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Rev Professor Jacqueline Grey

Professor of Biblical Studies; Director, Australasian Pentecostal Studies Centre

Biography

Jacqueline Grey is Professor of Biblical Studies, specialising in hermeneutics, Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, and Pentecostal theology. She is passionate about empowering people to read and understand the Bible, and to apply it to their lives today. Her publications include Them, Us and Me: How the Old Testament Speaks to People Today, Raising Women Leaders, and Three's A Crowd: Pentecostalism, Hermeneutics and the Old Testament as well as numerous articles, book chapters, and edited volumes. Jacqui speaks regularly at local and international events and has appeared on various national TV and radio programs in Australia, including the ABC TV's Q&A and The Drum programs.

Jacqui is a member and past president (2017) of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, and was co-chair of the Biblical Ethics section (2022-2024) of the Society of Biblical Literature. She is also a Research Fellow in the Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa, and at the Centre for Pentecostal Theology (Cleveland TN, USA). Jacqui is also committed to the unity of the church and the work of ecumenism, particularly through involvement in various ecumenical dialogues and in her appointment to the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches.

Jacqui is an ordained pastor in the Australian Christian Churches (ACC).

Jacqui is a member of the Biblical Studies, Ecotheology and Sustainable Development and Pentecostal Studies research clusters.

Qualifications

PhD (Charles Sturt University), Burning Tongues: Voicing a Pentecostal-charismatic Hermeneutic of the Old Testament – 2006

BTh (Hons) (Charles Sturt University), Prophetic (m)others: Judges 4-5, Pentecostalism, and the (de)construction of women ministers – 2002

BTh (Sydney College of Divinity) – 2001

BA (Sydney University) – 1995

  • Research Publications

    Books

    • Forthcoming
      • Grey, Jacqueline N.. She Speaks: What Women Prophets of the Bible teach us about Prophecy Then and Now. Baker Academic.
    • 2024
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. and Paul W. Lewis (2024). Introduction to Biblical Interpretation: Participating in God's Story of Redemption. Baker Academic. | External link
    • 2011
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2011). Three's A Crowd: Pentecostalism, Hermeneutics and the Old Testament. Pickwick Publications. | External link
    • 2008
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2008). Them, Us & Me: How the Old Testament Speaks to People Today. Sydney, NSW: SCD/ APSS Press. | External link

