Meet the Team

Dale and Wendy White

Dale is our Senior Pastor and Wendy is our Women’s Pastor.

Dale & Wendy started at Springwood in 2020 after serving in Ministry at HumeRidge Church of Christ Toowoomba for 21 years, during which time the Church grew to over 1000 in attendance. Dale’s focus at Springwood is leadership, preaching and worship; and he also serves as a Director with Churches of Christ Qld; and as a Facilitator with ACOM. Wendy has a background in Occupational Therapy, and at Springwood she provides support for women leaders and pastoral care to help women to know and experience God’s amazing love.

Geoff Charles

Geoff is now our Associate Pastor, having led Springwood for over 38 years. He is also currently Chair of the Conference Council and a Director on the Boards of Churches of Christ in Queensland and Australia. As a teaching Pastor, he has a passion for life application Biblical preaching, intentional discipleship and personal evangelism. Healing prayer is another lifelong focus. Geoff and his wife Wendy have three adult children and one grandson.

Chris James

Chris is the Children and Youth Pastor. He has oversight of our church-based children and youth ministries as well as our schools-based programs (in conjunction with The Edge). Chris provides servant leadership and coordination to a wonderful team of volunteers in these key areas.

Leanne Thomson

Leanne is our Administrator and has been with Springwood for nearly 10 years.

Leanne’s role is general administration, compliance, financial reporting, communication and conference centre bookings. She is also passionate about the local church community and seeing people deepen their faith and be equipped to advance God’s Kingdom.

Judy Evans

Judy is our Springlife Events Coordinator and looks after our conference centre clients.

Judy loves her role of hosting clients and ensuring that their event runs as smoothly as possible.
She leads a wonderful group of volunteers that have a great heart to serve the community.