Bio:
Darrell grew up in the Isle of Man and was ordained to Baptist ministry in 1989. Educated at London School of Theology, the University of Birmingham, the University of Gloucestershire, and Melbourne Business School, he has lectured at theological colleges in the UK, Europe, North America, Asia, Australia, and Oceania. He has been employed by Redcliffe College, UK, Morling College, NSW, and has been on the staff of Whitley College since 2019.
Darrell’s ministry experience includes a pastorate followed by eleven years denominational ministry within the Baptist Union GB, including eight as the National Mission Advisor. He was the Executive Researcher for the Conference of European Churches and the founding Director of the Nova Research Centre, Redcliffe College. He has been involved in full-time theological education for over twenty years.
He serves as the Chair of the Baptist World Alliance’s Commission for Baptist Doctrine and Christian Unity and Vice-Chair of European Christian Mission International.
He is the former Secretary of the Australian Association for Mission Studies, a former member of the WEA Mission Commission, among other voluntary roles held over the years.
His wife, Beth, is the Head of Mission and Head of Ordination at the Baptist Union of Victoria.
Qualifications:
- ThD.
- PG. Cert.
- BA (Hons).
- HND.
- Dip. Pastoral Studies
Recent Publications in the last five years:
- ‘From arms-length to embrace: a theological response to Enqi Weng’s 2025 Alf Stanway Lecture’, Zadok Perspectives, 168, Spring, 2025. 15-18.
- Jackson, D.R., ‘Diaspora and the Redefinition of European Christianity in the Twenty-First Century’ in Ryrie, Alec & Mark Lamport, eds., Entangling Web: The Fractious Story of Christianity in Europe (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2024) 230-248.
- Jackson, D.R., ‘The Glory of God’ in McDonald, Evelyn & Bob, eds., Wonder: Journeys in Nature with God (Newcastle, NSW: Blue Gum Publishing, 2023) 28-29.
- Jackson, D.R., ‘Bordered by COVID-19 and the EU-27: Imagining a theology of global domicile’ in Journal of Contemporary Ministry, 7, 2023. 80-91.
- Jackson, D.R., ‘Proselytism in a Central and Eastern European Perspective’ in John Baxter-Brown, ed., Call to Mission and Perceptions of Proselytism: A Reader for a Global Conversation (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2022) 289-307.
- Jackson, D.R., René Erwich, Eleanor Flynn, and Titus S. Olorunnisola, “Equipping Families and Friends to Offer Spiritual Care to People Living with Dementia: Findings from a Meta-Synthesis” Religions 13, 5, 2022. 462. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13050462
- Jackson, D.R., with Olorunnisola, T.S.,“The Spirited Project: Support for Families and Friends Offering Spiritual Care to People Living with Dementia.” ZADOK, 152, Spring, 2021. 16-17.
- Jackson, D.R., with Nasili Vaka’uta, ‘Theology’ in Kenneth R. Ross, and Todd M. Johnson, Christianity in Oceania, Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity Vol. 5 (Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2021).
- Jackson, D.R.,‘The Diakonia Dei: service of the world and forms of diaconal ministry among Baptists’ in Ampony, G., et al, eds., International Handbook on Ecumenical Diakonia (Oxford, UK/ Minneapoli, MN: Regnum/Fortress Books, 2021), 43-52
- Jackson, D.R., with Alessia Passarelli, Mapping Migration, Mapping Churches’ Responses: ‘Being Church Together’ (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 2020).
Research Areas:
- Missiology
- Migration and diaspora
- Intercultural and contextual approaches to faith & leadership
- Ethnicity, identity, and nationalism
- Orthodox-Evangelical encounter