    Book Chapters

    • Forthcoming
      • Davis, Anita & Grey, Jacqueline N.. The Apocalyptic Destruction of the Earth in Isaiah 24 and its Place in a Pentecostal Ecotheology In Eugene Baron & Amos Yong, Pentecostal Missiology and Environmental Degradation (pp. ). Carlisle, UK: Langham Global.
    • 2025
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2025). Isaiah 11 and the Spirit’s Work of Justice for Displaced People Groups In Lois Olena, I Was a Stranger and You Took Me In: Pentecostal Responses to the Refugee Crisis (pp. 19-33). Wipf & Stock.
    • 2024
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2024). Pentecostal Hermeneutics In Ronald T. Michener and Mark Lamport, Handbook of Postconservative Theological Interpretation (pp. 447-66). Cascade.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2024). Spirit Empowered Women: Why and How the Full Participation of Women in Spirit Empowered Ministry Strengthens Global Christianity In Kong Hee, Byron D. Klaus & Douglas Petersen, Voices Loud and Clear (pp. 141-150). Regnum. | External link
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2024). The Transformed and Transformative Voice of Hannah in 1 Samuel 1-2. In Maros, S.L., Batu, V.L & K. Kim (eds), Power, Agency, and Women in the Mission of God: Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Conversation (pp. 99-120). Wipf & Stock.
    • 2023
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2023). The Old Testament as a Source for Ethics for the Pentecostal community. In Archer, K. & Z. Tackett (eds), Festschrift in honor of Murray W. Dempster (pp. ). Oxford: Regnum Books.
    • 2022
      • O'Keefe, Dean and Grey, Jacqueline N. (2022). 'Fear God, and Keep His Commandments': Models for a Pentecostal Pedagogy from Exilic and Post-Exilic Texts of the Old Testament. In Johnson, D. & R. Wadholm Jr (eds), Pentecostal Education in the Majority World: A Pentecostal Perspective (pp. ). Baguio: Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Press.
      • Austin, Emma and Grey, Jacqueline N. (2022). The Spirit in 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Esther: Transforming the Spirit Traditions for New Contexts. In Keener, C.S. & W.L. Oliverio Jr (eds), The Spirit throughout the Canon: Pentecostal Pneumatology (pp. 23-27). Leiden: Brill.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N (2022). Trouble in Paradise: Exploring Gender Roles and Violence Against Women in Song of Songs 5:2-8. In Alexander, K., et al (eds), Sisters, Mothers, Daughters: Pentecostal Perspectives on Violence Against Women (pp. 104-20). Leiden: Brill.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. and Helmore, Edward J. (2022). Do What is Right and Good: The Theological Foundations for the Common Good in the Old Testament Prophets. In Augustine, D.C. & C.E.W. Green (eds), The Politics of the Spirit: Pentecostal Reflections on Public Responsibility and the Common Good (pp. 89-98). College Park, MY: Seymour Press.
    • 2021
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2021). A Prophetic Call to Repentance: David, Bathsheba and a Royal Abuse of Power. In C. Bridges Johns & L. Stephenson (eds), Grieving, Brooding, Transforming: The Spirit, the Bible, and Gender (pp. 36-52). Leiden: Brill.
      • Rabens, Volker, Grey, Jacqueline N. and Mariam J. Kamell Kovalishyn (2021). Biblical Ethics: Foundational and Introductory Matters. In Rabens, V., Grey, J.N. & M. J. Kamell Kovalishyn (eds), Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue (pp. 1-11). Leiden: Brill.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2021). Redeemed from Fire by Fire: The Burning Spirit and the Daughters of Zion in Isaiah 4:4. In Bridges Johns, C. & L. Stephenson (eds), Grieving, Brooding, Transforming: The Spirit, the Bible, and Gender (pp. 91-107). Leiden: Brill.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2021). Key Approaches to New Testament Ethics: A Response from an Old Testament Scholar’s Perspective. In Rabens, V., Grey, J.N. & M. J. Kamell Kovalishyn (eds), Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics (pp. 347-66). Leiden: Brill.
    • 2020
