An ordained Baptist pastor with the Baptist Union of Victoria, Andrew has been in full-time pastoral leadership for over three decades. He has served in large and small churches, in city and rural settings, in specialist roles and as senior pastor. He has significant, wider experience in the area of theological education, having led as a college principal as well as Deputy Chancellor of the University of Divinity. Andrew enjoys teaching, learning, writing and research supervision in the fields of pastoral and practical theology and also practices privately as a qualified professional supervisor. He enjoys bringing reflective practice into the classroom and has travelled and taught widely in a wide variety of cultures and nations. He is married to Kim. They have two young adult children and a labrador-retriever cross.