Graham Hill (theologian)

Graham Joseph Hill (born 8 July, 1969)[1] is an Australian theologian who is an Associate Professor of Global Christianity at the University of Divinity, and Principal of Stirling Theological College[2] in Melbourne. Hill's research focuses on World Christianity but he is also known for his work on biblical egalitarianism and women theologians of global Christianity.[3] He has published in the areas of missiology, applied theology, and global and ecumenical approaches to missional ecclesiology.

Graham Joseph Hill
Born (1969-07-08) July 8, 1969
Sydney, Australia
Alma mater
OccupationTheologian
Academic
Employer
Known forWorld Christianity
Biblical Egalitarianism
Missiology
Ecclesiology
Missional Ecclesiology
Globalization
Applied Theology
WorksGlobal Church
Holding Up Half the Sky
Salt, Light and a City (2 Volumes)
Healing Our Broken Humanity
MovementBaptist
Churches of Christ
Global Theology
Websitehttps://grahamjosephhill.com 

Education

In addition to undergraduate studies, Hill completed a Master of Theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia,[4] and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) at Flinders University.[5][1]

Career

Hill began church planting in 1988. He entered theological college for ministerial training in 1994 and received the Annual Theological Essay Award (Undergraduate Section) in 1996 for an essay titled "Augustine's Influence on Calvin, Zwingli and Luther."[1] Hill was ordained and accredited by the Australian Baptist Churches in 2000.[6] After church planting and pastoring in Sydney and Perth, Hill moved into theological education in 2004.[6]

Hill was a lecturer at Burleigh Baptist Theological College in Adelaide from 2004 to 2006.[6][7] Hill was a lecturer, Vice-Principal, and Provost of Morling College in Sydney from 2007–2019, a theological college affiliated with the Australian College of Theology and the University of Divinity.[8] He presented at a 2013 Baptist World Alliance global gathering,[9] and both the General Secretary and President of the Baptist World Alliance reviewed his books.[10][11] Hill began as Interim Principal of Stirling Theological College (a member college of the University of Divinity) in 2019, and was appointed Principal in 2020.[12] Hill was promoted to Associate Professor of the University of Divinity in 2020.[13]

Hill served as a Visiting Scholar at the Korean Baptist Theological University and Seminary in South Korea in 2019. He delivered public lectures and seminars at that Baptist university, as well as at Torch Trinity Graduate University in Seoul, South Korea.[14][15] He serves as an adjunct faculty member of Abilene Christian University in Texas, in their Doctor of Ministry program, and as Chair of the Theological Advisory Committee of Common Grace, an Australian non-denominational network of over 50,000 Christians.[15] On 7 March 2018, Hill was a keynote speaker at the Bible Society of Australia Church Leaders' Summit held at the InterContinental Hotel, Sydney. Hill's presentation on "trends in global Christianity and their impact on Australian church and society" was made to the Heads of all major Australian Christian denominations and organizations, and to the Governor-General of Australia, General David Hurley.[15]

Hill reported struggling with alcoholism and depression while working as a church pastor, and stopped drinking alcohol in 2005.[16][17][18]

Hill is a co-director of The Global Church Project (Centre for the Research of Global Christianity), along with Grace Ji-Sun Kim. The Centre is affiliated with Stirling Theological College and researches global Christianity.[19]

Research

Hill's first book explored ecumenical and missional approaches to Christian ecclesiology. This work was a revision of his PhD thesis, An Examination of Emerging-Missional Ecclesiological Conceptions: Missional Ecclesiology and the Ecclesiologies of Miroslav Volf, Joseph Ratzinger and John Zizioulas,[20] and was published in 2012 by Cascade Books.[21] Scot McKnight awarded the book the Jesus Creed Book of the Year in the category Church in 2012, writing "This is the most important book I have ever read on the church."[22]

Hill's book Global Church: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Churches was published by IVP Academic in 2016.[23] Global Church and his research into global Christianity have been reviewed in Patheos, Christian Courier, Moody Bible Institute, and academic journals.[24][25][26][27][28][29] Global Church was awarded an honorable mention in the 2015 IVP Academic Readers Choice Awards.[30]

Hill's book Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World, co-authored with Grace Ji-Sun Kim, was named as a Resource of the Year - Culture by Outreach Magazine in 2019.[31][32] The book was examined on ABC Radio National's Soul Search, with reference to its research into Asian Christianity, and the interview was broadcast on the ABC on 18 August 2019.[33]

Hill's book Holding up Half the Sky: A Biblical Case For Women Leading and Teaching in the Church has been profiled by Scot McKnight.[34][35][36]

Selected publications

Personal life

Hill married Felicity Herbert on February 10, 1996.[1][37] They have three daughters.[2]

