Ministry in Australian churches is part of a series describing the attitudes and practices of Australian churches. In this book writers from thirteen Christian traditions describe their understanding of ministry and how it is exercised within their churches. There are also introductory chapters tracing the history of ministry in the Bible and in the church's history, and a serious look at contemporary issues of ministry.

Dr William Tabbernee is Principal of the College of the Bible of the Churches of Christ in Australia at Glen Iris, Victoria, where he also lectures in Christian Thought and History. An ordained Churches of Christ minister, he is vitally interested in promoting ecumenical understanding