Steve McNeilly has been a pastor with CRC Churches International since 1983. In 2008, when Our Culture in Christ was published, he was Senior Pastor at New Life Christian Centre in Warrnambool, south-western Victoria. In 2013, he and wife Sandra moved to Moe, where they are both active in the Moe New Life Christian Centre. Contesting Faith, published in 2018 is Steve’s first novel.