John G Strelan

John G. Strelan is a retired parish pastor, missionary, New Testament scholar, occasional hymn writer, and former First Vice-President of the Lutheran Church of Australia. He was a long-term lecturer at Lutheran seminaries in Papua New Guinea and South Australia and a visiting lecturer in Erlangen, Germany; Edmonton, Canada; and Singapore. He also served on several key theological commissions in PNG and Australia, including Australia's Lutheran-Catholic dialogue. He is the retired editor of the...See more

John G. Strelan is a retired parish pastor, missionary, New Testament scholar, occasional hymn writer, and former First Vice-President of the Lutheran Church of Australia. He was a long-term lecturer at Lutheran seminaries in Papua New Guinea and South Australia and a visiting lecturer in Erlangen, Germany; Edmonton, Canada; and Singapore. He also served on several key theological commissions in PNG and Australia, including Australia's Lutheran-Catholic dialogue. He is the retired editor of the Lutheran Theological Journal, and has authored NT commentaries and an important book on the theological themes of Melanesian cargo cult. See less