Steve Taylor (born 1968) is a New Zealand pastor and missiologist. He is a leading voice in the emerging church movement in New Zealand. [1] [2] [3]
Taylor has degrees from Lincoln University, the University of Auckland, and the University of Otago. [4] He served as the senior pastor of Opawa Baptist Church, [5] and the founding pastor of Graceway Baptist Church in Ellerslie, New Zealand. [1] Taylor taught at Carey Baptist College, Laidlaw College and Flinders University before serving as Principal of the Uniting College for Leadership and Theology from 2012 to 2015. [6] He then took up the position of Principal of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand's Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership, serving from 2015 to 2021. [4]
Taylor has written The Out of Bounds Church?: Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change (2005), Built for change: A practical theology of innovation and collaboration (2016), and First Expressions: Innovation and the Mission of God (2019). He is co-editor of the journal Ecclesial Futures. [7]
Steve Taylor (born 1968) is a New Zealand pastor and missiologist. He is a leading voice in the emerging church movement in New Zealand. [1] [2] [3]
Taylor has degrees from Lincoln University, the University of Auckland, and the University of Otago. [4] He served as the senior pastor of Opawa Baptist Church, [5] and the founding pastor of Graceway Baptist Church in Ellerslie, New Zealand. [1] Taylor taught at Carey Baptist College, Laidlaw College and Flinders University before serving as Principal of the Uniting College for Leadership and Theology from 2012 to 2015. [6] He then took up the position of Principal of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand's Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership, serving from 2015 to 2021. [4]
Taylor has written The Out of Bounds Church?: Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change (2005), Built for change: A practical theology of innovation and collaboration (2016), and First Expressions: Innovation and the Mission of God (2019). He is co-editor of the journal Ecclesial Futures. [7]