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Peter James Adam OAM (born 1946[1]) is an Australian Christian minister. An Anglican priest, he served as vicar of St Jude's Church in Carlton, Melbourne, for 20 years, where he is now vicar emeritus;[2] and principal of Ridley College (Melbourne) for ten years.[1]

Adam has degrees from King's College London and Durham University. He has served at St George the Martyr Holborn and Durham Cathedral and is a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.[1] He was also previously a lecturer at St John's College, Durham.[3]

Adam is the vice president of the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students.[1] He has written a number of books, including Speaking God's Words: A Practical Theology of Preaching (ISBN 1573833223), which is used as a text in many seminaries. In 2011, a Festschrift was published in his honour - Serving God's Words: Windows on preaching and ministry (ISBN 9781844745470), which included contributions from Don Carson, Gerald Bray, Peter Jensen, Vaughan Roberts, David Jackman and Michael Raiter.[4]

Adam was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to theological education and to the Anglican Church of Australia.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Peter Adam". St Jude's Anglican Church. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ^ Sarkis, Rachel. "Vicar Emeritus". St Jude’s Anglican Church Melbourne. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ "The Problem of Evil: Public Forum". University of Melbourne Secular Society. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Serving God's Words". Inter-Varsity Press. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Medal (OAM) of The Order of Australia in the General Division" (PDF). Governor General. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2018.


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