DJ Konz is an Honorary Associate of Alphacrucis. He is Lead Pastor at New Vine Church in Newcastle, and was previously Head of the School of Ministry and Theology at Alphacrucis. He has also been Executive Director of Advocacy at Compassion Australia.
DJ's doctoral thesis from the University of Aberdeen was on the child in the thought of Karl Barth. His wider teaching and research areas include systematic and historical theology (especially Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer), as well as mission theology, public and political theology, and child theology. He is the co-editor of Theology, Mission and Child: Global Perspectives (Oxford: Regnum, 2014) and has published various essays and journal articles. He is a member of the Society for the Study of Theology (UK), the American Academy of Religion, and an Associate Fellow with the Higher Education Academy (UK).
DJ is a member of the Theology and Society research cluster.
PhD (Divinity) (University of Aberdeen), The child in relation to God, with reference to the theology of Karl Barth. – 2017
MA (Theology & Religious Studies) (Distinction) (University of Nottingham), "Choosing my religion": Patterns, trends and implications of recent Western conversions to Islam. – 2004
Postgraduate Diploma, Mission Studies Research (Oxford Centre for Mission Studies), The child in historical, theological and missiological perspective. – 2013
Graduate Diploma in Ministry (Tabor College, Adelaide) – 2003
Bachelor of Ministry (Tabor College, Adelaide) – 2001
American Academy of Religion (since 2015)
Child and Youth Study Group, International Association of Mission Scholars (since 2016)
Child Theology Movement, International (since 2014)
Global Children's Forum (since 2010)
Higher Education Academy (UK) - Associate Fellow (since 2015)
Society for the Study of Theology (UK) (since 2013)
