Michael Vanderree has served four churches over the last 24 years – Box Hill, Devonport, Dandenong and currently Hope in the Hills (Tecoma). During this time Michael has had a high level of involvement with youth ministry within the CRCA, including serving on the Reformed Children’s and Youth Committee for 12 years. Michael enjoys communicating creatively through the use of story and media as a way of enabling an encounter with the grace of God. To keep sane he reads heaps, loves movies and enjoys bushwalking. He is married to Joanne, and they have three children Brad, Sarah and Jennifer.

Greg Tenni has been a member of the CRCA since 1978, professing his faith in the Toowong congregation. A year or so later, he was involved in the planting of the Mansfield congregation, and served as treasurer, elder, session clerk and session vice-chairman at various stages. In 1999, Greg was part of the group of people who planted the Redlands CRC, and served as session chairman for its first five years of existence.

On a denominational level, Greg has served in the MAMA committee, the SIC, been a Qld synodical delegate several times, as well as being a director of the RTC for 10 years, before becoming involved with this present committee. Greg's academic qualifications include a BA(Philosophy), B.Commerce, Dip Corporate Management and he is a qualified CPA. He earns his living as a financial controller, and lives with his wife Ruth and two children in Birkdale.

John Hoogenhout is the senior pastor of Bray Park Community Church, a growing, vibrant congregation on the north side of Brisbane Qld. John has a passion to see the Church impact local communities for Jesus Christ. John completed six years of full time study earning a Bachelor of Divinity, and Master of Arts (Counselling) before coming to Queensland in 1996. Married to Carla, they have four adult children (three married) and two grandchildren.

Dave Groenenboom is pastor at Redlands CRC on Brisbane’s Bayside, and he describes his work as ‘the best job ever’. Before moving to Redlands in 2000, Dave served congregations in Victoria (Cobden, Doveton) and Tasmania (Hobart). Dave is passionate about effective Gospel ministry which sees churches become contexts where followers are well nourished, equipped and empowered for God’s mission. The words of Paul are profound and inspirational “we put up with anything rather than hinder the Gospel of Christ” (1 Cor 9.12).

Jack De Vries was hired on by the Christian Reformed Churches of Australia and began his work as Ministry Training Coordinator in January 2008.  Jack came from Canada where he pastored three Christian Reformed churches:  Alliston CRC, Alliston, Ontario(1983-87), a church plant: New Life Community Church, Pickering, Ontario(1987-95), and Bethel CRC, Listowel, Ontario (1995-2007). Jack is a graduate of Calvin Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity - 1983) and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry - 2003)  Jack and his wife Jeannie currently live in Petrie, a northern suburb of Brisbane in Queensland.  They attend and are members of Bray Park Community Church. They have four adult children living in the USA, Namibia, and Canada.

Murray Capill has lectured in the pastoral ministry subjects (preaching, pastoral care, worship and leadership) at the Reformed Theological College in Geelong since 2001. From 2001 to 2005 he was also part-time pastor of the Christian Reformed Church of South Barwon, and prior to that he was pastor of a Reformed Church in Auckland, New Zealand for 10 years. From the beginning of 2008 he has been Principal of the RTC. Murray is a graduate of the College, and also has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in California.

His work at the College allows him to invest in the lives of people training for various areas of ministry. In particular, it gives him the opportunity to help the next generation of pastors, preachers, church leaders, church planters and evangelists to know God’s Word well and minister it with accuracy and urgency. It is God’s Word that changes lives. And when it is ministered faithfully it never returns void. Our vision for the advance of the gospel in Australia and beyond must be a vision for God’s Word to be spread – unleashed! We need a multiplication of Word-centered ministries and a great army of men and women who are mighty in the Word and effective in ministering it to others. We particularly need a new generation of Spirit-empowered preachers who know the Word and know the times in which we live, and can speak the former into the latter

Eddie Bos is a member of Redlands Christian Reformed Church in Brisbane. He is married to Margaret and has three adult children. Eddie is currently serving as an Elder and Treasurer.  Eddie currently is joint Managing Director of Royal Foods, a wholesale food company established in 1989. He has held positions in sales, marketing and finance. Eddie has a strong desire to see intentional leadership development and effective ministry in order to reach the lost for Christ.