Welcome. If you are visiting the area, would like to know more about Christianity, or looking for a church home, we invite you to worship with us.
If visiting, you can expect to meet many people from all walks of life. The office bearers in this church are the men who have been ordained or appointed to serve this congregation.
Feel free to seek us out, if we don’t get to you first!
Pastor David Torlach
David Torlach is married to Ruth (since 1987) and they have 5 children (all married) and 16 grandchildren.
Initially trained in medicine, David worked as a medical doctor for 17 years. He trained in surgery, then worked in emergency medicine for 10 years, before the Lord called him to be a minister of the Word.
He completed pre-seminary training under the oversight of the Presbytery of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, including three years in the seminary of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
He was called and ordained into the pastoral ministry in 2011, and served for about five years in Winnaleah, Tasmania, before being called to his current pastorate here in Brisbane in late 2015. He loves the biblical Reformed faith, which glorifies God and upholds our Lord Jesus, and the privilege of ministering to the sheep of Christ’s church and proclaiming the gospel.
In his spare time, he enjoys ocean-side walks with Ruth, and they love to visit their children and grandchildren in Tasmania when they can.
Elder Philip Greatbatch
Elder Philip is married with four adult children and eight grandchildren.
He is currently working in the medical diagnostic imaging industry and is thankful for the Lord’s provision for the church and his family.
Philip has been a member of the church for most of his life.
He believes that faith is essential for spiritual and physical life. Without faith, no-one can be joined to God or believe in Him.
Philip has a diverse range of interests and enjoys reading and studying articles related to God’s creation, including astronomy, physics, earth science and history.
Elder Peter Torlach
Elder Peter Torlach has been married to Denise for more than 65 years. They have 4 children, 14 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren.
Peter was a Licensed Land Surveyor and Construction Surveyor for over 40 years – hence the skin damage from the sun.
Anglican in childhood and youth, he was brought by sovereign grace to repentance and faith in the Redeemer in the 1960s.
He has been an Elder in the Brisbane Congregation for over 40 years.
With thankfulness to our Lord, he highly esteems those who compiled out of the scriptures the Westminster Confession and its 2 Catechisms, The Form, and the Directory.
Reading of and from the Presbyterian and Reformed men of Scotland and England of the 1500s and 1600s has been a delight; likewise, the men of the Free Presbyterian Church who figured in the times of the necessary disruption of 1843.
Elder Edward Hanko
Ed is married with three children. He grew up in Northern Ireland and later spent many years in the United States, attending the Protestant Reformed Churches. A few years ago, he and his family moved from Washington State to Australia.
Ed has worked for the past eight years as a project designer, designing custom truck bodies.
He desires to grow in the likeness of Jesus Christ and to see the same work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of his fellow church members.
He enjoys hiking with friends and spending time in God’s creation. Being in nature reminds him of the glory, creativity, and goodness of God the Creator.
Deacon Cameron Hope
Deacon Andrew Taylor
Andrew Taylor has been married to Tamara Taylor since 2019. They have three children still living at home and one on the way.
Born and bred on a Victorian dairy farm, he has worked up and down the east cost of Australia. He finally settled in Brisbane, where he currently works in the tree industry with his two sons.
He has been a member of the EPC for most of his life.
He believes in the infallible Word of God and the Westminster Confession of Faith.
Deacon Zach Torlach