Committee

Meetings

The Ministry and Mission Committee normally meets on the 1st Thursday of each month (except January and July) at the Presbyterian Church Offices, 168 Chalmers St, Surry Hills.

Business to be considered by the Committee must be with the Superintendent no later than the Friday before the meeting.

 

Committee members

Jeff Read (Convener) Minister of the Chatswood congregation since 1999.

Matt Oates (Superintendent) Matt has served in the pastoral charges of Mudgee, Greenwich-North Sydney, and Epping before taking up the Superintendent’s role in July, 2018.

Darwin Agahari –  After serving eleven years as the pastor of the Kingsway congregation Darwin was inducted as the senior minister at Epping Presbyterian Church in January 2023

Sami Gerges –  Formerly a minister with the Merrylands East congregation where he worked primarily with English-speaking young people, Sami is now supporting the Auburn church plant. Sami was appointed to the Committee in 2004.

Tim Macready – An elder of the Cherrybrook congregation, Tim joined the Committee in 2013.

John Rolland – An elder of the Caringbah congregation and a Trustee, John is deeply committed to the goal of church planting in the South Western Growth Centre of Sydney. John joined the Committee in 2004.

Steve Teale – Has been a minister in both Queensland and NSW and is currently the minister of Crossroads Presbyterian Church at Alstonville and Wollongbar.

Russell Vandervelden – Currently the minister of the Maitland congregation, Russell previously served in Coonabarabran and at Ashtonfield. When the Maitland congregations needed revitalisation, Russell was invited to bring the Ashtonfield team to pursue that goal.

Jonathan Chong – Jono is the ordained home missionary leading the revitalisation efforts at Penshurst. He’s a director with Biblical Counselling Australia and joined the committee in 2020.

Stephanie Wong – Has been involved in church planting alongside her husband Simon, who is currently the minister at Cornerstone Concord. Steph is passionate about mentoring and joined the committee in 2020.

Ethan Zuo – An elder at Captivate Presbyterian Church where is involved with membership ministry. Ethan joined the committee in 2020

Sylvia Siu – Sylvia is a Deaconess working part time for the Women’s Ministry Committee with Anna Moss. She also serves alongside her husband Sylvester who is the minister of Woy Woy Presbyterian Church.

Karren McMillan – Karen works part time for Jericho Road as a chaplain, working in hospitals and with the CPU. She has spent nearly 30 years in pastoral ministry serving alongside her husband Sandy, first at St Aidan’s South Wagga Wagga and more recently at Drummoyne.