Peter James AdamOAM (born 1946[1]) is an Australian Christian minister. An Anglican priest, he served as vicar of St Jude's Church in Carlton, Melbourne, for 20 years, where he is now vicar emeritus;[2] and principal of Ridley College (Melbourne) for ten years.[1]
Adam has degrees from King's College London and Durham University. He has served at St George the Martyr Holborn and Durham Cathedral and is a canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.[1] He was also previously a lecturer at St John's College, Durham.[3]
Adam is the vice president of the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students.[1] He has written a number of books, including Speaking God's Words: A Practical Theology of Preaching (ISBN 1573833223), which is used as a text in many seminaries. In 2011, a Festschrift was published in his honour - Serving God's Words: Windows on preaching and ministry (ISBN 9781844745470), which included contributions from Don Carson, Gerald Bray, Peter Jensen, Vaughan Roberts, David Jackman and Michael Raiter.[4]
Adam was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to theological education and to the Anglican Church of Australia.[5]