Christine Caine

Christine Caine is a Christian leader from Sydney, Australia. Her roles include pastor, speaker, author, evangelist, motivator, and leadership consultant.
Family
Caine was born on 23 September 1966 at Crown Street Women’s Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
On March 30, 1996 Caine married Nicholas Joseph Caine whom she met at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia.
One week before her thirty-third birthday Caine discovered she had been adopted.
Her brother phoned her with the shocking news that he had received a letter from the Department of Community Services (DoCS) notifying him that he had been adopted at birth. Initially believing it was a mistake, Christine asked her brother to phone DoCS. DoCS confirmed the letter. Their mother also confirmed George’s adoption, and went on to tell Caine that she too had been adopted. Because the system laws had been so different, Christine’s parents believed that she and her brother would never find out. After her initial amusing response, "am I still Greek?!" Caine responded well to the news, and quoted scriptures she had been meditating on from Psalm 139:13-16.
Caine maintains a strong sense of personal identity within her Christian faith, and remains close to her adopted mother and brothers. When Caine was 19, her father died due to cancer.
Today Caine lives in Baulkham Hills, Australia with her husband Nick. Together they have two children, Catherine and Sofia.
Education
Caine attended Linwood Park Public School. and Blacktown Girls High School. She graduated from Sydney University with a degree in English.
Religious beliefs
Caine is a Pentecostal Christian, who believes in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and spirit baptism. She is also a member of Hillsong Church based in Sydney, Australia.
Profession
Because of her religious upbringing, Caine had believed that the only way a woman could serve God in ministry was to become a nun. It was only upon her first visit to Hillsong Church, was preaching, that she experienced a different paradigm and saw a glimpse of what she felt called to do for God.
Caine began her career in ministry as a volunteer youth worker. Soon after that she established Hills District Youth Services, a community based youth program located in Baulkham Hills, NSW. She went on to become the NSW Director of the nationwide youth ministry, Youth Alive.
Currently, Caine's roles include pastor, speaker, author, evangelist, motivator, and leadership consultant. Together with her husband Nick, Caine began Equip & Empower Ministries in 2000. Today, they are the directors of Equip & Empower and oversee offices in Sydney and Los Angeles.
Ethical viewpoints
Caine is pro-life, believing that every life has potential and is worthwhile and challenging circumstances are able to be overcome. She also believes that there are options for children with physical or mental disabilities, and that abortion is not the answer. Based on the Bible, she believes one’s thinking can be transformed to think right thoughts.
Caine believes that gender roles have been instituted by tradition and culture, and not divinely instituted. She therefore feels that they need not necessarily be adhered to. The A21 Campaign seeks to "abolish injustice in 21st century." along with her husband Nick. Project Europe builds churches and leadership across Europe.

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