7 Questions with Church leaders

Name: Wayne Hollett

Current title: Lead Pastor

Current organisation: New Life Church, Fremantle

Ordinary bloke. Same wife for 37 years. Two married sons. Four grandchildren. Theology degree and partial Masters degree. Co-founded New Life Church in 1997 with my wife with no finances or resources. By God's grace, the ministry now includes a church, a charity and a K-12 School with over 400 students.

Name: Frederic Gray

Current title: Sr. Executive Pastor

Current organisation: Real Life church

Fred Gray, Sr. Executive Pastor, Real Life Church, Valencia CA. A UCLA Bruin with a passion for growing healthy organizations with a constant eye on change management for future success. Lover of Jesus, blessed husband, father, grandfather and fortunate friend to a few lucky souls. instagram.com/fred_gray77

Name: Renier van der Klashorst

Current title: Lead Pastor

Current organisation: Thornlie Church of Christ

Husband of my beautiful bride Marguerite, blessed with three children and a small dog. I am lead pastor at Thornlie Church of Christ. I am passionate about equipping believers to experience the intimacy of God's presence in their lives through prayer.

Name: Carol DeBlasis

Current title: Senior Director of Women's Ministry

Current organisation: Calvary Chapel Melbourne, Florida

I have been a Christian for most of my life. My husband and I pastored a small church for 6 years before his death in 2003. I have two grown children. I have been in my position for 6 years, and love what I do.

Name: Michael Gremillion

Current title: Pastor

Current organisation: Fairfield Baptist Church

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Name: Paul E. Davis

Current title: Sr. Pastor

Current organisation: Saint James Missionary Baptist Church

ersonal/Family Status:
Faith: Professed Christian called to serve by God as Preacher/Teacher
Married over 38 years to Cora J. Davis
Three children, Joy, Kendrick and Vanessa
Nine Grandchildren –
Education:
Ashland Theological Seminary, Ashland, Ohio – Master of Christian Education (Honor Graduate)
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas – Bachelors of Science Animal Science (Honor Graduate)

Professional Experience:
Tyson Foods Inc. (May 2007 to 2018)
Vice President Customer Development (Global Walmart Team)
Vice President Sales Operations Procter and Gamble Company: (Oct 2005 to April 2007)
Associate Director Shaving Products
The Gillette Company (19 yrs)
Johnson & Johnson Company ( 5yrs)
Monsanto Company –Agrichemicals (2yrs)

Organization Affiliations:
St. James Baptist Church, Fayetteville, AR – Associated Pastor and Director of Christian Education
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity – NWA Alumni Chapter – Member
Current Board Member
State of Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr Commissioner
United Way Fort Smith Arkansas
Mercy Hospital Advisory Board
Arvest Bank - Fort Smith
Previous Boards:
Northwest Arkansas MLK Planning Committee – Board Member
NWA 1st Tee – Board Member
Foundation of The Mid-South – Board of Directors (Member)

Name: Leo

Current title: Project manager

Current organisation: State

I am an IT project manager for the state of Oklahoma

Name: Shirley Sykes

Current title: Pastor of Community Care

Current organisation: King’s Community Care

Originating from Invercargill, NZ - the ‘ends of the earth’ Shirley moved to the Gold Coast in 1982 and has remained faithful to Jesus, her husband, Brendan, her church and her family. Working in many areas at King’s.

Name: Milford Hutsell

Current title: Worship Production Director

Current organisation: Venture Christian Church

My back ground is in Computers but growing up and going through life I had a passion for Theater and worked a lot of shows as Lighting Design, Stage Manager, etc.
This led me to getting involved with my current church in the Tech world. Little did we know that Covid-19 was going to upset the fruit cart and cause us to have to pivot so much in the last year.

Name: Carlos Serra

Current title: Head of Project Management

Current organisation: The Church of England

Carlos Serra has been working in project management since 1999 across a variety of market sectors, countries and roles. It included managing projects and programmes, implementing and leading PMO functions and leading teams of Project Managers. On the academic side, he has been a researcher, an international speaker, a trainer and a guest lecturer for MBA and MSc programmes, has written books and articles, has won awards and has been a reviewer for academic journals. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he used to play Samba as a hobby. He's been living in London, UK for the last ten years.

Name: Chris Kolle

Current title: Senior Pastor

Current organisation: Grow Church

From an early age Chris has been actively engaged in church life serving in many aspects of church life from children, youth, young adults, music, set-up teams, small group leadership.
Pastor Chris Kolle has served as the Senior Pastor of Grow Church since April 1996. His heart is to see people grow and reach their potential in Christ. With a passion for missions, he has ministered widely training pastors and leaders in in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, PNG, Singapore, India, and Malaysia. In recent years theyhave planted new campuses in Australia and the Philippines. I've had the privilege of serving on our State and National Executives for our denomation. Pastor Chris and Meriel live in Keilor Downs and have three adult sons Joshua, Matthew and Caleb.

Name: Bronwyn Monk

Current title: Worship Pastor

Current organisation: The Hub Baptist Church Tweed Heads

I am married to Michael, a builder, and together we have 4 beautiful kids with us and 1 in heaven. Michael and I met when we were just 14 years old, began dating at 16 and married at 22.
We firmly believe that God has uniquely equipped and called us as a family to be light in the darkness; to journey together to be Christ's ambassadors, making disciples and living lives fully yielded to God and His ways.
I currently serve God as the Worship Pastor at The Hub Baptist Church in Tweed Heads. I am passionate about raising and equipping people to live out the call God has placed on their life and encouraging people to live every breath in worship.