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Professor Stephen Fogarty

President

  • Biography

    Professor Stephen Fogarty is President of AC, a self-accrediting higher education provider and the national training college of Australian Christian Churches. He has held this position since 1999. His role involves providing leadership to the academic and administrative staff and students of the College and representing the College to its various constituencies.

    Stephen was born and raised in Western Australia. He is married to Sandra, and they have three married adult children and five grandchildren. He enjoys running marathons, reading literature, attending symphony concerts, and following the Sydney Swans AFL team. Prior to his role at Alphacrucis, Stephen had many years\' involvement in pastoral ministry, and has pioneered three churches.

    Stephen has earned a Diploma of Bible and Ministry, Bachelor of Arts (Economics), Master of Arts (Theology), and a PhD in Organisational Leadership. His research explores transformational and servant leadership, and the relationship between leadership and follower motivation. He frequently presents at conferences and seminars and speaks at churches, colleges and conferences.

    Stephen's research focuses on Organisational Leadership, Church Leadership, and Volunteer Motivation. His\ book,\ Light a Fire: How to Effectively Motivate Volunteers in Your Church\ examines the relationship between leader behaviour and volunteer motivation. He chairs the Asia Pacific Theological Association, Alphacrucis College New Zealand, and is a board member of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, and the World Alliance for Pentecostal Theological Education.

    Stephen is a member of the Pastoral Theology and Ministry research cluster.

    Qualifications

    PhD (Organisational Leadership) (Regent University)
    Dissertation Title The Impact of Senior Pastor Leadership Behaviors on Volunteer Motivation 2013

    Master of Arts (Theology) (Australian College of Theology) 2000

    Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies (Leadership) (Regent University) 2011

    Bachelor of Arts (Economics) (Murdoch University) 1981

    Diploma (Bible and Christian Ministries) (Commonwealth Bible College) 1984

  • Research Interests


    Supervision

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    Business, Leadership, Ministry

    Research Interests

    Church and not-for-profit organisational leadership.


    Fields of Research

    3507 Strategy

  • Research Publications

    Books

    • 2016
      • Fogarty S. G.(2016). Light a Fire: How to effectively motivate volunteers in your church (translations: French, Finnish). Australasian Pentecostal Studies.

    Book Chapters

    • 2016
      • Fogarty, S (2016). Is servant leadership effective in motivating volunteers? In Fountain, A.K.(ed.), Theological education in a cross-cultural context: Essays in honor of John and Bea Carter (pp. 225-248). APTS Press. | External link

    Journal Articles

    • 2022
      • Fogarty, S; Perry, D; Austin, D (2022). Politics and Pentecostalism in Australia. Pneuma, 44 100–118.
    • 2011
      • Fogarty, S. G.(2011). The servant leadership of David Yonggi Cho. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, 14.
    • 2010
      • Fogarty, S. G.(2010). The dark side of charismatic leadership. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, 13.
    • 2009
      • Fogarty, S. G.(2009). Gender and leadership behaviour among senior pastors. Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies, 12 (2).