SUMMARY CURRICULUM VITA OF VIV GRIGG

PRESENT POSITIONS:
International Director, Urban Leadership Foundation
Full time PhD Student, Theology, Auckland University
Coordinator, Encarnação Network of Urban Poor Mission Leaders

PERSONAL DATA:

Birthdate: December 26, 1950
Marital & Family Status: Married to Ieda; three children
Home Address: P.O. Box 20-524, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Phones: Office: (09)813-1440
Home: (09) 813-9442
Email: viv.grigg@paradise.net.nz
Denomination: New Zealand Baptist
Ordained: Yes, in the Order of Servants Among the Poor

EDUCATION:

B.E.E. Canterbury University, 1972
Post Grad Dip. Teaching Christchurch Teachers College, 1973
Community Organization, Community Development courses(University of the Philippine, Asian Theological Seminary
M.A. (Missions) Fuller Theological Seminary, 1986
Urban Sociology, Urban Anthropology, Urban Leadership PhD level courses (Fuller, William Carey, Jhadavpur University, Calcuttta)
PhD (Theology) in process( final edit), Auckland University, New Zealand.

TIME LINE SUMMARY of  SOME PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

Dates

Role or Title

Academic Institution

Mission / Community Organisation

1985 -Present International Director   Urban Leadership Foundation
2001-Present  Coordinator  Courses at Asian Theological Seminary, ACT (Mumbai) Encarnação Network of Urban Poor Missions Leaders
2000-2002 Missions Consultant
Missions Mobilizer
 Elder		 Courses at Asian Theological Seminary (Manila), Alliance Biblical Seminary (NY), Fuller Theological Seminary (SWM) Kairos, Brazil
Servant-Partners US
Servants to Asia's Urban Poor
1996-2000 Catalyst, coordinator, Auckland   Vision for Auckland city leaders networks, NZ City Leaders network
1991-96 Coordinator, Co-Chairman (95)   AD2000 Global Cities Network
1995 - 2000 Senior Lecturer in Urban Missions New Covenant International Bible College, Auckland  
1996-1999 Lecturer in Urban Theology, Church and Society Carey Baptist College, Auckland Consortium of Theological Education, Auckland University  
1998
1994		 Visiting Professor of Urban Missions
Instructor, May Institute		 Alliance Biblical Seminary, Manila
Providence College and Theological Seminary		  
1996-98, 2001 Adjunct Professor in Urban Missions Fuller Theological Seminary  
1992-95 Pioneer Pasadena Reconciliation Community Leader   Servants Community
1986 -94 Non-resident and resident (91) missionary, Calcutta
 Lecturer in OT		  Calcutta Bible College Urban Leadership Foundation
1988-89 Catalyst of Mission, Brazil   Servos Entre os Pobres (now Kairos)
1985 - 2002 Board Member, L.A.   Servants Among the Poor now Servant-Partners
1985-89 Founder, U.S. Director, . Los Angeles   Servants Among the Poor
1982-86 Founder, International Director   Servants to Asia's Urban Poor, New Zealand
1978-81 Churchplanter, Manila Slums   Reach -Lakas-Angkan
1978-79 Professional Ministries Coordinator   REACH - Lakas-Angkan, Manila
1977 Urban Poor Community/ Student Ministry Pioneer   Navigators, Wellington
1975-76   Adjunct Faculty for Evangelism and Discipleship FEBIAS College of Bible, Philippines
1974-76 Churchplanter   Navigators, Philippines
1973,74,77,78, 2000   High School, Technical College Maths Teacher NZ Education Department
1967-73 Sheep Shearer’s Rousy, Fruit Picker, Machine Shop Floor, Electronics Designer, Coal Deliverer   Various, New Zealand

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

"Transformational Conversations: Hermeneutic for a Post-Modern City," in PCIBC Journal, May 2000.
Creating an Auckland Business Theology, Auckland: Urban Leadership Foundation, 2000, 80pp.
The Kingdom of God and Land Rights, Auckland:Urban Leadership Foundation, 1999, 48 pp.
"Transforming the Soul of the Nation." In New Vision New Zealand, Vol. III, 1997.
Transforming Cities: An Urban Leadership Guide. Auckland, New Zealand: Urban Leadership Foundation, 1992-1997. Revised yearly.
"Intercessors and Cosmic Urban Spiritual Warfare." International Journal of Frontier Missions, Vol. 10:4, October 1993.
Cry of the Urban Poor. MARC, 1992. Translated as "O Grito Dos Pobres Na Cidade" (Portuguese). Sao Paulo: Missao Editora, 1992.
Companion to the Poor. 2nd edition. MARC, 1990. Translated as "Servos Entre Os Pobres" (Portuguese). Sao Paulo: COMIBAM/Aura Books, 1988. Translated as "Mit den Armen leben" (German). Lorrach: Wolfgang Simon Verlag, 1990. Translated as "Siervos Entre Los Pobres" (Spanish). Buenos Aires: Nueva Creacion and Eerdmans, 1994. (Also in Korean).
The Lifestyle and Values of Servants. Urban Leadership Foundation, 1986.
"Sorry the Frontier Moved!" Urban Mission, March 1987.