Rowland Croucher
Rowland Croucher (born 1937) is an Australian pastor, counsellor and author.
Brought up in the Open Brethren in Sydney,[1] following a five-year career as a high-school teacher, Croucher began training in 1964 for the Baptist ministry in New South Wales. He worked for the InterVarsity Fellowship (1968-1970), now the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students (AFES); then pastored churches in Australia: Narwee and Central Baptist Church - both in Sydney - and Blackburn Baptist Church in Melbourne (now Crossway Baptist Church), which became a 'megachurch' in the late 1970s, with seven pastors, a salaried staff of 25 and 1,000 attending; plus several interim ministries. He was then, briefly, pastor at First Baptist Church, Vancouver, Canada. From 1983-1991 he worked for World Vision Australia.[2]
Since 1991, Croucher has been founding director of John Mark Ministries, serving pastors, ex-pastors, church leaders and their spouses throughout Australia and elsewhere. The John Mark Ministries website, with 20,000 articles, claims to be the most accessed non-denominational religious website in Australia.[3]
Croucher has authored 12 books including "Still Waters Deep Waters" (with 35,000 copies in print) and has been a regular participant in Australian radio and TV programs. During the past fifteen years he has been the convenor of supporters of Dawn Rowan in her epic legal battle with the Federal Government of Australia.
In 2011, Croucher added his voice to those of other Christian leaders calling for the introduction of same-sex marriage in Australia.[4][5]
References
- ^ [1] Some childhood memories] - Rowland Croucher's blog
- ^ Autobiography
- ^ JMM Press Release, December 1st, 2004
- ^ Clayton Hinds (2011-08-18), Same-sex marriage movement targeting Christians with new website, Christian Today Australia, http://au.christiantoday.com/article/same-sex-marriage-movement-targeting-christians-with-new-website/11804.htm
- ^ Clergy back marriage equality, Star Observer, 2011-08-15, http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2011/08/15/australian-clergy-for-marriage-equality/59185
External links
Books
- Recent Trends Among Evangelicals, (Sydney: Albatross Books and Kent: MARC Europe, 1986; ISBNs 0 86760 025 X and 0 947697 45 4)
- Still Waters Deep Waters: Meditations and Prayers for Busy People (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1987; ISBNs 0 86760 031 4 and 0 7459 1187 0)
- High Mountains Deep Valleys: Meditations and Prayers for the Down Times (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1991; ISBNs 0 86760 090 X and 0 7459 1299 0)
- Rivers in the Desert: Meditations and Prayers for Refreshment (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1991; ISBNs 0 86760 137 X and 0 7459 1709 7)
- Gentle Darkness: Meditations and Prayers for Illumination (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1994; ISBNs 0 7324 1007 X and 0 7459 2431 X)
- A Garden of Solitude: Meditations and Prayers for Encouragement (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1998; with bibliography and index to all five volumes in this series: ISBN 0 7324 1074 8)
- GROW! Meditations and Prayers for New Christians (Melbourne: JBCE, 1992; ISBN 0 85819 822 3)
- LIVE! More Meditations and Prayers for New Christians (Melbourne: JBCE, 1993; ISBN 0 85819 881 9)
- The Best of GRID (with Grace Thomlinson): Leadership, Ministry and Mission in a Changing World (Melbourne: World Vicion of Australia, 1993; ISBN 1 875140 11 5)
- YOUR CHURCH CAN COME ALIVE (Melbourne: JBCE, 1991; ISBN 0 85819 809 6)
- SUNRISE SUNSET: Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year (HarperCollins, 1995; ISBN 1 86371 402 2)
- The Family: At Home in a Heartless World (HarperCollins 1995; ISBN 1 86371 389 1)
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