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Stewart Pieper - Senior Pastor
Stewart Pieper joined our ministry team as senior pastor
in April 2007. He is a sixth generation descendant of German
Baptist immigrants. He has trade qualifications in Boilermaking,
as well as vocational experience in the ancient art of farming - having
served a 12 year traineeship in potato farming on his family’s
farm in the Lockyer Valley.
Having served the local church in a number of volunteer
capacities since his teenage years Stewart began formal ministry
training in 1998. He has since completed undergraduate and
postgraduate ministry degrees and is an ordained minister with
Queensland Baptists. He has previously been employed in pastoral
ministry at Tenthill Baptist and Toowoomba Community Baptist.
He is married to Teresa, who has been his girlfriend
since High School, and still is. They have three dependent
children and a dog.
Stewart is passionate about developing leaders,
fostering commitment to Jesus Christ, His church and mission, and
helping Christians reach their potential in Christ.
David Elvery - Associate Pastor
Pastor David Elvery grew up in Brisbane and when he
finished school studied Engineering. He worked as a Mechanical /
Project Engineer for 8 years with Comalco at their Bell Bay and Boyne
Smelters.
He and his wife Deanna felt the call of God on their
lives early in their married life and they began preparations towards
working overseas as an engineer / tentmaker. In 2002 they felt a
redirection from God to consider pastoral work in Australia with a goal
of motivating a whole congregation to God's call to evangelism.
David has been working with Gladstone Baptist Church
full time since October 2003. He is married to Deanna and
they 3 adoted children from Taiwn. They also have a
much loved dog and a neglected budgie.
David is responsible for young adult and families
ministries at the church and anything else people want to throw at him.
Michael Trafford - Children's & Youth Worker
Michael Trafford was born and raised in Brisbane. Michael studied
Education at QUT and worked for Education Queensland for 5 years.
Michael has been involved in running Children's & Youth
Ministries since he was a teenager and felt God's call to serve Him as
a coordinator for these ministries in 2007. Michael has been
working part-time for Gladstone Baptist Church as the Pastoral
Assistant for Children's & Youth Work since April 2008.
Michael is also the School Chaplain for Trinity College.
Michael is married to the coolest person he knows, Nicole and has one
child who is the second coolest person he knows. Michael is
passionate about seeing Children and Youth come to know Chirst and to
personally understand the extraordinary plans he has for their lives. |