7 Questions with Church leaders

Name: Pastor Kham Khen Tual

Current title: Assistant Pastor/ Principal

Current organisation: Agape Ministries Center: AoG of Myanmar

Name: Pastor Kham Khen Tual@Davidkhen
Marital Status: Married to Mss Niang Khan Mang in 1996.

Entrusted Children:
1. Dal Sian Mung, born on 22, 12, 1997.
2. Ciin Sian Hoih Kim born on 26, 4, 2000.
3. Pau Lam Thang born on 18, 4, 2001.
Date of Birth: 19th of December 1969, from the Christian parents.
Parents: Rev. Tuan Suan Dal is my father and Mrs.Niang Khua Ciin is my mother.
Siblings: We are 8 brothers and 3 sisters of which I am the third.
Date of Born Again: I was born again in August 7th, 1987.

Ministerial Experiences:
1. I started witnessing the gospel of Jesus Christ since I was born again as much as I can.
2. Served the Lord in Chauk City, located in the middle part of Magui Division, Myanmar, as missionary from 1996 Dec-1997 May. Around this place such as pagan-Nuang Oo, Chauhpadawng, and Meihthila are the historical sites for the Buddhism in Myanmar.
3. Lecturer at Bethel Bible College from 1998 to 2003, Tedim, N. Chin state of Myanmar and as well as the director of students affairs.
4. Christian educator of Adult Sunday School in Tedim Church while I was teaching there.
5. The Principal of Southeast Asia Bible College, Mandalay, Myanmar. 2004.
6. The Principal of Agape Faith Training School, Agape Ministries Center, Kalay, Sagaing Div. Myanmar, since 2007-,…
7. Assistant Pastor, Agape Ministries Center, Kalay, since 2007.
8. Visiting Lecturer: At Bethel Bible College, since 2010
9. Part time Lecturer: At Maranatha Bible College, since 2010

Theological Education:
1. B.Th at Bethel Bible College, Tedim Chin State, Myanmar 1994 to 1997.
2. M.Div. at Emmanuel Theological Collage, in Kalay, Myanmar, from 1998 to 1999.
3. Th. M., ACTS, South Korea for two years, 2005-2007.

Name: Tim Kurth

Current title: President

Current organisation: The Shepherd Fund

Tim is the husband of Elizabeth and together parents of two and grandparents of two. He began his career as a Christian school teacher then served as Director of Christian Education for over 20 years. For the last 20 years he has worked in national and international missions, disaster response work, donor relations, and consulting on Christian leadership and governance. He continues to lead short term mission teams and recently published the book "What If Everyone Is Saved: What the Church isn't Telling You About Jesus." Available on Amazon.

Name: Karl Faase

Current title: CEO

Current organisation: Olive Tree Media

Karl Faase is a well known Australian Christian communicator, media presenter, leader and social commentator. He is the CEO of Olive Tree Media, the organisation through which he produces programs of excellence for Christian media and local church use internationally. Previous to his role in Olive Tree Media Karl was the senior pastor of Gymea Baptist church for almost 20 years. Olive Tree Media’s latest production which Karl hosts is the documentary series, Jesus the Game Changer Season 1 (2016) and Season 2 (2019). Karl's radio spots, The Daily Nudge are heard across Australia and New Zealand. In the past year Karl also authored the book The Stuff of Life. He is the chair of the Australian boards of Samaritans Purse and BGEA.

Name: Ken Lee

Current title: Senior Pastor

Current organisation: Nations Church

Ken Lee is the Senior Pastor of Nations Church. Ken and his wife Chrissy were sent to plant the church 16 years ago by his then Senior Pastor David Storer, with a small core of people. Today the church is thousands strong with 4 physical locations in Perth (Australia), 1 in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and 1 in Cork (Republic of Ireland). Ken was a Certified Practicing Accountant in his past life but is now a credentialed minister with the Australian Christian Churches. Ken and Chrissy have two boys, Jentezen (16 years old) and Isaiah (14 years old).

Name: Colleen Geyer

Current title: General Secretary

Current organisation: National Assembly, Uniting Church in Australia

Colleen serves as General Secretary of the Uniting Church in Australia offering leadership and vision to the life of the Assembly.
Colleen's work for the Uniting Church and its agencies since 1995 has deepened her sense of call to the role of General Secretary, while embracing the uniqueness of the Uniting Church as an authentic movement of God.
She has held a range of significant positions at a state and national level of the Uniting Church, including Director of Mission at UnitingCare Queensland, Director of Mission at BlueCare, Associate Director at UnitingCare Australia, Registrar of Coolamon College and National Consultant for the Assembly Gospel and Gender Unit.
Colleen believes we have a collective responsibility to look to the future with the hope that is from God, and the realism that calls us to think about the new.

Name: Olwyn Harris

Current title: Ps

Current organisation: Liberty Church Whitsundays

A Bi-vocational pastor in a small regional congregation who also works as a Relationship Counsellor.

Name: Jonathan Gullo

Current title: Lead Pastor

Current organisation: Suncoast Church & Impact Church

Have been leading Suncoast Church for 6 years, and in 2020 have taken on the leadership of Impact Church in Canberra as well. Married to Chloe for 9 years and have two daughters. Prior to current position was a youth and young adult pastor for 10 years.

Name: Amy Anderson

Current title: Director of Consulting

Current organisation: The Unstuck Group

Amy has been the Director of Consulting at the Unstuck Group for the past 5 years, helping hundreds of churches get unstuck and back to a healthy, growing ministry. Prior to joining this team, Amy served as the Executive Director of Weekend Services at Eagle Brook Church in Minnesota, leading the church through growth from 1,800 to over 20,000 in attendance each week. Amy has been married to Jason for 30 years and lives in Lake Elmo, Minnesota USA.

Name: Julian Ham

Current title: Creative Ministries Pastor

Current organisation: CityLife Church in Australia

I'm married to my best friend Bek and we have three amazing boys. I've been involved in church ministry for fourteen years, currently at CityLife Church in Melbourne.

Name: Tania Nelson

Current title: Executive Officer - Local Mission

Current organisation: Lutheran Church of Australia

Dr Tania Nelson is the Executive Officer – Local Mission. Her role includes oversight of five mission-focused departments of the Lutheran Church of Australia. Tania is a primary teacher by background and former Head of the School of Theological Studies at Australian Lutheran College (a College of the University of Divinity). She is married with three adult children, two dogs and four chickens.

Name: Nick Scott

Current title: Senior Pastor

Current organisation: Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Australia

Nick Scott is the Senior Pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, a large, thriving church in the inner southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. He and his wife Margie have been happily married for over 30 years and they are blessed with two wonderful adult children, Ashleigh and Jason, and a new little granddaughter. Nick has a great love for the Word of God and enjoys preaching. He also has a pastoral heart and loves to see people growing in faith, and in their relationship with the Lord.
One of Nick’s great passions is for unity across the full spectrum of the Body of Christ. He is actively involved in various networks across the city of Perth, which encourage prayer and unity between pastors and leaders, breaking down barriers between denominations. Nationally he is also part of the Movement Network, a group which pursues the same goals on a national basis. Nick loves to travel, and also enjoys spending time with family and friends over a meal, good coffee or a glass of wine. An avid AFL fan, he enjoys seeing the Adelaide Crows have a win!

Name: Andrew Crighton

Current title: Pastor

Current organisation: Hervey Bay Church of Christ

I have been in ministry in various contexts for 25 years but have only been serving in this role as solo pastor at Hervey Bay since January 2020. I am married to Jackie and have 3 young adult children, one dog Boaz and really enjoy the outdoors.