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2020). For Love of God: A Comparative Analysis of Pentecostal and Sufi Spirituality and Rituals of Worship. In Behera, M.N. & J.D Plüss (eds), Conviction in an Optional Society: Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity and Religious Pluralism (pp. 51-68). Oxford: Regnum Publications.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2020). Biblical Hermeneutics: Reading Scripture with the Spirit in Community. In Vondey, W. (ed), A Handbook for Pentecostal Theology (pp. 129-39). New York, NY: Routledge.
    • 2019
      • Austin, D.A., Grey, J.N. & Lewis P.W.(2019). Introduction. In Austin, D.A., Grey, J.N. & P.W. Lewis (eds), Asia Pacific Pentecostalism (pp. 1-12). Leiden: Brill.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2019). Social Justice in First Isaiah: A Pentecostal Perspective. In Harris, A.L. & M. Palmer (eds), The Holy Spirit and Social Justice: Interdisciplinary Global Perspectives (pp. 66-85). College Park, MY: Seymour Press.
    • 2018
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2018). Navigating the Empire: Esther as a Model of Marginalisation. In Chai, T. & D. Johnson (eds), The Old Testament in Theology and Teaching: Essays in Honor of Kay Fountain (pp. 81-94). Baguio: Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Press. | External link
    • 2016
      • Austin, Denise A & Grey, Jacqueline N. (2016). The 'outback spirit' of Pentecostal women pioneers in Australia. In de Alminana, M. & L. Olena (eds), Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry: Informing a Dialogue on Gender, Church, and Ministry (pp. 204-26). Leiden: Brill. | External link
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2016). When the Spirit Trumps Tradition: A Pentecostal Reading of Isaiah 56:1-8. In Archer, K.J, & L.W. Oliverio Jr (eds), Constructive Pneumatological Hermeneutics in Pentecostal Christianity (pp. 143-58). New York, NT: Palgrave Macmillan. | External link
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2016). Women Leaders in the Old Testament. In D. Cooper-Clarke & K. Giles (eds), Women & Men: One in Christ (pp. 1-13). Christians for Biblical Equality.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2016). The Book of Isaiah and Pentecostal Worship. In Martin, L.R., (ed), Toward a Pentecostal Theology of Worship (pp. 27-36). Cleveland, TN: CPT Press. | External link
    • 2015
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2015). Unleashing the Dragon: Exploration of the Possible Impact of Chinese Confucian Culture on Pentecostal Hermeneutics. In Synan, V. & A. Yong, (eds), Global renewal Christianity: Spirit-empowered movements, past, present, and future, vol 1: Asia and Oceania (pp. 197-203). Charisma House Publishers.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2015). 'Princess Theology' and the Promotion of Women within Pentecostalism. In Burns, S. & A. Monro (eds), Public Theology and the Challenge of Feminism (pp. 75-85). New York, NY: Routledge.
    • 2013
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2013). Beauty and Holiness in the Calling of Isaiah. In Martin, L.R., (ed), A Future for Holiness: Pentecostal Explorations (pp. 47-58). Cleveland, TN: CPT Press.
    • 2011
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2011). Isaiah 53 and the suffering-less servant in Australian Pentecostalism. In Pearson, C. & J. Havea (ed), Out of place: Doing Theology on the Crosscultural Brink (pp. 187-201). London: Equinox Publishing.
    • 2009
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2009). Models of Women’s Leadership in the Bible. In J.Grey & S. Clifton (eds), Raising Women Leaders: Perspectives on Liberating Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Contexts (pp. ). Sydney, NSW: Australasian Pentecostal Studies.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. and Kristy Rigg (2009). Seeds for the Future: Raising Women Leaders. In S. Clifton & J.Grey (eds), Raising Women Leaders: Perspectives on Liberating Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Contexts (pp. 298-312). Sydney, NSW: Australasian Pentecostal Studies.

