Who We Are

We believe that everybody matters, everybody has value, and everybody has a role to play.

At Essendon Baptist Community Church, we're all about getting to know Jesus better, being transformed by his love and grace, and positively impacting our world.

As we connect together and focus on Jesus, we find answers to life's big questions, healing of our hurts, and strength to deal with the ups and downs of life.

Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here.

Adam Hince

Senior Pastor

Adam became our Senior Pastor in February 2013. He is a gifted and inspiring preacher, and the one you'll most likely find speaking on a Sunday morning. Adam is responsible for overall leadership of the church and staff team. Adam is married to Anna, and together they have three children - Tom, Lucy and Emily.

Jo Dealy

Associate Pastor

Joanne is the Associate Pastor of our church and oversees our pathways to community, care and discipleship.

You'll see her up front in our worship services, at our programs for women and is the Pastor who'll work with our team to help follow up and care for people in times of need especially.

Jo is married to Pete, and is our newest member of staff.

Marcus Curnow

Pastor for Community Connections

As Pastor for Community Connections, Marcus' role is to oversee programs, build relationships, and build teams that build on our connections with people and organisations outside of EBCC.

He leads the Peoples Pantry - a Food Recovery and Distribution program that runs each Wednesday out of the Newmarket Baptist Church buildings.

Marcus is married to Rachael and has 3 children.

Sally Danger

Pastor for Families with Children

As our Pastor for Families with children, Sally oversees all our programs for young people (age 0-18yo) and their families. Those programs include Little Hands (our playgroup), ROAR (our program for 12-18 year olds), SALT (for young adults) and our Children's Programs on a Sunday, which include PJs (4yo-Grade 1) and KC (Grades 2-5).

Sally is married to Lance, and has four children.

Riley McDowell

Youth Pastor

As our Youth Pastor, Riley takes care of our programs for youth (for students in Grade 6 to Year 12). You'll hear from him if you ask a question about what we do, and you'll see him on a Friday night if you come to Roar (our youth program).

He is married to Chloe, loves music, sport and has an extensive collection of shoes and caps.

Ann Shaw

Pastor for Spiritual Direction

Ann Shaw is the Pastor for Spiritual Direction. As such, Ann is a wise listener and passionate pray-er who is great alongside people as they grow in faith. She can meet with you to provide pastoral support as you seek God's direction for your life.

We are a Baptist Church, affiliated with the Baptist Union of Victoria.