Pastor Douglas Carolisen

Lead Pastor

Back in 2010 I thought I was hearing from God “it’s time for a new kingdom adventure”. So after speaking to my wife and asking God to put it in the hearts of my kids, we eventually mustered up enough courage to hand in our resignation to our church board. This was a very difficult time as it was hard to leave a loving, growing, body centred ministry church.

We left Adelaide and hit the long road to Wollongong for the purposes of planting a church. Keep in mind we did not know a single person in Wollongong. We did not know where we were going to live. We arrived here and it was a whole new world.

We are trusting God to build His church as He says He will. We will do what Mary did when anointing Jesus feet. Jesus said to the disciples to leave her… she did what she could. So I believe this is the recipe for the planting of this church here in Wollongong. We are partnering with God and His people, doing what we can. The name of the ministry is JOY: Jesus Others Yourself.

We believe this ministry is God’s call for us at this time in eternity. We’d love for you to join us in this adventure.