Meet the Team | Welcome Bay Baptist Church

Our team

Pastor - Steve MurraySteve is our Pastor at WBBC and is responsible for overall leadership of the church family. Steve and his wife Amanda have been involved in paid and voluntary ministry since the early 2000’s working in Australia, UK and now back in NZ. They have four children, Jaiden, Benji, Joshua, and Ellie Louise. The family love all things outdoors and are passionate about sharing God’s love in local and global community.

Youth and Childrens' Leader - Vicky CullenVicky is our Child and Youth Worker. She loves children and has a passion for working with young people in our community. She has experience over the past few years working with and teaching children in ministry and educator roles.

Sunday Youth - Peter Van ZweedenPeter is our Secondary age youth leader and brings a wealth of experience and fun to all things Youth. Peter serves in other areas of church life and his passion and drive for the Kingdom are inspiring.

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Admin - Julia ParkerJulia is our friendly administrator working Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the church office. Julia's love for Jesus and community is seen in all she does from organising rosters to pastoral work . Julia also serves and is involved with YWAM.

Kids' Club Leader - Laura AddinallLaura wears many hats within our church family and one of those hats is leading our primary and intermediate aged kids. We are so blessed to have Laura lead and inspire our younger generation.

Worship Team Leader - Jo SwartJo has a heart to see people connect with God through Worship with music, dance or drama. She has a background in performing arts tertiary studies and has run Music and Worship Discipleship Training Schools in YWAM.