Founder, Revive Café & Cookbooks

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Jeremy has spent the last 25 years involved in the creation of new business models and products. From being involved with the Up & Go launch at Sanitarium, creating the Revive Cafe, a cookbook series selling over 200,000 books, the Cook:30 TV cooking series with 80 episodes, and the creation and sale of his Frooze Ball company. Plus he has a new and exciting food venture that is work in progress.

Founder & Director, Gobsmacked Productions

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Patrice Macgregor is the founder of Gobsmacked Productions, a performing arts company that partners with primary and intermediate schools to deliver original, full-scale musicals involving over 400 students who perform in professional local theatres. Gobsmacked provides scripts, original music, choreography, visual effects, costumes, props, and sets. Patrice has directed more than 70 musicals across New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, and China. Through these partnerships, children are invited to join weekly ministry classes and holiday programs, encountering God through dance, drama, and singing. Patrice has witnessed hundreds of children meet God for the first time, demonstrating how faith-led principles can drive both ministry impact and sustainable business growth. She married Nathan two years ago, and he now helps run the business, contributing to Gobsmacked’s expansion into Christchurch, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Hamilton, Auckland, and Sydney.

Investor & Property Developer

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Purchasing his first shares at 16 and first property at 17, Galen has been an investor for most of his life. Working in capital investment and property development in both UK and AU, he ‘retired’ at 33, then volunteered to help the Victorian Conference in their property matters. In his role as Infrastructure Coordinator at the Conference, Galen took lead of the Pavilions Blackburn Lake Retirement Village project – a AUD$160M redevelopment of their former campground into an industry leading retirement village. Winner of multiple industry awards including ‘Best in Australia’, Pavilions claims the title as the most awarded Retirement Village in Australia. Currently serving on the SPD Property Trust Board and assisting Victorian & South Australian Conferences in their property matters, Galen also continues to lead his family office and serves as Chairman of Gobbill Australia, a SAAS fintech specialising in accounts payable bill payment automation.

Entrepreneur & Co-founder of Hyve

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Jesse Zwiker was born in Switzerland and moved to Honduras at the age of 19 to help launch a nonprofit organization called VIDA. It was there that he discovered the transformative power of entrepreneurship as a meaningful form of ministry. Over the years, Jesse has founded and led multiple ventures across both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors. He is the owner of Sunkote Coatings, a manufacturing company based in Tennessee, and the founder of Hyve International—a faith-driven community of high-impact entrepreneurs dedicated to creating redemptive impact. Jesse lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with his wife and their two children.

Director, The Herbary Dispensary & Clinic

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Kim Stirling is a naturopath, medical herbalist, and nutritionist dedicated to helping people thrive through natural, wholefood-based living. As the founder of The Herbary Dispensary & Naturopathic Clinic in Pukekohe, her mission is to make evidence-based natural health simple, accessible, and life-changing. Kim combines clinical care with community outreach, running wellness programs, cooking classes, and other health initiatives through the Papakura SDA Church. With over 20 years of experience, she is passionate about empowering individuals and families to understand their bodies, use plants as medicine, and build sustainable habits that support vibrant health, resilience, and a purpose-driven life.

Tech Company Co-founder & CEO

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Derek Rippingale co-founded and leads an infotech business operating across four countries. For most of his business career, working 'with' and not just 'for' God has been a gradual growth journey with occasional breakthrough moments. Derek has found a practice that has only recently become more accessible—one that has significantly deepened his relationship with God in and through his daily work.

Managing Director & Owner of Aimop Hire Cars

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Manasseh joins us from Papua New Guinea where he serves as the Managing Director & Owner of Aimop Hire Cars. Manasseh was born to Adventist parents and grew up in the church right through from childhood to university. He attended University of Papua New Guinea studying Business Management. He worked with several international organisations for nearly eight years before launching his own company in 2021. Manasseh says, "After starting my own business, I have certainly seen success, yet there’s also much struggle and ways to improve." 

