Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher (born 5 December 1937) is an Australian pastor, counsellor and author.

Brought up in the Open Brethren in Sydney, [ [http://rowlandcroucher.blogspot.com/2007/05/3-some-childhood-memories.html Some childhood memories] - Rowland Croucher's blog] following a five-year career as a high-school teacher, Croucher began training in 1964 for the Baptist ministry in N.S.W. He worked for the InterVarsity Fellowship (1968-1970; now A.F.E.S. - the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students); then pastored churches in Australia: Narwee, Central Baptist Church - both in Sydney - and Blackburn Baptist Church in Melbourne (now Crossway Baptist Church), which became a 'megachurch' in the late 1970s, with seven pastors, a salaried staff of 25, and 1,000 attending; plus several interim ministries. He was then, briefly, pastor at First Baptist Church, Vancouver, Canada. From 1983-1991 he worked for World Vision Australia. [ [http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/8062.htm Autobiography] ]

Since 1991, Croucher has been founding director of John Mark Ministries, serving pastors, ex-pastors, church leaders and their spouses, throughout Australia and elsewhere. The John Mark Ministries website, with 20,000 articles, claims to be the most accessed non-denominational religious website in Australia. [ [http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/13966.htm JMM Press Release, December 1st, 2004] ]

Croucher has authored 12 books (including "Still Waters Deep Waters", with 35,000 copies in print), and has been a regular participant in Australian radio and TV programs.

References

External links

* [http://jmm.aaa.net.au/ John Mark Ministries]
* [http://rowlandsblogs.blogspot.com/ Rowland Croucher's Blogs]
* [http://sites.google.com/site/johnmarkministries/Home Rowland Croucher's writings]

Books

* "Recent Trends Among Evangelicals", (Sydney: Albatross Books and Kent: MARC Europe, 1986; ISBNs 0 86760 025 X and 0 947697 45 4)

* "Still Waters Deep Waters": Meditations and Prayers for Busy People (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1987; ISBNs 0 86760 031 4 and 0 7459 1187 0)

* "High Mountains Deep Valleys": Meditations and Prayers for the Down Times (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1991; ISBNs 0 86760 090 X and 0 7459 1299 0)

* "Rivers in the Desert": Meditations and Prayers for Refreshment (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1991; ISBNs 0 86760 137 X and 0 7459 1709 7)

* "Gentle Darkness": Meditations and Prayers for Illumination (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1994; ISBNs 0 7324 1007 X and 0 7459 2431 X)

* "A Garden of Solitude": Meditations and Prayers for Encouragement (Sydney: Albatross Books and Herts: Lion Publishing, 1998; with bibliography and index to all five volumes in this series: ISBN 0 7324 1074 8)

* "GROW"! Meditations and Prayers for New Christians (Melbourne: JBCE, 1992; ISBN 0 85819 822 3)

* "LIVE"! More Meditations and Prayers for New Christians (Melbourne: JBCE, 1993; ISBN 0 85819 881 9)

* "The Best of GRID" (with Grace Thomlinson): Leadership, Ministry and Mission in a Changing World (Melbourne: World Vicion of Australia, 1993; ISBN 1 875140 11 5)

* "YOUR CHURCH CAN COME ALIVE" (Melbourne: JBCE, 1991; ISBN 0 85819 809 6)

* "SUNRISE SUNSET": Prayers and Meditations for Every Day of the Year (HarperCollins, 1995; ISBN 1 86371 402 2)

* "The Family: At Home in a Heartless World" (HarperCollins 1995; ISBN 1 86371 389 1)