OUR VISION IS

TO BE A COMMUNITY EQUIPPED AND EMPOWERED TO BE EVERYTHING GOD HAS CREATED US TO BE

COMMUNITY

A unified group of people that share common goals, interests, and beliefs. A place for people to belong.

EQUIPPED

To be given the tools, guidance, knowledge, and training to achieve goals and fulfill purpose.

EMPOWERED

To impart the confidence, strength, and authority to be who God has created you to be.

  • We are building on a foundation of relationship, with GOD and with EACH OTHER

  • We accept ANYONE who has a heart FOR this Church

  • We are committed to EACH OTHER and to the HEALTH and VISION of the Church

  • We strive to do the BEST WE CAN with what we have, at all times

  • We have a HEART to be generous in EVERY situation

  • We have a desire to LEARN, GROW and be DISCIPLED.

OUR PEOPLE

OUR SENIOR PASTORS

Ps Matt Ellerton

Pastor Matt has a conviction: To help lost people,

Not just lost in faith but lost in life.

Partnered with his wife, the two have been pastoring for over a decade. As dedicated to the church as he is, Matthew is a just as dedicated to his six children. Between the church and his family, You can catch him squeezing in a relaxing game of golf.

Ps Rachel Ellerton

Pastor Rachel has a heart for people, helping them find community and seeing their lives transformed.

Working with her husband Matthew, she has seen God move in powerful ways in people lives. A loving mother, she has balanced her passion for the church and people and raising her children. She loves a good cuppa’ tea, a night with her friends, and a long walk with her dogs. 

“It was not easy those early days of the sixties, every soul had to be won with tears, but they were beautiful and wonderful days, as we saw God work”

-Pastor Arthur Amery, Founder of what is now known as Encounter Christian Church

Beginning as a small group in the home of the Davidson’s in the 1960’s, Three years later they officially formed a church named ‘Shepparton Assembly Of God’ under the ministry of Pastor Arthur Amery. In ‘78, they began construction of ‘Charisma Chapel’, a building we still call home today. In 1995 we started a Christ Centered School on the same land, and in 2013 we took on a new name; Encounter Christian Church.

Over the decades, as the orchards and farms around us turned into neighborhoods and shopping centers, God has moved in powerful ways. By his grace, through the church and the school we have introduced many individuals and families to Jesus, countless young people have gone on to become missionaries, and community leaders.

Our history is not a monument to our achievements, but a testament to God’s faithfulness and grace.