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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT - Pastor Tony Case

After several months of discussion and consideration, and much prayer, Kate and I have decided that we need to lay aside the vision for Pathway Church in favour of becoming a part of an established church in Hervey Bay – New Life Christian Church. As a result this website content has been reduced to blogs, media and teaching while we finalise the closure of Pathway Church and repurposing of the website for future use as a ministry site.

Over the two-year period we’ve been in Hervey Bay we have found great acceptance among the Christian community of churches, and especially with the local Minister’s Association. Last year I was asked to serve in the position of treasurer of ther association, which was unexpected, and which I excepted.

We have found great friendship and support with this amazing group of local pastors who meet regularly, and who pray for and support one another in a way I have never experienced in over 30 years of pastoral ministry. It is an extraordinary relational and practical group with a very effective witness to the local community of how churches can be united in a genuine way without compromising individual identities. An expression of this is the many meetings and events they collaborate on in any given year. 

Last year I was also invited, again quite unexpectedly, to join the board of a local Christian School, which I again excepted. These roles have become quite time consuming in and of themselves, but I know they are part of God’s plan for bringing us to Hervey Bay in the first place.

This is not a decision taken lightly. Much prayer and deliberation has gone into arriving at this timely point. Our deepest desire is always to serve the kingdom, serve the local church, and remain at all times sensitive to what the Holy Spirit has to say, even when it takes us in a completely new and unexpected direction. We are confident this is the right decision and we are looking forward to what God has in store for us next.

In line with these events we've been considering for some time if there was a local church we could become a part of, with a leadership vision we could connect with, and a leader we could respect and serve. Turns out there is.

So we have made the decision, effective from Easter Sunday 2026, to join in fellowship with New Life Church, a well establioshed ACC church in Hervfey Bay under the leadership of Senior Pastor Col Missingham. Col is someone God has been called to Hervey Bay for a unique purpose that we feel God is asking us to be part of.

As a result of this decision we will be making some significant changes to the church website and our Facebook page, and shortly the name 'Pathway Church' will be replaced with 'Pathway Ministries' as a registered charitable association which more accurately reflects the refocusing of our vision going forward. We are not leaving the ministry, just becoming part of an existing church while refocusing our time and efforts on this new direction God is opening up for us. A new and exciting journey is beginning, for which give God all the praise and glory.

God bless, Tony & Kate Case