Guest Speaker – Professor Stephen Fogarty

Stephen Fogarty, President of Alphacrucis College, has worked in Christian Higher Education for over 20 years and Christian ministry for over 35 years. Before becoming Principal of Alphacrucis College in 1998 he worked as an economist, before transitioning to full-time ministry as a pastor, church planter, and college lecturer.

He is an ordained minister in the Australian Christian Churches, and currently serves on the executive of World Alliance for Pentecostal Theological Education. He also serves on the board of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, and chairs the Asia Pacific Theological Association.

Stephen is an alumnus of Alphacrucis College. He has a BA (Economics), Dip Min, MA (Theology), and PhD in Organisational Leadership. Stephen’s research explores transformational leadership, particularly the relationship between senior pastors’ leadership and volunteers’ motivation.

He is married to Sandra and has three adult children and five grandchildren.