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Dr Jacqueline Service

Dr Jacqueline Service

  • Director, St Mark’s
  • Senior Lecturer in Theology

Profile

Dr Jacqueline Service is the Director of St Mark’s National Theological Centre and Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia. She teaches subjects such as Trinity, Christology, Ecclesiology and Theological Anthropology. Her research focuses on Trinitarian Theology, Philosophical Theology and Classical Theism, Divine Ontology and Human Well-Being, Theologies of Social Justice and International Development, and the practical implications of Systematic Theology. Her most recent book is entitled Triune Well-Being: The Kenotic-Enrichment of the Eternal Trinity (Fortress Academic: 2024). 

Jacqueline also currently serves on the Editorial Board of Religion & Development, a journal of the International Network on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development (IN//RCSD) at Humboldt-University in Berlin. She has been actively involved in church ministries (particularly in the Anglican Church) over many years and is a regular keynote speaker for seminars and conferences. Previous to these undertakings, Jacqueline was Lecturer of Theology and Program Director at Alphacrucis University College; a Lawyer in Commercial and Government Legal Practice; and, for over a decade, worked at the Australian Government’s Agency for International Development (AusAID) managing, reviewing and designing aid programs across the Pacific and South-West Asia. During her time with AusAID she worked at the Australian High Commission in Fiji, responsible for implementing the Australian Government’s bilateral aid program in Fiji. Her work involved managing key partnerships with the Fiji Government, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and various United Nations agencies.

Jacqueline has a B.A. Intercultural Studies (Missiology); Bachelor of Laws (with Honors); Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, and a Master in Theology (with Distinction) and for her doctoral thesis, she received one of the highest academic honours – the Higher Degree by Research University Medal. She is also a parent of three beautiful children and enjoys a good red, gooey cheeses, hazelnut chocolate and high-heeled shoes.

Would be especially interested in supervising topics on:

  • Trinitarian theology
  • Doctrine of God
  • Dogmatics of Incarnation
  • Christology
  • Divine attributes & Classical theism
  • Kenotic theology
  • Ecclesiology
  • Theological Anthropology
  • Systematic theology & Women
  • Applied Systematics

Books, journal articles and opinion publications

  • “Truth of the Trinity and the Redemption of Relationships,” in God’s Yes to Women (SPCK: Upcoming 2026).
  • “Triune Well-Being: The Kenotic-Enrichment of the Eternal Trinity” (Fortress Academic: 2024).
  • “Safe Spaces and the Death of Learning,” LinkedIn Opinion Piece, Nov 2024.
  • “Not My King!” LinkedIn Opinion Piece, Oct 2024.
  • “Contesting the Dynamics of Secular Development: An Ontology of Trinitarian Well-Being as Christian Rationale for Human Well-Being.” Journal of Religion and Development, Volume 1 , Issue 1 (2022): 45-58.
  • “Motherhood, Spirituality and Culture” Journal for the Study of Spirituality, Volume 11, Issue 1 (2021): 89-91.
  • “Existent Endurance and Future Joy” Logia Blogos, University of St Andrews, Scotland. September 2021.
  • “Trinity, Aseity, and the Commensurability of the Incommensurate One” St Marks Review, No. 250, December 2019 (4): 63-77.
  • “A Disabled Trinity’: Help or Hindrance to Disability Theology” St Mark’s Review, No 232, July 2015: 50-64.
  • “The Australian Election: A Moment or a Movement?” TEAR Australia Opinion Piece, 2019.

Editorial work

  • Current Editorial Board Member of Religion & Development, an open access journal of the International Network on Religious Communities and Sustainable Development (IN//RCSD), at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
  • Co-editor for St Mark’s Review themed issue: “Threat or Promise? Christianity and International Aid and Development” no. 261 (2022).
  • Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Anglican Studies (March 2022).
  • “Editorial.” St. Mark’s Review, no. 261 (October 2022): 1–3.

