C3 Senior leaders

Dean and Fiona Rush are the Senior Leaders of C3 Auckland a church of over a thousand people in the heart of Auckland city.

Previously Dean was Youth Pastor at C3 Auckland for 10 years. During that time Dean pioneered the Primal youth movement. Primal Youth is a network of Youth churches that have been planted around New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. In 2006 Primal achieved a youth church in every city in New Zealand. There are currently 32 Primal Churches in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.

In 2005 Dean & Fiona became Senior Leaders of C3 Auckland and shortly afterwards became Regional Directors for Christian City Church in New Zealand and the Pacific. Since then Christian City Church Pacific has begun church planting and now operates a Church Planting School and currently has 23 churches in the region.

As well as leading the church in Auckland Dean and Fiona both speak at churches and conferences around New Zealand and overseas. Dean and Fiona live in Mt Eden in Auckland City and have two young boys, Ethan and Dylan. They have a passion for New Zealand and a desire to see positive change come to our nation!