Alison Sampson is an ordained Baptist minister, a preacher, a writer and a dreamer who has had a lifelong love affair with Jonah. After many years with South Yarra Community Baptist Church, in 2016 she moved to Peek Whurrung country in Warrnambool to set up and pastor Sanctuary. There, queer, neurodivergent and questioning folk found a home and assumptions about church were exploded. She returned to Narrm (Melbourne) in 2024 for a season of guest preaching, tentmaking (well, project work in a law firm!) and waiting on the Spirit’s guidance. Alison is passionate about communicating with diverse people, facilitating encounters with the Spirit through Word, ritual, conversation and prayer, encouraging others in their ministry, and sanctifying every area of life.