    Journal Articles

    • 2025
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2025). The Priority of Pentecost: An Intergenerational Church that Hears God’s Voice. Malaysian Pentecostal Journal, Vol 3 21-42. | External link
    • 2024
      • Grey, J. (2024). She Dances: Miriam and Worship as Prophetic Action. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, 25(1) 34-46. | External link | AC Link
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2024). An Assessment of the Recent Change to the Doctrine of Baptism in the Holy Spirit in the Australian Christian Churches. Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, Vol 37, Issue 2: 196-214.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. and David Perry (2024). Pentecostal Higher Education in the Australian Context. Pneuma, Vol 46, Issue 3-4: 470-88.
    • 2023
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2023). Worship: A Pentecostal Perspective. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Vol 24, Issue 1: 53–73. | External link
    • 2022
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2022). Make Azusa Great Again.. Pneuma, Vol 44, Issue 3-4: 345-362.
    • 2021
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2021). Female Prophetic Traditions in the Old Testament: A Case Study of Isaiah’s Woman (Isaiah 8:1-4).. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Vol 30, Issue 1: 70-82.
      • Austin, Emma, and Grey, Jacqueline N. (2021). The Spirit in 1-2 Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Esther: Transforming the Spirit Traditions for New Contexts. Pneuma, Vol 43, Issue 3-4: 344-49.
    • 2020
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2020). Reading Isaiah 6 as a Testimony of Religious Experience.. Journal of Youngsan Theology, Vol 53: 77-107. | External link
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2020). The Restoring of a Prophetic Community: A Vision for the Future of Global Pentecostalism from ‘Down Under.'. Pneuma, Vol 42, Issue 3: 460-76.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2020). Amos Yong and Weaving a Hermeneutics of Love.. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Vol 21, Issue 1: 41-48. | External link
    • 2019
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2019). Missio Dei in the Isaiah Memoir.. Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies, Vol 22, No. 2: 3-12.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2019). Global Considerations in Response to 'Do Not Quench the Spirit.'. Pneuma, Vol 41, Issue 3-4: 507-11.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2019). A Prophetic Call to Repentance: David, Bathsheba and a Royal Abuse of Power.. Pneuma, Vol 41, Issue 1: 9-25.
    • 2018
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2018). Isaiah 5: A Prophetic Critique of Economic Proportion.. Verbum et Ecclesia, Vol 39, Issue 1:. | External link
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2018). Isaiah’s Vision of Yahweh and Ethical Replication.. Old Testament Essays, Vol 31, Issue 3: 591-612.
    • 2017
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2017). Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on the Re-Evangelisation of Europe through a Post-colonial Reading of Isaiah 2:1-5.. Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, Vol 37: 28-39.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2017). SPS Presidential Address: Embodiment and the Prophetic Message in Isaiah’s Memoir.. Pneuma, Vol 39, Issue 4: 431-56.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2017). The spirit of and Spirit in Craig S. Keener’s Spirit Hermeneutics.. Pneuma, Vol 39, Issue 1-2: 168–78. | External link
    • 2016
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2016). Response to John Goldingay’s The Theology of the Book of Isaiah.. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Vol 25. Issue 1: 1-8.
    • 2014
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2014). Reflections of Brueggeman's The Prophetic Imagination.. Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Vol 23, Issue 1: 7-11.
    • 2009
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2009). 'The trees of the field will clap their hands:' Is there hope for the renewal of Creation in Second Isaiah?. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Vol 12: 35-38.
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2009). Acts of the Spirit: Ezekiel 37 in the Light of Contemporary Speech-Act Theory.. Journal of Biblical and Pneumatological Research, Vol 1, Issue 1: 69-82.
    • 2008
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2008). The Experience of a Woman as a Pentecostal Academic.. Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 1/2: 94-98.
    • 2006
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2006). Princess Theology.. Pentecostal-Charismatic Bible Colleges Journal, October. | External link
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2006). Reading with Bi-focals: Visions of Christ in Pentecostal Interpretations of Isaiah 6.. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Vol 9: 48-73.
    • 2003
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2003). Judges 4-5, Pentecostalism, and the (de)construction of women ministers.. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Vol 7: 35-90.
    • 2001
      • Grey, Jacqueline N. (2001). Torn Stockings and Enculturation: Women Pastors in the Australian AOG.. Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Vol 5/6.

