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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Noel_Vose > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Noel_Vose.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Vose > Source revision: 1271222168 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Godfrey Noel Vose''' (23 December 1921 – 2 May 2016){{Cite web|url=https://au.thegospelcoalition.org/article/vale-noel-vose/|title=Vale Baptist Statesman Dr Noel Vose (1921-2016)|website=The Gospel Coalition {{!}} Australia|date=3 May 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=30 December 2019}} was a [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia)n [Baptist](/source/Baptists) minister, the founding principal of [Vose Seminary](/source/Vose_Seminary) (formerly the [Baptist Theological College of Western Australia](/source/Baptist_Theological_College_of_Western_Australia)) and the only Australian appointed as President of the [Baptist World Alliance](/source/Baptist_World_Alliance).{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/51260370|title=Noel Vose : pastor, principal, president|last1=Moore|first1=Richard Kingsley|last2=Australia|first2=Baptist Historical Society of Western|date=2010|publisher=Perth [W.A.] : Baptist Historical Society of Western Australia|isbn=978-0-9805732-3-7|language=en}} == Biography == {{short description|Australian baptist minister}} In 1963, Noel Vose became the Principal and sole staff member of the [Baptist Theological College of Western Australia](/source/Baptist_Theological_College_of_Western_Australia), a position that he held until 1991. He was appointed President-General of the [Baptist Union of Australia](/source/Baptist_Union_of_Australia) in 1975 and served until 1978.{{Cite web|url=https://brianharrisauthor.com/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-a-tribute-to-noel-vose/|title=On the shoulders of giants: A tribute to Noel Vose|date=2016-05-05|website=Brian Harris|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-12-30}}{{Cite news|url=https://springcms.s3.amazonaws.com/2015.baptistwa.asn.au/upload/the_advocate_2016_06.pdf|title=Noel Vose – a tribute|date=June 2016|work=The Advocate|publisher=Baptist Churches Western Australia|editor-last=Chapman|editor-first=Matt|location=Perth}} In 1985, he became the first and only Australian appointed as President of the [Baptist World Alliance](/source/Baptist_World_Alliance), a role that he served in until 1990. Between 1989 and 1992, Vose led the [Baptist World Alliance](/source/Baptist_World_Alliance) in theological dialogue with the [Mennonite World Conference](/source/Mennonite_World_Conference), marking a renewal of conversations between Baptists and Anabaptists that had ended amicably in approximately 1630. In 1989, his achievements were recognised when he was made a Member of the [Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia). On 5 June 1990, his wife Heather Vose died unexpectedly during a visit to the United States. Upon his retirement as principal in 1991 at 70 years old, Vose founded the Parkerville Baptist Church. In 2008, the [Baptist Theological College of Western Australia](/source/Baptist_Theological_College_of_Western_Australia) was renamed [Vose Seminary](/source/Vose_Seminary) to honour the significant contributions of both Noel Vose, its founding principal, and his wife Heather Vose. In 2013, Vose published ''[https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/collections/noel-vose/products/mena-daughter-of-obedience Mena: Daughter of Obedience]'',{{Cite book|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/208902523|title=Mena : daughter of obedience|last=Vose|first=Noel|date=2013|publisher=Crawley, W.A. : UWA Publishing|isbn=978-1-74258-486-7|edition=Paperback|language=en}} a biography about [Filumena Weld](/source/Frederick_Weld), based upon the extensive research of his wife, Heather Vose, who died before it could be written.{{Cite web|url=https://bwanet.org/news/news-releases/563-former-bwa-president-noel-vose-has-died|title=Former BWA president Noel Vose has died|date=2 May 2016|website=Baptist World Alliance|access-date=31 December 2019}} Heather Vose did however provide the title of the biography. Noel Vose died on 2 May 2016 in Western Australia. He was 94 years old. == Publications == Details of books written by Noel Vose: {| class="wikitable sortable" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Title ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |ISBN ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" |Notes |- |Holy Scripture and Holy Spirit |1983 |{{ISBN|0647190184|}} | |- |Focus on faith : a glimpse of Baptist roots |1986 | | |- |If God so loved : studies in John 1 |1987 |{{ISBN|0949654272 |}} | |- |"[https://uwap.uwa.edu.au/collections/noel-vose/products/mena-daughter-of-obedience Mena: Daughter of Obedience]" |2013 |{{ISBN|9781742584867|}} |No longer in print |- |} == Awards and achievements == * 1989 – Member of the [Order of Australia](/source/Order_of_Australia) (AM) == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vose, Noel}} Category:1921 births Category:2016 deaths Category:20th-century Australian Baptist ministers Category:Members of the Order of Australia Category:Seminary presidents Category:Founders of Australian schools and colleges Category:University and college founders --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Noel Vose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Vose) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Vose?action=history)). 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