Danielle Treweek

Pastor. Theologian. Writer. Speaker. Researcher. Leader

. . . with a current ministry focus on resourcing a positive and

biblically faithful conversation about singleness* within the

contemporary christian community

plus relationships, sex, friendship, romance, family, gender, marriage & more

*

About Me

I am a Christian pastor, leader and theologian whose present ministry focus is on resourcing christian individuals & communities on

biblical singleness & other related topics

I was born and bred in Sydney, Australia and don't remember a time when I didn't trust in Jesus as my Saviour and call on him as my Lord. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree, I went on to complete a Bachelor of Divinity (Hons) at Moore Theological College (Sydney) and was ordained as a deacon within the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. I served as the Women's Pastor at an Anglican church in Sydney for almost 7 years before undertaking and completing interdisciplinary theological doctoral research.

I am a member of the governing bodies of a number of Christian organisations; am a member of the General Synod of Australia; speak regularly at various conferences and training events; and serve as a leader in my church.

I am also the founding chair of the Single Minded Conference whose vision is to teach what the bible says about singleness, marriage, sexuality, identity, relationships and other topics.

My doctoral research centers upon a

theological retrieval of singleness for
the contemporary evangelical church

As we enter the third decade of the 21st Century, there is an increasingly urgent need for the evangelical church to discerningly reevaluate their (impoverished) theology of singleness and to then imaginatively reformulate it so that it is in true accordance with faithful Scriptural exegesis and doctrine.

This task should not only be motivated by sincere love for the ever growing number of single people who feel alienated both inside and outside the church, but also because a right theological understanding of singleness is essential for the church's own self-understanding of her unique identity as the people of God.

Convinced of these things, my doctoral research seeks to carefully reevaluate and imaginatively reformulate a faithful theology of singleness for the contemporary evangelical church by:

employing the mode of theological retrieval as that which seeks to discerningly look back to the the texts, teachings and traditions of the Christian past in order to "retrieve" lost, but important, theological and pastoral insights concerning singleness for the present
exploring key historical (and some contemporary) resources which demonstrate how sustained eschatological reflection is essential for the retrieval of a theologically robust and pastorally sustaining Christian ethic of singleness

My thesis is titled 'The End of Singleness? Towards a Theological Retrieval of Singleness for the Contemporary Church' and was undertaken through St Mark's Theological Centre, Canberra and Charles Sturt University.

My Research

Speaking

& Teaching

I am regularly invited to present at various Christian churches, conferences and other events. My current speaking and teaching ministry tends to focus (though not exclusively so) on speaking to men and women, pastors and lay people, young and old about my particular research area of singleness within the contemporary evangelical church. Some of the topics I am often asked to speak on include:

A "diagnosis" of singleness within contemporary evangelical culture and discourse
Lessons to be learnt from the theological contours of singleness and marriage throughout church history
The socio-historical development of the nuclear family, it's ideological positioning within evangelical Christianity of the twentieth century and the theological relationship between the biological family household and the church as the household of God
The importance of eschatology for a theology of singleness
Pastoral insight into how to help move singles from the margins to the middle of our church communities
Practical suggestions of how to love single Christians well in both word and deed
Personal reflections of being a single Christian (I am often asked to present on this topic to church congregations, following their pastor's sermon on a related topic)
... and more.