References
  1. "Documents on Hill's Website". GrahamJosephHill.com.
  2. "Graham Hill Appointed Principal of Stirling Theological College". Vox. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  3. Zurlo, Gina A. (2020-06-24). "Women Theologians You Should Know About from The Global Church Project". Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary (Center for the Study of Global Christianity). Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  4. "Master of Theology (Th.M.) Thesis: Cybergnosticism? A Study of Contemporary Christian Faith Communities in Cyberspace". University of Notre Dame Australia. 2004.
  5. "Ph.D. Thesis, Flinders University: An examination of emerging-missional ecclesiological conceptions: missional ecclesiology and the ecclesiologies of Miroslav Volf, Joseph Ratzinger and John Zizioulas / Graham Joseph Gary Hill". Trove. 2009.
  6. Burn, Kerrie (2007). "Baptist periodicals in Australian library and archive collections". Southern Cross University.
  7. Hill, Graham Joseph (2006-09-08). "Miroslav Volf on church, mission and culture". John Mark Ministries. Published while Hill was a lecturer at Burleigh College in 2006. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  8. "Staff Spotlight | Morling College | Provost Graham Hill". Morling College. 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  9. "Baptist theological conference to focus on the Holy Spirit – "Baptists and Pneumatology: Atonement and Healing" by Graham Hill". Baptist World Alliance. 2013-06-06.
  10. Callam, Neville. "Thinking about the church and its mission: Review of Graham Hill's book Salt Light, and a City: Introducing Missional Ecclesiology". Baptist World Alliance. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  11. Msiza, Ngwedla Paul (2018-11-03). "A review of Healing Our Broken Humanity (Reviewed by Ngwedla Paul Msiza, President, Baptist World Alliance)". The Global Church Project. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  12. Beach, Kylie (2020-12-18). "Graham Hill Named New Principal at Stirling Theological College - Eternity News". Eternity News (Bible Society of Australia). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  13. "Reverend Associate Professor Graham Joseph Hill". University of Divinity. 2020-12-08. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  14. Kwon, Eunice (2019-12-18). "Torch Trinity Graduate University Magazine - 2019 Winter: Ministry Focus: Interview with Dr. Graham Hill". www.ttgu.ac.kr. Seoul, South Korea: Torch Trinity Graduate University. pp. 30–32. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  15. ORCID. "Graham Joseph Hill (0000-0002-6532-8248)". ORCID. pp. See the first entry of the ORCID section (called "Membership and Service"), and pages 1, 2, 5, 9, 13, and 23 of the document linked there, for evidence of service at Torch Trinity Graduate University, Korea Baptist Theological University, Common Grace, Abilene Christian University, and the Bible Society of Australia Leaders' Summit. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  16. Baker, Jen (2019-10-26). "5 Minutes with Graham Joseph Hill". Fixing Her Eyes. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  17. Freestone, Samantha. "Ep. 130- Graham Joseph Hill | Some Answers". Some Answers Podcast. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  18. Veart, Aaron (2014-12-11). "Serving the local and global church: An interview with Graham Hill". Together Magazine.
  19. "About The Global Church Project (Centre for the Research of Global Christianity)". The Global Church Project. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  20. "An examination of emerging-missional ecclesiological conceptions: missional ecclesiology and the ecclesiologies of Miroslav Volf, Joseph Ratzinger and John Zizioulas". Trove. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  21. Cronshaw, Darren (2014). "Book Review". Australian eJournal of Theology. 21 (2): 172–173.
  22. McKnight, Scot (2012-12-12). "Jesus Creed Books of the Year". Jesus Creed. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  23. Smith, C. Christopher (2016-08-18). "Global Church (Review)". The Englewood Review of Books. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  24. Dhavale, Sharon (2020-10-12). "Joining Powerful Global Conversations (A Review)". Christian Courier News. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  25. Creed, Jesus (2016-01-14). "Is Our Church Global or Colonialist?". Patheos. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  26. Armstrong, John. "Global Church (Review)". Aqueduct Project (Moody Bible Institute). Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  27. Kang-Hamilton, Samsung (2020). "Global Church: reshaping our conversations, renewing our mission, revitalizing our churches (Review)". Restoration Quarterly. 62:1: 61–63 – via AtlaSerials PLUS, Religion Collection.
  28. Strydhorst, Albert (Nov 2016). "Global Church: reshaping our conversations, renewing our mission, revitalizing our churches (Review)". Calvin Theological Journal. 51:2: 358–359 – via AtlaSerials PLUS, Religion Collection.
  29. Hunter, Danny (2017). "Global Church: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Churches (Review)". Mission Studies: Journal of the International Association for Mission Studies. 34:1: 127–128. doi:10.1163/15733831-12341491 – via Academic Search Index.
  30. "GlobalChurch: Reshaping Our Conversations, Renewing Our Mission, Revitalizing Our Churches by Graham Hill – Australian College of Theology". www.actheology.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
  31. Magazine, Outreach (2019-02-28). "Outreach Magazine Names Resources of the Year". OutreachMagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  32. Capper, Christy (2019). "Healing Our Broken Humanity: Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World (Review)". Mission Studies: Journal of the International Association for Mission Studies. 36:2: 336–337. doi:10.1163/15733831-12341657 – via Academic Search Index.
  33. Lake, Meredith (2020-08-18). "Asian Christianities Beyond Asia". ABC Radio National. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  34. McKnight, Scot. "Practicing Biblical Equality in the Church". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  35. McKnight, Scot. "Patriarchy By Any Other Name is Still Patriarchy". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  36. McKnight, Scot. "A Biblical Case for Women Leading and Teaching". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  37. "The wedding of Graham Joseph Hill and Felicity Herbert, 1996 - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
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