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Adjunct lecturers

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Rev Dr Douglas Milne
MA, BD, ThM, ThD, MPhil

Theology and Ethics
Douglas Milne completes 10 years as principal and 32 years of teaching at PTC in 2011 when he officially retires. He will lecture at PTC as needed and continue to speak widely and write. Douglas is married to Joan and they have two adult children, and four grandchildren.

 
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Rev Prof Allan Harman
BA (Sydney), BD, MLitt (Edinburgh), ThM, ThD (Westminster), ThD (honoris cause)(ACT)

Research Professor
Allan is a former principal of the PTC. He has spent his teaching life working in the field of Hebrew and Old Testament. He has written commentaries on the Psalms and Deuteronomy, as well as numerous articles, and is currently completing a commentary on Isaiah. In 2003 he received an honorary doctorate from the ACT.

 
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Rev Nello Barbieri
BTh

Pastoral Care Field Education
Nello served as a pastor in the PCA for 10 years. He is married to Narelle and they have three children. Nello is passionate about expository preaching and seeing churches become intentional about disciple-making.

 
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Rev Dr John Wilson
BSc, DipEd, BTh, MMin, DMin

Presbyterian polity

John serves as Assembly Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria. He was a fulltime lecturer at PTC for several years, teaching Church History and Practical Theology. John pastored in 3 different parishes for 20 years. For several years he has undertaken several preaching trips to Zambia and short term mission trips to Malawi. John is married to Paula and has 3 adult children.

 
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Dr Karl Hood
MBBS(Hons), GradDipRGP(Anaes), FRACGP, FACRRM, MAR (Westminster)

Pastoral care
Karl has an interest in counselling and pastoral care as an important part of the ministry of the word. After 10 years of medical practice, he trained in counselling at Westminster Seminary and CCEF (Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation) in Philadelphia. Karl has been married to Louise for over 20 years and they have four children. He is on the pastoral team at Drouin Presbyterian Church.

 
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Rev Dr Botros Botrosdief
MA, DMin

Christian Ministry in Islamic Context
Rev Dr Botros Botrosdief is pastor, lecturer and author. An Egyptian, he has firsthand knowledge of Islam, as well as many years of experience in cross-cultural ministry. He has done extensive research on communicating the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Muslims.


 


Miss Wendy Bytheway
BA, DipArts, Cert Language & Culture

English
Wendy is an accomplished and experienced writer and teaching in English studies in both Australia and China. She has written two books (Paternoster) under a pen name.

 
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Rt Rev David Jones
LLB, MTh

Ministry Conference Speaker
David is the Moderator General of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, the minister at Mt Stuart Presbyterian Church, Hobart, and a noted preacher. He has served in churches in Wales and London, and with his wife has three grown up children.

 
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Dr Geral Bray
BA, MLitt, DLitt

MA lecturer
Gerald Bray taught at Beeson Divinity School in church history, historical theology, and Latin from 1993 to 2006. He was then named research professor, and is currently engaged in writing and speaking on a variety of theological issues. He continues to teach specialized short courses for the divinity school. Gerald has published many scholarly articles and books.