The Reverend Gordon Rowe was a Foundation Member of the South Australian Methodist Historical Society in 1950. He was President of the Society from 1953 to 1961. After his death in 1968, his family established an endowment which periodically finances a Gordon Rowe Memorial Lecture.
The following list of Gordon Rowe Memorial lectures are available in print from the Society (contact details on the right).
| Date | Lecturer | Title | Available |
| 31 Oct 2014 | William W. Emilsen | Why Uniting Church History matters | Yes |
| 23 Apr 01 | Mr. K. Hastie | Methodist Hymnody 12th Gordon Rowe Lecture |
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| 15 Nov 98 | Dr. R. Nicol | Final Pageant: the past, present and future of death 11th Gordon Rowe Lecture |
Yes |
| 15 Nov 1996 | Dr. Niel Gunson | Ecumenism by default: (London Missionary Society) 10th Gordon Rowe Lecture |
Yes |
| 11 Nov 1994 | Mr. R. Linn | ‘God loves a cheerful giver”: Protestant philanthropy in 19th Century 9th Gordon Rowe Lecture |
Yes |
| 8 Nov 1991 | Rev. F. Hansen | Christian presence in medical care 8th Gordon Rowe lecture |
Yes |
| 30 May 1988 | Rev. Dr.Norman Young | Wesley, Conscience & War 7th Gordon Rowe Lecture |
Yes |
| 8 Nov 1985 | Dr. R.M. Gibbs | Prince Alfred College 6th Gordon Rowe Lecture |
Yes |
| 5 Nov 1982 | Dr. D.Hilliard | Popular Revivalism in S.A. 5th Gordon Rowe Lecture |
O.P. |
| 28 Nov 1980 | Rev Dr. W.W. Phillips | E.S. Kiek: his life and thought 4th Gordon Rowe Lecture |
Yes |
| 4 Nov 1977 | Dr. A.D. Hunt | A Tall Cedar in our Lebanon: Hugh Gilmore and Primitive Methodism 3rd Gordon Rowe Lecture |
Yes |
| 18 Oct 1974 | Stan G. Forth | Methodism in the Clare District 2nd Gordon Rowe Lecture |
Yes |
| 20 June 1972 | Mr. P.M.T.Tilbrook | Life and Times of Dr. W.G. Torr (Inaugural G. Rowe lecture) |
Yes |