Peter James Adam OAM (born 1946 [1]) is an Australian Christian minister. An Anglican priest, he served as vicar of St Jude's Church in Carlton, Melbourne, for 20 years, where he is now vicar emeritus; [2] and principal of Ridley College (Melbourne) for ten years. [1]
Adam has degrees from King's College London and Durham University. He has served at St George the Martyr Holborn and Durham Cathedral and is a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. [1] He was also previously a lecturer at St John's College, Durham. [3]
Adam is the vice president of the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students. [1] He has written a number of books, including Speaking God's Words: A Practical Theology of Preaching ( ISBN 1573833223), which is used as a text in many seminaries. In 2011, a Festschrift was published in his honour - Serving God's Words: Windows on preaching and ministry ( ISBN 9781844745470), which included contributions from Don Carson, Gerald Bray, Peter Jensen, Vaughan Roberts, David Jackman and Michael Raiter. [4]
Adam was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to theological education and to the Anglican Church of Australia. [5]