Andrew Dutney
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The Reverend Andrew Dutney |
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| President of the Assembly, Uniting Church in Australia | |
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In office 2012–2015 |
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| Preceded by | The Rev. Alistair Macrae |
| Succeeded by | Mr Stuart McMillan |
| Professor, Flinders University, Department of Theology | |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Principal, Uniting College for Leadership and Theology, Adelaide | |
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In office 2009–2012 |
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| Principal, Uniting College for Leadership and Theology, Adelaide | |
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Assumed office 2016 |
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| Born | 9 July 1958 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Spouse(s) | Heather Dutney |
| Children | Frazer McVeigh Dutney (dec.) |
| Alma mater | Trinity Theological College (1980), University of Queensland (1981), St Andrews University (1982, 1985), Flinders University (1998, 2008) |
| Occupation | University lecturer, Uniting Church minister |
| Religion | Uniting Church in Australia |
Andrew Fergus Dutney (/ˈduːtniː/ DOOT-nee; born 9 July 1958) is the past President of the Assembly of the Uniting Church in Australia. He took up the position on 15 July 2012 on the first day of the Uniting Church's 13th triennial assembly meeting in Adelaide, handing over 12 July 2015 to Mr Stuart McMillan. His installation service took place before around 3000 people at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Rev. Prof. Dutney returned to his previous role as Principal of Uniting College for Leadership and Theology at the conclusion of his term as President.
Dutney was born in Charleville in south-west Queensland, the third of five children. He lived there with his family until the age of seven, when the family moved to Brisbane. He attended the Taringa State Primary School and Brisbane Boys College, after which he studied at the University of Queensland, graduating with a BA in 1981. He married Heather Ann Woods on 17 December 1977. Their only child, Frazer McVeigh Dutney, died in infancy. Dutney was accepted as a candidate for the ministry of the word in 1977 and began training at Trinity Theological College, Brisbane in February 1978. He completed his studies there in November 1980 at the age of 22. After working as the titles clerk at Cannon and Peterson solicitors for nine months, Dutney and his wife relocated to Scotland where he took up post-graduate studies at the University of St Andrews on the east coast of Fife.
After completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Ecumenical Studies at St Andrews in 1982, Dutney went on to complete his first doctorate in 1985. His Doctor of Philosophy thesis, "The Development of the Understanding of Ministry in the Australian Church Union Negotiations 1957–1971", was awarded the University of St Andrews' Samuel Rutherford Thesis Prize. During his time in Scotland, Dutney also served as a minister at St Andrew's Parish Church, Leven (Church of Scotland). He was ordained to the ministry of the word by the Presbytery of Brisbane while he was serving in Leven at a service conducted in Leven by the Presbytery of Brisbane with the attendance of members of the Church of Scotland presbyteries of Kirkcaldy and St Andrews.
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