About

Rod Denton

Rod Denton has served as a pastor and as a teacher in the development of leaders in Australia and throughout Asia, and now through his international ministry of writing, mentoring and conducting seminars for,  Rod Denton: Equipping The Next Generation.

Equipping the Next Generation (ENG) is all about

A matter of calling. Twenty nine years earlier together with Sue, I accepted a call from God to invest my life in people: people who wanted to make a difference with their lives.

A matter of gifting and experience. For 40 years I have lived a life of leadership and want to share what I have learned with others who have a similar calling on their lives, in whatever field that might be.

A matter of stewardship and focus. I want to maximise the impact of my life by focusing on the strengths that have been entrusted to me.

A matter of need. I have a deep conviction that this generation of leaders needs people of experience and gifting to come alongside them to help them fulfill their potential in what more and more is a difficult and demanding calling.

A matter of passion. There are many things that I can’t do and a few things by God’s grace that I can do. This is one of them, and I am fully alive when I live out this calling of equipping the next generation.

Finally, it is a matter of availability because I have come to believe that God uses ordinary people who make themselves available to Him so that He might achieve extraordinary things in and through them. I want to be available so that I can be someone who finishes well.

Availability

Rod is available across Australia and internationally to speak or lecture on a number of topics including:

• Coaching and Mentoring of Leaders
• Teaching and Preaching
• Equipping Seminars for churches and para-church groups
• Strategic church consulting
• Speaking at retreats and conferences
• Personal Vision development
• Production of teaching resources
• Joint Ministry with Sue in seminars and to couples

Contact Rod to request a topic or for availability.

A Life of Leadership

You can also see Rod’s profile on LinkedIn

1972-1976
Chairman of South Australian Baptist Youth Fellowship.

1977-1979
Project Manager of the AMP Society’s North Haven Development (A residential and recreational new town development on the north west tip of Adelaide).

1975-1979
Inaugural Chairman of Australian Venture for Victory Basketball, a sporting missionary venture to Philippines and Hong Kong.

1980-1989
Associate Pastor of Children, Youth and Young Adults at Blackburn (now Crossway) Baptist Church in Melbourne, Victoria. This ministry grew to support 4 full time staff workers with 100 lay leaders and 500 young people.

1982-1988
Leader of annual Summer Schools of Youth Ministry impacting a generation of youth leaders from across the nation.

1993-2008
Senior Pastor of Clovercrest Baptist Church in Adelaide, South Australia. In this time the church’s ministry team grew to 8 staff with a missional emphasis that has impacted South Australia and a number of Asian countries.

1994-2004
Leader of Pray South Australia, an interdenominational statewide prayer movement.

1994
Member of Faculty for Harvest Evangelism International Institute in Argentina.

1999-current
Senior Lecturer for Asian Access, a ministry to develop key emerging leaders in various Asian countries.

2002-2005
Keynote speaker on 3 occasions to the Annual Japanese Church Growth Conference.

2006-2012
A member of the Leadership Development Working Group for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelism.

2008-Current
Mentor, writer, seminar leader and teacher with Rod Denton, Equipping The Next Generation.

2012-2016
Divisional Mission Consultant with the South Australian Division of The Salvation Army.

Achievements

• Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance
• Land Agents Certificate
• Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies (Fuller Theological Seminary – USA)
• Distinguished Christian Leaders Award – Tabor College
• Chaplain to The National Servicemen’s Association