Our People
Church is a 'people' word. Some of our people fulfil church leadership roles: at OTBC we have Elders, Team Leaders, Pastoral and Administrative staff. Here they are!
Jenny Boshier
ELDER > Jenny is a former senior public servant experienced in governance, strategic planning, and management. She has been a member of OTBC for 7 years and in leadership positions in other churches previously.
office@otbc.org.nz
Keith Macfarlane
ELDER > Keith is one of our Elders here at Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
keith@otbc.org.nz
Anthony Patterson
ELDER > Anthony is one of our Elders here at Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
anthony@otbc.org.nz
Amanda Robinson
ELDER> Amanda is one of our Elders here at Oxford Terrace Baptist Church.
amanda@otbc.org.nz
Julie Chamberlain
PASTOR (CULTURE/COMMUNITY) >Julie loves to plan a gathering. Catch her meeting with people sharing food and the love of Jesus. She couldn’t do what she does without the help of a bunch of enthusiastic people around her. Julie completed her theological training through Carey Baptist College in 2022 and has recently joined the Pastoral Team.
julie@otbc.org.nz
Jane Ye
PASTOR (INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY) > Jane came to Oxford Terrace as an intern, as part of her study at Vision College. She joined the Pastoral Team in 2016. Her work includes caring for Internationals, a Bible study group for Mandarin speakers and leading our third Sunday worship service which is in ‘easy English’. Jane has lived and worked in Asia.
jane@otbc.org.nz
Andrew Meek
PASTOR (WORSHIP/DISCIPLESHIP)> Andrew grew up here at Oxford Terrace and after a season living in Auckland studying theology at Carey Baptist College was called back to join the Pastoral Team. Andrew is fond of rugby, basketball and playing his guitar.
andrew@otbc.org.nz
Kylie Jones
PRAYER TEAM LEADER > Kylie has been attending OTBC since 2004, where the Youth Group, leadership roles and serving opportunities helped grow and solidify her faith. Kylie’s passion for prayer comes from wanting to explore and educate everyone in their unique way to converse with God. Her other main passion is writing poems and stories.
kylie@otbc.org.nz
Alicia Scroggins
HOUSING TEAM LEADER > Alicia has been part of the OTBC family since Jan 2019. Working as a social worker for a local community housing provider, Alicia brings both passion and expertise to the role of Housing Team Leader. She's often found with her son August out in our community garden.
housing@otbc.org.nz
Daniel Nicolson
YOUTH TEAM LEADER > Daniel joined OTBC in 2022 after moving ups to Christchurch from Timaru for study. and is passionate about helping youth discover and grow in the love of Christ. Daniel loves to play the drums and gives lessons to a few of our people.
daniel@otbc.org.nz
David Collins
LOCAL ENGAGEMENT TEAM LEADER > David has been a member since 2002 after moving down from Auckland. He has served the church in a number of ways including being the property team leader, Congregational Elder and now as Team Leader for Local Engagement. He can usually be found in the kitchen doing the washing up during church functions.
david@otbc.org.nz
Children’s Ministry Leader
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