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Ps Shane BaxterSTATE PRESIDENTShane Baxter is the Senior Pastor of Enjoy Church. Under Shane’s visionary leadership and relational style, Enjoy Church has grown significantly over the past 11 years, meeting in multiple campuses across Melbourne and with over 90 nationalities represented. Shane is a member of the National Executive for the ACC (Australian Christian Churches), and is the newly elected State President for the ACC in Victoria. He is passionate about seeing the local church fruitful and flourishing, impacting and influencing the community and beyond. He is committed to leadership development and seeing people released into their purpose and calling. His dedication to training and equipping people is further evidenced by establishing a Bible College campus at Enjoy in 2006. He has a unique ability to relate and connect with other with his zest for life and his warm sense of humour. Woven through his life is Ecclesiastes 8:15, “So I commend the enjoyment of life”. Shane is married to Georgie, who is actively involved in ministry with him and they have two beautiful daughters. |
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Ps David DoeryVICE PRESIDENTWith his own powerful testimony of salvation and life transformation Ps David Doery is passionate about people rising to their God given potential. For over 20 years his impacting life and ministry has been dedicated to seeing “Champions rise” and the church enlarge. As Senior Pastor of Bridge Church David and his wife Sally lead a powerful and contemporary church committed to bringing personal and community transformation through the gospel message. Located in the inner city of Melbourne, with over 2000 in attendance, Bridge is a multi cultural and multi generational Pentecostal church having a significant impact both locally and overseas. David brings the message of faith and the relevance of Jesus into today’s lifestyle. Revealing powerful truths in practical ways he will challenge the way you do life. David and Sally live in Melbourne and have five children. |
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Ps Mark BatesSECRETARY/TREASURERMark Bates and his wife Karen have been senior pastors of Valley Christian Centre, Morwell for the past 15 years. During that time the church has purchased and developed a 7 Hectare High School site into a multi-purpose ministry and community centre. Valley Christian Centre has planted 3 satellite congregations which have now become autonomous churches. His church has grown an effective community care program and is the largest provider of material aid in Eastern Victoria, distributing an excess of $500,000 of aid every year. He has been the Secretary/ Treasurer of the Assemblies of God Victoria since 2000 co-ordinating and overseeing the administration of over 270 churches. He served for 5 years as District leader of Gippsland caring for 22 churches and currently serves as a Trustee for the Australian Christian Super fund. Balancing both Administrative and Ministry gifts Mark has been able to serve the local church as well as the greater church community. He is deeply involved in mission work in Asia especially seeing children and families raised from poverty and injustice. |
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Ps Ian KruithoffSTATE EXECUTIVE MEMBER – NEW CHURCHESIan Kruithoff is the full‐time Director of Church Planting & Health Victoria. He has been a pastor with the ACC for over thirty years and has a wealth of knowledge and experience in starting new churches, in growing churches and in bringing health into churches where needed. He is passionate about building the Church and is available to assist Churches across the state |
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Ps Paul KellockSTATE EXECUTIVE MEMBERPaul Kellock is the Senior Pastor of Life Christian Church, Melbourne, Victoria. Paul’s passion for Christ; his emphasis on church planting, leadership development, relationships and being real, has lead Life CC a church with a significant heritage into the strong, growing, vibrant church it is today. It has an extensive multicultural ministry both locally and overseas from orphanages to church planting. Paul is a member of the State Executive for the Australian Christian Churches, Victoria and currently heads up the Church Life Department of Enlarge Ministries. Paul is a clear and powerful communicator with a strong passion for the Word of God and its relevance to our lives. Paul is married to Joanne, who is actively involved in ministry with him and they have three children Aiden, Bethany and Benjamin. |
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Ps Ron MallonSTATE EXECUTIVE MEMBERRon is the Senior Pastor of Generations Church ACC, Tatura along with his wife Susan. As well as being the Northern Central District Leader of ACC Victoria, Ron is also a newly elected member of the ACC Victoria State Executive. His ministry emphasis is on building a strong generational local church that impacts its community through the power of the gospel. Love the opportunities we have to establish influential churches in country communities. Raising leaders in the local church and equipping God’s people to live Word and Spirit balanced lives. Ron and Susan have five children and nine grandchildren. Three of their children are involved in Generations Church, and two are in Melbourne churches. |
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Ps Phil McCourtSTATE EXECUTIVE MEMBERPhil grew up in Perth Western Australia and knew the call of God from an early age. However it wasn’t until his early thirties that Phil entered fulltime ministry. Up to then he had served the church in all areas, while developing a career in Construction and Project Management. After serving for 6 years as Executive Pastor at Perth CLC, God in 2003 supernaturally called Phil and his family to Riviera Christian Centre, Bairnsdale. Since then they have experienced the favour of God and seen the church more than double in size, change culture and become a lighthouse church throughout the region influencing the community and other churches. This year saw them open 2.5 million dollar facility that is Making God Famous in the region. Phil is the Gippsland District Leader for Australian Christian Churches and passionate about missions and has Phil has been marred to Tracey for 26 years and have two children |
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Planetshakers City ChurchP.O Box 641 Box Hill VIC 3128 p: +61 3 98967999 |
Ps Russell EvansSTATE EXECUTIVE MEMBERRussell was born in New Guinea, in 1967 while his parents Pastor Andrew and Lorraine Evans were serving as missionaries. Russell felt the call of God to ministry at an early age and was invited to become a part of the Paradise AOG ministry team in 1991 where he has remained for 12 years. Russell felt called by God in October 2002 to plant a new church in Melbourne and at the start of 2004 Planetshakers City Church was established. Planetshakers City Church has become one of the fastest growing AOG churches in Australia’s history with over 2,000 calling it their home church within the first year. Russell, with his wife Sam, have a mandate from God to lead a vibrant, Spirit-filled church that will see a revival come to the city of Melbourne. Russell’s dream is to empower a generation to win a generation, accordingly his preaching, discipling and training are geared with that one objective in mind. Russell is married to Samantha, who is actively involved in ministry with Russell, as well as managing their household and raising their wonderful children Jonathan & Aimee. |
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