Bryan W. Ball

Bryan W. Ball
27th President of Avondale College
In office
1984–1990
Preceded byJ. J. C. Cox
Succeeded byG. A. Madigan
Personal details
Born(1935-07-11)11 July 1935
Bere Ferrers, Devon, England
Died12 November 2025(2025-11-12) (aged 86)
EducationNewbold College
Andrews University
ProfessionTheologian, college administrator, author and teacher

Bryan W. Ball (11 July 1935 – 12 November 2025) was a British theologian, author, teacher, former president of Avondale College and former president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific.

Biography

Bryan William Ball was born in Bere Ferrers, Devon, England on 11 July 1935, the son of Cecil William Richard Ball and Nora (née Beardsell).

Ball was educated at Bedford Modern School and Tavistock Grammar School. He graduated BA from Newbold College, MA in Religion from Andrews University and was awarded a PhD from the University of London.

Ball was Chair of Theology at Newbold College between 1976 and 1984. In 1984 he moved to Australia to become president of Avondale College between 1984 and 1990. He was later made president of the South Pacific Division between 1990 and 1997 where he was instrumental in the further development of the Sydney Adventist Hospital and helped the Pacific Adventist College in Papua New Guinea achieve university status.

Ball is a widely cited scholar who has written extensively on current and historical theological issues.

Ball died on 12 November 2025, at the age of 86.

Selected bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sullivan, Leanne (2009). Who's who in Australia. Crown Content. ISBN 9781740951661. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Cross, The Late F. L.; Cross, Frank Leslie; Livingstone, Elizabeth A. (2005). The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192802903. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Adventist Church in UK and Ireland | Home" (PDF).
  4. 1 2 "Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research – South Pacific Division". adventistarchives.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Bryan W. Ball". adventistbookcenter.com. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Avondale College Presidents". Adventist Archives. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "South Pacific Division Presidents". Adventist Archives. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Works by Bryan W. Ball".
  9. ↑ Ball, Bryan W. (2014). The English Connection. The Lutterworth Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1cgf3k9. ISBN 9780227174456. JSTOR j.ctt1cgf3k9.
  10. ↑ "A life of service: Dr Bryan Ball - Avondale University". www.avondale.edu.au. 24 November 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
  11. ↑ A great expectation : eschatological thought in English Protestantism to 1660. Brill. 1975. ISBN 9789004043152. OCLC 1952573.
  12. ↑ New England New Jerusalem: The Millenarian Dimension of Transatlantic ... ISBN 9780542852039. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  13. ↑ The English connection : the Puritan roots of Seventh-Day Adventist belief. J. Clarke. 1981. ISBN 9780227678442. OCLC 8762753.
  14. ↑ Nuttall, Geoffrey F. (1982). "The Journal of Ecclesiastical History - The English Connection: the Puritan roots of Seventh-day Adventist belief. By B. W. Ball. Pp. 252. James Clarke, 1981. £7.50. – Cambridge Journals Online". The Journal of Ecclesiastical History. 33 (3): 506. doi:10.1017/S0022046900026804. S2CID 163334408.
  15. ↑ The Seventh-day Men : Sabbatarians and Sabbatarianism in England and Wales, 1600–1800. Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press. 1994. ISBN 9780198267522. OCLC 28585875.
  16. ↑ "The Seventh-Day Men". James Clarke and Co Ltd. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  17. ↑ Ball, Bryan W.; Johnsson, William G. (2002). The essential Jesus : the man, His message, His mission. Pacific Press Pub. Association. ISBN 9780816319299. OCLC 50260270.
  18. ↑ Ball, Bryan (January 2004). ""Christopher Feake 1612–1683" by Bryan W. Ball". Avondale.edu.au. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  19. ↑ Ball, Bryan W. (2007). Can we still believe the Bible? : and does it really matter?. Signs Publishing Company. ISBN 9781921292019. OCLC 181349937.
  20. ↑ Ball, Bryan W. (January 2008). The soul sleepers : Christian mortalism from Wycliffe to Priestley. James Clarke & Company. ISBN 9780227172605. OCLC 178316967.
  21. ↑ Ball, B. W. (1 January 2012). In the beginning : science and scripture confirm creation. Pacific Press Publishing Association. ISBN 9780816326150. OCLC 772450038.
  22. ↑ Grounds for Assurance and Hope: Selected Biblical and Historical Writings of Bryan W. Ball. Avondale Academic Press. 9 December 2015. ISBN 9780958159142.