Pastors & Leaders

Ger Jones is senior pastor at Vintage Church in Los Angeles. His church has swelled to 1200 members thanks largely to the enormous growth in its Alpha course. From five people at its first Alpha six years ago, the course attracted 450 people recently. Listen in to Ger's testimony and his message for Australia on his 2019 national tour.

Newton Festus the lead pastor at The Waterbrook Church, Brisbane. He is a conference speaker, author, mentor and coach. He arrived in Australia in 2008 with a vision for Revival. He now runs the Moreton Bay Ministers Summit, gathering many churches together for prayer & networking. Listen in to his story of transformation and how he is working among the nations for the Gospel.

Ben Staines is the Senior Pastor of Generocity Church. He lives in Wagga Wagga, NSW, and has a huge heart for regional and rural NSW as they lead a church that is all about Connecting people to Christ. In 2004, God gave Ben a vision to start and lead a church that worked together spiritually, financially and practically throughout regional and rural NSW in order to see the Kingdom of God expand. G...

Anton Scott is the Youth Pastor at Catalyst Church, Ipswich. After spending a month in jail for drink-driving many years ago, he started searching for something. Before that, his life was a mess - full of alcohol and drugs. He had started reading the Bible, then he checked out his local church, the rest is History. Listen in to his story and how he's being trained up in the ELI program (Emerging L...

Rick Paynter is the Senior Pastor at Gateway Church, Melbourne. Gateway is a church well-known for it's focus on Creative Arts and reaching into the Arts Community. Rick is also the founder and CEO of the Gateway Children's fund in PNG/ They work among the Children in the Slums of Port Moresby, providing water tanks, sanitation systems, and electricity, which are essential for a safer and healthie...

John Dickson is a writer, speaker and a public advocate for the Christian faith. He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Public Christianity, and has a degree in theology and a PhD in ancient history. An ordained Anglican minister, he was a Research Fellow of the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University (2005-17), a Visiting Academic in the Faculty of Classics at the University...

Glenn Williams is Halftime Australia's 'Head of Coaching.' He's also served as the COO in 'Focus on the Family" in the USA. Glenn has a wealth of global experience and insight for leaders, he had a career in sales for a multinational company in Australia, before working as a psychologist in the human services area working with government and non-government agencies in the state of Victoria. Listen...

Mark Greenwood is an Aussie Pastor and Author with a heart for discipleship. He's worked with Youth For Christ running discipleship schools and other programs. He has also been working with the Glory City Church Network, helping develop a local church/discipleship community in Darwin.

Catrina Henderson is the Pastor at Hillsong Israel in Tel Aviv. Listen in to hear about her love for the people of Israel and her story of how God has opened the doors for ministry in Israel.

Rob Scott serves as an Executive Pastor of Victory Life Centre, in Perth, Western Australia, alongside Pastor Margaret Court. Rob shares his story of success in the Mainstream band, "The Mixtures," and his amazing story of conversion. Rob has ministered at combined church services and conferences all over Australia as well as Singapore, USA, Sri Lanka, UK, Malaysia, and New Zealand. He also teache...

Matt Prater was recently interviewed by Dave from Pathlight radio about the History of History Makers.

Brian Houston is the Global Senior Pastor for Hillsong Church. He shares about the early days of Hillsong Sydney, about the impact their music is having around the world and about the massive growth of their church in many nations. He also shares about how his 3 children are all serving in ministry and his passion to encourage others to step out into their calling for God.

Phil Pringle is the Founder and Leader of C3 Church Global, an international movement of over 500 churches, and the Senior Minister of C3 Church in Sydney Australia. He has a passion for the arts, media ministry and evangelism. Matt caught up with Phil at the National Day of prayer and fasting and discussed the power of prayer and the need for Revival.

Peter Farrar is inter-denominational Christian Pastor and Chaplain who has spent many years reaching out to people on the streets and in the highways and the byways. Armed with a Bible and his motorcycle, he's got a heart to travel all over Australia where other travelling evangelists may not go. Listen in to hear Peter's story.

Pastor Jeff Vines spent 20 years on the mission field (Zimbabwe, New Zealand) planting churches and training leaders. From 1998-2005 he was the featured speaker on the weekly television broadcast, Questions of Life, and frequently debated agnostic and atheist alike on national radio. Jeff is the Lead Pastor of Christ's Church of the Valley. Jeff is the author of Dinner with SKEPTICS: Defending God...

David Tensen is the founder of LeaderHeart, an organisation passionate about keeping the hearts of leaders healthy and thriving. He shares about how to pray over our children, to see them set free from anxiety and fear. David is a speaker, author, writer and vocal recording artist, who brings together a unique fusion of experience ranging from business to leadership and emotional health to spiritu...

Bill Hunter is the Chaplain of the Brisbane Broncos and Founder of God's Sports Arena Church, a different kind of Church in Brisbane. Bill shares his testimony of his foundations in the Salvation Army and how his passion is to reach out to those who love sport and are searching for a connection with God.

Jeff Durbin is a World Champion martial artist with 5 Black-Belts and has starred in popular video games and even played Michaelangelo and Donatello for the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise as well as Johnny Cage in "Mortal Combat" the world-tour. He's a Pastor of Apologia Church in Tempe, and has worked for many years as a hospital-chaplain. He has participated in outreach to various diff...

Many years ago Bill Page was walking past the Coffs Harbour Civic Centre, he wandered in to hear Pastor Clark Taylor preaching the gospel. Half way through the message, he decided to give his life to the Lord, at the end of the message, he'd decided to spend the rest of his life telling others this good news. Bill has recently spent nineteen years as a Pastor in PNG, he is now Pastoring in Cairns...

David Parr is an American-born Pastor now based in Australia. He has served in Spanish congregations in the U.S. and pastored in Liverpool, Georges Hall and is now based in Brisbane. He and his wife have an amazing heart to care for the homeless and the poor, listen in to his testimony and his heart to reach the unreached.

Tim O'Neill is the President of A2A & Senior Pastor at The Tailrace Centre in Launceston, Tasmania. The Tailrace Centre houses a function and convention centre, café restaurant and indoor children's playground and is designed to help the ministries of the church connect daily with people who would not normally consider going to church. Tim is passionate about reaching people with the good news of...

Alistair Petrie is a Pastor and Author from the UK. After many years experience in broadcasting, he now serves as the Executive Director of Partnership Ministries, a global ministry that teaches the principles and relevance of the Gospel and its relationship to the Marketplace. Partnership Ministries is positioned as a ministry for the 21st Century Church and combines prayer and research in order...

Andrew Thonneman is the CEO of Christian Jobs Australia. He shares about coming to Christ in his 30's, how God has transformed his life and his heart to reach out to others with the message of the Gospel.

Kent Booth recorded his first songs at age nine and never looked back. For over 30 years, Kent has been engaged in full-time ministry in the USA, serving as a youth pastor and worship leader, executive pastor, Bible school instructor, ministry consultant, church planter, and itinerate speaker/worship leader. Be inspired by his heart for worship and his love for Australia!

Tania Harris is an accomplished Bible teacher, inspirational speaker, and director of God Conversations, a global ministry that equips people to recognise and respond to God's voice through training, resources and speaking engagements.