Meet our team
Charlie Liao
Pastor
Pastor Charlie is married to Joy and they have two children. Prior to Grace Church, Charlie was the Associate Pastor of a Church in Melbourne, where he spent six years serving the Lord. Charlie joined the church in 2024.
Charlie is a graduate of the Australian University of Theology with a degree in Church Ministry. He is currently working on his postgraduate studies.
You can contact Pastor Charlie via email.
Glen Deng
Associate Pastor (Mandarin Service)
Pastor Glen, his wife Jane, and two lovely sons moved to Melbourne in 2014. Pastor Glen was a practicing lawyer in China and received a calling from the Lord to serve immigrant groups in 2019.
In 2023, he completed his Master of Divinity at Melbourne Theological College.
You can contact Pastor Glen by email .
Sam Reeve
Consulting Pastor
Pastor Sam is married to Janet and they have three adult children and seven grandchildren. He has served as a mechanical engineer, missionary, pastor and bible college lecturer. He trained for ministry at Moore Theological College and has served in churches in Sydney, Pakistan, Wollongong and Melbourne.
You can contact Pastor Sam via email.
Marcus Wong
Intern Pastor
Marcus serves as an Intern Pastor at Grace Church. He is married to Rebekah and is a dad of two young boys. Prior to joining the team in 2026, he spent 13 years working in both the private and public sector.
Marcus is curently completing a Master of Divinity at Melbourne School of Theology.
You can contact Marcus at email .
Francis Khoo
Elder
Elder Francis and his wife Junie have been married for over 40 years and have two daughters. Francis has an engineering background and an MBA. He worked as a local government manager after arriving in Australia in 1990 and retired in 2016.
He has been worshipping at Grace Church since 2008. Francis has served on the Board since 2010 and has taken on the role of Secretary, Treasurer and Chairman at various times. He leads a Grow Group and serves in the Teaching team.
You can contact the elders via email.
Joseph Tay
Elder
Elder Joseph is married to Anna and they have 3 children. He and his family have been at Grace Church since 2001. He currently serves on the Board, Grow Group, Audio Visual/Livestream, Maintenance and Prayer teams.
Penny Chin
Kids Ministry Coordinator
Penny is married to Clifford and together they have 2 sons. After her graduation, she worked in the childcare sector where she developed her passion to work in the kids’ ministry. Penny is gifted in music and has experience teaching in Sunday School.
She looks forward to journeying with parents to develop their kids to love God and His Word.
You can contact Penny via email.
Janet Au
Admin and Finance Officer
Janet is married to Tony and they have 3 children. Janet started her career as an auditor in an accounting firm but left full time employment to raise her children. She started attending Grace Church in 2010 and volunteered in the church’s office doing administrative work for a year before moving to the role of Finance and Admin officer in 2015.