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Neil

Thompson

Position: Associate Lecturer
Affiliations: School of Ministry & Theology; Scripture, Spirituality & Society Research Centre →

Biography

Career

Projects & Grants

Neil loves helping people excel and flourish in their endeavours. He has run many relationship workshops over the last 30 years in NSW, VIC, QLD & NZ. Neil has experience in relationship coaching with couples and is a trained relationship coach. He holds an MA in Religious studies with an emphasis in youth and family ministry, and has certification for facilitating Dr John Gottman’s 7 Principle’s for Making Marriage Work Workshop.

He reads widely in the areas of leadership, theology, spiritual formation, sociology, human behaviour, coaching, psychology, relationships, and culture with a view to exploring ways in which the local church can better serve and communicate with their immediate community beyond the doors of their congregation.

He keeps fit riding a mountain bike and enjoys playing the trumpet. He loves people and working on expanding their dreams to embrace all that life can be for them. Jesus said it best in John 10:10 “I have come that they might have life more abundantly.”


Awards & achievements

2019
Service Recognition
NNSW Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Professional associations

Association for Reflective Practice in Theological Education (ARPTE)
Professional Association for development, engagement and biannual conference
Australasian Academy of Homiletics
Professional Development, support, collaboration

Expertise

Evangelism to reach dominate secular and SBNR culture in Australia and NZ


Education

Bachelor Engineering
The University of Newcastle
Doctor of Ministry (in progress)
Fuller Seminary
Master Arts
La Sierra
Bachelor of Arts
Avondale College
Study into success factors in national PNG evangelism campaign in 2024 that resulted in 170,000+ baptisms.
Role:
Principal Investigator - conceptualisation, methodology, writing (original draft, review and editing), supervision, project administration and funding acquisition.
Funding Type:
SDA church entity sponsorship
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