Born in China, Gordon studied Print Management at the London College of Printing. He emigrated to Melbourne in 1965, where further studies in Theology (Ridley College), Visual Communication and Communication Psychology (Melbourne State College) were applied during 25 years of running Christian Media, a Communications Design Agency serving Christian organizations. More recently he spent 5 years as international Media Director of OMF International. Gordon has also served on a number of Christian Boards and Councils. In his work Gordon has been involved in Strategic Planning, Organizational Architecture, Scenario Planning, Initiating and coordinating Integrated Communications and Marketing Projects, Book and Magazine Publishing, Website and Video production, IT Development and other key aspects of organizational operation.
During the past 35 years he has had the privilege of working with congregations, para-church groups, missions, training colleges and denominational departments of most Protestant traditions.
For the last six years Gordon has been researching about the way Christian enterprises such as congregations, mission agencies, para-church groups, and faith-based care organizations can improve their effectiveness through the appropriate use of strategy. The concept of “Strategic Discernment” is the outcome of this study.