Pastor/Teaching Elder
Michael Dean-Smith
Before putting his personal trust in Jesus Christ, Michael was a session drummer who lived and worked throughout Europe. However upon his conversion he threw in the sticks and worked as an evangelist while studying online through Ridley College (Melbourne). Michael also studied and graduated from Trinity College (Perth) while being trained as a ministry/pastor apprentice at Bull Creek Westminster Presbyterian Church. Called into the ministry in 2022, Michael and his wife Haylee (with their two beautiful children) want to make Jesus known in all they do and happily call Grace Christian Church home.
Elders
Tom Richards
Tom and his family lived in Vanuatu for nine years, where he taught at two Bible colleges, served as the Mission Director of Southern Islands Presbytery, and planted a church.
Currently based in Australia, Tom remains actively involved in supporting theological education in Vanuatu through serving as a curriculum developer and adjunct lecturer at Talua Theological Training Institute.
Erik Muilenburg
Erik was born and spent his youth in the Netherlands and when he came to Australia started working in the building industry. He met his wife Thelma and had four children, all boys.
He changed careers when he was in his late thirties and became a teacher of Mathematics. He loves working with young people especially those who struggle, either with life or mathematics.