Slavery Through the Ages | Intensive Lecture Series

Join us for a 2 day exploration of Christian Poets.

Location: Presbyterian Church Offices 168 Chalmers St, Surrey Hills

Access from Central Station.

Day 1 | Friday 7th August | 7.30 - 9:00 pm

1: The Bible and Ancient Slavery – Paul Barnes

2. Abolition, integration, separate development, civil rights, Black Lives Matter – Paul Barnes

Day 2 | Saturday 8th August | 9.45 a.m - 4pm

3: The Beginnings of the Atlantic Slave Trade, including John Newton – Peter Barnes

4: William Wilberforce – Paul Barnes

5: English Evangelicals and the Abolition Movement - Tom Eglinton

6. Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography – Peter Barnes

7. American Slavery till the Civil War – Peter Barnes

8. The slaves coming to faith – Tom Eglinton, Peter Barnes

Finish with singing two spirituals - Tom (keyboard), David (bass), and Peter (banjo).

Paul Barnes: Paul is a History teacher and is the HSIE Curriculum Leader and Biblical Studies Coordinator at Belmont Christian College. He attends Charlestown Presbyterian Church with his wife and three daughters.

Rev. Dr Peter Barnes: Peter is a Presbyterian minister with a passion for church history, particularly the story of Christianity in Australia. He has served as Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, taught at the Presbyterian Bible College in Vanuatu, and authored numerous books including a biography of Athanasius.

Thomas Eglinton: Tom grew up in Adelaide but now calls Sydney's south-west home, where he is an elder at Camden Valley Baptist Church. He has worked in Christian bookselling for several years and teaches literature at Emmanuel College Sydney.