About Us

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

— Paul, Ephesians 2:8–10

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Our Story

Our church began back in 2009 out of a partnership between Chinese Christian Church (CCC), Milson’s Point and St Bede’s Anglican Church, Beverly Hills to reach the increasingly migrant population in Sydney’s south and south-west. Today, we are a thriving independent evangelical church aiming to be vibrantly Biblical, Spirit-led, and missional - sharing Jesus with all nations.


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Our Mission

The mission of South-West Evangelical Church is to cultivate gospel transformation among migrant communities in Sydney's South-West.

  1. Pray, preach, and pastor towards gospel renewal.
  2. Build multigenerational and multicultural gospel community.
  3. Further gospel mission by planting, partnering, and sending.

Our Values

Head + Heart + Hands

Informed by the Word; Transformed for the World.

South-West Evangelical Church is a Reformed, Evangelical church. We love the Bible and prioritise deep Biblical teaching and knowledge. However, this is never knowledge for knowledge's sake. All of our Bible-focus is aimed towards transformation of hearts, wills, and affections, both individually and corporately.

Jesus Is Worth It

Holding Nothing Back In Living & Giving

Sacrificial living and giving is the mark of true discipleship. South-West Evangelical Church seeks to cultivate that as a part of lives transformed by the gospel of Jesus.

Partners Not Passengers

In Church & Mission Everyone Gets To Play

South-West Evangelical Church is an elder-led congregational church. This is not just a governance issue; it comes out of a conviction that we are all priests in God's Kingdom, and every member of the body of Christ needs to be mobilised for the church to grow.

God's Heart = Our Heart

Neighbours + Needy + Nations

We are a church that is motivated by the gospel always to be outward looking rather than inwardly focused. Mission is the heart of God and needs to be our heartbeat as well. As a corollary of taking the gospel to our community and the world, we seek to reflect Jesus' heart for the poor and marginalised by caring for them in practical and material ways.

Our Beliefs

We believe and affirms the following:


Our Team

Our Pastors

Pastors are responsible for leading and teaching the church in accordance with the mission of South-West Evangelical Church and our statement of beliefs.

Marshall Scott

English Pastor

Marshall is married to Julie and they have three sons, Doug, Bill, and Daniel. Marshall and Julie joined the church in 2018 being attracted by the church's demographic and resonating with its mission and philosophy of ministry. Marshall dislikes social media but likes K-Dramas (Korean television dramas), reading travel books and theology, and playing chess. He graduated from Sydney Missionary & Bible College (SMBC) and is our English Pastor.

Stephen Fei

Mandarin Pastor

Stephen is married to Miriam and they have one son, Jonah. Stephen and Miriam joined the church in 2014 for its Scripture-based and Christ-centred teaching, a team of godly Elders and Deacons, members that seek to understand and apply the truth, and a family that lives and cares for one another. Stephen likes reading, thinking, meditating, and praying. He graduated from Sydney Missionary & Bible College (SMBC) and is our Mandarin Pastor.

Our Elders

Elders are Biblically-qualified overseers known for their maturity of faith and Christian character who uphold our statement of beliefs and our members.

Jun (John) Fang

John is marred to Sue and have one son, Daniel. John and Sue joined the church in 2009, coming from Chinese Christian Church (CCC), Milsons Point, and living in the local area. John is one of our Elders, our Treasurer, leads our Mandarin service and preaches bi-monthly.

Brett Jackson

Brett is married to Janette and they have two young daughters. Brett and Janette joined the church in 2021 after moving into the area and hearing about the strong family and children's ministries the church provides. Brett likes computer programming, playing the electric guitar, DIY, gardening, and reading non-fiction Christian books. He is passionate about God's Word, Jesus and the Bible, being clearly taught and communicated. Brett became an Elder in 2023 and is responsible for Welcoming, AV, the church’s website and apps, bookings, and general maintenance.

Stephen Ko

Stephen is married to Jessica. Stephen joined the church in 2009 as he had a passion to reach the next generation of youth and young adults through the training that our church provided in evangelism and Bible-teaching and seeing the evidence of how God is faithful in growing generations of Christians from birth to child to to teenager to young adult and so on. Stephen loves dwelling on God’s Word (the Bible), evangelism and discipleship, praying, meeting together, cooking and hospitality. He became an Elder in 2020, serves as a Sunday School teacher and Community Group leader, and is responsible for the Coffee Cart and youth and young adults.

Steven Lee

Steven is married to Shirley and they have two children, Zachary and Annabelle. Steven and Shirley joined the church in 2023 being attracted to how clear the gospel was being preached, reaching migrants in our local community, and the church’s strong children’s programs that appealed to their children. Steven studied software engineering at UNSW and is an advocate for UNSW’s Campus Bible Study (CBS). He likes to read books, whether fiction, technological, or Christian. Steven became an Elder in 2024 and is passionate about meeting together with people one-to-one or in small groups to read the Bible, as well as reflecting on and discussing theology, culture, and ministry.

Hamish Wan

Hamish is married to Man Lok and they have one young son. Hamish joined the church in 2019, being attracted to the gospel-centric focus of the church, its outward-looking focus on global mission and outreach in the local community, how genuine our members are in their faith and their efforts to become more Christ-like, and to mature his own faith and be a positive influence on others. He enjoys getting to know more deeply and hearing out people’s thoughts in depth, watching K-Dramas (Korean television dramas) with his wife and playing the video game, Starcraft 2. Hamish became an Elder in 2024 and is responsible for Service Leading, Prayer, and Bible Reading during our Sunday English services.


Safe Ministry

We are committed to the Biblical principle of providing safe ministry programs and actively preventing any kinds of abuse against children, youth and adults at South-West Evangelical Church. Our aim is that everyone within our church will be able to safely participate and contribute in appropriate ministry programs, and that they will be able to safely report any incidents of abuse or safety concerns. We will respond appropriately to all reports in the interest of all those involved.

To build and maintain a safe community for our children and vulnerable adults, we are committed to ensuring that:

  1. All leaders are appropriately screened, trained and appointed;
  2. All programs are led and run in a safe and appropriate manner;
  3. There are clear procedures in place for dealing with incident reports and safety concerns, and;
  4. The leadership team regularly reviews these policies and processes.

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