Adam Dodds

Adam Dodds is a Pastor-theologian. He is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Alphacrucis University College in Brisbane, Australia, and also Teaching and Discipleship Pastor at Nexus Church, Brisbane. Before that he was Senior Pastor of the Elim Church in Dunedin, New Zealand, for a decade.

Coming from London (#COYS), he studied for two Masters degrees in theology at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland) and Princeton Theological Seminary (USA). At the University of Otago (New Zealand) he completed his PhD in theology. He has lectured courses in Christian theology and ethics at the University of Otago and has taught for many years at Elim Leadership College. He is married with three children.

He has ongoing research interests in theology, discipleship, missiology, the interface of the Gospel with Western culture, and Christian-Islamic relations.

What is Church? FAQ (2021) aims to address many widespread questions that Christians have about church.

Resilient: Spiritual Formation for Mind and Heart (2020, re-released 2026 with Study Guide) is written for a popular readership on the theme of developing spiritual resilience.

The Mission of the Triune God (2017) is an academic work focused on the intersection of the doctrine of the Trinity and a theology of mission.