Australia: The Australia New Zealand Field and the Asia-Pacific Region are pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Satish Manmothe as the 5th District Superintendent (DS) of the Australia Southern District.
Rev. Manmothe with his wife Manisha and son Avidan
Rev. Manmothe completed his bachelor’s degree in India and moved to Manila, Philippines to study at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS). While studying in APNTS, he became the student body president and a member of the pastoral team at the then Gethsemane Church of the Nazarene in Taytay. He graduated cum laude with a Master’s degree in Divinity.
Manmothe traveled to Samoa and served as a lecturer for two years. During this time he was also granted his first local minister’s license. He then moved to Sydney, Australia to enrol in the Master of Theology programme at the Australian College of Theology’s Morling College. While studying at Morling College, Manmothe served as associate pastor of the Birrong church of the Nazarene in Sydney under the leadership of Pastor Bruce Allder, later succeeding him as senior pastor in December 1998.
His passion in the ministry of teaching is evident, as he also functioned as an adjunct professor in systematic theology at APNTS, an adjunct lecturer in missiology and theology at Nazarene Theological College in Thornlands, Queensland, and as a lecturer at Morling Baptist Theological College in Sydney.
Aside from being the current senior pastor of Birrong Church, Satish is also a member of the District Advisory Board and Board of Ministry of the Australia Southern District. In January 2015, he was elected to the board of Nazarene Theological College (NTC) Brisbane.
Rev. Manmothe was born into a third generation Nazarene family in India. He is married to Manisha, who serves as the District Nazarene Missions International Secretary. They have one son, Avidan, aged 16.
Rev. Manmothe, who was appointed on October 20, will commence his role as DS on November 1. Let us all lift him in prayer as he assumes leadership, that he may unite and guide the people in Australia Southern District, that they may become even better disciples of Christ.
-Submitted by: Steve Walsh/ Satish Manmothe
