About
Graham Joseph Hill
About Graham Joseph Hill OAM PhD (Pastor, Author, Theologian)
“Following Jesus and His Way”
Graham Joseph Hill (PhD, Flinders University) is one of Australia’s most prolific and award-winning Christian authors. His books explore Christian spirituality, Australian society, missional and intercultural theology, World Christianity, and the work of justice and reconciliation. He’s an adjunct research fellow and associate professor in the School of Theology at Charles Sturt University. In 2024, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to theological education. Based in Sydney, Australia, he’s written more than 45 books, including:
• “Salt, Light, and a City,” winner of the 2012 Jesus Creed Book of the Year (church category);
• “Healing Our Broken Humanity” (with Grace Ji-Sun Kim), named Outreach Magazine’s 2019 Book of the Year (culture category);
• “World Christianity,” shortlisted for the 2025 Australian Christian Book of the Year;
• “Advance Australia Fairer,” winner of a Gold Medal at the 2026 Independent Publisher Book Awards, in the Asia-Pacific and Oceania Non-Fiction category;
• “Love in the Age of Algorithms,” winner of a Silver Medal at the same awards, in the Religion category.
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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)
What I Believe
I explore the links between Christian faith and personal and public life, shaped by Scripture’s authority, historic Christian orthodoxy, and discipleship in the Way of Jesus. I affirm the Nicene, Apostles’, and Chalcedonian creeds as faithful expressions of that orthodoxy, and I hold the Old and New Testaments as the inspired and trustworthy Word of God, carrying supreme authority for faith and conduct. My work is grounded in the life of the Triune God and centered on Jesus Christ, crucified and risen, whose gospel comes to us as a gift of grace and brings both personal transformation and the common good.
latest blogs
Reading the Bible and Hearing God’s Voice: Moving from “lectio divina” to “lectio missio”
I love reading. And being a parent has further convinced me of the value of reading. My favorite time of the day is reading time with my daughter Sophia, just before she goes to bed. Spiritual Reading In the mid-1990s, I discovered the art of “spiritual reading”...
Renewing Humility, Mission, and Discipleship: A conversation with Daniel Bourdanne
My interview with Daniel Bourdanne (1959–2024) on renewing Christian humility, mission, and discipleship (for The Global Church Project) . . . Hello, and welcome to The Global Church Project. I’m Graham Joseph Hill. Daniel Bourdanne was born in Chad. He served with...
The Room Got Smaller. The Church Got Bigger.
How the Majority World Is Reshaping Christianity A few years ago, I sat in a church hall in a country town in New South Wales while someone I’ll call Val counted the heads in the room. Val got to nineteen, then told me, with no bitterness at all, that when Val was a...
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Contact me at graham@grahamjosephhill.com for speaking engagements, permissions, and other general inquiries.
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