Celebrate the role of women in ministry, the launch of the book, South Pacific Perspectives on Ordination, and the renaming of Ladies Chapel.

Featuring: A conversation about women in ministry by women in ministry hosted by Women in Ministry trustees Drs Bryan Craig and Lyell Heise.

Includes: Kara Dale, associate minister of the Springwood Seventh-day Adventist Church; Jody Eddy, mother of two, part-time associate minister at Warburton Seventh-day Adventist Church and former president of FigTree, the Avondale Seminary staff and student association; Kylie Cullinan, the first commissioned female pastor to work for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Victoria and the first to work—as a departmental director—for the church in the New Zealand Pacific; and Dr Drene Somasundram, chaplain and lecturer on Avondale’s Sydney campus who developed a more gender inclusive model of theological training from the findings and the recommendations of the women she interviewed for her Doctorate in Professional Studies and the first woman employed as a field minister by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United Kingdom.

Also featuring: launch of South Pacific Perspectives on Ordination: Biblical, Theological and Historical Studies in an Adventist Context.

Presented by Avondale College of Higher Education, Women in Ministry and Avondale Academic Press with Avondale Seminary, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific.

Program

A conversation about women in ministry by women in ministry

Note: This session is ticketed
9.30 am, Gathering
9.45 am, Keynotes and conversations with Kara Dale and Jody Eddy
10.45 am, Morning tea
11.15 am, Keynotes and conversations with Dr Drene Somasundram and Kylie Ward
12.15 pm, Lunch

Launch: South Pacific Perspectives on Ordination: Biblical, Theological and Historical Studies in an Adventist Context

Note: This session is free
2 pm, Renaming of Ladies Chapel
2.10 pm, 4 in 5 Keynotes: Four authors present five-minute keynotes based on their chapters in the book
2.30 pm, Beyond San Antonio: conversations and questions with all presenters

Book

South Pacific Perspectives on Ordination: Biblical, Theological and Historical Studies in an Adventist Context is available at Call and Commission for the launch-only price of $20. It is also available in Kindle and paperback formats on Amazon.

Tickets

$40 (Single); $55 (Double)

Tickets include: copy of South Pacific Perspectives on Ordination: Biblical, Theological and Historical Studies in an Adventist Context, morning tea and lunch.