    Edited Books

    • 2021
      • Grey, J., Rabens, V., & Kamell Kovalishyn, M. (eds) (2021). Key Approaches to Biblical Ethics: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue. | External link
    • 2019
      • Austin, D.A, Grey, J.N. & Lewis, P. (eds) (2019). Asia Pacific Pentecostalism. | External link
    • 2009
      • Grey, J., & Clifton, S. (eds) (2009). Raising Women Leaders: Perspectives on Liberating Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Contexts. | External link

  • Internal and External Grants

    • 2025
      • AC Conference Funding, $3000, Alphacrucis University College
    • 2024
      • AC Conference Funding, $2000, AC
    • 2023
      • AC Conference Funding, $2000, AC
    • 2022
      • ARTFinc Grant, $3000, ARTFinc
    • 2018
      • Research Fellowship Centre for Pentecostal Theology, $3700, Centre for Pentecostal Theology (part of the Pentecostal Seminary, Cleveland TN, USA)

  • Presentations

    • 2024
      • Isaiah 11 and the Spirit’s Work of Justice for Displaced People Groups (2024), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, 14 Mar 2024
      • (with Craig Keener, Ken Archer) Panelist, Roundtable Discussion: 'Pentecostal Hermeneutics: What Pentecostals Contribute to the Wider Christian Community' (2024), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, 14 Mar 2024
      • God’s Call to Rejection: Old Testament Prophets in an Honour Shame Culture (2024), Asia Pentecostal Studies Meeting, Baguio, Philippines; online, 29 Jan 2024
    • 2023
      • ‘Voicing Old Testament Contributions to a Pentecostal Theology of Speaking in Tongues’ (2023), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Tulsa OK, USA, 17 Mar 2023
    • 2021
      • 'Trouble in Paradise: Exploring Gender Roles and Violence against Women in Song of Songs 5:2-8' (2021), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Southlake TX, USA, 20 Mar 2021
      • ‘Mixing a Solution: A Review of Christopher A. Stephenson (eds) An Amos Yong Reader: The Pentecostal Spirit (Eugene, OR: Cascade 2020)’ (2021), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Southlake TX, USA, 19 Mar 2021
    • 2019
      • ‘Trouble in Paradise: Exploring Gender Roles and Violence Against Women in Song of Songs 5:2-8’ (2019), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, 25 Nov 2019
      • 'Is Hannah Among the Prophets?: A Pentecostal Perspective' (2019), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, 23 Nov 2019
    • 2018
      • 'Isaiah’s religious experience and its ethical implications,' (2018), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Denver CO, USA, 17 Nov 2018
      • 'Missio Dei in Isaiah’ (2018), Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Missions Convention, Baguio, Philippines, 02 Oct 2018
      • 'Missio Dei from the Old Testament' at the Asia Pacific Theological Seminary. (2018), Baguio Philippines, 01 Oct 2018
      • ‘For Love of God: A Comparative Analysis of Pentecostal and Sufi Spirituality and Rituals of Worship,’ (2018), European Pentecostal Charismatic Research Association, Hamburg, Germany, 13 Sep 2018
      • 'Isaiah’s religious experience and its ethical implications,' (2018), European Pentecostal Theological Association Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 02 Jul 2018
      • ‘Social Justice in First Isaiah: A Pentecostal Perspective’ (2018), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Cleveland TN, USA, 08 Mar 2018
    • 2017
      • ‘A Methodology for the Study of Pentecostal hermeneutics in a Global Context,’ (2017), Society of Biblical Literature International Meeting, Berlin, 07 Aug 2017
      • ‘Holiness and Incarnation in Isaiah 1-39: The implications of Isaiah’s Mission for a Pentecostal Ecclesiology,’ (2017), European Pentecostal Theological Association Conference, Malvern, UK, 03 Jul 2017
      • “A Pentecostal Approach to Cultural Competence” (panelist) (2017), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, St Louis MO, USA, 09 Mar 2017
      • ‘SPS Presidential Address 2017: Embodiment and the Prophetic Message in Isaiah’s Memoir' (2017), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, St Louis MO, USA, 09 Mar 2017
    • 2016
      • ‘Through the Looking Glass: Reflections on the Re-Evangelisation of Europe through a Post-colonial Reading of Isaiah 2:1-5' (2016), European Pentecostal Theological Association, Sofia, Bulgaria, 27 Jun 2016
      • ‘Women in Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministry: Informing an Ongoing Gender-Focused Dialogue on the Faith Contributions of Women' (panelist) (2016), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, San Dimas CA, USA, 10 Mar 2016
    • 2015
      • ‘A Response to David Horrell from a Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Perspective,’ (2015), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, USA, 21 Nov 2015
      • 'A Response to ‘Moral Vision of the Bible: David Horrell’s A New Testament Approach’’ (2015), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta, USA, 21 Nov 2015
      • ‘Response to John Goldingay’s The Theology of the Book of Isaiah,’ (2015), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA, USA, 21 Nov 2015
      • 'A Postcolonial Reading of Isaiah 2:1-5 (2015), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Lakeland FL, USA, 12 Mar 2015
    • 2014
      • ‘A Prophetic Critique of Economic Proportion in Isaiah 5’ (2014), Australia and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools (ANZATS) Conference, Notre Dame University, Fremantle WA, 29 Jun 2014
      • ‘The Development of the Role of a Prophet in the Old Testament’ (2014), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Springfield MO, USA, 06 Mar 2014
    • 2013
      • ‘Reflections on Brueggemann’s The Prophetic Imagination’ (2013), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland USA, 23 Nov 2013
      • ‘When the Spirit trumps tradition: A Pentecostal Reading of Isaiah 56: 1-8’ (2013), Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland USA, 23 Nov 2013
      • ‘Unleashing the Dragon: Exploration of the Possible Impact of Chinese Confucian Culture on Pentecostal Hermeneutics’ (2013), E21 Global Scholars Consultation, Alphacrucis College, Sydney Australia, 08 Jul 2013
      • 'Creatively Assessing Student Learning’ (2013), Asia Pacific Theological Association, Pacific Oceania Assembly, Auckland, New Zealand, 12 Apr 2013
      • ‘Beauty and holiness in the calling of Isaiah’ (2013), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA USA, 21 Mar 2013
    • 2012
      • ‘Submission to the King: The Power of Wisdom and the Wisdom of Power in the Narrative of 1 Kings 3-11’ (2012), ANZATS Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 01 Jul 2012
      • ‘An Old Testament Theology of Work’ and panelist for: ‘Dialogue with Mark Boda on Pneumatic Hermeneutics’ (2012), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Virginia Beach, US, 29 Feb 2012
      • 'Pentecostal Hermeneutics' (2012), Clarence J. Abbott Lectures in Biblical Studies, Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland TN, USA, 21 Feb 2012
    • 2011
      • ‘Empowering the Tradition: Voicing a Pentecostal Hermeneutic’ (2011), 8th APTA General Assembly, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 12 Sep 2011
    • 2010
      • ‘Navigating the Empire: Esther as a Model of Marginalisation’ (2010), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, 08 Mar 2010
    • 2009
      • ‘Reading the Bible as the Foundation for Equality’ (2009), Christians for Biblical Equality International Conference, Melbourne VIC, Australia, 11 Jun 2009
      • ‘Reading the Bible as the Foundation for Equality’ (2009), Christians for Biblical Equality International Conference, Melbourne VIC, Australia, 11 Apr 2009
      • ‘The trees of the field will clap their hands”: Is there hope for the renewal of Creation in Second Isaiah?’ (2009), Society for Pentecostal Studies Annual Meeting, Eugene, OR, 26 Mar 2009

