InterChurch Bioethics Council Members

David has a BSc (Canterbury) majoring in microbiology and prepared for Ministry at Trinity/St Johns in Auckland. After serving in parish ministry for 30 years, David served as General Secretary of the Methodist Church for 12 years.

He is a member of the Steering Committee of the World Methodist Council. The work of the InterChurchBioethics Council brings together David’s interest in the sciences and their ethical application. David joined the ICBC in 2021.

Deborah’s interdisciplinary background in science, psychology, education and public medicine reflects her interest in the impact of contemporary culture on citizens’ values development, decision making, behaviour and wellbeing. Deborah is co-director of programmes and a founding Trustee of the Centre for Science and Citizenship (CSC). 

The CSC is a charitable trust that works with students and communities throughout New Zealand to promote thoughtful engagement with the ideas and actualities that contemporary science and its accompanying technologies bring.

Graham is a first-generation New Zealander with English/Irish ancestry, born in Lower Hutt and grew up in Christchurch. 

Graham has been a member of the ICBC since 2002 and has a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology (Canterbury University), 3 years post-doctoral experience in molecular virology (Auckland University) and a Masters degree in Theology from Laidlaw College (Thesis Title: Christian Spirituality and Bioethics: A Narrative Approach based on the Metaphor of Journey).

Graham was ordained in 2007 with in the Anglican Diocese of Nelson and has served as the Vicar in the Picton Anglican Parish, Ministry Education Coordinator (Nelson Diocese) and Senior Lecturer at Bishopdale Theological College, and now serves as the Dean of Nelson Cathedral – a role he started in 2021.

Jordan is a Presbyterian Minister based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He serves on the Doctrine Core Group and chairs the Emissions Reductions Workgroup for the Presbyterian Church. He has a passion for creation care and how it intersects with other issues.

 Jordan is the author of “Addressed by the Word: Eduard Thurneysen on being human”. He specialises in theological anthropology and pastoral care and has lectured on Presbyterian and Reformed church history.

Joy is a reproductive biologist, having taught at Victoria University of Wellington, and researched and published on ovarian biology and reproductive health. Justice and best practice in health treatments and other molecular technologies affecting society are Joy’s main areas of ethical interest, and she has been a member of the ICBC since 2009.

Joy is a third generation New Zealander from Scottish and English ancestry, and is an elder at Knox Presbyterian Church, Lower Hutt with roles in pastoral and community ministries.

Nicola is a theologian based in Auckland. She is the author of Animal Suffering and the Problem of Evil (OUP, 2013), and is now writing on free will in dialogue with the sciences.

Nicola has taught theology and ethics in the US and NZ. She is an Anglican, sits on the Board of A Rocha NZ, is working for NZCIS (New Zealand Christians in Science/Te Kāhui Whakapono ki Nga Kaipūtaiao o Te Motu) and enjoys hiking in New Zealand and other countries.

Tania Stuart is a dentist, graduating from the University of Otago in 1984. She has been a member of Anglican parishes in Dunedin, Cromwell as well as Milford,Grey Lynn and Ponsonby in Auckland.
In 2015 she completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science in Health Care Ethics. She continues to practice dentistry and to contribute to dental healthcare ethics issues  as well as parenting (along with her long-suffering husband) three young men. A South Islander of Pakeha descent,all of her grandparents and most of their parents were born in Canterbury.