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Mark Tronson

Press Service International

Dr Mark Tronson  -  a 4 min video

https://youtu.be/vxhhVbRmUlM

Chairman – Well-Being Australia

Baptist Minister 45 years

  • 1984  -  Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
  • 2001  -  Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
  • 2009 -   Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
  • 2019  -  The Gutenberg  -  (ARPA Christian Media premier award)  

Gutenberg video  -  2min 14sec

Married to Delma for 45 years with 4 children and 6 grand children

  • History miracles  -  Tennis chaplaincy

    By late 1984  after 1982-83 foundational development and initiating the travel meeting sport administrators (1984), I had already established chaplaincies in several professional sports such as cricket, rugby league, AFL, motor racing, the PGA, the NBL Basketball (the first being the Illawarra Hawks), yachting and many other sports, I was ready to open discussions with the tennis fraternity.

  • History miracles  -  PGA chaplaincy

    In this fourth miracle article - I discuss how the PGA chaplaincy ministry developed.

  • Visiting the Holy Land

    I often reflect on my and my wife's first tour of the Holy Land in 1999 (although we have done others since). I thought of the millions of previous pilgrims who came before me and took in what I now was beholding.

  • History miracle  -  Motor Racing chaplaincy  

    In this third miracle article, by late 1984, after this foundational development, I was ready to initiate motor racing chaplaincy; his first point of contact was the Confederation of Motor Sport (CAMS) in Sydney.

  • History miracles – AFL chaplaincy

    The first AFL club in 1984 I met with was the Sydney Swans. Acclaimed coach the late Tom Hafey warmed to the idea of a chaplaincy, and was so impressed with the negotiations that, on an ABC sports Granbstand radio program several years later, he cited 'Mark Tronson' as a source of good advice, even though I was not actually the chaplain for the Swans' team.

  • 10 August - One Day in Melbourne

    The 4th ‘One Day in Melbourne’ for missions’ communications personnel this year will be held again at Craigieburn Salvation Army on Saturday 10 August.

  • History miracle -  Rugby League chaplaincy

    Way back in 1984 having established the Sports and Leisure Ministry under Heads of Churches I initiated Rugby League Chaplaincy.

  • Young writer’s Brain’s Trust, Melbourne 4 May

    The annual young writer’s Brain’s Trust meeting chaired by Sydney’s Sam Gillespie this year will be on Saturday 4 May in Melbourne.

  • Troublesome people – in the church too

    This topic of perennial troublesome people sneaking through to key roles in church and mission life is as old as there are years and the issue on the one hand is what to do with them, and on the other, the nature of the issue pervades every area of life.

  • Questions & Responses 2  -  JUST OUT

    Reverend Dr Rowland Croucher the Pastor’s Pastor of 45 years says these Q&R series is an attempt to face the 50 top questions people ask to challenge clergy, counsellors and other Christian leaders.