Graham Joseph Hill OAM
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“Graham Joseph Hill is one of the finest missional scholars in the world, and the only one dedicated to making the work of Christians in the Global South (Majority World) known to the West, and also one of the only ones who describes the work of others with meticulous care and fairness. When I think of world theologians today I think of Graham – and I don’t say that lightly. Yes, there are more famous scholars but there are none doing his admirable and noble work of mediating the voices of those who have been silenced by not being in the places of power. The work he has done, too, with defending women in ministry is singularly clear and effective, and my own students have found this new book of his most helpful. If I could invite one person to my school to be a professor of missional theology, it would be Graham Joseph Hill. No rivals for me.”
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A Tribute to Pope Francis: A Life of Christian Spirituality and Global Witness to Christ
Pope Francis has passed away, and the world mourns the loss of an extraordinary spiritual leader. Many accolades are being written about his life. In my tribute, I’ll focus on his contributions to Christian spirituality and the common good.[1] Pope Francis’s...
Resurrection in the Ruins: Easter Hope and the Healing of the World
A Stone Rolled Back in a Fractured World Resurrection Sunday isn’t a retreat into denial. It isn’t the triumph of optimism or the victory of spiritual escapism. It’s the announcement of something unspeakably tender and radically disruptive: love has risen from the...
Cruciform: Good Friday, Global Wounds, and the Cross of Christ
The Cross That Holds the World Easter Friday isn’t soft. It doesn’t soothe or explain. It doesn’t offer closure. It exposes. It reveals the violence we carry and the love we can’t fathom. It unmasks our illusions: that power is enough, that empire will save us, that...
ABOUT GRAHAM
I’m a disciple of Jesus Christ of Scottish and Irish descent, living in Sydney, Australia (born, raised, and living on the lands of the Gadigal, Dharug, and Wallumedegal peoples).
I’m an author, mentor, professional supervisor, and scholar of World Christianity, intercultural theology, and mission studies. I’ve been in ministry since 1988. Over the last thirty-six years, I’ve been involved in church planting, pastoring, theological education, professional supervision, and training people for ministry and mission.
I was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for “service to theological education and the Baptist Churches of Australia” in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours.
I serve as Mission Catalyst for Church Planting and Mission Renewal with the Uniting Church in Australia, overseeing the planting of five new churches. I’m a former provost and principal of a theological college, associate professor at the University of Divinity, and founding Director of The Global Church Project. I’m an Adjunct Research Fellow and Associate Professor at Charles Sturt University in Australia and a Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA. I received my MTheol from the University of Notre Dame, Australia, and a PhD from Flinders University, Australia.
I’ve authored 15 books, edited 3 books, and written numerous journal articles and book chapters. My books include Global Church, Healing Our Broken Humanity (co-authored with Grace Ji-Sun Kim), Salt, Light and a City (two volumes), Holding Up Half the Sky, and Hide This in Your Heart (co-authored with Michael Frost). My writings have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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Qualifications: OAM, Cert C&M (ACT), Cert IV WT&A (Tabor), HonsDipMin (SCD), BTheol (SCD), PG Cert TESOL (Macquarie), GradCertPS (UD), MTheol (Notre Dame Aust), PhD (Flinders)
GRAHAM’S LATEST BOOK
WORLD CHRISTIANITY: AN INTRODUCTION
World Christianity: An Introduction provides an accessible introduction to the discipline, methodology, and field of world Christianity. In this book, Graham Joseph Hill engages with more than one hundred high-profile Majority World and First Nations Christian leaders to learn what they can teach the West about mission, leadership, hospitality, creation care, education, worship, and more. Hill challenges the Western church to move away from a Eurocentric and Americentric view of church and mission, and he calls for the church to engage with crucial paradigm shifts in world Christianity. The future of the global church—including the churches in the West—exists in these global exchanges. World Christianity is an indispensable guide for the church as it navigates the unique global experiences of the twenty-first century.
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