Leadership

Pastors

Peter Sondergeld 

Lead Pastor | Pastoral Care | Restore Groups | Biblical Counselling | Community Groups | Weddings & Funerals 

Peter is married to Angela and together they have four sons. Peter began working at Toowoomba Christian College in 1996. He taught Manual Arts for ten years and was the Head of Pastoral Care for six years. Peter is a registered counsellor and counselling supervisor. He gets excited at the thought that God might work through him to grow people up to be more thoughtful, strong and passionate.

When Pete isn’t preaching, parenting, studying or counselling he loves to go camping and mountain bike riding, or to simply play cricket in the backyard with the boys and enjoy a coffee with his wife.

Peter’s qualifications include a Doctor of Ministry (Australian College of Theology), Master of Education & Cert BibCouns.

Influences – John Piper, Tim Keller, Eugene Peterson

Peter Millican 

Community Groups Pastor | Pastoral Care | Community Groups | Restore Groups | Weddings & Funerals 

Peter is married to Karen and they have a son, Jack. Having grown up in Toowoomba, Pete studied Education at USQ and enjoyed teaching in a local Toowoomba school before moving to Dallas, Texas for five years to study theology.

When Pete isn’t serving in ministry he thoroughly enjoys playing and watching soccer, visiting the beach and road-tripping with his family and friends.
 
Peter’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Education and a Masters of Theology.

Influences – Dr John Hannah, Dr Charles Baylis, CS Lewis

Tom Bizzell 

Families Pastor | Restoration Youth | Restoration Kids | Pastoral Care | Playgroup 

Tom is married to Sarah and they have a son, Lucas.

Tom has long felt the call to join ministry and is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Ministry at Ridley College, where he is greatly enjoying learning more about how to better understand the context and interpretation of scripture. He is very much looking forward to how it will help him be more equipped in order to better articulate scripture and share with others, including youth and kids.

In his spare time, his most loved activities include camping, 4WDing, cricket and AFL.
 
Influences – Mark Sayers, Francis Chan, J.I. Packer