About Tim

Rev Dr Tim Hein is Director of Discipleship at Uniting College and also Minister at Malvern Uniting Church in Adelaide. Tim began his ministry in inner-city Melbourne, before moving to Adelaide, where he had also spent several years as a teenager. He has a diverse ministry experiences, and has previously pastored in a larger regional church; lived in intentional community in inner urban marginal cultures in Melbourne; led an intentional young adult discipleship program; presented school seminars; and established CitySoul, a new congregation in the inner city of Adelaide. He has been on faculty since 2013.

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Units taught by Tim

• MINS1601 Spirituality for 21st Century Disciples

• MINS1603 Beyond Sunday: Intro to Faith, Life & Work

• MINS2606 Media & Communication in Contemporary Culture

• MINS2613 Church Planting

• MINS2614 Church Revitalisation & Renewal

• MINS3604 Radical Missional Discipleship

• MINS3605 A Public Faith in a Secular Age

 

Recent Publications

• Hein, T.J. (2017). Educating Lay Leadership and Ministry for the Future. In David Houston, ed. By Word and By Deed: Lay People in the Uniting Church – Learning and Living the Faith, and Making a Difference. Unley, Australia: Mediacom Education Inc, pp. 329-344.

• Hein, T. (2018). Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders & Survivors, Chicago: IVP.

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Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (cand), Flinders University 

• Doctor of Ministry, Adelaide College of Divinity

• Master of Ministry Studies, Tabor Adelaide

• Bachelor of Ministry, Tabor College Victoria (Now Eastern College)

• Company Director’s Course, Australian Institute of Company Directors

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Positions

• Director of Discipleship

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About

• Co-host of The Unmade Podcast