Centenary Evangelical Church Plant

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After nearly 18 months of preparation, three churches from the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (SLE Church, Christ Community Church, and St Lucia Bible Church) partnered together to plant Centenary Evangelical Church (CEC) in July 2023.

For SLE Church we had to say a bittersweet farewell to a number of families as well as our long term pastor, Benjamin Ho, and his family. We farewelled them at an all-in gathering in which our two services combined together as one. We heard their reflections on their time with us and then commissioned them in prayer to begin this new church.

On this page you will find the representatives of our SLE Church council who were sent to the plant. You will also find the extended interviews, as well as the recording of our all-in gathering.

Interviews:

All-in service:


SLE Church Council Members Sent to CEC


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Benjamin Ho
Planting Pastor - Centenary Evangelical Church

Ben is privileged and thankful that he can pastor the church he grew up in since migrating to Brisbane from Singapore 30+ years ago. He desires for himself, his family, his church and more people to know and love the Lord Jesus more and more. He's married to Faith and they have 4 daughters (1 is already with the Lord).

More about Ben

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Faith Ho
Primary Kids Church Coordinator

Once a Sydney-sider, Faith now considers Brisbane home. She feels very privileged to be working alongside her husband, Ben, in God’s kingdom work. She is passionate about teaching the Bible to women, children, international students and anyone who doesn’t know Jesus. She loves bonding with Ben and her 3 daughters over netball, music, long walks and reaching friends with the gospel.

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Melissa Chin
Deacon (Junior Kids Church Coordinator)

Mel is married to her wonderful husband Andrew and together they have two children. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends as well as playing a game of netball! Mel especially loves pointing little kids to Jesus and seeing their awe and joy of knowing Him as King.

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Louis Wong
Deacon

Louis grew up in Malaysia and now lives here with his wife Mei and a pair of identical twin girls (Faith and Hope). Louis is passionate about evangelism and loves seeing people come to Jesus. He also loves soccer and reckons Eric Cantona is the most influential player ever!

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Reuten Teo
Deacon

Reuten loves lovingly to serve God's people and to help people know God better. Reuten and his wife Amanda have an adult daughter, adult son & daughter in law & a 15-year-old toy poodle dog. He loves to road cycle, play netball and touch footy, as well as jogging, long walks & watching competitive sport.

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Mei Wong
Deacon

Mei is married to Louis and together they are parents to identical twin girls. Mei is passionate about Biblical counselling and is in awe of the work of Jesus transforming the lives of others to become more like Him in their everyday lives. She also enjoys spending time with her family, friends, a good coffee and is trying to get back into Pilates.

Our Leadership

Our Church subscribes to and teaches the evangelical understanding of the Christian faith and the full and final authority of the Bible as the revealed Word of God, inspired by the Spirit of God.

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Benjamin Ho
Senior Pastor

Ben is privileged and thankful that he can pastor the church he grew up in since migrating to Brisbane from Singapore 30+ years ago. He desires for himself, his family, his church and more people to know and love the Lord Jesus more and more. He's married to Faith and they have 4 daughters (1 is already with the Lord).

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Steven Tran
Pastor

Steven was a Buddhist who found the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ irresistible! He now has the privilege of teaching others about the grandeur of Jesus through every page of Scripture. He's married to Steph and they have three young kids.

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Mike Husband
Elder

Elder Mike has been with CCCB/SLE since 1979 and has seen CCCB grow from about 20 to over 800 in 4 churches. As well as teaching/co-leading SOS Central Mike guides the administration of SLE and other CCCB entities to free others for pastoral ministries. He is also committed to missions involvement: he volunteered with OMF for 12 years and guides SLE’s Missions Committee. Mike and Yin-Leng’s daughters and sons-in-law are active in ministry in other churches.

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Daniel Tan
Elder

Dan loves Jesus and considers following Jesus as the highest honour in life. He has been part of the SLE Church family most of his life. He enjoys the great outdoors, especially Girraween National Park and Fraser Island. He loves 80s music, good coffee, keeping aquariums & HIIT workouts (minus the burpees). Dan is married to Lin, has 2 wonderful boys, a Labrador and an escape-artist greyhound.

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Randy Chan
Elder

Randy is learning to love Jesus more each day, and finds joy in seeing lives changed through God’s word. He enjoys the art of making filtered coffee and looks forward to owning a better sound system one day (even as he waits for Jesus’ return)!

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Sonja Graml
Staff Worker

Sonja is German-born, Aussie-raised, & Asian-influenced after living 8 years in Singapore. She’s thankful for the ways that Moore Theological College, AFES & The Crossing Church trained her for ministry & feels right at home serving the women & international students at SLE. You'll often find her at home baking or cooking for others.

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Darius Tng
Ministry Trainee

Darius loves helping others see Christ. An ex finance professional, he now invests in the lives of others to the glory of God. Darius loves tennis, golf, gaming and his wife, Janice - though not in that order.

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Winnie Chan
Deacon (Administrator)

Winnie treasures early morning walks with her husband Randy and spending time with their two teenage daughters. Winnie loves to connect with the SLE community through her role as the church administrator. Her joy is found in friendships that help each other behold the beauty of Jesus.

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Daniel Tan
Deacon (Treasurer)

Daniel has attended SLE Church since 2000. He has been serving as SLE Church Treasurer since 2015, Church Deacon since 2018 and is a member of the Church Welcoming Host Team. He regularly attends the working adults Bible study group on Tuesday nights. Daniel enjoys reading/hearing testimonies (e.g. at baptism) and gains much encouragement from hearing how people's lives change when they turn towards Jesus.

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Faith Ho
Primary Kids Church Coordinator

Once a Sydney-sider, Faith now considers Brisbane home. She feels very privileged to be working alongside her husband, Ben, in God’s kingdom work. She is passionate about teaching the Bible to women, children, international students and anyone who doesn’t know Jesus. She loves bonding with Ben and her 3 daughters over netball, music, long walks and reaching friends with the gospel.

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Melissa Chin
Junior Kids Church Coordinator

Mel is married to her wonderful husband Andrew and together they have two children. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends as well as playing a game of netball! Mel especially loves pointing little kids to Jesus and seeing their awe and joy of knowing Him as King

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Louis Wong
Deacon

Louis grew up in Malaysia and now lives here with his wife Mei and a set of identical twin girls (Faith and Hope). Louis is passionate about evangelism and loves seeing people come to Jesus. He also loves soccer and reckons Eric Cantona is the most influential player ever!

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Reuten Teo
Deacon

Reuten loves to help people know God better and lovingly serving his people. Reuten and his wife Amanda have an adult daughter, adult son & daughter in law & a 15-year-old toy poodle dog. He loves to road cycle, play netball, touch footy, jogging, long walks & watching competitive sport.

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Simeon Wong
Deacon

Simeon loves reading and helping others read the Bible as one unified story that leads to Jesus. He serves is involved in chairing Sunday services and the 'Change Team'. Simeon is married to Audrey and enjoys C. S. Lewis books, rugby league and YouTube (in that order).

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Matthew Tao
Deacon

Matt grew up in SLE Church, where he attended SaLT, Sunday YF, and now Clay. Him and his wife Helen, now serve in some of these ministries that they attended, helping teens and uni students know and grow in Christ. Matt is also serving in the PA team, and in Sunday YF.