People

Executive Team

Dale has been Senior Pastor of Crossway since January 2008. Known as an innovative and positive leader, Dale is a gifted preacher and teacher with a high respect for God’s Word, a proactive passion for evangelism and a strong commitment to equipping Christian leaders. Dale was previously Senior Pastor at New Peninsula Baptist Church (1996–2007). He is married to Edi and they have four adult children.

Dale Stephenson

Senior Pastor

Fiona brings a commitment to teamwork and a strong missional heart to the leadership of the ministries at Crossway. She is a strategic leader, with experience in both for cause and corporate organisations. Fiona previously led Crossway LifeCare and is married to Toby. They have 5 children and 3 grandchildren.

Fiona Hall

Director of Ministries

Rodney has over twenty years of diverse experience in the education sector, from financial management and accounting, to in-house software development and corporate governance. He is married to Sara and they have one teenage daughter.

Rodney Kwok

Director of Operations

Campus Pastors

Mark became the Burwood East Campus Pastor at Crossway in January 2020. He has served in a variety of settings, including Heathmont Baptist (Youth Pastor), Newhope Baptist (Associate Pastor), Clovercrest Baptist (Senior Pastor) and Baptist World Aid. He also serves the Essendon Football Club as their Chaplain in a volunteer capacity after serving the Adelaide Crows in the same role for five seasons. Mark has a passion for the local church and loves to empower and release people in their giftings. Being attentive to his family is a huge priority and he loves spending time with them. He is married to Tania and together they are raising four teenagers.

Mark Purser

Burwood East

Sam became the SE Campus Pastor in Feb 2019, moving to Melbourne from NZ with his wife Stef and three kids. Having been on team at his previous church for seven years, Sam grew a passion for connecting people with God’s heart through preaching, developing leaders and seeing people become all that God has purposed them to be. When Sam’s not working, you can find him dating his wife, fishing or drinking exceptional coffee.

Sam Taylor

South East

Alex has been a Chinese Pastor at Crossway since April 2008. Alex is passionate about investing in missional leaders to facilitate discipleship and mission. He is an authentic leader who practices what he preaches. Alex was previously a drug rehabilitation social worker (1998-2003). Recently, Alex joined the COACH team to strengthen the mentoring program serving new immigrants and vulnerable people. He is married to Mary Choi who serves as the Chinese Creative Pastor and they have one lovely daughter.

Alex Ho

Asian Language

Brendan is a second generation pastor who is passionate about helping the church reach its redemptive potential. After completing a carpentry apprenticeship he felt the call to encourage and challenge teenagers to consider Jesus and to grow in their faith. After seven years of youth ministry, Brendan became senior pastor of a country church. He is now Campus Pastor of Brighton where he loves leading teams, growing churches and equipping people to fulfil the great commission of making disciples.

Brendan Smith

Brighton

Steven is Crossway’s Online Campus Pastor. He is passionate about investing into the online community to help them become all that God has created them to be. Steven is married with 3 children and is a tragic MAMIL who takes far too many photos of his coffee and talks way too much about English Football.

Steve Fogg

Online

Johnny has been on staff at Crossway since 2016. He’s predominately lead in the Generational ministries, but is excited to step out and lead the Crossway Campus in Maroondah. Johnny moved from NZ in 2016 with his wife Halina, and they now have four children. He is excited about what God is doing in the city of Maroondah and wants to see Crossway’s disciple-making culture translated into the area. Johnny’s other interests includes sports, reading, exercise and time at the beach.

Johnny Russ

Maroondah

People

Executive Team

Senior Pastor

Director of Ministries

Director of Operations

Campus Pastors

Burwood East

South East

Asian Language

Brighton

Online

Maroondah

Senior Strategy Group

Dale Stephenson

Senior Pastor

Fiona Hall

Director of Ministries

Rodney Kwok

Director of Operations​

Johnny Russ

Ministries Director / Generational Consultant

Daron Himstedt

International Ministries Pastor

Leong Looi

Director, Strategic Projects and Finance

Mark Purser

Burwood East Campus Pastor

Alex Ho

Asian Languages Campus Pastor

Sam Taylor

South East Campus Pastor

Steve Fogg

Online Campus Pastor

Matt Jones

CEO of LifeCare

Toby Baxter

Director and Co-Founder COACH Network

Tim Kristianto

Creative Arts Director

Merryn Mann

Children & Families Stream Pastor and Generational Ministry

Bill Malcom

Lead Life Groups Pastor

Edi Stephenson

Discipleship Consultant and BDC National Facilitator

Tim Piesse

National Training Pastor

Ben Stephenson

Youth Pastor

Crossway Baptist Church

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Director of Operations

Ministries Director /
Generational Consultant

Director, Strategic Projects
and Finance

Director and Co-Founder
COACH Network

Children & Families Stream Pastor
and Generational Ministry

Discipleship Consultant and
BDC National Facilitator