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Associate Professor Jon Newton

Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Pentecostalism

  • Biography

    Jon Newton is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and Pentecostalism at AC. Previously he served as Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Research at Harvest Bible College. He is an expert on both the Book of Revelation and Australian Pentecostalism, and has published widely in international journals. His books include Revelation Reclaimed: The Use and Misuse of the Apocalypse (2009),\ The Revelation Worldview (2015), A Pentecostal Commentary on Revelation (2021), and Holy Spirit Breakout: Discovering the Stories of Australian Pentecostalism (2023).

    He is an ordained minister with ACC has served as a church planter, missionary, pastor and elder in churches in NSW, PNG and Victoria. He is an itinerant minister who preaches and teaches in Australia and overseas, including at theological schools. He founded and served as editor of the Journal of Contemporary Ministry 2015-2023.

    Jon is a member of the Biblical Studies and Pentecostal Studies research cluster.

    Qualifications

    PhD (Deakin University)
    Dissertation Title Postmodernism, Christianity and the Book of Revelation 2007

    MA (Theol) (Australian College of Theology) 2000

    BA (Hons) (ICI University, Texas)
    Dissertation Title Application of the Doctrine of the Sovereignty of God 1996

    DipEd (University of Sydney) 1970

    BA (University of Sydney) 1969

  • Research Interests

    Current Research

    Currently working on a project called 'Pentecostal Reflections' which included interviewing 197 older Pentecostal and charismatic ministers and spouses in all states of Australia which will lead to an academic book and several popular books on Australian Pentecostalism since 1970


    Supervision

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    I am  currently supervising doctoral research on the following areas within Alphacrucis College:

    • Pastoral care of people with long-term issues in Australian Pentecostal churches (DMin)
    • Healing ministry in ACC churches (DMin)
    • Strategies for transition of mono-ethnic Pentecostal churches in Victoria (DMin)
    • Missional strategies of African Pentecostal churches in Australia (DMin)
    • The value of speaking in tongues for the individual (DMin)

    I am associate supervisor for a project on Social Welfare in Pentecostal churches of SE Queensland (Australian College of Theology) 


    I have successfully supervised students to completion in these areas:

    • Hearing from God in Pentecostal churches (PhD Alphacrucis)
    • Pastoral Care of Same-sex Attracted People (DMin Harvest Bible College)
    • Perfomance Criticism of Book of Revelation (PhD University of Divinity; associate supervisor)

    Research Interests

    Book of Revelation

    Australian Pentecostalism

    Pneumatology

    Eschatology


    Fields of Research

    5005 Theology

  • Research Publications

    Books

    • 2025
      • Newton, Jon K.; Houston, G. (2025). Holy Spirit Encounters: More Stories of Australian Pentecostals and Charismatics. Kilmore: Sophia Resources.
    • 2021
      • Newton, Jon K. (2021). A Pentecostal Commentary on Revelation. Wipf & Stock.
    • 2015
      • Newton, J.K.(2015). The Revelation Worldview: Apocalyptic Thinking in a Postmodern World. Wipf & Stock.
    • 2013
      • Newton, J.K.(2013). Worldview Wars. Mosaic Press.
    • 2009
      • Newton, J.K.(2009). Revelation Reclaimed: The Use and Misuse of the Apocalypse. Paternoster.

    Book Chapters

    • 2003
      • Newton, J.K.(2003). The Challenge of Postmodernism In Ireland, J., Edlin, R., Dickens, K., Pointing the Way (pp. ). National Institure for Christian Education (N.I.C.E).

    Journal Articles

    • 2024
      • Jon K. Newton (2024). Mainstream and Marginal Theologies in Australian Pentecostalism. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 33 79-99.
    • 2023
      • Jon K. Newton (2023). Blurred Boundaries and Hybrids in Revelation. Australian Biblical Review, 71 83-99.
    • 2020
      • Newton, Jon K. (2020). Apocalyptic Arithmetic: Numbers and Worldview in the Book of Revelation. The Heythrop Journal, 63:6. | External link
    • 2018
      • Newton, J.K.(2018). Spiritual Explosion: A Review of the Literature on the Sudden Growth of Pentecostalism in Australia. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, Vol. 31, No. 1 75-96.
      • Newton, J.K.(2018). Not Who They Seem: Community and Identity in the Seven Churches of Revelation. Colloquium: The Australian and New Zealand Theological Review, Vol. 50, No. 2 71-88.
      • Newton, J.K., (2018). The Epistemology of the Book of Revelation. Heythrop Journal - Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology, 59 (4) 733-746. | External link
    • 2017
      • Newton, J.K.(2017). The Full Gospel and the Apocalypse. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Vol.26, No.1 86-109.
    • 2015
      • Newton, J.K.(2015). Patmos and Southland: Australasian Pentecostal Reading of the Book of Revelation. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Vol. 17. | External link
    • 2013
      • Newton, J.K.(2013). Story-lines in the Book of Revelation. Australian Biblical Review, Volume 61 61-78.
      • Newton, J.K.(2013). The Epistemology of the Book of Revelation. Heythrop Journal - Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology, .
    • 2011
      • Newton, J.K.(2011). Time Language and the Purpose of the Millennium. Colloquium, Volume 43, Number 2 147-168.
    • 2010
      • Newton, J.K.(2010). Holding Prophets Accountable. Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, Volume 30, Number 1 63-79.
      • Newton, J.k. (2010). The Scope of Christian Prophecy. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Issue 13 59-86.
    • 2009
      • Newton, J.K.(2009). Reading Revelation Romantically. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Volume 18, Number 2 194-215.

    Edited Books

    • 2013
      • Newton, J.K.(ed) (2013). New Frontiers: Redefining Christian Ministry for 21st Century Contexts.
    • Subjects taught by Jon Newton
    THE310 Apologetics
    THE512 Apologetics
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