FOURSQUARE AUSTRALIA
LEADERSHIP
Ps Nomer Velasco
President
Nomer Velasco has served as the Lead Pastor of Faith in Christ Fellowship Macarthur, a church in Southwest Sydney, for the past 24 years. He is married to Carol and they have 4 children and 6 grandchildren. Nomer lectures at L.I.F.E. Bible College Australia and regularly leads Mission Teams to the Pacific Islands and the Philippines. He has been Secretary of the Denomination for 11 years.
Ps NETTA COLLINS
SECRETARY
DR ALESE PLICHTA
DIRECTOR
Alese Plichta has been pastoring alongside her husband Josef since 2004. Together they serve the community of Foursquare Church Westmead, Sydney. Alese is mum to four children (and one son-in-law) and grammie to one. Alese serves as Principal to two Christian schools, as well as teaching within LIFE Bible College Australia and serving as one of the Regional Trainers for DLT, with the Global Council of Foursquare.
PS NICOLAI DE VERA
DIRECTOR
Pastor Nicko has served as head Pastor of Jesus Our Banner Christian Church in Toongabbie for 5 years. He serves in the Church alongside his younger brother and assistant Pastor, Jordan and his wife Michelle whom he has been married to for 11 years. He holds a Diploma of Theology and a Bachelor of Business majoring in Management and Accounting. Ps Nicko is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has worked in the Accounting and Finance industry for the last 10 years, currently as a Finance Business Partner with Macquarie Telecom.
Ps PAUL MCCARTHY
Vice President
Paul McCarthy is lead pastor at Victory Life Christian Church in Blacktown. Together with his wife Lynda, he as been pastoring since 1999. Ps Paul has been lecturing at Christ For The Nations Australia Bible
college since 2003 and is the current Foursquare Area 3 supervisor and has served on the board as a director.
Ps Paul's heart is to see God glorified and His Kingdom come in Foursquare Australia.
Ps BRUCE BANTON
OVERSEAS MISSIONS DIRECTOR
Pastor Banton currently serves as the Foursquare Overseas Missions Director, East Australia. He was elected to this position in 2019, Pastor Bruce also serves the Foursquare Church (Australia) as Lead Minister of Westmead Foursquare Church, Sydney, as an Area Supervisor, a DLT – S’th Pacific Regional Trainer, Dean of Studies at LIFE Bible College and has previously served the movement as General Supervisor, President.
PS MAX MEIRUNTU
DIRECTOR
Max is the Senior Minister of Maranatha Ministries Foursquare Church, Earlwood Sydney. The fellowship was commenced by Max and his wife Rose in the 1990’s and from here they have assisted in planting churches in Brisbane and Melbourne with ministers from within the Foursquare Indonesian group GPdI, (Australia). Pastor Max is also the elected chairman of the Foursquare GPdI group of churches across Australia covering capital cities in all mainland states and with outreach churches in country Victoria.
PS JERRY SANGER
DIRECTOR