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The term “Presbyterian” comes from the Greek word presbuteros which means elder. Rather than being governed by single individuals (priests, bishops, archbishops) like in an episcopalian system, or being governed by the congregation like in a congregational system, a Presbyterian church is governed and led by elders. The monthly meetings of the elders are called Session meetings, and they are chaired and moderated by the Moderator of the Charge (the pastor/minister). All elders get an equal vote at session meetings, and the moderator has the casting vote.
Jayesh joined Ithaca Presbyterian Church in 2019 as the assistant pastor, before becoming the lead pastor at the start of 2021. Prior to that, he worked as a ministry trainee at Village Church in Kelvin Grove in 2013 & 2014, before studying at QTC (Queensland Theological College) while serving as a student minister at Mitchelton Presbyterian Church (2015-2016) and Southside Presbyterian Church (2017-2018). Jayesh is married to Jess and they have two young kids, Zeke (2020) and Zola (2022).
Jayesh came to love and know Jesus in his early twenties when he realised how desperately he needed Jesus for salvation and how much he was loved as a child of God through faith in Jesus. Discovering that nothing he did could make God love him any more or less was the turning point in his life, thanks to sermons by Tim Keller and Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Since that point, Jayesh has been passionate about helping more and more people find life in Jesus.
Stu Hoadley is an ordained minister and the Clerk of the Presbyterian Church of Queensland. Prior to his role at PCQ he served as the care pastor at Mitchelton Presbyterian Church, then as the lecturer of Chaplaincy, Youth & Aged Care at Queensland Theological College. He is married to Belinda and they have three adult children (and one grandchild).
Our Committee of Management
In a Presbyterian Church, finance and property matters are dealt with by elected members of the congregation called managers, who meet monthly as a committee of management (COM). The committee is chaired and moderated by the Moderator of the Charge (the minister of the church), and two members of COM serve as the treasurer and the secretary. The elders of the church are ex-officio members who can attend and vote at meetings.
