2016 State Conference * State Executive Nomination Profiles * Program * Agenda & Procedure * Minutes of the 39th Biennial Conference CONFERENCE REPORT 2016 STATE EXECUTIVE NOMINATION PROFILES Positions open for nomination are: • State President • State Vice President • State Secretary • State Treasurer • State Executive Members (three required) The following persons have been nominated for various positions on the State Executive. JOHN HUNT State President (Current) John and Francine are the Senior Pastors of Centro Church, Ipswich, where they have served for over 25 years. They have 3 children, Aleesha (married to Tom Price), Laryssa (married to James Schleusener), and Melanie, and now 3 granddaughters and 1 grandson. John has previously served as the ACC QLD Brisbane West Regional Leader for 15 years and has served on the State Executive for 14 years, now serving as the State President. He believes strongly in equipping the saints for the work of the ministry, and has an extraordinary handle on the Word and character of God. STEVE KENNEDY State Vice President (Current) Steve believes his primary role as Vice-President is to support the State President in his function and represent the State President to the QLD/NT Conference, (i.e. all of its members), and represent the Conference to the State President. Steve has served in this role alongside the current State President for the past 6 years. Steve was born in Queensland in 1961 and has been pastoring here for more than 33 years. Steve is married to Susie (1979) and they have 4 adult children and 3 fantastic grandkids and hoping for more, more, and more.....WOW!! Steve and Susie are Senior Pastors of Champions Church on Brisbane's beautiful bayside. CHRIS MULHARE Secretary (Current) Chris Mulhare pastors New Hope Church Toowoomba, a multi-site church with a strong focus on multiplying leaders through simple discipleship. Missions is also a major focus, from bush chaplaincy in Far West Queensland to church planting in the Philippines and Japan. Chris served as the South-West Regional Leader until recently for period of nine years. He is married to Susan and they have three children, Levi (22), Bethany (20) and Reuben (16). 7 CONFERENCE REPORT 2016 STATE EXECUTIVE NOMINATION PROFILES…….Continued MURRAY AVERILL Treasurer (Current) Murray has been Senior Pastor of Nexus Church for the past ten years. His passion lies in the empowering of others, and his desire is to see God’s people lead missional and purposeful lives in the power of the Holy Spirit. His qualifications include an MBA. He is married to Jane and has two adult daughters, Emily and Alice (married to Jordan). CAMERON BENNETT State Member Cameron has over 18 years of full-time ministry experience. He served as the Youth/Young Adults and executive Pastor at Influencers Church SA (formerly Paradise Community Church), one of Australia’s most prominent churches. He has been at the forefront of Youth Alive leadership for the last 13 years, serving over that time in roles such as Director of Youth Alive Australia, Queensland/NT and South Australia. Cameron is a leading authority on how to effectively engage and raise up the next generation at a local church level and has become a trusted voice for the youth in our nation. He has strengthened and unified local churches around the State through the outworking of the vision of Youth Alive to raise leaders, resource local churches and reach young people for Jesus. Cameron is the visionary behind Youth Alive’s ‘United We Stand’, Australia’s largest youth outreach event, uniting over 30,000 teenagers on one night. Cameron has been happily married to Renee for eighteen years and together they make a great team. They have three children. Georgia (15), Liam (13) and Ashton (10). LEE DALLMANN State Member Lee has been pastoring in the great little country town of Chinchilla for 10 years. He and his wife Carly have been in ministry for over 20 years, with more of that time spent in small towns of 5000 people or less. They have 3 teenagers; Jake, Anna and Matthew. Lee is passionate about being a vital part of his local community and doing ministry as an ordinary bloke. He wants to see country churches become healthy, vibrant places of light and hope in every community where the ACC is represented, large or small. He has served on the South West Regional Team for 10 years. Unfortunately, he is mad about the Bulldogs. 