The 3DNet Team
An introduction to members of the 3Dnet Leadership Team
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Dean Brookes |
Dean Brookes has served in ministry for over 40 years in diverse places such as the Kimberley, Barossa Valley and suburban Adelaide. He was the pastor at Hope Valley Uniting Church and helped lead that church into growth and vitality. He is called on to speak and teach in a variety of settings. He is known as a strategic leader who is committed to helping the church and its leaders find their voice and to be missionally effective. Dean is the Executive Chair of the Leadership Development Council of the Uniting church in South Australia. He has been the part time inaugural mission leader for 3Dnet and was instrumental in shaping the network and its future. Dean is married to Virginia and they have four children and ten grandchildren. |
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Scott Button |
Scott is married with 4 children and is soon to be a father in law. He has been in ordained ministry for 17 years - 4 in country SA and 13 at Parafield Gardens in the northern suburbs of Adelaide. He has a passion to encourage leaders develop their God given potential so that they can lead fruitful, effective congregations and ministries that see people added to God's kingdom and discipled into missionally engaged followers of Christ. |
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Craig Bailey |
For 14 years Craig served in pastoral ministry at Aberfoyle Uniting Church in Adelaide, the last few as Senior Pastor. Aberfoyle is a church of around 1000 on two campuses. It is one of the largest Uniting Churches in Australia. Craig was a teacher, then consultant for children, youth and young adults with the Uniting Church Synod of South Australia, before taking up his current role of Director of Leadership at the Uniting College for Leadership and Theology. He is committed to training and equipping leaders to be competent and confident in transforming and growing healthy missional churches. In his current role, he oversees and lectures in leadership studies in the BMin and BTh programs and seeks to bring a strong, practical edge to the formation of current and future leaders. |
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Mike left a career as an Airforce Pilot to pursue a passion to see young people encounter Christ and learn to follow him. He spent 7 years as Chaplain (now Christian Pastoral Support Worker) at Golden Grove High School, and six years as Pastor of the Pedare Uniting Evening service. That service was known for its conversion growth and development of young leadership. Mike was also highly involved in networking the local youth ministries so that they could all be more fruitful in outreach and discipleship.
After returning to secular employment for several years, Mike is now pastoring at a church plant of The Journey Uniting Church at Elizabeth Downs, where youth ministry is flourishing, new leaders are being developed and alternate forms of church are being explored.
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