Ministry and Mission

Don Carson Downloads by Jane Ellison

Downloads from Don Carsons visit to Ridley are now avaliable. Click on one of the links below to be taken to a download page.

Annual Residential Preachers Conference
with Andrew Reid, Peter Adam and Don Carson

Letter to the Editor: Developing the Ministry and Leadership of Women by Claire Rogers

To the Editor. The Melbourne Anglican. Ridley and its role in developing the ministry and leadership of women.

Lungs- An Underrated Preaching Tool by Anthea McCall

This Anzac Day I was the guest speaker at an outdoor morning service in Sydney. I knew the local community organisers were expecting around 40-50 people. I drove to the park in which the service was to be held. It was drizzling, (I grabbed a plastic sleave for my inkjet printed notes at the last minute!), an umbrella (how was I going to hold umbrella and turn notes- that were going to get wet if I left them outside the plastic sleave!), and made my way to the memorial. As I approached I saw people waiting on the pavement beside…

Ridley Centenary Graduation by Jane Ellison

recognising the vision, energy and commitment of our predecessors

Dodgy Cranmer by Tamie Davis

Anglicans love Thomas Cranmer. But is admiration of him misplaced?

Going Parachurch: Ordination? by Arthur Davis

Christian ministers talk a lot about ‘pastoral ministry’ (running a local church) and often call it ‘the ministry’. This is the established ministry path in every denomination, and denominational trainers may even present it as definitive. However, as I explored elsewhere, parachurch and mission do not require denominational endorsement. Still, denominations do provide for many forms of ministry and mission. Might it be possible to find some kind of place for parachurch work within these?

As 2009 approached, I began exploring ordination in the Anglican Church, and then began its ‘Year of Discernment’ program in Melbourne. I viewed ordination pragmatically;…

New Ridley Class in 2011: Graphic Design for Dummies!??? by Dave Hughes

I am taking Seth Godin's advice, and becoming a really good graphic designer by spending one hour a day for a month on it.

So far today, I've probably spent more like 3 hours - but hey, who is counting!  I've looked at this great tool for choosing colour schemes for design called Kuler by Adobe, and rampaged through this great design blog called 'Presentation Zen', which has a great post called Personal Kaizen.

In my line of work graphic design is hugely important.  I'm constantly involved in making websites, fliers, presentations, blog posts, articles,…

Why are Christians not called people of the way today? by Jane Prentice

I've been reading acts for new testament class, and have wondered at the benefits of changing the name of the religion we follow to 'the way', rather than 'Christianity'. (see Acts 24:14 as one example.)

Thoughts?

Weakness by Tamie Davis

I found that one of the advantages of doing a ministry traineeship for two years before hitting college was that it provided me with plenty of questions! One of the questions I've brought with me to college is how to deal with weakness and insufficiency in ministry.

My question goes something like this: