BEN PFAHLERT
Ben did not come from a Christian family. God saved him through very simple means. A bloke called Rhys read one chapter of Mark’s Gospel each week with him during 1988.
Ben became a Christian in 1989 and is very committed to the ‘invest deeply in a few’ model of discipleship. Jesus did it. Paul did it and Rhys did it.
Ben worked as a Civil Engineer in Melbourne for three years. He did an MTS Apprenticeship alongside his wife under Gordon and Fiona Cheng, through AFES at RMIT University 1992-1993.
Ben and Emma both studied at Moore Theological College (Sydney) before returning to Melbourne in 2001.
Ben wore three hats between 2001 and 2006: he was an AFES University Minister, the Pastor of the evening congregation of Scots Presbyterian Church and the MTS Network Coordinator for Victoria.
Ben was appointed MTS National Director in 2007 and is thoroughly committed to MTS’ Vision ‘to win the world for Christ by multiplying Gospel workers through ministry apprenticeships.’
Ben and Emma have 4 adult/high school age children. Ben loves ordinary family dinners, chatting with the kids, triathlons, upside down fires and watching a good TV show with Emma (eg. “Alone” on SBS). Ben also loves seeing (+ supporting) grass roots MTS movements all around the world.
Ben also believes that ‘2 minutes in glory will be far more satisfying than 80 years of the best pleasures this world has to offer.’
Ben is excited with the opportunity to encourage Christians to live for Jesus at the QTKC Easter Convention from the wonders of God’s Word.
JOHN NORTH
John North works with Ambassadors for Christ International–Australia. He was born in India to Australian missionaries. He has been working with AFCI in Australia for the past 30 years, building a team focused on accelerating the spread of the gospel through local Australian churches. He developed the LifeWorks evangelism tool which has seen thousands of Australians come to faith in Christ and is used by many churches around the world, wrote the GrowthWorks small group course to help Christians start growing again, is on the radio each morning in Sydney with the Time With God devotional spot, authors the Time With God daily devotional email read by more than 30,000 people each day, and develops training and resources to activate believers, leaders and churches for evangelism and multiplication. But beyond all these things John loves to preach and teach God’s word in a penetrating way that changes people’s lives. John has spoken at QTKC previously and loves connecting with God’s people in Far North Qld and is looking forward to see Him at work.