DCBC Pastoral Leadership Team

Mike Bagge

Kia ora. I lead the team that leads our Young Adult community. My role there is to encourage YAs to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and grow as His disciples. I lead the team that plans DCBC’s Sunday morning services. That involves conversations, prayers, seeking God’s will for services and creative brainstorming; alongside co-ordination with the worship team, preaching team and tech teams. I also lead the men’s pastoral care team where we are seeking to look out for men in the church and organise events where guys can connect over food. I am married to Susan, who is a GP and a partner at her practice in South Dunedin, and we have 3 kids: Nathan, Scarlet and Hazel. When I am not spending time with my family, I love to roam around the hills of Dunedin or mountain bike down them.

Mike Simpson

I’ve been at DCBC since coming to Dunedin as a student many years ago and have been on the leadership team since 2003. My current leadership responsibilities include training and developing leaders – especially those working with our children, youth and young adults, overseeing the Property and Finance area and the Ministries area, some preaching and generally contributing to the big picture of DCBC. Although no longer involved, for many years I’ve overseen the High School youth ministry (DCBC Youth) on Wednesday nights along with my wife Fi (who still leads) and an amazing team of leaders. Fi (who is a Sports Dietician) and I have two adult children beyond high school - Caleb, Abby - and one still at high school - Levi. In my spare time I enjoy running in the hills around Dunedin, coaching basketball and rock climbing.

Kate Cooper

Hi, I'm Kate and I lead our awesome team of welcomers here at DCBC. I absolutely love to connect people with each other and with our amazing Lord. I am married to Tim (who leads the School of Arts at University of Otago), we have 4 strapping sons, a beautiful daughter-in-law and two very precious grandchildren! We love board games and backyard cricket, camping, exploring and anything to do with the beach and especially playing with our new puppy!