  • Engagement Publications

  • Professional Memberships


    Research Fellow, Centre for Pentecostal Theology (Pentecostal Theological Seminary, Cleveland Tennessee) (since 2018)

    Research Fellow, Department: Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa (since 2017)

    Society for Pentecostal Studies (since 2009)

    Society of Biblical Literature (– including co-chair of the ‘SBL Biblical Ethics Unit (2019-2021’) (since 2012)



  • Teaching

    MIN231 Women and Men in Christian Ministry
    MIN531 Women and Men in Christian Ministry
    ACA001 Faith and Purpose
    ACA101 Faith and Purpose
    ACA401 Faith and Purpose

  • Supervision

    • Current
      • D'Sa, P, Workplace Gender Equality within CRC Churches International (DMin thesis)
      • Floyd, J, Violence Against Women: Gendered Attitudes in the ACC (PhD thesis)
      • Borrow, P, History of the Theology of C3 Movement (PhD thesis)
      • Valdez, J, Azusa’s Prometheus: AC Valdez Sr. and the Pentecostal Tradition (PhD thesis)
      • Gallagher, P, A Theological Consideration of Human-like AI, and its Pastoral and Ethical Implications. (MPhil thesis)
    • Completed
      • 2025
        • Tam, S, Collect their stories: the lived experiences of women in leadership in the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PhD thesis)
      • 2024
        • Lim, L, The Spirit of YHWH and the Restoration in Ezekiel (PhD thesis)
      • 2023
        • Smith, S, Sitting With Melons: A Critical Evaluation Of The Mechanisms By Which Women Exercise Public Sphere Influence In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (PhD thesis)
        • Kakala, M, Reading Biblical Hebrew Poetry through the lens of Heliaki, a Tongan poetical device. (PhD thesis)
      • 2020
        • McLennan, S., The contribution of women to the C3 movement historically, and what might it look like in the future (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2019
        • Blase, J., Women’s Experience of Equality in Pentecostal Churches (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2018
        • Gilmour, M., Faithfulness to Scripture or Flourishing for the World: A Comparative Analysis of Kevin J. Vanhoozer’s “Is There Meaning in This Text” and Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza’s “In Memory of Her” (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2017
        • Attia, Y., Developing a practical course on inner healing (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • O’Keefe, D., ‘A Pentecostal Pedagogy: Integrating Elements of a Pentecostal Worldview in the Classroom at Alphacrucis College’ (Doctoral Thesis)
        • Gore, K., ‘The Pentecostal Movement in the South Pacific Islands,’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • Yvon Attia, ‘Developing a practical course on inner healing’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • van der Smissen-Roodnat, D., ‘Mutual Leadership: Better Together,’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • Rees, D., Informing and motivating Pentecostal pastors to engage in the political landscape in Australia (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2016
        • Thomas, E., ‘Teaching the Lord's Prayer in the Nepalese Church: taking ancient prayer traditions into the 21st Century’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • Hembrow, D., ‘Envisioning effective pentecostal millennial ministry practise through the lens of a pentecostal epistemology’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • Waller, D., ‘Re-interpreting the "Purification Offering" as the Physical Manipulation of the Forces of Life’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2015
        • McIntyre, M., ‘Designed to Live: developing a vocational unit on well-being’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • Melton, N., ‘A Pentecostal Engagement with the Old Testament Ritual Texts’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2014
        • Ramirez, C., 'A Practical Approach to Women in Leadership’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2012
        • Shadlow, S., ‘Is Deborah Among the Judges?’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2011
        • Pleffer, I., ‘What is the attitude towards Sabbath in the life of a Salvation Army Officer?’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • Wong, A., ‘Divorce and Re-marriage: A Pentecostal Perspective’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
      • 2009
        • Earl, S., ‘How can reference to the “flesh”’ (Masters Project/Thesis)
        • Rhodes, J., ‘Raising Godly Leaders - Are We Doing It “Right”?: A narrative study of 1 Samuel 9-11 shedding light on the development of leaders within Australian Pentecostalism’ (Masters Project/Thesis)