SUMMARY CURRICULUM VITA OF VIV GRIGG

PRESENT POSITIONS:
International Director, Urban Leadership Foundation
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@urbanleaders.org

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), Auckland University, New Zealand. 2006

TIME LINE SUMMARY of  SOME PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

Dates	Role or Title	Related Academic Institution	Mission / Community Organisation
1985 -Present	International Director		Urban Leadership Foundation
2001-Present	Coordinator	Courses at Asian Theological Seminary, ACT (Mumbai), Hindustan Bible Institute (HBI), Auckland Urban Training Institute, Grassroots Churchplanters Training in 23 cities.	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	Senior Urban Missions Lecturer, New Covenant International Bible College, Auckland
1996-1999	Lecturer in Urban Theology, Church and Society	Urban Missions Lecturer, Carey Baptist College, Auckland Consortium of Theological Education, Auckland University
1998 1994	Visiting Professor of Urban Missions Instructor, May Institute	Adjunct, Alliance Biblical Seminary, Manila AdjunctProvidence College and Theological Seminary
1996-98, 2001	Adjunct Professor in Urban Missions	Adjunct, 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.