Dean Drayton

Rodney Dean Drayton (an haife shi a shekara ta 1941 ) Minista Ikilisiyar Uniting Church ne a Ostiraliya (UCA) kuma ya kasance Shugaban Majalisar UCA daga Yuli 2003 zuwa Yuli 2006. Yana ba da lacca a kan wani ɓangare na lokaci a cikin Missiology a Kwalejin tauhidin United (UTC)  ta Sydney.

 Tarihin rayuwa 
An haifi Drayton a Whyalla, Kudancin Australia a shekara ta 1941. Ya yi girma tun yana yaro a unguwar Adelaide. Ya sami BSc (Hons) daga Jami'ar Adelaide, BD daga Kwalejin Melbourne na Divinity da PhD daga Cibiyar Nazarin tauhidin Chicago. 

Tsohon masanin ilimin ƙasa,  an naɗa Drayton a matsayin minista a 1969 a Kent Town, Kudancin Australia. Ya yi aiki a matsayin minista a cikin ikilisiyoyi uku, Westbourne Park da Salisbury a Kudancin Australia da DePue, Illinois a Amurka yayin da yake rubuta rubutun digirinsa. Daga nan ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Bishara ga Synod na Kudancin Australia na tsawon shekaru biyar sannan shekaru 16 suka biyo baya a matsayin babban darakta na Kwamitin Ofishin Jakadancin a cikin Synod na New South Wales . Ya kasance mai kula da majalisa ta New South Wales (Oktoba 1995-Oktoba 1996)  kuma yana da Pilgrim in the Cosmos  wanda aka buga a 1996. A cikin shekara ta 1997, ya shafe lokaci a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara a cikin bishara a Makarantar tauhidin Perkins ta Jami'ar Methodist ta Kudu a Dallas, Texas. A shekara ta 1999 an nada shi malami a fannin tauhidi (Missiology da bishara) a Kwalejin tauhidin United da ke Sydney, inda yake memba na ƙungiyar ba da gudummawa (2010).  

Drayton ya kasance memba na Kwamitin Jakadancin Kasa da Bishara na Majalisar UCA daga 1985 zuwa 1998 kuma memba na kwamitin dindindin daga 1985 har zuwa 2009. Ya yi tafiya sosai a Ostiraliya yana yin bishara da manufa, ya yi aiki sosai tare da Majalisar Kirista ta Uniting Aboriginal da Islander da kuma Majalisar Tsibirin Pacific ta NSW da Majalisar Ba da Shawara ta Koriya.

Drayton ya kasance Shugaban Ikilisiyar Uniting a Ostiraliya daga Yuli 2003 zuwa Yuli 2006 a lokacin da aka yi jayayya game da matsayin cocin  a kan Kiristoci masu luwadi maza da mata, musamman ma malamai, kuma sun ɗauki matsayin jagoranci na sulhu.

Drayton shine marubucin Pilgrim in the Cosmos (1996) da Wane Linjila??  (2005), da kuma sauran karatu da labarai game da manufa, bishara da mahallin manufa na zamani.

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