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One hundred people attended the Rollie Busch Memorial Lecture last Friday evening which was also part of the Conference, Theological Reflections on the Diakonia held on the weekend at Mr Gravatt.
The Rollie Busch Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr John N. Collins and titled “Diakonia, From Scripture to…? Pastoral pitfalls or insights for Deacons.”
You can download and listen to an MP3 recording of the Rollie Busch Memorial Lecture HERE.
Dr Collins pursued biblical studies in Rome and Jerusalem on the eve of the second Vatican Council.
Further research in the 1970s at King’s College, London led to his investigations into early Christian ministry.
He has spent time on Fellowships in Israel, the USA and Sweden developing projects in the theology of ministry.
His books Diakonia: Re-interpreting the Ancient Sources, Are All Christians Ministers? and Deacons and the Church Making Connections between old and new have brought wide acclaim.
Jerome Murphy O’Connor writing in Revue Biblique said, John Collins “has forced us to rethink one of the dogmas of New Testament Scholarship.”
Dr Collins teaches at Loreto Mandeville Hall and Yarra Theological Union within the Melbourne College of Divinity.
Photo : Dr John Collins in conversation with Uniting Church Deacon Rev Alison McRae from Swift Creek, Victoria