8 CONFERENCE REPORT 2016 STATE EXECUTIVE NOMINATION PROFILES…….Continued KIRSTY EMERY State Member Kirsty is a pastor at Hope Centre, under the leadership of Wayne and Lyn Alcorn. Over the past ten years, she has worked alongside both National and State Executives, overseeing conferences, and more recently communications. Through her roles, Kirsty appreciates the significant influence our movement carries in the greater community, particularly with government and other community stakeholders. As pastors of Hope Centre’s West campus, Kirsty and her husband Nick, enjoy the rewards of pioneering a growing church. They have two sons, Levi and Jackson. JAMES MACPHERSON State Member (Current) James Macpherson pastors Calvary Christian Church with campuses in Cairns, Townsville Emerald, Yeppoon, Rockhampton and on the Sunshine Coast. James has served on the State Executive for the past 8 years. He is married to Samantha. They have twin sons, Joseph and Benjamin. BEN TEEFY State Member Ben Teefy and his wife, Danielle live in the literal heart of Australia. In January of 2016 they took on the role as Lead Pastors of Desert Life Church, Alice Springs. They had previously served in Hope Centre as the Brisbane Campus Pastors and for years before that, Ben served as Missions Pastor, International Pastor, Youth and Young Adults Director and Hope Academy Bible College Principal. Ben is working closely with Ps Wayne Alcorn in forging a kingdom partnership between DLC and Hope Centre in the Northern Territory, unfolding a new model of multisite Church. Ben serves on the ACC International Missions Board and is passionate about Missions as well as combat sports. Ben and Danielle LIVE to see the church as the epicenter of flourishing people who lead lives of influence which transform local communities. They have the great joy of working this out with people from all over the world in the desert community of Central Australia, where they see amazing things happening. They have three daughters India, Molly and Lilly (who also enjoy combat sports). 9 CONFERENCE REPORT 2016 STATE EXECUTIVE NOMINATION PROFILES…….Continued CRAIG TOMKINSON State Member (Current) Craig and Tuppy Tomkinson are the founding & Senior Pastors of New Life Church, which has congregations in Mackay and Sarina. With a big heart for missions and church planting, Craig is championing the cause of Christ both in and beyond the local church, and has a passionate desire to see His power and presence change people’s lives. Craig serves as the Regional Leader of the ACC QLD Whitsunday Region and is the Church Planting Director QLD/NT. Together with his wife, Tuppy, he is blessed with three awesome children, Joel 22, Jaden 20 and Clara 17. DEBORAH VAN BENNEKOM State Member John and Deb, with their 5 children, were one of the pioneer families that founded Springfield Christian Family 20 years ago. Eight years later, Deb joined the pastoral team of that church. Deb was QCW Regional Leader for Bris West for 11 years and a regional team member of the Bris West Region for 8 years before taking over the leadership of the Region from Pastor Mark Edwards. She has been engaged in missionary work for the past 12 years, leading many short- term mission treks to Ukraine, Japan and Thailand. She is currently involved in leadership training in the churches of central Asia. Deb brings to the State her 22 years of teaching experience and her capacity for visionary and strategic planning, along with her passion for growing and mobilizing leaders at a local church and regional level. 10 PROGRAM Monday 5:00pm Senior Pastors Dinner/Expo Opens (10 October) 7:00pm Session: Opening Rally/Voting Opens* Tuesday 12:30pm Expo Opens (11 October) 2:00pm Session 3:30pm Afternoon Break/Voting Closes 4:00pm Business Session 5:30pm Dinner (Provided) 7:00pm Night Rally Wednesday 12:30pm Emerging Leaders Lunch**/Expo Opens (12 October) 2:00pm Session 3:30pm Afternoon Break 4:00pm Session 5:30pm Dinner (Provided) 7:00pm Night Rally - Ordination Service 9:00pm Supper for Newly Ordained Ministers Thursday 8:30am Expo Opens (13 October) 9:30am Session 10:30am Morning Tea (Provided) 11:00am Session 11:45am Session 12:30pm Conference Ends Thursday 8:30am Safer Churches Awareness Workshop (13 October) 10:30am Morning Tea (Provided) 11:00am Safer Churches Awareness Workshop 12:45pm Workshop Concludes *Official Voting Delegates – holders of an OMC, PMC, Missionaries holding an Ordained Minister’s Credential (QLD/NT Residential Address), the nominated Church Representative/s (one for every 250 adults in regular attendance or part thereof). Please note, all Pastor’s and Church Dues must be up to date for eligibility to vote. ** Emerging Leaders Lunch is for 18-30 yrs and those involved in Youth Ministry/Leadership. CONFERENCE REPORT 2016 AGENDA & PROCEDURE Provisional Agenda: (subject to change) Australian Christian Churches Queensland Conference No. 46 (40th Biennial Conference) Agenda Calvary Christian Church – Sunshine Coast Cnr of Crosby Hill Rd & Tanawha Tourist Drive, Buderim, QLD October 10-13, 2016. 1. Open 2. Welcome/Greetings 3. Procedure 4. Roll Call and General Notice 5. Apologies 6. Appointment of Scrutineers 7. Confirmation of Previous Minutes 8. Matters Arising from Previous Minutes 9. Election and Confirmation of New Executive (Nominees) State President: John Hunt State Vice President: Steve Kennedy State Secretary: Chris Mulhare State Treasurer: Murray Averill Members (3 required): Cameron Bennett Lee Dallmann Kirsty Emery Ben Teefy Craig Tomkinson James Macpherson Deborah van Bennekom 10.