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.


Person wearing hoodie that says, 'Sharing The Hope of Jesus'.

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.

Peter Ko

Lead Pastor

Peter is the founding pastor of SWEC and has been in pastoral ministry full-time since 2005. Since then he has also played a key role in the RICE Movement (Renewal and Inter-Church Evangelism), a high school and young adults ministry to reach, equip and refresh the thousands of second and third generation Asians in Sydney. He is a graduate of Moore Theological College and a church planting coach with the Geneva Push church planters network. Peter is married to Karen and they have four children.

Stephen Fei

Mandarin Pastor

Stephen studied medicine in China. Seeing the pain and sufferings of patients caused by various diseases, in search of the meaning of life, he became a Christian in a house church in the city of Hangzhou. He worked in the University of NSW for four years and then went to study theology in Sydney Missionary & Bible College. Stephen is married to Miriam and they have one son.

Marshall Scott

Maturity & Mobilisation Pastor

Marshall is married to Julie and has 3 boys - Douglas, Bill, and Daniel, and one mischievous dog called Genghis (Odie). Marshall is passionate about teaching God's Word and seeing people transformed as they understand His truth. Marshall and Julie served as missionaries with CMS in Taiwan and elsewhere in Asia for 12 years. Marshall is responsible for the Maturity and Mobilisation areas of ministry at SWEC. Outside of ministry, he also enjoys running and reading.

Our Elders

Jun (John) Fang

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 is passionate about God's Word, Jesus and the Bible, being clearly taught and communicated. He became an Elder in 2023 and is responsible for Welcoming, AV, Service Leading, the website and the apps.

Stephen Ko

Stephen is married to Jessica.

Johnson Lee

Johnson is married to Grace.

Steven Lee

Stephen is married to Shirley and they have two children.

Hamish Wan

Hamish is married to Man Lok and they have one son.

Our Pastoral Workers

Pastoral workers work under the direction of the Lead Pastor in accordance with the mission of South-West Evangelical Church and our statement of beliefs.

Karen Ko

Julie Scott

Our Student Pastors

Ming-En Chin

Our Mascots

Mullet

Millie


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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