Pastor's Page

Welcome to our congregation.  The Worldwide Church of God was established in Wellington in April of 1971 and met for many years in the Upper Hutt region moving to Petone in 2002.

Our fellowship, if you've read some of our history, has had its ups and downs but our spiritual journey has taught us that God's abiding presence can be absolutely counted upon, irrespective of circumstances.  And in that experiencing of trust we have learned to be trusting.  We know what it means to be under God's gracious hand for both correction and encouragement and although we aren't the perfect representation of Christ in this world we are not giving up on working toward that.  We would love for you to join us in that quest.

On the whole we're a pretty active group.  While not large as some groups are, many of us are involved in the community, helping in community-serving ministries and organisations.

Pastor

Dennis Richards (pictured) actually hales from Palmerston North and travels down twice monthly with his wife, Sue, to preach, visit and help out in any way possible.  (He also travels to the Hawkes Bay regularly and on occasion further afield too.)

Dennis was ordained an elder and lay minister in Wellington in 1979, later entering the full time ministry in 1985.  He has pastored in Dunedin, Bay of Plenty and Waikato, and Auckland prior to moving to the Palmerston North and Hawkes Bay circuit in 1992.  He additionally took up pastoral duties in Wellington in 1995, and is assisted by a four-person pastoral team.