BIO:
Sarah is a second generation Vietnamese Australian. She is active in Children’s Ministry at her local Vietnamese church. Sarah completed a Master of Divinity in 2020 which included the completion of a minor thesis in 2020 on how Paul’s use of the ancient Greek term φρονέω (to think) interconnects with Paul’s exhortation for the Christ-community to communally live a gospel-worthy life (Phil 1:27).
Sarah is currently the director of TransFormation, a specialist Diploma level program that offers theological studies and leadership training for CaLD-LOTE students who are active in ministry.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) – University of Melbourne
Master of Divinity – Whitley College
Units currently Teaching:
- Engaging with the Old Testament
- Baptist Identity and Story of the Church
- Church, Culture and Hermeneutics 2: Beyond Ourselves
Publications:
“Good work, Missio Dei, and a Gospel-worthy Life in Philippians” in Transforming Work: Missiological Perspectives for the Church in the World, edited by Darren Cronshaw, Steve Taylor and Marguerite Kappelhoff (Leiden: Brill, 2024) p. 28-40.
“Exploring diversity: Ancient Philippi and the Australian Vietnamese Church” in Zadok Perspectives: Multicultural odysseys and storms, Autumn issue, 2024.
“Experiences of forgetting: weaving and redeeming the genealogies of Jesus” Engage Mail. Monday, 25 July 2022. http://www.ethos.org.au/online-resources/engage-mail/experiences-of-forgetting
Research Interests:
- New Testament, especially Pauline letters
- Biblical Theology and Mission
- Intercultural Studies