Dave & Ainsley Gow
DIRECTOR
Dave started at Word of Life in 2010 as an intern, and joined staff the following year. He and Ainsley got married in 2014, and went to the Word of Life Bible Institute in New York the following year. Ainsley was our Accounts Administrator for 2 years, and now is a full time mum. Dave has had many roles over the years, and is now Director for Word of Life New Zealand. Dave and Ainsley have 3 young boys, Elijah, Isaiah and Ezekiel.
Scott & Allison Doddrell
NORTH ISLAND MINISTRIES COORDINATOR
Scott has been with Word of Life since 2010. He and his wife Allison have been working in children and youth ministries for about 20 years in the local church. Scott is part of our Local Church Ministries team, providing resources, leadership training and support to those working in the local church. Scott is based in Hamilton.
Nathan & Danielle Martin
SOUTH ISLAND MINISTRIES COORDINATOR
Nathan started at Word of Life in 2007 as an intern, and joined staff the following year. He then went to study at the Word of Life Bible Institute in New York for two years, where he met Danielle. Danielle grew up in Oregon, had studied at the BI, and joined staff at the Word of Life World Headquarters in New York in 2008. Nathan and Danielle got married in 2014, then returned to New Zealand joining the Local Church Ministries team. Nathan and Danielle are based in Christchurch and have three young children, Liam, Daphne, and Amelia.
Daniel & Carol Dortch
OFFICE OPERATIONS & SPECIAL PROJECTS
Daniel is originally from North Carolina in the United States. He studied at the Word of Life Bible Institute for two years, then moved to New Zealand as part of the Cross Cultural Internship program in 2018. Daniel and Carol got married in 2019 and have two young daughters, Willa and Isobel. Daniel is in charge of our office operations and special projects.
Nathan and Kathryn Ellis
LOCAL CHURCH MINISTRIES
Nathan was an intern in 2014, where he met Kathryn on the Fiji Youth Reachout. In 2017 Nathan and Kathryn married and they have two beautiful daughters, Abigail and Lylamay. Nathan and Kathryn ran a youth group for several years, Nathan then went onto complete a Bachelor of Theology at Laidlaw Bible College. Kathryn is trained as an accountant but is currently a full-time mum. Nathan is excited to be a part of the Local Church Ministries team based in Christchurch.
Lance & Emma Robinson
LCM & PRODUCTION
Lance and Emma met through Word of Life and after getting married in 2021, moved to Christchurch. Lance has been on staff for 6 years and is our Head of Production, managing the aspects of the Gospel presentation at our events. Lance is also part of our LCM (Local Church Ministries) Team in the South Island.
Alix & David van Vliet
PROGRAMME & MUSIC
Alix started at Word of Life in 2018 as an intern, and joined staff the following year. Alix heads up our Programme Team and organises all the activities and structure of our events. She is also part of the Production Team and oversees all of the music involved with the ministry. Since completing her undergraduate degree in Psychology, Alix is now studying full time towards higher qualifications in the same field. Alix and David married at the end of 2023. David teaches Communication Design at the Auckland University of Technology while studying his PhD.
Jordana & Caleb Rae
PROGRAMME & OPERATIONS
Jordana started at Word of Life in 2024. After completing 3 years of high school music teaching, she joined Word of Life running our Operations and events as part of our Programme team. Jordana is passionate about working alongside young people and helps lead a Christian group out of a local high school. Jordana and Caleb married at the end of 2024.
Caleb Wilkinson-Mackie
LOCAL CHURCH MINISTRIES
Caleb joined the Word of Life staff team in 2024 to work with Local Church Ministries and he loves to serve alongside and encourage Youth Leaders in their responsibilities and purpose as leaders of today's youth. Caleb is hugely passionate about seeing people rightly know the Word of God and seeing their lives transform by the continuing work of the Holy Spirit. He is the key leader for his Intermediate & Youth church ministry and is currently studying towards a Master of Divinity, through the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from distance.
Megan Carr
CREATIVE TEAM
Megan is originally from Florida and joined our team in 2024 after working with Word of Life in the United States for three years. At the end of 2024, Megan graduated from Liberty University with a Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design. In 2025, Megan began leading our Creative Team.
Vikki Porter
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
Vikki started working for Word of Life as Office Administrator in 2022. She has worked in various ministry positions over the years, and along with her husband Dave is raising 3 teenage boys. Vikki loves her role as she gets to do a little bit of everything, supporting our various teams to make all the events and ministry come together.
Jamie Dalton
ACCOUNTS ADMINISTRATOR
Sam Crosbie
INTERN MANAGER
Sam started at Word of Life in 2019 as an intern, and joined staff the following year in a part-time role while completing a Bachelor of Theology through Otago University. Sam serves as Intern Manager alongside Sarah with his area being a specific focus on developing the academic pathways for our interns. Sam is passionate about studying the word of God and seeing others love God with their minds. Sam and Sarah Doddrell are engaged and getting married in April this year.
Sarah Doddrell
INTERN MANAGER
Sarah finished her final year of the internship in 2024 and this year has joined Sam as an Intern Manager. Sarah also recently graduated with an associate degree in Children and Family Ministry through Moody Bible Institute. Sarah and Sam Crosbie are engaged and getting married in April this year.
Avi & Esmee Seneviratne
INTERN | FOURTH YEAR
Avi completed his first year of the internship back in 2022, while he was finishing off a Bachelor of Business. Avi and Esmee married in 2024 and Avi is now in his fourth year, studying for a Masters of Intercultural Studies through Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. As a fourth year, Avi will be heading on an international placement to Word of Life Belize for 6 months along with his wife. They are excited to experience some longer term cross cultural ministry and serve together in that context.
Andre Wright
INTERN | SECOND YEAR
Katelyn Delemare
INTERN | SECOND YEAR
Eliza Hobby
INTERN | FIRST YEAR
Emmanuelle Weilert
INTERN | FIRST YEAR
Jack Crawford
INTERN | FIRST YEAR
Levi Panther
INTERN | FIRST YEAR
Maria Lynch
INTERN | FIRST YEAR
28 Dinsdale Road
Dinsdale, Hamilton 3204
office@wol.org.nz
07 846 2101
PO BOX 15-242
SUPPORT US
Word of Life is a non-profit charitable trust. We rely on the generosity of supporters to continue serving. If you would like to partner with us through support, get in touch.