Biography: The Man, The Media, The Mission

Introduction to The Man, The Media, The Mission by Dr Gordon Moyes

Written by prolific author Goldie Down, The Man, The Media, The Mission is a colourful biographical recount of the events that shaped my life. Goldie masterfully recounts stories from my early childhood right through to my time as Superintendent of Sydney’s Wesley Mission based on entensive interviews with both Beverley and I. Broken into short enjoyable chapters you will be entertained by the events and characters that shaped our lives as we worked together to serve the Lord Jesus Christ.

- GORDON MOYES

Part One

  1. With Such a Mother
  2. Tongue Trouble
  3. Boys Will Be Boys
  4. The Changes
  5. Gordon’s Decision
  6. Sermonising
  7. Federal College of the Bible
  8. Gordon’s First Parish
  9. The Old Order Changeth
  10. Probation Officer

Part Two

  1. Distant Fields Look Greener
  2. Country Church Drama
  3. Who Broke the Beer Bottle?
  4. Pounding the Typewriter
  5. Aradale Mental Hospital
  6. 1964 Teen Week
  7. Building a New Toilet Block
  8. Delayed Departure
  9. America Again

Part Three

  1. Saying Goodbye to Ararat
  2. At Cheltenham
  3. Weekend Evangelist and Colour TV
  4. Shades of the Past
  5. Taking an Ecumenical Step
  6. Stats and the Written Word
  7. Crusades and Christmas
  8. Battle for the Buildings
  9. ‘All Things’ Means All Things
  10. The Year That Changed His Life

Part Four

  1. Wesley Central Mission
  2. Selling the Airspace
  3. Plans and Personnel
  4. Australia Day Honours
  5. Fund Raising
  6. The Ideal Wife
  7. The End of the Eighties
  8. Bribery
  9. The Big Move
  10. Beginning of the Nineties
  11. Heart Surgery
  12. The Year of the Fires

Part Five

  1. Radio and Television
  2. Some of Wesley’s Outreach