David Barker

David is Hope Media’s chief financial officer. He is a chartered accountant with a Bachelor in Business and a Bachelor of Christian Studies – an unusual degree for most accountants. David loves the Old Testament and thinks it is a ‘goldmine’ that most Christians don’t delve into. He is married to Kim and they have two adult children.

David Smethurst

An accountant prior to ministry, David has pastored two churches in South Africa, and throughout schools, universities, military and prisons in different countries. David and his wife Margurita head up a charity that supports 11,000 orphans in Ukraine and Latvia. He has also been a chaplain to Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games, and Rugby World Cup athletes.

Dwayne Jeffries

Dwayne is Hope Media’s chief content officer. He has commercial experience leading on-air teams in Australia and Europe but, today, Dwayne works with Christian media professionals and volunteers in sharing the good news of Jesus through their media ministries. Dwayne and wife Bronwyn have two daughters.

Andy Park

Worship leader and Vineyard Music songwriter (In the Secret and The River is Here) Andy has authored three books including Living in Humility: Following the Humble King and To Know You More. He has served as a worship pastor in several Vineyard churches over four decades. Originally from Los Angeles, Andy lives with his family in Vancouver, Canada.

Chris Llewellyn

Northern Irish singer Chris and Rend Collective Experiment band members Gareth Gilkeson, Ali Gilkeson and Stephen Mitchell are best known for songs like Your Name Is Power, Counting Every Blessing and the platinum single My Lighthouse. The Christian experimental, folk rock, worship band is on a mission to chase down joy.

Jon Owen

Jon has dedicated his life to living and serving among Australia’s most disadvantaged including sharing his home with people seeking asylum, refugees, people in recovery, and ex-prisoners. His stories include being attacked by samurai swords and mistakenly being sent to immigration detention. Jon is also Wayside Chapel CEO.

Scott Lavender

Scott is the music director at St Paul’s Castle Hill, songwriting pastor of CityAlight and frontman and songwriter for Whitefield. He is married to Fiona, and father of Annie, Juliet and Seth.

Tim Costello

Rev Tim Costello is one of Australia’s best-known community leaders and sought-after voice on social justice issues and ethics. He is executive director of Micah Australia, with a strong vision to gather, inspire and empower Australian Christians to share God’s heart for justice. From 2003 to 2016, Tim was World Vision Australia’s CEO.

Michael Crooks

Michael is a senior journalist and former news editor of Who magazine. His work has appeared in People, Marie Claire, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, news.com.au, Qantas magazine, QantasLink Spirit, Who and The New Daily. When not reporting and writing he is trying to keep up with his two young kids.

Amy Cheng

Amy has over five years’ experience in the media industry across social media, print and digital platforms. Her work has been published in The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph and on news.com.au. Amy loves hearing stories about ordinary people who have been transformed by God’s extraordinary work.