Jake joined the leadership team in 2024 and leads the Toronto church community, and our communities in the Eastern USA.
Jake and his wife Hannah have three children who are currently all in primary school.
Like all relationships, ours are continually growing and maturing as God draws us closer to Himself. Our lives reflect the importance of prayer, worship, teaching and sharing and we seek opportunities to gather together in fellowship.
We believe wholeheartedly in God the Father, in Jesus His Son and in the Holy Spirit as They reveal themselves to us in the Bible and through the lives of many believers throughout the centuries. The Bible is the foundation for everything we believe and do.
Individually our lives are centred on our personal love relationship with the living God and are an expression of Jesus’ first and greatest commandment:
As Paul wrote: “For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God” (Romans 8:14 NIV)
We’ve learnt the importance of recognising God’s direction and to respond and obey His leading. Our commitment to God is that His words will return to Him fulfilled in our lives each day.
There is no greater privilege than living in love with God for His purposes. God does not compel anyone to do anything, He invites us, by our freewill choices, to dwell with Him and be an expression of Him in and through our lives.
Jake joined the leadership team in 2024 and leads the Toronto church community, and our communities in the Eastern USA.
Jake and his wife Hannah have three children who are currently all in primary school.
Simon has been in full-time leadership since 1994. He and Jackie have lived in the UK, Canada, the USA and are currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Simon has been Global Pastor since 2017 and is involved with our Body worldwide. Simon and Jackie make themselves available to go wherever God directs them. They love to meet, encourage and build-up people in their personal love relationships with God.
Simon and Jackie have three adult children who are all married and they became grand-parents this year.
Joel joined the leadership team in 2017 and currently leads the Australian communities in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth, as well as our Southeast Asia communities in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Joel and his wife Cathryn have three children, two in primary school and one in high school.
Toby was converted in 1985 while at university, soon after God led him to Outreach International in London. In 1994 Toby joined the leadership team in Melbourne. Toby and his wife Bronwyn currently live in St Albans where they lead the church communities in the UK as well as our communities in Europe.
Toby & Bronwyn have three married kids, and have recently become grandparents.
Joel leads the communities in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. He joined the leadership team in 2017 while living in New Zealand.
Joel and his wife Carly moved from Adelaide to Melbourne in 2019, where they and their 3 young adult kids currently live.
Paul joined the leadership team in 2009 while living in Sydney. He and his wife Tania have lived in Europe, Australasia and Canada. Paul leads the Vancouver church, and our communities in the Western USA.
Paul & Tania have three adult daughters who currently live in Canada, Germany and New Zealand.
John has been in leadership since 1987. He and his wife Sharon moved from Vancouver, Canada to Auckland, New Zealand in 2025 to lead the Auckland church community and our communities in the NZ region. John and Sharon have also lived in Australia, the UK and Europe.
John and Sharon have three married children and 9 grandchildren.