Name: Rachel (you had no idea, did you?)
Age: will be 19 in a few days, as of date of typing
Gender: female
Location: Adelaide Hills, SA
Marital Status: single
Denomination: I'd say 'non-denominational'. Anglican grandparents and mother, my father moved to a Baptist church while still single. I was raised in a non-denominational 'Christian' church until I was 9-ish, when we moved, and I attended a string of Pentecostal, Anglican, Charismatic, Baptist, Uniting, Adventist, and Lutheran churches. I suppose you could say I'm messed up. I have some beliefs that are Baptist (freedom of conscience), some that are Anabaptist (headcovering), some that are Adventist (Sabbath-keeping), some that are generally reformation-style (believer's baptism), as well as some habits that are quite Anglican (hymns and organs, quite like the BCP).
Church Attendance: Not as regular as I should be. My father 'runs' the Australian Seventh Day Baptist Church cell group in Adelaide, so it depends if you consider something really much more like a Bible study to be "church". Aside from that, I visit the local Anglican church maybe once a month with my mother.
Political Views: I was old enough to vote this year! My sister, who's studying Politics in Yr 11, did a quiz on me, which had mixed results (which shouldn't surprise anyone who's read the above). I have some left-wing tendencies (be nice to the boat people) and some right-wing tendencies (I'm a Royalist, basically). I actually read the statement and website for every party represented below the line in my area and ranked them from 1-76 based on personal opinion, and three of the four major parties came quite a long way down the list. It's up to you to guess which ones...
Occupation: Student. Just finished Year 13 (which is my way of saying I didn't quite finished Year 12 when I was meant to) and heading off to Bible college (Adelaide College of Ministries) next year with a focus on Biblical languages (will learn Hebrew and Greek, basically). I'd like to become a Bible Translator eventually, but apparently I need both life experience and theological training first...
Interests: I have lots of chooks. That's my standard response. My other main interest is learning languages! As many as possible! At this point, I can have a fairly decent conversation in English, German, French, Spanish, and Gaelic, although I've got a few phrases in Korean, Indonesian, Italian, and Pitjantjatjara, and a working understanding of Russian and Irish. Also, I'm a fiddler. I've played classical piano since I was 5 and can make you wish you'd never heard of an organ, but my main musical habit at the moment is Scottish fiddle (I play at a lot of Bush Dances. Also recently did some gigs in the South-East... Kingston and Robe area).