Events

MA Unit on Jonathan Edwards by Rhys Bezzant

Yale Professor visits Ridley

We are so pleased to welcome Ken Minkema to the College between April 26-30 to teach an intensive unit on Jonathan Edwards, America's preeminent theologian and philosopher. Professor Minkema leads the Jonathan Edwards Center at the Yale Divinity School, and is the Executive Editor of the Yale edition of Edwards's complete works. This unit provides a fantastic opportunity to reflect on ministry priorities, our evangelical heritage, and the birth of the global missions movement.

Theology of Youth Ministry Conference 2012 by Jane Ellison

The Theology of Youth Ministry Conference is designed to encourage youth pastors, school chaplains, senior ministers and others involved in Christian ministry, to think theologically about youth ministry practice.  Every area of ministry impacts young people on some level and therefore theological reflection of youth ministry practice is essential for those committed to serving Jesus faithfully in mission and ministry.  

RYTE Conference 2012 by Jane Ellison

Ridley Youth Training Event is a conference for youth ministry leaders.

Launch of the Marketplace Insitute by Jane Ellison

Ridley’s Marketplace Institute was launched at our Annual Dinner this year. Professor Ian Harper was our guest speaker, as we shared our vision to empower Christians to integrate their faith into their work, home and community. This Institute is a bold initiative, and we hope that those attending this free event will be inspired to give generously to the endeavour.

Eminent Australian economist, Director of Access Economics, Professor Ian Harper will be our guest speaker. Ian's recent book…

2011 Calendar of Events by Jane Ellison

There are a number of events throughout the year, each of the events below are open to everyone, RSVPs are essential.

Scroll down for registration and RSVP details for events hosted by Ridley Melbourne.

CACE Roundtable Discussion by Jane Ellison

A discussion on Workplace Ethics. Saturday 16th April. All invited to attend.

Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening by Rhys Bezzant

PUBLIC LECTURE CANCELLED. Professor Ken Minkema is unable to present the Jonathan Edwards Public lecture on 23 September.

Christ-Expo Breaks All the Rules by Tim Foster

When Ridley Melbourne’s College Director, Tim Foster, first heard Peter Adam’s plan to organise a crusade-style Mission to Melbourne he was skeptical. “I really thought, who comes to crusades these days?” Dr Foster says.

But this wasn’t the only “rule” that the mission, entitled Christ-Expo, broke. The speaker on each of the five nights was Professor Don Carson from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in Deerfield Illinois. “Not only did we have an ‘unhip’ 60-something from North America at a series of…

European Reformation Study Tour by Jane Ellison

History came alive during the winter semester break as Ridley Faculty members Rhys Bezzant and Anthea McCall led a group of over 40 students to visit the sites of the Reformation in Germany, France and Switzerland. Highlights included the door where Luther nailed his 95 Theses and the castle where he translated the New Testament into German, the abbey church where Zwingli was radicalised leading to his Reformed convictions, Calvin’s lecture hall in Geneva, and the mountain cave near Zürich where Anabaptists sought refuge from other persecuting Protestants.

Bei-En Zou, a Ridley student on the tour said that it “helped me…

World Vision Theological Forum by Jane Ellison

Thursday 9 September 2010, 7:00pm - 9:30pm,
Tabor College, 222 Oban Road, Ringwood North, Vic.

World Vision is pleased to present this forum on social justice and salvation. It will be a stimulating, encouraging and thought-provoking evening of ideas and discussion.
What is the nature of salvation? Over many years, this question has generated a diverse range of theological understandings. Is it about going to heaven when we die? If so, what does social justice have to do with it? Is it about bringing heaven to earth? Is it primarily individual or communal?
This forum seeks to inform and encourage…