Business Owner, Fundraiser & Social Enterprise Manager

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Born in New Zealand, leaving school at 16 to start an electrical apprenticeship at Sanitarium, starting a plastics manufacturing business supplying a range of products into the Australasian retail & nursery industries, raising $80m+ for schools, churches & clubs in NZ with his Cadbury chocolate fundraising business, Ronny has had a lot of learning along the way! He says, “My biggest lesson, that took some time to learn, was this: 'Doing it with God is a lot better than doing it without God!'" For the last eight years Ronny has been with ADRA International setting up social business venture’s in many countries. Ronny is an optimist who says, "The best is yet to come."

Business Owner & Volunteer

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Jenni started two businesses with her husband in their first year of marriage and later made the deliberate choice to step back to focus on their family while the businesses continued to grow. She understands entrepreneurship from both sides—as a founder and as the spouse sustaining things at home. Today Jenni is a full-time volunteer managing the operations of Volunteers In Action, which supports 500 lay ministers in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. She brings practical wisdom and Christian insight to the unique challenges couples face in the entrepreneurial journey.

Innovation & Marketing Leader, South Pacific Division 

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Tim McTernan brings 30+ years of marketing and business experience into missional work across the South Pacific. As Innovation & Marketing Leader for the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, he helps churches and leaders turn vision into measurable impact using research, social media, data, and digital tools. Tim equips teams with practical pathways—intentional strategy, clear messaging, simple KPIs, and test-and-learn campaigns—that can translate digital reach into real-world discipleship. He’s passionate about missional entrepreneurship, and about sharing stories of God’s leading that build faith and spark action.

Business Coach, Strategist & Facilitator

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Karl Waretini is a business coach, strategist and facilitator with over 20 years’ experience helping leaders, entrepreneurs, and organisations move from vision to execution. He is the founder of Prosper Professional Coaching and works across a wide range of industries, supporting business owners to grow sustainably while staying aligned to purpose and values. Karl is also actively involved in church leadership and humanitarian work, serving on boards and supporting missional initiatives locally and internationally. Passionate about integrating faith and business, Karl equips people to apply biblical principles in practical ways that lead to clarity, confidence and measurable impact—in business, ministry, and life.

Financial Services, Insurance & Sanitarium Director

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I have been self employed for almost 30 years and during this time have predominantly operated in the financial services and insurance sectors. In the financial services I have operated with a business partner, undertaking loans in the commercial property sector on our own account, managing both sides of the balance sheet. When you're taking the credit risk on yourself,with any loss being met by your equity, it brings a clarity to your thinking and you focus very much on the underlying risk of any transaction. During this period I have had the privilege of serving on the Church's governing committees for the local conference, Union and Division. Currently I am a director of Sanitarium Health Foods and two of its off shore subsidiaries, an experience I personally gain a lot of learning from.

Lead Pastor & Community Developer

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Eddie is a lead pastor with experience in systems development for a petroleum corporation, local community development and national church leadership. He's known for casting clear vision, building healthy teams and strengthening operational systems so people stay focused on ensuring that “the main thing stays the main thing.” His early work centred on practical community projects like a homework centre and a soup kitchen. In this current season, Eddie's focus is on coaching in emotionally healthy leadership, leading a multinational church equipping movement and planting a cafe-style central city church.

Business Owner

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Stephen was the founder and owner of StorMan Software for 21 years, a company selling and supporting software to manage self-storage facilities, with offices in Auckland, Brisbane, California and England. He sold the company in 2014 to US payments processing company, Global Payments and is currently director of Safe Store, a self-storage company operating in Auckland. With his wife Leanne, he is the co-founder of Stellar Charitable, a Trust operating for 33 years, LightStream International Trust, and Titoki Tihi Trust. In each case the focus is on helping people both in New Zealand and internationally with practical learning and skills, to develop and achieve their potential. Stephen's favourite roles are husband of 39 years to Leanne, Dad to three adult daughters and Grandad to 8.