About Us
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.
Our Mission
The mission of South-West Evangelical Church is to cultivate gospel transformation among migrant communities in Sydney's South-West.
- Pray, preach, and pastor towards gospel renewal.
- Build multigenerational and multicultural gospel community.
- Further gospel mission by planting, partnering, and sending.
Our Values
Head + Heart + Hands
Informed by the Word; Transformed for the World.
Jesus Is Worth It
Holding Nothing Back In Living & Giving
Partners Not Passengers
In Church & Mission Everyone Gets To Play
God's Heart = Our Heart
Neighbours + Needy + Nations
Our Beliefs
We believe and affirms the following:
There is only one God in Trinity - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. From eternity to eternity he is the sovereign and loving Creator, Judge, and Redeemer. He alone is to be worshipped and served above all else.
- Deuteronomy 6:4
- Psalm 90:2
- Psalm 103
- 2 Corinthians 13:14
- Revelation 4:11
The 66 books of the Old and New Testaments are God's Word. They are inspired by God, completely truthful and trustworthy as originally given, and have supreme authority in all matters of faith, conduct, and experience.
- Luke 24:25-27
- 2 Timothy 3:16-17
- 2 Peter 3:16
Men and women together are created in the image of God and are completely equal in worth and dignity. Our gender is part of God's good design and is not interchangeable. Our sexuality is a good gift from God and is to be enjoyed only in the covenant relationship of a one man, one woman marriage relationship voluntarily entered into for life.
- Genesis 1:26-27
- Matthew 19:4-5
- Galatians 3:26-29
- Hebrews 13:4
Humanity is universally sinful since the Fall and are all guilty before God. Left to ourselves, we are justly under God's wrath and deserving of eternal condemnation.
- Matthew 25:41
- Romans 1:18-32, 3:10-12, 23
Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He is both fully God and fully human. He lived a perfect and sinless life but died on the cross in our place as a once for all sacrifice for our sins, turning God's wrath away from us. On the third day he was raised bodily from the dead and now reigns in heaven as Lord of all. From there he will return to judge the living and the dead and usher in the new creation.
- 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
- Philippians 2:6-11
- Colossians 1:15-19
- 1 Peter 3:18
- 2 Peter 3:10-13
It is only through Jesus Christ that humanity can be saved from the guilt, penalty, and power of sin. A person is saved when they are born again by the work of the Holy Spirit, and by his power repent of their sins, put their trust in Jesus Christ, and follow Christ as Lord. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, not by good works. The final goal of salvation is the bodily resurrection from the dead of all God's people so that they might live and reign eternally with Christ in a new creation.
- Ephesians 2:8-10
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10, 4:13-18
- 1 Timothy 2:5
- Titus 3:5
- Revelation 20:6
The Holy Spirit is co-equal with God the Father and the Son and indwells all who have been born again and saved. He brings glory to Jesus and illuminates hearts and minds to hear and obey God's Word. He produces holiness and good works in God's people. He empowers and gifts all believers for service and ministry, for the building up of Christ's body, the church, and as a witness to the world.
- John 14:25-26, 15:26, 16:7-11
- Romans 8:5-13
- 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
- 2 Corinthians 3:12-18
The church is the gathering of God's people around the Lord Jesus. The local church is the visible expression of the heavenly and universal church, and as the body of Christ is key to God's saving purposes for his world and to the growth and flourishing of his people.
The local church submits to Jesus as its Chief Shepherd, and is governed by God's Word and Spirit through its own converted, baptised, and committed members, while overseen and led by a plurality of biblically-qualified elders. It meets regularly for worship, prayer, hearing of God's Word, mutual edification, the sacraments of baptism and holy communion, and church discipline, in order that God's people might be sent into the world for the purpose of service and mission.
- Matthew 16:18, 28:18-20
- Acts 2:42-47, 20:28
- 1 Corinthians 1:2
- Ephesians 1:22-23, 3:10-11, 4:11-16
- Hebrews 12:22-24
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 PastorPeter 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 PastorStephen 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 PastorMarshall 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:
- All leaders are appropriately screened, trained and appointed;
- All programs are led and run in a safe and appropriate manner;
- There are clear procedures in place for dealing with incident reports and safety concerns, and;
- The leadership team regularly reviews these policies and processes.