Team Member

Team Member

Meet the Team

Revd Dr Graham Stanton

Revd Dr Graham Stanton

Director, Centre for Children's and Youth Ministry
Lecturer in Practical Theology

BEc, BTh, DipA (Th), Dip Min, MEd, MTh, PhD, , GCPS(Pastoral)

Graham graduated from Macquarie University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Economics and worked for a short time as a business economist before entering Moore College in 1991. He is an ordained Anglican minister, and served as Assistant minister for children’s, youth and family ministry at St Michael’s Anglican Cathedral in Wollongong from 1995 to 1999.

From 2000 to 2013 Graham was the founding Dean and then Principal of Youthworks College in Sydney, an Anglican college for children’s and youth ministry. At Youthworks Graham taught systematic theology, youth ministry and spiritual life as well as providing overall leadership to the College community. He completed a Master of Adult Education and eLearning degree at Sydney University of Technology in 2002, and a Master of Theology from Moore College in 2011. Graham’s doctoral thesis for the University of Queensland explored the dynamics of Bible engagement for teenage spiritual formation in a culture of expressive individualism.

Graham is an associate editor of the Journal of Youth and Theology, and is the Director and co-founder of the Youth Ministry Futures project. With his wife Kate, Graham attends St Jude’s Anglican Church in Parkville, where he serves as a volunteer youth leader.

Teaching Areas

Graham teaches in practical theology and spiritual formation for children’s and youth ministry.

Research Interests

Youth ministry and adolescent spiritual formation.

Hobbies and Interests

Graham enjoys long distance running in order to compensate for his hobby of enjoying cooking and eating good food. Apart from Jesus, his personal heroes include Bruce Springsteen and Leslie Knope.