across the world. He also occasionally lectures overseas, including at Fuller Seminary. |
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DR Don OWERS
B Th (Hon) [ACT], M Management [University Tech, Sydney], D Min [Fuller Seminary, California]
As well as being Principal of Tabor College, Don also occasionally lectures in 2nd and 3rd year New Testament classes. He did his BTh with Honours at Ridley College in Melbourne under the eminent New Testament scholar, Leon Morris. He also received his Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Seminary in California, writing his thesis on evangelism in Adelaide. He began lecturing over 20 years ago, and before that worked in several Anglican ministries across Australia.
He has also been on the committees of several major academic and pastoral organisations, including Anglican Diocese of Adelaide, and the Australian College of Theology.
Don is married to Liz. In 2007, he received the Order of Australia. |
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Bruce HULME
BSc(Ma) & Grad Dip Ed (Adelaide Uni), BTh & GradDipMin (Tabor Adelaide)
Bruce has over 10 years experience in lay ministry in the Lutheran context, and recently came onto faculty as the Lecturer in the Spiritual Formation (2008) and Supervised Field Education (2009) programs. As a Tabor graduate he won the prizes for academic achievement for Undergraduate (2005) and Postgraduate (2007, with a perfect GPA) studies. His personal passion for integrating theology, ministry and spirituality in a holistic way makes him well suited to help students in this endeavour. Bruce loves life in the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide with his wife Sonia and four children Jemimah, Josiah, Toby and Micah, is an avid cricket fan, and finds footy tipping consistently keeps him humble. |
