OWEN, Peter A ., Rev (1957-2022)
Assembly memorial minute, 2022
Note the passing of Rev Peter A Owen and insert into the Assembly record this memorial minute of the General Assembly’s sincere gratitude for his faithful gospel service to the church:
Peter Alexander Owen was born on 1 November 1957, at Wanganui New Zealand, son of Norman John George and Freda Molly Owen. He relocated to Australia in 1980.
He was converted to Christ and having become convinced of the truths of the reformed system of doctrine, joined the Somerville Presbyterian Church in the mid-1980s, being set apart as a ruling elder of that congregation in August 1990.
He applied to and was accepted by the Presbytery of Flinders as a candidate for the ministry and completed his training in 1993 while working as a nurse to support his family.
He was appointed to the Melton-Bacchus Marsh congregation as an exit student in December 1993 and has been a part of the Presbytery of Melbourne West since January 1994.
In 2007, the Melton congregation graciously released Peter to serve, fulltime, in the Brimbank congregation—a congregation which he had initiated some time before as a church plant.
In 2012, the Point Cook congregation began as a preaching place of the Brimbank Charge. Later that year, Presbytery declared it an Appointment Charge with Peter being appointed as its minister, commencing work in January 2013, formally being set apart by the Presbytery in April of that year. In 2020, the charge was raised to the status of a Pastoral Charge. Peter was duly called and inducted as the minister of the congregation and he continued as minister there until his death, 25 July 2022.
In addition to parish-based ministry, Peter served as a volunteer Police chaplain for 24 years in numerous stations across the western suburbs, and as a part time chaplain in the Royal Australian Air Force. In response to the exhortation of 2 Timothy 2:2, he discipled many younger men who have become ministers of the gospel, serving either in parishes or as chaplains in the Australian Defence Force.
Peter Owen exemplified what it means to have a pastor’s heart. He was an evangelist who had a passion to see Christ’s kingdom grow. He was a truly humble servant who had great vision, boundless energy and who loved the Lord with all his heart, mind, soul, and strength. Now at rest and with the Lord.
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