What is south West queensland christian convention?
Hosted at the Dalby Christian College, SWQCC was started to give churches across regional areas the encouragement and benefit of gathering together as a big group. With a focus on gospel centered preaching, seminars built for rural areas and stories of Christian life from our region this is a convention for the South West and by the South West.
the swqcc committee
Derek Schiller
St George
Derek is the minister at St George Uniting Church and a member the Assembly of Confessing Congregations within that denomination. He has a passion for seeing the gospel of Jesus proclaimed in rural and regional areas.
Mitch Smart
Chairman - dalby
Mitch is one of the ministers at Dalby Presbyterian. After moving into the region in 2016 he’s excited to be part of something to encourage churches in the bush.
Anna Pateman
treasurer - goondiwindi
Anna’s a part-time teacher at Border Rivers Christian College. She grew up going to conventions just like this and is looking forward to bringing people together.
Erik Liljegren
Chinchilla
Erik’s the minister at Chinchilla Church of Christ. Having moved to the Darling Downs from Canada for his wife, Erik has come to love the region and seeing people live for the Lord Jesus in regional towns.
Maddie Smart
dalby
Maddie’s a full time mum to three little girls. She loves seeing ordinary people sticking with Jesus through life’s everyday trials. With experience in event management she’s helping the committee with details and design.
Adam Pateman
goondiwindi
Adam’s a teacher at Border Rivers Christian College. After understanding Grace for the first time from the book of Romans he’s always wanted to see Grace preached again and again.
Jodie Schiller
St George
Jodie’s in partnership with Derek in ministry in the Uniting church in St George. Jodie’s passionate about evangelism and doing ministry in the mess of life with women. In her spare time she’s being a mum to three kids and playing netball.