Meet some of our Leaders
Glenn Hohnberg - Leadership Team, Pastor
Glenn Hohnberg is married to the lovely Kathryn and has four boys: 2 teenagers, 1 in primary school and one passed away from cancer in 2022.
He started planting Risen Church part time in 2017 and in 2018 started leading full time.
He loves to help people meet Jesus and see the wonder of who he is.
Glenn grew up on a working farm in NSW and loved it. He then studied and worked in IT in Sydney for a few years. His church invited him to train with them in the Ministry Training Strategy. He did.
That led onto four years at theological college, starting and leading the City Bible Forum in Brisbane for 10 years and now planting and pastoring Risen Church.
Matthew Hodge - Leadership Team, Secretary
Over the last 20 years, Jesus has brought me to the realisation that everything I do should be for His kingdom. Through various challenges, He’s taught me about sin, about grace, about faithfulness, about questions, about answers, about uncertainty and about forgiveness.
Ethan May - Leadership Team, Treasurer
Ethan is on the Leadership Team serving as Treasurer at Risen Church. He also serves with Risen Youth as one of the leaders. He grew up in a Christian home but discovered that while he’d been influenced by Jesus he wasn’t following Jesus. That changed over the last few years as he became part of Risen Church.
He loves spending time with others and is passionate about the teenagers at Risen Youth growing in Jesus.
Ethan works as a music teacher at a number of schools. He studied at Griffith University Conservatorium of Music playing the Double Bass. He’s studying his Masters in Education and he’s a keen sportsman so hit him up for some soccer or basketball.
Elaine Hicks - Music Team Leader
Elaine is married to Josh and they have two lovely girls. She is a gifted musician and loves to see people worship God through music.
Harry Weitenberg - Kids Church Leader
Harry hails from the Sunshine Coast and would love to live there some time in the future. He studied education at Griffith University and works as a High School Teacher. He loves history in particular.
Harry leads our Kids Church Team, seeing it grow from just a couple of people serving to a whole bunch of young leaders.
In his spare time Harry loves to paint Warhammer figures and is quite the cook.
A bit more about leadership at Risen Church
Risen Church has a Leadership Team to oversee the spiritual growth of those at Risen Church and to see the vision of Risen Church fulfilled. The leadership team are those who reflect the gifts and godliness required in Mark 10:43-45, 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 2 for elders and shepherds of God’s people.
The Leadership team includes a Management Committee whose role is to oversee the legal and financial aspects of the church enabling Risen Church to achieve its vision.
FIEC - Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
We’re a member of FIEC, a young growing fellowship of evangelical churches working together to see reach Australia for Jesus. Christ. See the website for find out more about FIEC, our churches, our statements of belief, governance and values.
Board of Reference
Risen Church Brisbane is served by a Board of Reference. These are godly men offering insight and leadership for the church. They warmly endorse Risen Church.
Roy Davidson - Senior Pastor, St Lucia Bible Church
Derek Hanna - Director of Training, Reach Australia
David Pitt - CEO, City Bible Forum