About Us

At first glance you might think there was really only one way to do church in Australia: get a preacher, get a band, get a group of people together on a Sunday, throw in some kids and women’s ministries, maybe a men’s group, find someone who will willingly spend their Friday nights wrangling hormonal teenagers, and then figure out how to attract some non-churchy people along.

But we at OurPathway know the Church in Australia is a whole lot more diverse and colourful than that. In Southeast Qld alone there are dozens of groups in all shapes and sizes – cafe churches, pub churches, home churches, mission teams, Pathway groups, BigYear crews, or simple groups of friends who just meet in the park for wine and cheese and conversation. People follow Jesus together in many different ways, and there is a growing number of creative leaders experimenting with style and structure in order to make church simpler, more flexible and fluid, more easily accessible for non-churchy folk, and a lot easier to start and mantain.

If that’s you, you’ve found the right place! OurPathway’s mission is find, connect with and support the simple and alternative-style churches around. We know it can be difficult doing things differently – we’ve been doing simple churches ourselves for a few years now – and sometimes it can feel lonely. We want to kick that lonely feeling to the curb – you’re not on your own! – and we want to do what we can to encourage and support you with whatever you might need: discussion resources, connections with other leaders, stories and ideas, events for inspiration or places to bring your group and meet a few more like-minded people. Or maybe all you need is a coffee and someone to chat with. Happy to help! We’d love to hear your story. Email info@ourpathway.com or fill out the “Contact” box below.

So flick through the articles on here when you want some inspiration, keep an eye open for events near you, contact us whenever you want, keep doing your amazing work and please tell us your stories!

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Ben Eames

OurPathway Dude

Ben is a home church pastor, high school chaplain and gardener. He has a seven-seater Nissan SUV, which gets pretty noisy when his four little kids are packed in. He doesn't drive it on the beach because it's not that kind of SUV, but in the back of his mind he'd still kind of like to give it a go sometime, if he can figure out how to do it without his wife Tam finding out. Ben and Tam have been experimenting with their little home church for four years now, and it's had many different setups. Nowadays it's called a Big Year Crew, a group of people trying to help each other live out the way of Jesus in their everyday lives.

Paul Wetzig

Spiritual Guru

With previous careers in law and youth pastoring behind him, Paul now spreads himself between working in hospital-based pastoral care, postcard radio and looking after his two beautiful children. Sure, he might have a few identity issues but at least he's happy to admit this and work with whomever he finds to discover what it means to reveal God's kingdom here on earth. In undertaking this, Paul is passionate about creating reflective worship spaces where people can be brought together to engage with God in an active way.

Steve Drinkall

Big Chief

Steve has a checkered past which includes working as a Pastor, Musician and Waiter. More recently Steve is working with the Churches of Christ in QLD where he is charged with trying to inspire and support people to start new projects which are outside of the normal realm of traditional church activity. He has started several simple churches himself and has worked with people in Brisbane to start many more. Steve has been wrestling with how mission and church fit together for over 15 years now and realizes that we have only just begun the process of re-imagining what it means to follow Jesus into our contemporary western culture.