PHIL & MARIA MASON

Phil and Maria are the spiritual directors of Tribe Byron Bay (formerly New Earth Tribe) Australia. Tribe is a heart centred, grassroots Christian community established in 1998 with strong kingdom values concerning the call  and mandate to love radically and  to live with an open and vulnerable heart. Tribe is a community with a hunger for the presence of God and over several years now has been experiencing an outpouring of the love and glory of God within the community and through its outreaches into Australia, India and other nations. 

Phil is an innovative thinker with a strong teaching gift who continues to release highly impacting teaching material on the supernatural transformation of the heart. He is passionate about seeing heaven invade earth and for the followers of Jesus to come into significant heart encounters with God that bring about transformation through the revelation of the Father heart of God.

Phil has authored several books including  ‘Quantum Glory: The Science of Heaven Invading Earth.’  Four volumes of His "Supernatural Transformation Series" and most recently "A Voice from on High", The Prophetic Oracles of Bob Dylan. Phil has a huge father heart for Australia and a deep desire to lead the church into lasting revival that leads to the transformation of our nation.
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Maria is a strong prophetic voice in our nation.  As a Cultural Architect, She lives to see the Church become a love filled community that reveals the Glory of Heaven and the Heart of the Father.  Ree brings much needed Prophetic wisdom and breakthrough to change hearts and lead the Bride into the fullness of her calling in the world.

Maria  has released 2 books  “The Glory Community” book 1, Building Heavens Culture and  "The Glory Community" book 2, The Beauty of Heaven on Earth.

The Masons have been married 31years and have 4 amazing adult children. Simon, Peter, Phoebe and Toby and a wonderful son and daughter in law Josh and Louisa. ​
​Gary and Debbie have been senior leaders of Friends First Church for over 10 years. Originally from South Africa, they immigrated with their 2 children to Australia in 1994 with a passion to establish strong communities of faith. They have travelled extensively, preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and India. Gary and Debbie have two grown children; Joel married to Lana, and David married to Dahna.


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Dan is a  passionate pursuer of the presence of God and is eager to see others come into the transformational presence to experience His love and Grace for their lives.
Dan is gifted in worship leading, leadership & preaching, and loves developing people in their roles.
Dan loves all things adventurous including dirt bike riding, triathlons, hunting  and more!
His other loves include 4 sensational Harbottle children, Ben, Lily, Ruby and Judah.
Ness is a loved up lover of Jesus. She loves to worship Him and be with Him. She loves to worship with the Body of Christ at Glorify and is passionate about the free expression of joy and celebration in worship.
Ness loves to listen to her Father’s heart and share His words with others. She loves to encourage the Body with His wonderful words of love. She has a passion to see people become aware of their unique gifts and callings so that they may know who they are and be trained and released into those gifts in ways that bring personal fulfillment and powerful Kingdom effect.
She is passionate to about seeing people made whole in body, soul and spirit. She loves to minister through prayer and prophecy to see bondages broken and people set free from the effects of demonic wounds and lies.
Her other loves include 4 sensational Harbottle children, Ben, Lily, Ruby and Judah.
She is also keen on being healthy and loves being with Jesus in her garden.
Tim & Debbie Ferris are the founding leaders of i61 Church.
Tim is a speaker, teacher, pastor, and trainer with over 20 years experience in church ministry. Tim combines business and ministry in a unique way that sees him engaging the corporate, government, and community sectors, as well as speaking and consulting with churches. He has a strong heart to develop leaders that usher in the Kingdom of God into every sphere of society, and to see all people set free to live fruitful and effective Kingdom lives.
Since graduating from Bible College over 15 years ago, Debbie has worked in high schools and churches as a coach, youth worker, and pastor. She is a powerful leader and a gifted communicator whose heart beats for the Presence of God and the transformation of cities and nations.
Debbie & Tim are blessed with three amazing boys - Joshua, Daniel, and Nathan.
 Chris is a  Senior Leader at Overflow Church.
She loves her job – 'I get paid to tell people about how amazing Jesus is, and to help them grow in their friendship with him, so that everything in life is transformed to look like His world – heaven on earth". Chris is married to an amazing man – Grant, and have three adult children and two gorgeous grandchildren who give them lots of enjoyment.  When Chris is not working, she loves  reading, sleeping, coffee with friends, having fun with family, cheese and wine, and walking in beautiful places.
Brad and Lisa are senior leaders of Paradox Church. Their heart is to raise a company of consecrated worshipers who seek to minister to God with their lives, growing in their love for Him & yielding to His love for them, and pursuing the heart of God on a journey of deepening intimacy with their Heavenly Father. Brad and Lisa love the bride of Christ and seek to not only build a healthy local church but also to impact the wider church in our city and beyond.