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Reverend John Mavor AM is an Australian minister of religion. He was the 8th president of the Uniting Church in Australia, serving in that role from 1997 to 2000.

He was accepted as a candidate for the Methodist Church of Australasia in 1954. Mavor worked for the Queensland Synod as director of Mission and Parish Services, then as the Moderator of the Synod from 1988 to 1989. He was President of the Assembly for a three-year term from 1998 to 2000. He later worked as a project officer for Uniting International Mission then acting National Director for 15 months. He retired in April 2007.

He was conferred membership of the Order of Australia in the 1999 Australia Day Honours.

References

1. ^ "John Mavor finally retires". Journey. Uniting Church in Australia, Synod of Queensland. 5 April 2007. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
2. "Beaudesert Lad Enters Ministry". The Beaudesert Times. Vol. XLVI, no. 2376. Queensland, Australia. 12 March 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "Member of the Order of Australia (AM) entry for MAVOR, John Edward". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 1999. Retrieved 18 April 2017. For service to the Uniting Church in Australia, and to the international community through Austcare and the Australian Council for Overseas Aid

Further reading

Mavor, John E (2010), Come on! Come on! : a journey in ministry, PenFolk Publishing, ISBN 978-1-875894-80-2

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