Michael Lynch (evangelist)

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Mikey Lynch (born 1980[1][2]) is an Australian evangelist and blogger. He serves as Campus Director of the Fellowship of Christians at the University of Tasmania, a group associated with the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students.[3] Prior to this he was senior pastor of Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Hobart.[1]

Along with Al Stewart and Andrew Heard, Lynch is a director of the Geneva Push, an Australian church planting network.[4]

Commenting on the inverted red crosses of the Dark Mofo Winter Festival public art installation, Lynch was reported as observing that "My immediate reaction was a bit of an eye roll — here we go, a shock jock statement that gets Christians grumpy. It's a religious symbol and so for some people it is precious, so of course, people are going to find that hurtful. For Christians, the cross is a symbol of shame and it's about God taking on shame for the salvation of the word, so there's a weird irony in getting offended by a symbol which in itself is offensive."[5]

Personal life[]

Lynch is married with three children.[1] He studied at Scotch College, Melbourne[1] before obtaining a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tasmania.[6]

Books[]

  • The Good Life in the Last Days (Matthias Media, 2018)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "How a ‘micro-revival’ gave Mikey Lynch a big vision". Accessed 15 October 2014.
  2. ^ Pos, Margaretta (22 April 2000). "Teen rebel seeks a new path". The Saturday Mercury.
  3. ^ "Mike Lynch's experimental teenage years sets him up for religious role in Hobart". Accessed 15 October 2014.
  4. ^ Porter, Muriel (2011). Sydney Anglicans and the Threat to World Anglicanism. pp. 158–159.
  5. ^ Burgess, Georgie (7 June 2018). "Inverted crosses installed by Dark Mofo offend some in Christian community". The ABC. Hobart. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. ^ Directors and Key Staff

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