Noel Vose

Godfrey Noel Vose (23 December 1921 – 2 May 2016) was a Western Australian Baptist minister, the founding principal of Vose Seminary (formerly the Baptist Theological College of Western Australia) and the only Australian appointed as President of the Baptist World Alliance.

Biography

In 1963, Noel Vose became the Principal and sole staff member of the Baptist Theological College of Western Australia, a position that he held until 1991.

He was appointed President-General of the Baptist Union of Australia in 1975 and served until 1978.

In 1985, he became the first and only Australian appointed as President of the Baptist World Alliance, a role that he served in until 1990. a biography about Filumena Weld, based upon the extensive research of his wife, Heather Vose, who died before it could be written. Heather Vose did however provide the title of the biography.

Noel Vose died on 2 May 2016 in Western Australia. He was 94 years old.

Publications Details of books written by Noel Vose:

Awards and achievements

1989 – Member of the Order of Australia (AM)