About Us
A global apostolic movement that’s called to have a local presence.
At Aglow International Australia, we are a global apostolic movement of people called to have a local presence in over 170 nations.
As a vast network of intercessors, across all cultures and denominations, we’re a ministry that remains committed to being intentionally present within our communities for one reason. So that through intercession, discipleship, and strategic partnerships, we bring the living presence of Jesus to the world around us.
It’s been a call in Australia for nearly 50 years that continues today, by releasing lives into the fullness of their identity and purpose, so they’re empowered to impact their spheres of influence for Him.
At Aglow, it’s all because of what we recognise; that by having a collective presence within our communities and marketplace globally, it represents more than numbers, but unity. Intercessors, who are intentional about standing in agreement against a rising secular culture to shift the atmosphere and pioneer change.
It’s why Aglow is resolute to see God’s purpose established on earth. So that together, we reach lives waiting to know Jesus, by bringing the power of His living presence into our communities, nation, and world.
FIND AN AGLOW NEAR ME
Intercessory prayer is not just what we do, it represents the culture of who Aglow is at its core as a movement of people led by the Spirit; we, who are a company of warriors and champions, committed to cultivating a worldwide presence that creates an atmosphere of change. It’s why Aglow Australia is intentional about co-partnering with God in today’s fast-changing world by calling forth that which is not, as though it were. It’s the power of proclamation to reclaim and restore, so that those who are weary in their search for hope, encounter the living presence of Jesus.
PRAYER IS AT THE CORE OF AGLOW IN AUSTRALIA
National Board of Directors
The Aglow International Australia Board of Directors meet regularly during the year and is responsible for the governance and strategic direction of Aglow Australia.
Directors
CAROL PRICE
Interim National Leader
Since the retirement of the National Leader in 2022, Carol has been fulfilling the role while the ministry waits for the Lord to reveal and position the next National Leader. Having been part of Aglow since 2006, Carol served as Leader of a local branch for several years. When the governance and management roles were separated in 2018, she was then invited to join the new Board and elected as Chair. She has a background in business, and has served on a variety of Boards and Management Committees. Carol’s vision is for Aglow to have a presence in multiple communities across Australia where believers across all denominations can be encouraged to be and do what they were created for, to shine the light of Jesus into their spheres of influence and beyond.
Directors
CHRIS FRIEND
BOARD CHAIR
Pastor Chris Friend (MA Th) joined the Board of Aglow Australia in 2018, serving as Chair since 2023. He has been honoured to contribute on various church and charity Boards over the years, including Harvest West Bible College (now Alpha Crucis) and Swan Christian College parent committee. Chris has three main roles in ministry; National Leader for IPHC Ministries (a Wesleyan Pentecostal denomination) since 2006, is the Senior Pastor for Collective Hope Churches, and the Executive Director for Collective Hope Community Services (which includes accommodation services to clients on the NDIS scheme). Living in Perth, he has been married to Natalee since 1990, and they have two adult children. Chris’s passion for Aglow is to see it grow exponentially as a movement of intercessors, prophetic voices, and leaders within the Body of Christ that impacts the nations of the world.
Directors
HELEN REARDON
BOARD MEMBER
In 1992 Helen gave her life to Jesus, where she became engaged in church and introduced to Aglow. The ministry provided her heart’s desire to be with people from the greater body-of-Christ, where to this day, Helen doesn’t know of any other Ministry that is so bonded together in Kingdom love and unity. Over the decades Helen was blessed to serve in various roles in Aglow Branches, including as Leader of Frenchs Forest and Lindfield. During these two decades, Helen also attended Bible College and progressed to obtain her Bachelor of Theology. During an 18 month period living in Perth, Helen served in the Aglow National Office, where she became WA’s first Mentor. Upon returning to Sydney, God gave Helen a dream which was instrumental; in giving ‘birth’ a new way of doing Aglow in Kirribilli and Castle Hill. In 2020 Helen was invited to be one of the NSW Mentors, and the following year, became part of the AIA Board. No matter what season Helen has walked through, her Aglow family has always been there. Helen looks forward to this ‘new day’ as we walk forward into His plans and purposes for Aglow International Australia. Helen lives on the Central Coast in NSW with her husband Garry. They have two sons, two daughters-in-love and five grandchildren.
Directors
COLIN BROWN
BOARD MEMBER
Colin became a Board member in September 2022. He served as Chair of the Aglow Selection Committee for the new National Leader. Since March 1996 he has ministered and spoken across a broad spectrum of the church in Australia. Colin and his wife, Tina Maree, live in Brisbane. They oversee Streams, a Sunday morning Zoom fellowship. During 2022-23, they oversaw the Kingsgate Haven community on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, a part of the Australian House of Prayer for All Nations. Colin has facilitated numerous prophetic-edged gatherings in Australia. He is a part of the Reference Group for Elohim House of Prayer on Mount Carmel, Israel. Colin is the author of Outside the Camp - The Wisdom, Humility and Power of the Church; Born for Battle - Fighting the Good Fight of the Faith; and the Dose of Iron series.
Directors
ELIZABETH WEST
BOARD MEMBER
Elizabeth West has long been associated with missions, having joined Youth With A Mission (YWAM) overseas in 1980, where she completed a Discipleship Training School. This became a catalytic move of which the Lord deposited into her life, not only a deep love for humanity, but a Kingdom worldview. Elizabeth later returned to YWAM in 2009 between careers, to staff a school, of which she then led an outreach team to Rwanda. With a long career in commercial advertising, she transitioned to Christian marketing agencies, a client of which was Gloria Jeans Coffees. This subsequently saw Elizabeth join Gloria Jeans as their National Marketing Director. Today, she occupies the position of Chief Brand Strategist for an American company based in Dallas Texas. Within this role, she serves both Sydney and the U.S. operations in brand development and marketing campaigns for a variety of Christian nonprofit organisations, causes, churches, and media. Her passion is to help clients build their relevance through greater differentiation, where they not only understand their point of difference, but whose voice is empowered to cut through in an increasingly saturated nonprofit world, so God is elevated, heard, and seen.