WDBC's leadership structure consists of Pastors, Staff and a Diaconate. Included in this structure are Ministry Team Leaders. Several times a year this leadership group gathers for vision casting, coordination, prayer and encouragement.

Pastors

 Role:  Jonathan's role is to lead the church as senior pastor. He is responsible for the preaching and teaching that occurs in the church and for empowering and equipping the church so that God's purposes and plans can be fulfilled through the whole congregation. He is accountable to the diaconate and seeks to create a culture where everyone can Thrive! in Christ.

Profile:  Jonathan Stark is an ordained minister with a degree from the Bible College of Victoria, a diploma from Whitley College, and has more than ten years in pastoral experience. Jonathan's first pastoral appointment was with the Boronia Baptist Church (VIC) where he served as part of a team in a church he had grown up in. He then served at Dandenong Baptist (VIC) before accepting his current position.

Jonathan commenced ministry in Wodonga in 2004 and has in this time lead the church through significant change with pastoral and staff additions, building extensions, and positioning the church for the incredible future God planned for us. Jonathan is passionate about the local church. He loves people and has a desire to see those who don't know Jesus come to know him and grow strong in their faith. 

Jonathan is married to Mandy and they have two daughters Alexandra and Georgia.

Join Jonathan at his blogspot http://thriveinchrist.blogspot.com/

Role: Matt's role as Associate Pastor is to oversee the Pastoral Care of the church, helping people, whatever their circumstances, to feel loved, supported and cared for and to grow in their relationship with Jesus.

Profile: Matt Thorp grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney and moved with his family to Wodonga to take up the position of Associate Pastor in January 2011.

His background is in community services, having a Bachelor of Social Work and working in non-government community service organisations for 10 years.  Through this time, he also gained a Diploma of Theology to further equip him for pastoral ministry.  Heavily involved in the church in which he grew up (West Pennant Hills Community Church), he worked for 3 years as a part time Associate Pastor before his appointment to his current position.

Matt is married to Merryn and they have three children: Sahara, Macey and Cohen.

Staff

Sue Ellis - Church Administrator	Joan Cummins - Children's Ministries	Mason Taylor - Young Adults Ministry Leader
Grace Jones - Church Office Administration	Mary Miles - Senior Counsellor; at Mustard Seed Counselling and Care	Wendy Nicholas - Church Office Administration & Financial Controller
Mandy Stark - Small Group Ministry Leader	Sandy Taylor - Creative Arts Director

All staff can be contacted through the Church Office on 02 6056 1777 or office@wodongabaptist.org.au

Diaconate

The Diaconate (Deacon means “one who serves”) in co-operation with the Senior Pastor, exercises a ministry of spiritual oversight of the church, of temporal care of the church members, and of management of the church's finance & property. Each Deacon is elected by the church membership for a two year term of service.

2011 WDBC Deacons

Secretary - Aaron Kennedy

Treasurer - Dianne Wicks

Deacons  - Stephen Bremner, Tim Shipard, David Dahl, Ezekiel Uba Nwose 

Members of the Diaconate can be contacted through the Church Office on 02 6056 1777 or office@wodongabaptist.org.au