Seizing Opportunities: Australian Baptist Women 1830s–1945

Rebecca Hilton's conviction in the Baptist principle of the priesthood of all believers led her to seek the ministries of Baptist women--largely missing from the historiography--whom she knew would have engaged in Australian Baptist and religious life. Her published work and her PhD from Charles Sturt University are mainly focused on Australian Baptist women's history. She is an Adjunct Research Fellow of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture at Charles Sturt University.

Ken R. Manley, Distinguished Professor of Church History at Whitley College, The University of Melbourne, retired as Principal of the College in 2000. He was a Vice-President of the Baptist World Alliance (2000-2005). His other books include, with M. Petras, 'The First Australian Baptists' (Sydney, 1981), 'In the Heart of Sydney: A History of Central Baptist Church 1836-1986' (Sydney, 1987), and "Redeeming Love Proclaim': John Rippon and the Baptists (SBHT vol 12, 2004).