Emily has spent 12 years serving as a pastor in various ministry roles within a local church. Her diverse background includes experience as a Mental Health Social Worker, leading the state-wide Youth & Young Adult department for Churches of Christ, and working as an Executive Coach in the business world for 5 years. Over the years, Emily has collaborated with small and medium-sized churches, business owners, and multi-million dollar companies.

Emily’s qualifications focus on church leadership, theology, professional supervision, leadership coaching and social work. Her academic and professional background equips her to support Christian leaders in deepening their spiritual journey and enhancing their impact.

Emily’s integrated expertise spans children's, youth, and young adult ministry, team culture, leadership training and consultancies, enabling her to guide leaders in advancing to their next level of leadership. Her holistic approach has positively impacted both churches and individual leaders, demonstrating her skill in blending ministry, coaching, and leadership development.

Emily is passionate about helping pastors to not only thrive personally but also to lead congregations that impact communities and transform lives, multiplying Kingdom impact.

David is passionate about encouraging and empowering Ministers, Christian leaders, chaplains and ministry students, and has built his expertise in this area over 35 years, across a number of settings, all while based in Western Australia. His ministry years began at South Perth Church of Christ (now Lifestreams Christian Church) when he switched from being a high school mathematics teacher to a youth minister. He built on his teaching qualifications to lead the establishment of the western campus of Australian College of Ministries (ACOM). His 3 years facilitating that expansion from the eastern states has provided him with the joy of seeing hundreds of WA students graduate over the last  27 years.

David still plays a role in directing ACOM Spiritual Formation groups, as well as supervising,  mentoring and coaching bible college students, ministers, chaplains and leaders. His role at Partners in Ministry sees him supervise pastors, chaplains and ministry leaders, and he is particularly sought out for his strong communication and facilitation skills. He loves to enable ministry leaders to flourish and grow in their God-given potential, calling and passions.

David has a Bachelor of Science Education, Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Care  and a Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Supervision. he has also completed an extensive Mentor Equipping course and numerous Coaching courses. 

Marg is an ordained pastor with over 35 years of senior leadership experience across churches in both New Zealand and Australia. Her journey spans a diverse range of congregations, from a church plant to multi-campus church, where she has skilfully led both staff and volunteer teams. She recognises many of the challenges of leadership and managing the tension of church and family life. 

In addition to her pastoral work, Marg trained as a teacher and served as an Executive Director in a not-for-profit organisation, focussing on leadership and team development. As a certified Working Genius Facilitator, she helps teams find joy and productivity in their work.  

Her extensive background has provided her with valuable insights into coaching and mentoring leaders, guiding them to deepen their faith and lead effectively. Marg is a dynamic conference speaker, engaging team trainer, and consultant for churches.  Known for her strategic and inspirational leadership in the area of children, youth and families (NextGen) Marg is passionate about nurturing emerging leaders and helping churches reach their communities for Jesus. Her expertise and dedication continue to make a significant impact, empowering others in their journey of personal faith and leadership development. 

Peter has been ‘walking beside’ church leaders since 2012 and leads the team at Partners in Ministry as the Chief Executive. Peter has a background in organisational leadership, people management, marketing and training having worked for over two decades in the pharmaceutical industry in Australia, New Zealand and across Southeast Asia. He finished up in pharmaceuticals as the leader of Australia and New Zealand for Inova Pharmaceuticals. Since then he has dedicated himself to supporting church leaders to lead well and in spiritual and [personal health.  Peter currently serves as a director on the Boards of Partners in Ministry, Sustainable Development Group, and Magnify Research (National Church Life Survey).

Peter is a trained church consultant, leadership coach, pastoral supervisor and expert trainer. His undergraduate degree was in Science and since then he has competed a Graduate Certificate in Professional Supervision (Pastoral), a Graduate Diploma in Management and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

After twelve years working with church leaders and churches across a range of denominations and countries Peter is very grateful to God for the development of Partners in Ministry and the faithful and capable team that God has brought together.

He has a huge desire to see the church of Jesus Christ flourish and to see the leaders God has appointed to be healthy and effective in their leadership. He believes that leading a church is one of the most challenging roles - with too many church leaders suffering from burnout and imposter syndrome. Peter is committed to seeing more and more church leaders flourish under God. This is what Partners in Ministry is all about!

Margaret’s experience in management of operations and administration was developed in the Australian furniture industry. Moving to the disability sector in 2016, combined with her experience on her local church board she brings a blend of business acumen and church governance that will assist her in leading Partners in Ministry’s Operations.

Elma’s background is diverse in industry and in skill. Her prior career was primarily in Marketing and Project Management across both large FMCG corporates and small business. She brings these skills and her passion for organisation to assist the team at Partner In Ministry in attaining our goals.

Jane is a chartered accountant with a wealth of experience in supporting non-profits. She applies her expertise in compliance and finance to ensure Partners In Ministry has a firm basis upon which to grow.

AJ comes from a background in creative production managing and administrative assistance. From developing teams, to running Australia’s largest youth conference, she now brings these skills to Partners in Ministry.

Tej Prajapati, CPA | MPA is graduated from Macquarie University and skilled accountant since 2013, with experience in different business type. He brings in the diverse knowledge of accounting principles to Partners Ministry.

Wynand Johannes de Kock (DTh, University of South Africa)’s ministry spans three decades, three continents, in local churches, non-profit and universities, colleges and seminaries. He is a regular speaker and participant at national and international theological conferences and preaches nearly every weekend.

Pascal is a creative Telecommunications Engineer with Experience in ICT systems, project management, hardware and software installation, cloud administration and relationship management. With a lifelong passion for information systems, he has over 15 years’ experience in complex and changing organisations of varying sizes.