Shirani Amarasingham

Shirani was born and brought up in a godly Christian family in Malaysia and came to live in Perth in 2007. Shirani worked for over 35 years in the legal/commercial sector in Malaysia, Singapore and Australia and in July 2020 felt it was time to move on from the corporate world fully into Christian ministry.

Over the years, she has served in various areas including in worship/music (singing at hospital, aged care homes and prisons), community work and intercessory prayer. Intercessory prayer is the ministry closest to her heart, especially praying for Australia.

Shirani and her husband Winstedt worship at Subiaco Church of Christ where Shirani serves as a deacon.

Nico Oberholzer

Nico is a project manager in the resources sector. He is married to Annemi and they have two children. The Oberholzer family moved from South Africa to Perth in 2007 and now call Australia home.

Nico and Annemi is actively involved in several ministries in and around Perth and served on various boards and other non for profit organisations.

Nico is currently the Chairperson of the Governor’s Prayer Breakfast Committee with the responsibility for speaker and venue arrangements.

The Oberholzer family fellowship at Kingsway Christian Church.

Trevor Stiles

Trevor served for nine years in the Royal Australian Navy from 1963 – 1972, seeing active service in Brunei and Vietnam. He was also serving on HMAS Hobart in 1968, when it was hit by friendly fire, killing two and injuring sixteen crew members.

After leaving the Navy, Trevor returned to Perth where he worked as a Credit Manager for several large companies. Until recently he was Credit/Commercial Manager for Broad Group Holdings Pty Ltd but is now enjoying his retirement after 52 years in the workforce.

He became a Christian in 1983, serving on the board of North Way Christian Centre for 12 years (1988 – 2000). Trevor has been part of the Governor’s Prayer Breakfast Committee since 2002. Trevor and his wife, Sherryl, fellowship at Kingsway Christian Church.

Joachim Tan

Joachim, who is married to Amanda, currently works in Energy.

Previously, Joachim was involved in assisting not-for-profit organisations such as the Nganyatjarra Council, Association of Independent Schools, Catholic Education Office, Surf Life Saving WA, Royal Flying Doctors Service and Lifeline WA. He also serves on the Singapore Chamber of Commerce (WA) and the Singapore Western Australia Network.

Winstedt Rasiah

Winstedt was born in Singapore and migrated to Australia in 1989 after completing a Masters in Engineering in the United Kingdom. He has 25 years of engineering experience in the areas of government utilities & financial security – having worked for the Singapore Land Transport Authority while also chairing the taskforce that developed Singapore’s current national electronic purse standard.

More recently, he worked with WA’s Public Transport Authority and WA’s Water Corporation. Winstedt retired in 2015 and when he isn’t accompanying his wife Shirani in community singing, he is involved in assisting with community projects and volunteering in projects with NGOs like Fresh Start.

Winstedt and his wife Shirani fellowship at Subiaco Church of Christ

Ben Johnston

Ben Johnston came to Perth in 2012 to serve as the Lead Pastor of Subiaco Church. In 2023, after 37 years of pastoral ministry, Ben began a new ministry called Spero Ministries (speroministries.com) to minister to pastors and other gospel minsters. The mission of Spero (from the Latin word for “hope”) is to encourage and strengthen ministers of the gospel through pastoral care and through the building of cohorts where we “may spur one another on toward love and good deeds” (Heb. 10:24). Ben also serves part-time with Trinity Theological College as the Development Officer.

Ben and his wife, Sheri, have three married children and four grandchildren. He is ordained with the Presbyterian Church in America and is an associate Teaching Elder with the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Western Australia.

Nick Scott

After moving from Adelaide to Perth with his wife Margie and two young children in 1996, Nick Scott served in a pastoral leadership role at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church for 29 years, concluding at the beginning of 2025.

He has a heart for prayer and a passion for unity across the whole spectrum of the Body of Christ, and is now being released into a Unity Catalyst role across churches in WA. Nick serves as a Board Director for Movement Australia and facilitates the GeoNetworks, a growing network of church and ministry leaders across Perth and regional Western Australia.

Having recently entered the realm of grandparenting, Nickand Margie are blessed with three beautiful grandchildren and are relishing this new phase of life.

Venine Bindczus

Venine was born in South Africa and moved with her family to Western Australian in 2011.

She has a Postgraduate level qualification in Broadcasting and Journalism and worked in the news industry for 3 years, including at Channel 9 and Network 10. After trying her hand at news media, Venine decided to move into ministry after volunteering at Kingsway Christian Church for more than 7 years. She now works at the church as a Media Advisor and Children’s Ministry coordinator.

Tamsyn Cullingford

Tamsyn grew up in South Africa and relocated to Perth with her family in 2005. She is married to Daniel and has two daughters – Mabel, five, and Molly, three. They are wonderfully wild.

She initially trained and worked as a physiotherapist, but after many years working clinically and in senior and executive roles across WA and QLD health, she felt called to the role of CEO of YouthCARE Australia, serving school communities across Western Australia.

She became a Christian in her 20s and her journey to faith was strongly influenced by both her colleagues and the hospital chaplain at SCGH. She now attends Providence Church and is studying a Master of Divinity at Trinity Theological College.

She is deeply passionate about serving and caring for others through discipleship, personal vulnerability and developing a deeper, more intimate understanding of God’s character and sovereignty.