PDFs of the February – March 2011 edition of New Directions, the newspaper of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland are available for download. Many reports deal with the recent floods, accompanied by many photos. I was also encouraged to see an article about the progress of The Gap Presbyterian Church, now known as Life Church. …

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As referred to in yesterday’s post about Bruce Winter’s change in role at the Queensland Theological College, here is a copy of the official advertisement for a lecturer in Old Testament/Hebrew and College Principal. International and Australian readers, please publicise these, drawing attention to the website of the QTC, where all relevant details can be …

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Received this email today regarding news about the college where I did my ministry studies. QUEENSLAND THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 February 2011 New Season for Queensland Theological College After five years spearheading a dramatic reversal in fortunes of the Queensland Theological College (QTC), Rev Dr Bruce Winter will step down as …

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I stumbled across Matt Viney’s blog on the weekend. Matt pastors the Wavell Heights Presbyterian Church in Brisbane and blogs at ‘Baptism And The Big Picture.’ Refreshing in its affirmation of covenant theology as being intrinsic to Presbyterian and Reformed theology (a diminishing, though not defeated perspective), the blog is an interesting read. Head on …

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