• Seeking Thought Matters abstracts

Thought Matters is the annual conference organised and facilitated by The Salvation Army’s South Pacific Theological Forum (SPTF).

The SPTF facilitates theological discussion, which informs ministry practice. It is composed of representatives from each contributing territory: Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga Territory.

This year’s conference will be held in Sydney on 1-3 November, based on the theme ‘To serve a present age: Ekklesia in the 21st century​’.

Call for abstracts

Abstract submissions would be welcome from diverse perspectives: church history, biblical studies, practical theology, missiology and lived experience. Possible topics may include:

• New mission spaces as expressions of the Spirit’s work in the present

• A pastoral theology of online church

• Social justice as new evangelism

• AI and faith: What does it mean to be God’s image-bearers?

• Defining church in online, virtual, AI environments

• How to enable attunement to the presence of Jesus in the generational church?

• The decline of the Western church and rise of the Global South – implications for faith and practice?

Abstract submissions close on 2 August 2024.

To submit your abstract, or for further information, email thoughtmatters@ebc.edu.au

To read abstract submission criteria and other information, click here. 

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