CCCNZ TRUST BOARD
The CCCNZ Trust Board was established in 2016 and consists of up to six elected members as well as six appointed members from among our churches. The CCCNZ Trust Board prayerfully governs the direction of CCCNZ, working together to reach New Zealand for Jesus Christ.
Chris Broadbent (Chair)
Chris Broadbent is a HR leader and professional services consultant with expertise in employment and industrial relations, people strategy, change management, and organisational design and development. He is the founder and director of Avodah HR, a management consulting firm which works across the private and NFP sectors.
Chris has an interest in governance, and in seeing it done well in Christian church and parachurch organisations. He has led the boards of Tandem Ministries, and International Word of Life NZ trust. He has also previously held governance positions with Willow Park Christian Camp, and the Auckland Partnership of Assemblies executive. Chris and his wife Tina have been married for 23 years and are raising their four children on a small farm near Wellsford. They fellowship at Northcross Church.
Gordon Fountain
Gordon and his wife Joy attend Eden Community Church in Auckland. Gordon is a Chartered Accountant, and leads a family office business support team. He is a director of Trinity Lands Limited, and member of Lichfield Lands Inc, and former chair and trustee of Pathways College. Since his earliest times of involvement with service ministries, Gordon has been keen to see a resource centre established, so that our churches and ministries flourish, developing good systems and support network structures, as our God brings growth.
Shannon Samuels
Shannon is passionate about building capacity and better engagement through the power and principles of the gospel--starting within the youth and their families within Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland). She is currently employed part time at Tāmaki Community Church, and also actively involved within this missional church, the local school and the greater community. She's also involved with the annual life-changing youth camp event, HM Rage at Totara Springs in Matamata. Shannon is married to Anthony, and together they have four world-changing sons. “But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect...” 1 Corinthians 15:10
Bruce Stormer
Bruce lives in Whitby, Porirua. He and his wife Ruth attend The Anchor Church, and he serves as Chair of the Elders. Bruce has had a long interest in missions, encouraged by his parents, and is now the Board Chair of GC3, our fellow service provider assisting Mission Partners and Churches in God’s mission. Bruce is a Chartered Accountant, and a proud granddad to his first grandchild.
Ane Ponifasio
Ane Ponifasio (QSM), and husband Lui, are Senior Pastors of LifeChurch in Auckland. A church planted in the 80s by her parents, the late Ene Sagala and Lilia, who were pioneers in encouraging and planting of Samoan Brethren Churches across Samoa, New Zealand, and Australia.
Ane and Lui have four children, and are business owners in the media industry. She is passionate about kingdom purposes, serving vision, empowering people, supporting church leaders, and seeing churches and the body of Christ mobilised for missions and discipleship growth.
Rick
Rick was commissioned into mission work in 1990 where he continues to serve the global church through a NPO which trains business leaders through consulting and coaching opportunities. Rick is based in New Zealand and is involved at Tāmaki Community Church.
Richard Goodwin
Richard Goodwin is Academic Director of Teaching and Learning at Pathways Bible College, where he started teaching in 2014. He is also Adjunct Affiliate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary in Los Angeles. He earned a PhD in Theology (Otago) and an MA in Theology (Fuller). He and his family are a part of Raleigh Street Christian Centre in Cambridge, where he has at various points in the past served as both an elder and youth pastor.
Gillian
Gillian has attended her local community church with her family since 2003 and is actively involved in the local community. She is passionate about encouraging people, especially youth, and seeing them grow and develop in their faith, life, and leadership. Together with her husband and a group of awesome young leaders, including their daughter, they run the Youth. Gillian and family have spent time overseas in Kenya on and off since 2009 and have a continuing connection with a church community in the Rift Valley. Gillian is a member of Lichfield Lands Inc. that serves the CCCNZ family of churches.
Graham Fletcher
Graham lives in Invercargill with his wife Diane Fletcher and attends Rosedale Bible Chapel where he is an elder. He is a retired chartered accountant and Diane is a retired Assistant Secondary School Principal. They have a family of four adult children, and six grandchildren. Graham and Diane have a passion to make a difference through building loving relationships.
Alan Aitken
Alan is a self-employed management consultant for churches and community ministries. Over the last 16 years he has led, built, or advised churches and organisations doing youth work, early childhood education, social work, counselling, after school care, mental health, secondary education, housing, and other social services. Prior to that he spent 16 years on staff at Riccarton Community Church serving in a range of roles from youth pastor to pastor.
He is married to Nicki and they with their three adult children are all part of Riccarton Community Church. Currently he is part of the elder’s team of Riccarton Community Church, and is board chair of the Gloriavale Leaver’s Support Trust which provides help and advocacy for people escaping that community.
Murray Frost
Murray Frost attends Rutland Street Church in Christchurch, and is a trustee of Lakeland Park Christian Camp in Queenstown. Murray is also an Executive Member of Stewards' Trust and Stewards' Foundation. Murray has many years of leadership, pastoral, and eldership experience in churches within the movement in Invercargill and Canterbury. As a consulting engineer Murray has held many management positions, including a range of regional and national roles. At the same time he has been a Director on over 20 Companies and currently is on three boards. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Directors. Murray is married to Christine and they have two married children.
Brian Ropitini
Brian Ropitini is the pastor at New Plymouth Community Church. He has been active in the church since becoming a Christian 30 years ago, including being on eldership (15+ years), teaching, teenage Bible study, Sunday school, young boys’ activity groups and children’s camps. Brian’s professional experience includes 34 years in the petrochemical and energy industry, as well as roles on two professional boards and two not-for-profit trusts.
Email Enquiries:
office@cccnz.nz
Media Enquiries:
media@cccnz.nz
Phone:
06 353 1077
027 268 5636
Physical Address:
Level 3, 357 Main Street
Capital Fund House
Palmerston North
Postal Address:
PO Box 744
Palmerston North 4440
DONATIONS
Account details:
Christian Community
Churches of New Zealand Trust:
02-0719-0220311-000