Scholarship & community engagement

Conference and academic papers

  • Invited paper at Los Angeles Theological Conference 12-14 March 2025, Biola University, USA: “Kenosis of the Spirit: Yielding to the Movement of Salvation.”
  • Presented paper at Society for the Study of Theology Conference (SST) 17-19 April 2023, Warwick University, UK: “Paternal Power: The Kenotic Nature of the Relations of Origin and the Unbegotten Father.”
  • Commencement Lecture at St Mark’s National Theological Centre, Canberra, July 2021: “Just Worship: Trinity, Social Justice, and…Kim Kardashian?”
  • Presented paper at Conference on Cosmology and Community: Religion and Sustainable Development, Humboldt University, Berlin, July 2019: “Contesting the Dynamics of Secular Development: An Ontology of Trinitarian Well-Being as Rationale for Human Well-Being.”
  • Presented seminar for the Core Working Group of the Campaign for Australian Aid, 29 March 2017: “Questioning the Australian Aid Paradigm.”
  • Presented paper at Exploring the Glory of God Conference, St John’s College, University of Durham, UK., 2016: “The Kenotic Path of Glory: Daniel Hardy’s Glory of Divine Well-Being and Sergei Bulgakov’s Trinitarian Kenoticism.”


Keynotes and sermons

  • Sermons at the Synod of Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn, Sept 2025: “Knowing me, Knowing you: The Vulnerability of Knowing God and being Known.”
  • Keynote Speaker, Presbyterian Ladies’ College Humanities Award Night, 20 Nov 2024: “Why is the Kettle Boiling? Answering life’s deep questions through the Humanities.”
  • Keynote Speaker for Anglicans Ablaze Conference, South Lakes Anglican Church, Morrissett, 12 Oct 2024: “Participating in the Life of the Trinity.”
  • Keynote speaker for Propel Evangelical Network Conference, Wesley Mission, Sydney – 15-16 March 2023:
    • Session 1 – “The Rock of Ages: The Foundation of Courage”
    • Session 2 – “The Triune God: Building with Strength”
    • Session 3 – “The Glory of God: Purposing Strength & Courage”
  • Sermon at Ordination Service, Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn, St Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn, 25 Nov 2023: “How Beautiful are the Feet of those who Bring Good News! (Romans 10:15).”
  • Keynote speaker for Omega Fire African Church Flourishing Conference, Dec 2023: “The Marks and Source of Flourishing.”
  • Keynote speaker for the Sydney Anglican Movement for the Ordination of Women (MOW) AGM, October 2021: “Unfinished Business of Women’s Ordination: The Waiting and Hastening of a Proleptic Eschatology.”
  • Keynote Speaker at International Women’s Day, Compassion Australia, Sydney, Australia, March 2020: “The Worship Revolution,”
  • Keynote Speaker at The Justice Conference, Melbourne, Australia. Nov 2019: “Pursuing Justice.”
  • Keynote Speaker at NSW TEAR Gathering, Sydney, Australia, Sept 2019: “Grounded in Hope.”
  • Public Seminar at Hunters Hill Anglican Church, August 2019: “Why Dance Alone? A Conversation on Humanity, God, International Aid, and Us.”


Podcasts and webinars

  • St Mark’s LinkedIn Webinar on Christian Enchantment, 18 Dec 2025: “Step through the glass: A New Look at Enchantment” with Dr. Aden Coterill.
  • St Mark’s LinkedIn Webinar on AI, 27 Oct 2025: “Is Artificial Intelligence making us Artificial Idiots?” with Dr. Amy Erickson.
  • St Mark’s LinkedIn Webinar on addiction, 15 Sept 2025: “Porn, Gambling and Jesus” with Nicky Lock.
  • St Mark’s LinkedIn Webinar on well-being, 19 Feb 2025: “Why ‘Me Time’ is killing you: Restoring the Heart of Service,” with Dr. Amy Erickson.
  • Filmed interview for docuseries by Compassion Australia on poverty and biblical justice (Sept 2022).
  • Podcast on “Woke Theology” for The Political Animals (on Spotify), August 2022.
  • YouTube Panel for Fixing Her Eyes Conversations, Sydney, July 2021: – “Trinity and Headship.”
  • Podcast on “Theology and Feminism” for The Political Animals (on Spotify). February 2021.
  • Podcast for The Justice Conference, 2019: “Justice as Worship.”
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