Tim Costello
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The Reverend Tim Costello |
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| Religion | Christianity (Baptist) |
| Church | St Kilda Baptist, Collins Street Baptist |
| Alma mater |
Monash University International Baptist Seminary Rueschlikon Melbourne College of Divinity |
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| Nationality | Australia |
| Born |
4 March 1955 Melbourne |
| Spouse | Merridie Costello |
| Religious career | |
| Post | President of the Baptist Union of Australia (1999–2002) |
Timothy Ewen "Tim" Costello AO (born 4 March 1955) is an Australian Baptist minister and the current Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia. Costello is the brother of Peter Costello, the former treasurer of Australia and Federal Member for Higgins.
Costello was born in Melbourne, where he grew up in the suburb of Blackburn and was educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School. He is a descendant of Leitrim, Ireland-born publican and disgraced politician Patrick Costello who was expelled from the Parliament of Victoria.
Costello studied at Monash University, graduating with a Bachelor of Jurisprudence degree in 1976, a Bachelor of Laws in 1978 and a Diploma of Education in 1979.
Costello practised as a solicitor in family and criminal law.
In 1981, Costello travelled to Switzerland with his wife, Merridie, where they both studied theology at the International Baptist Seminary Rueschlikon near Zurich, before graduating with a Bachelor of Divinity and returning to Australia to become the minister of St Kilda Baptist Church. He also received a Master of Theology from Whitley College, a theological college of the Melbourne College of Divinity.
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