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2020 AFES Vice President Biographical Information Paul Harrington Paul became a Christian in 1978 while he was an undergraduate studying Law at Adelaide Uni, and subsequently joined the AFES group on campus. After working for several years as a lawyer, Paul went on to complete a theological degree at Moore College in Sydney. In 1988 he joined the Trinity Church Adelaide staff team, and was an AFES Associate staff worker from 1989-1994 at Adelaide Uni. Paul was appointed Rector of Trinity Church Adelaide in 1993 and became Senior Pastor for the Trinity Network when the first church plant commenced in 2001. Paul is married to Sue and they have 3 adult children and a growing number of grandchildren! His passion continues to be seeing people saved eternally by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Phillip Jensen As the Director of Two Ways Ministries, Phillip Jensen continues his lifelong passion of recruiting and training ministry workers in preaching the gospel by teaching the Bible. He is married to Helen, has three adult children and thirteen grandchildren. Throughout his ministry at UNSW, St Matthias Centennial Park, St Andrew’s Cathedral and as the Director for Ministry Training and Development for the Anglican Church, Phillip has consistently preached the gospel by expounding the scriptures. As a pastor, innovator, essayist, author and social commentator his work continues to impact individuals and organizations in Australia and worldwide. He has been instrumental in commencing ministries such as the Ministry Training Strategy, Mid Year Conference and Matthias Media, and has been active in the resurgence of the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students, the Katoomba Christian Convention and Moore College. He is sought after in Australia and internationally as an evangelist and an incisive, expository Bible teacher. Some of his works include Two Ways to Live, Guidance and the Voice of God, Prayer and the Voice of God, 1 & 2 Timothy For You and The Archer and the Arrow. You can find sermons and essays by Phillip at phillipjensen.com Peter Adam Peter Adam was born in Melbourne. He was converted to Christ in his last year at school. He studied classical music, then trained for the ministry at Ridley College. After serving in a couple of churches in Melbourne Peter went to England, where he studied at Durham University and lectured at St John’s College. Peter returned to Australia in 1982 to become Vicar of St Jude’s Carlton, where he served for 20 years. He then was Principal of Ridley Melbourne from 2002-2012. He is now Vicar Emeritus of St Jude’s Carlton. Peter has spoken at preaching training conferences, and Bible and missionary conventions throughout Australia, and the world. He has written a number of books, including commentaries on Esther, EZra-Nehemiah, Malachi, and Hebrews.. Peter lives in North Carlton. He likes good friends, classical music, reading history and fiction, spending time at the beach, walking his dogs, and tending his mechanical clocks. Keith Birchley Keith’s early life was dominated by classical music and the desire to be a concert pianist. He enrolled in the Bachelor of Music program at the University of Queensland in 1975, and for five years his career developed steadily. He won a series of awards, culminating in the prestigious Commonwealth Finals of the ABC competition, playing the A major Piano Competition of Liszt. Over those competition years, he performed with orchestra works by Bartok, Brahms, Beethoven, Liszt, and Grieg. Having auditioned successfully for the Master’s Degree at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, Keith was intending to pursue the life of a performing artist further, studying under a famous Polish teacher. But having become a Christian the year before, and amidst much soul searching, he decided to return to Australia and begin a theology degree at Moore Theological College, Sydney. After four years’ theological study, he served St Pauls Anglican Church, Carlingford as a Lay Minister for almost eight years. Then in 1992 it was back to Brisbane, and the university where he had studied as a music student, but now as a minister to students. Keith was at UQ for over twenty years. For much of that time he was also the Queensland Regional Director of AFES. As well as his responsibilities with AFES, he taught part time at the Queensland Theological College, and in 2013 completed a Master’s dissertation through UQ on the relationship between Karl Barth’s theology of Creation and Providence and the music of Wolfgang Amadeus MoZart. It was entitled, Reading Barth With Mozart in Mind. Since 2015, he and his wife Marion have been CMS missionaries with the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship in Papua New Guinea. They are thrilled to be back at the ministry coalface again, teaching Christ’s little ones the glories of the bible and being older friends of sinners in a very challenging but exciting land. He is married to Marion (herself a missionary kid) and they have three adult children and one delightful granddaughter. .

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